Early Wednesday morning I had a surprise Northern Parula--blue head, white eye ring, and bright yellow throat over a very white body-- near Brookes and Herbert in residential Hillcrest. The bird was

(If you plan on trying tonight, let me know, as other folks are looking to go in a small group for safety reasons. Poor cell signal, rough trail, etc.) A group of ~20 socially distant birders with

***If you intend to go look/listen for the bird tonight or in the future, you must absolutely adhere to the following directions*** 1. First and foremost, please wear a facial covering and maintain 6

Nancy Thank you for that phenomenal report! I received a warning ticket last week for parking alongside the road when red tail roost was closed. Good to know it’s open again… William Terry

Russ and I did a drive this weekend. I was HOPING Agua Caliente County Park would be open. Alas, it is NOT. The entire access road is blocked off. **Anza-Borrego State Park is still essentially

I had a flyover of apparent BANK SWALLOW this morning around 10 AM in residential South Carlsbad. Although it was moving north fairly quickly, I was able to manage a few documentation photos.

I posted some photos of the immature light-morph BROAD-WINGED HAWK at the eBird link below. Seen about 8:15 AM. I had been sitting on my deck drinking coffee and looking for possibly an early swift

Correction, there are two singing male Indigo Buntings here, just got sight on both. Andrew Newmark Hillcrest, CA

Hello all! I know there were a couple ebird reports of a possible Indigo Bunting at the Bird and Butterfly Garden but I can now confirm. Followed its song and just got photos of it. It was in the main

Broad-winged Hawk currently circling over north Pacific Beach, Alta La Jolla Canyon area, this is slightly west and north of Kate Sessions Park. Could be headed uphill towards antennas or Mt.

There was a migrant Northern Waterthrush this morning, May 1st, in the line of willows on the west side of the Tijuana estuary visitor center property in Imperial Beach. It was 1 of a whopping total

I made a brief stop east of Scissors Crossing this morning. A pair of Brown-crested flycatchers were actively chasing around and calling in the same area a pair nested in 2019. Specifically, that is

Photos show an all blue male, so likely not a hybrid with Lazuli. In the same silk oaks in the NW section of the canyon. It only stayed in view for 15 seconds before flying north. Seen with Nathan

The adult Yellow-crowned Night-Heron remains on the rip rap in the southeast corner of Quivira Basin, Mission Bay. Reported with photo to me by John Yamate at Seaforth Landing today. This is likely

Early this morning I had a quick look (and managed a few poor photos) of a RED-EYED VIREO at Point Loma Nazarene University. The vireo was at the south end of the small concrete culvert that runs

The SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER that has been coming to Twin Trails Park in Penasquitos since at least 2016 was seen again yesterday/Wednesday at the park. She successfully fledged three hybrid Western

Just after 3:30pm I had another couple looks at the male INBU. It dove into a neighboring yard roughly here (32.7435526, -117.1549302) but as I type this I can still hear it making its buzzy flight

Just had a Nighthawk, presumably a Lesser, flying north between the 101 and Neptune, just south of Leucadia Blvd, in Leucadia. Only the second one I've seen flying in the middle of the day. Matthew

Update on re-opening of San Diego beaches Phase 1, which allows limited coastal activities, takes effect Monday, April 27, 2020 at sunrise: Beaches and shorelines: Only walking and running allowed.

Male and possibly a female in the silky oaks near (32.7433935, -117.1551980) found this morning by Richard Cuthbertson Nathan French Hillcrest