Terry Mulroney, retired Animal Care Manager from the San Diego Zoo is having a book sale at his home in Clairemont on December 6 & 7th. He asked if I could spread the word. I got permission from SDFO

Here's the pics of the birds I got today. http://www.sdbirder.com/Birds/CBC2013 I stopped by Greenwood after the compilation and photographed the Grace's Warbler this afternoon (12/14). Locations: Bla

Eric Kallen and I found two Sage Thrashers north and northwest of the Old Railroad Station in Jacumba this morning after 07:30AM, 2/1/2014. They were 278 yards apart, so we're fairly certain it's two

Eric Kallen and I hit the trail around 8:45AM, 3/23/2014 and proceeded directly to Matt Sadowski's map Point 3: http://goo.gl/maps/7ob06 . At 9:31AM we found two Clark's Nutcrackers when they started

Kitchen Creek: We also heard distant Black-chinned Sparrow's singing and Mountain Quail's calling on the Pacific Crest Trail about a 1/4 mile west of Kitchen Creek Road. Map: http://goo.gl/maps/Znpgg

Eric Kallen and I birded Agua Dulce Creek today around 9AM, 4/12/2014. The creek was dry except nearby the pump house and it was pretty much devoid of migrants. Highlights were one Black-throated Grey

I always carry Fox Labs Pepper Spray in sketchy areas like Lindo Lake, Famosa, Balboa Park, ATM's, etc. It's the hottest stuff ever made at 5.3 million Scoville heat units (SHU) and will stop anyone i

Here's a photo of a known Blue Grosbeak vs Mark's photo blown up. http://www.sdbirder.com/Other/Blue-Grosbeak-or-Indigo-Buntin/ The beak, white edging on the tail feathers and a slight indication of r

Here's a link to the Indigo Bunting songs and sounds I recorded this morning. If anyone wants the .mp3 version shoot me an email, it's only 2.22 MB. https://soundcloud.com/sdbirder/pascya Trent

Eric and I just re-found the Magnolia Warbler at the southern part of the swamp. We both got excellent photos and will post later. Trent R. Stanley PO BOX 3666 SAN DIEGO CA USA 92163-1666 trent@sdbird

Eric and I were wrapping up a fairly mediocre morning around Jacumba Pond when I spooked up a female Blue Grosbeak into a tree. I was looking for it when I stumbled into a Magnolia Warbler in the same

Eric Kallen and I went up Lake O'Neill first thing this morning to see the Neotropic Cormorant. As we where leaving another group of birders told us of an American Redstart they found on the dirt road

At 9AM, 10/30/2014, I heard the familiar pit-tuck call of a Summer Tanager just outside my office at the Zoo. I grabbed my new camera and got a few good pictures of what appears to be a female Summer

7:15am, 11/18/2014 I flushed a female Varied Thrush from behind the Polar Team trailer (no public access). At 8:30am I returned with my camera and saw it in the thicket right next to the Harpy Eagle e

The Varied Thrush irruption continues. I found another one today 12/1, 9:48AM while walking in front of the Old Globe Theatre on my lunch. It was attracted to the Arbutus unedo (strawberry tree) berri

2014-12-06, 09:07AM, Eric Kallen and I flushed a Varied Thrush while searching for the Marbled murrelet by the Marina Village Conference Center and I got a photo of it. Coincidentally we were talking

12/20/2014, Peter Ginsburg and I found a flock of 9 Varied Thrushes feeding on Camphor Tree berries at the beginning of the new Reptile Walk. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/X7rDi There was also numerous Ame

6/5/15 @ 06:30AM, Northern Parula heard singing and observed in the Eucalyptus trees across the street from the four small primate exhibits on Center Street (Bear Canyon). I returned with my camera an

9/9/15 @ 9AM, I got a text message from the Hummingbird keeper that they had an unidentified bird feeding around the swan pool located at the eastern entrance to the Skyfari ride. I stopped by a few m

9/14/15, I stayed until 6PM to help a large group successfully re-find the bird. The Mourning Warbler kept returning to a very dense clump of vegetation underneath the remnants of a dead tree with sho