Around 11AM I re-found the MacGillivray's in the pines west across the main road from the wall, NE of the dip. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.68719,-117.24511 Several birders were able to see the bi

I am here: 32 41.228 N 117 14.645 W http://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.68715,-117.2441 In the pine at the corner.

Here's the audio recording I captured today of the Gray Vireo: https://soundcloud.com/sdbirder/grvi . Soundcloud has an annoying new "feature" that automatically plays everything on my playlist with n

Here's the pictures I took of the Lark Bunting and Vesper Sparrows on 2/26/2016. http://www.sdbirder.com/Birds/CALMEC16

2/4/2016, while working in off limits area of the Zoo called the Shipping Pens, just west of the Elephant Odyssey Barn I heard the beautiful song of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and quickly found a pair nea

Here's a link to the pictures of Eric's Eastern Phoebe. http://www.sdbirder.com/Birds/SAYPHO Map: https://goo.gl/maps/uTXXNHqt9qy 32.626167°, -116.179497°

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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