Hi Birders, The immature Mourning Warbler continued at least until 1130 when I departed. Several people got great looks and photos of the warbler. It is moving around quite a bit and vocalizing. Birde

1015. I just photo'd immature Mourning Warbler at Encintas Cottonwood Park. Right in the middle of park along creek, north of walking path. This location is the parcel on SW corner of Encinitas blvd a

Hi Birders, I'm somewhat hesitant to post this, but I observed a migrant Sharp-shinned Hawk (SSHA) today, August 31, 2015. I spent the day at the Ramona Grasslands between 0815-1730. At approximately1

Hi Birders, Yesterday (7/28) after finishing surveys in North County I got on a 2-hour whale watch boat out of Oceanside Harbor. In between 2 & 3 miles out (probably closer to 3 miles) were FOUR Sabin

Hi Birders, This morning (7/22) I went on a 3-hour Whale Watch/Mini-Pelagic out of Seaforth Landing, Mission Bay. It was a pleasure to see and hang out with Peter Ginsberg, and also was good company f

Birders, I failed to mention in my initial email that that I also eliminated adult "white morph" Red-footed booby. The booby I observed had at least 70% black in the tail. Clearly not all white. Good

Hi Birders, This morning (7/17) after completing my final Southwestern Willow Flycatcher survey of the season I headed to the nearest whale watching location that happened to be Helgren's Sportfishing

Hi Birders, Only posting this because I'm not sure how many people who observed the bird actually saw the bird move much besides an occasional wing stretch or its head out and alert. I arrived around

At about 11:15 this morning I relocated the YT Vireo about 500 feet to the north of the location where Phil described. It was located in a tall juniper tree right along the wall on the west side of th

Hi Birders, I was treated to a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak in my yard around 1030 this morning. Light conditions were tough, but ID shots clearly showing this species were obtained. I even got to hear

Hi Nancy and all- As of this past Thursday (4/30/15), both adult Bald Eagles are still present and doing well. The male is mostly out foraging these days (every now and then the female gets out when t

Hi Birders, Not a rarity by any means, but per Philip Unitt's Atlas, and the lack of current eBird reports, I noticed this observation was in the window of early Vaux's Swift in migration within SD Co

Hi Birders, Unfortunately it was on private land and didn't stick around but for a couple of minutes before flying a great distance. So I had no reason to get the word out immediately and only posting

Hi Birders, What seemed to be a very slow/quiet/hot day of birding on Camp Pendleton turned out to be not so bad! Andrew Fisher and I led the very enthusiastic group of participants around a few selec

Hi Birders, An interesting Lesser Goldfinch has been visiting my yard the past couple of days, as well as an influx of that species in general. Below is a link to a comparison image of two male Lesser

Hi Birders, It's entirely possible that I am totally off here thinking this is the "ruber" subspecies of Red-breasted Sapsucker, But I thought there was enough going for this subspecies to post and ha

Hi Birders, On Sunday (1/25/15) aboard a friends 28' boat, we set out from Oceanside Harbor to introduce our kids to some sea-life. The focus was on Marine Mammals but seabirds were all over the place

Hi Birders, I was working at numerous locations throughout the Valley this morning and was able to see many continuing birds, plus the NEW Harris's Sparrow found by Paul Lehman this morning (1/12/15).

Hi Birders, On Monday (1/6/15), I saw a flicker in flight that seemed off at the Bird and Butterfly Garden. I was able to get a couple of photos of it, and when reviewing the images it turns out it ac

Hi Birders, The locations of the uncommon/rare birds I encountered during this CBC are below Tennessee Warbler: An adult bird found at the HOA owned park, at Park Place in Cardiff, East of I-5. This b