Took a brief break from family care duties, to look for the TJRV Lapland Longspur reported by Paul Lehman yesterday. Was surprised to find three of them, with ten Horned Larks at the southwest corner.

Cristin Kelly, Captain of the Privateer, sent me a text photo of a young Franklin's Gull sitting on the Mission Bay bait docks . This photo was taken yesterday Nov. 3rd. The bird is likely the same fo

Wednesday, after the SDFO meeting Alvaro Jaramillo, Gary Nunn, Justyn Stahl and I ran out of San Diego Bay for a day offshore. I don't have all the numbers as Justyn kept our eBird list and will post

John Weigel, Laura Keene, Christian Hagenlocher, and I did a run from Mission Bay to the Thirty Mile Bank. All three are in the midst of a Big Year. Their target bird here was Least Storm-Petrel, so w

Just a quick reminder. To get your Oct 29th. pelagic birding reservation onboard the Eclipse call Pacific Nature Tours/San Diego Whale watching at 619 534-9249. Do not call Seaforth Sportfishing. The

The last 2016 pelagic trip out of San Diego, is aboard the Eclipse Oct. 29th. This is a Saturday trip and a more relaxed 9 hrs. The boat departs from Seaforth Sportfishing Landing in Mission Bay, at 0

Ran in to Josh Lietzow at the Bird and Butterfly Garden. He had photos of what he thought might be a Magnolia Warbler. I refound the bird in the Tamarisk at the northeast corner, where it worked to th

The Buena Vista Audubon pelagic was held aboard the boat Daily Double out of Point Loma Sportfishing Landing. We had exceptionally flat seas and near calm winds. Overall birding was slow with a few st

The last Buena Vista Audubon pelagic trip for 2016 is Oct. 29th. This is a shorter 9hr. trip aboard the Eclipse out of Seaforth Sportfishing in Mission Bay. The "Early Bird" price of $95 ends Monday a

I drove south on I-5 at noon today and had a small buteo fly across the road right in front of the car just above my line of sight. The birds under wing was bright white, with a bold black tips to the

Gary Nunn, Nicole Desnoyers, and I, ran offshore from Mission Bay. This was a boat engine test and a check on the storm-petrel raft, found by Capt. James McDaniels last week. The engine ran fine and t

Sunday Sept. 25th. the Buena Vista Audubon and Grande Pelagic was done under bright clear skies and warm temperatures. Sea surface conditions were fairly light and overall bird numbers, with a few exc

Hello all, Both the Sept. 25th. and Oct. 9th. trips are now full. I gave a Pacific Nature Tours website for the Oct. 29th. trip which is currently shut down for a revamp. So to make a reservation for

I found a Tropical Kingbird on the telephone wires along Monument Rd. this morning. This in front of the farm house at the corner of what would be Saturn Rd. (the old 19th.st.), and Monument. Also had

The BVAS Sept. 25 pelagic aboard the Grande is full. The Oct. 9th. , 12 hr. trip has four spaces left. call Point Loma Sportfishing 619 223-1627 The Oct. 29th. has been changed to a 9 hr. trip aboard

This tentative report for the San Diego portion of the Searcher five day pelagic trip. Sept. 5, 2016 Point Loma to the Nine Mile Bank, north along the Bank then across to the L.A. co. portion of the T

One of the two Stilt Sandpipers that Matt and Justyn found at Sweetwater Res. was still present today at 2 p.m. with a lone dowitcher. Also saw 5 Lesser Yellowlegs among the shorebirds there. These bi

Sorry for the late post. I sent this out this morning but it seems lost in the ether zone. This is an updated version. Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 7:40 AM To: 'sandiegoregionbirding@yahoogroups.com'

The San Diego pelagic on Aug. 21, 2016 went off in sloppy conditions. Bird numbers were Ok, but lacked in numbers of species. We did get very good looks at CRAVERI'S MURRELETS. We counted eight on the

If you are schedule to go offshore on the Grande Sunday Aug. 21st. be aware Scott st. and North Harbor dr. will close at 6:30 a.m. for the America's Finest City Half Marathon. Not sure why? The race a