For anyone seeking HOOR for CBC today, Paul Chad just found one in Balboa Park, west of lawn bowling. Christopher Adler Allied Gardens

A surprise find in Balboa park west is proving reliable: we have the whole CBC team photographing a grasshopper sparrow in the mowed grassy area SE of the intersection of Balboa Dr. and The Quince St.

Thanks to Justyn for getting the word out early about the Rusty Blackbird this morning! After seeing that, I went to the west side of Balboa Park to see what I could find. Around the chess club was a

This morning 11/8 around Lake Kumeyaay and the dam area at Mission Trails Regional Park, some nice birds including a good variety of raptors. - Green-tailed Towhee on the south side of the grasslands

This morning I had a Red-breasted Sapsucker at Lake Murray Community Park, which is the playground area on the north side of Lake Murray, on Murray Park Dr. I have had them in this location in some pr

For the record, I was pleasantly surprised to find a Green-tailed Towhee in my backyard in the Allied Gardens neighborhood this morning

This morning I was lucky to be parking at Mission Trails just as Paul sent out the message about the Townsend's Solitaire, so I was able to get on that quickly and then loop around Oak Canyon and the

I took an afternoon stroll around the northwest corner of Lake Murray this afternoon. There were two Bonaparte's Gulls sticking to the center of the lake -- these, I think, are uncommon at this locati

This morning I explored some of the canyons of Banker's Hill and Hillcrest, specifically the Self-Realization Fellowship on 1st Ave., Maple Canyon, Spruce Canyon, and Marston Canyon. Of note were: Sel

This afternoon (12/2) at 3pm, the White-winged Scoter was visible on Lake Murray, viewed from Cowles Point on the north side of the lake. Views were somewhat distant, but it was readily identifiable t

Hi all, After seeing the Little Stint through Nancy's scope this morning (many many thanks to Nancy, Guy and Matt!), I went down to the Tijuana River mouth where the female Black Scoter was just outsi

Hi all, I just learned about this news from my little local newspaper, the Mission Times Courier. Phil Pryde has been named the first ever National Cox Conserves Hero, which comes with a $50,000 donat

This morning at the stick pond at Dairy Mart Ponds, the Northern Waterthrush made an appearance very close to the shore. I called Ed Henry over to see it, and while we were looking, it spent more time

I spent the morning in the San Diego NWR hiking west from Singer Ln. Found a small group of Swainson's Thrushes in the silk oaks at the parking lot on Singer Ln. Will upload photos. Few flowers and no

Thanks Justyn, I also got and can upload: Nuttall’s Red-shouldered Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Black-throated Gray Warbler Brown-headed Cowbird plus very poor photos of Lazuli Bunting Black-headed Grosbeak Tha

I spent the morning at Mission Trails, where it was gloomy and slow and then bright, hot and slow. Nonetheless I gathered some useable photos that I will upload to iNaturalist, hopefully later today,

This evening I had a nice dark Swainson's Hawk flyover my back yard, which is located about half a mile southwest from the Mission Trails Visitor's Center -- it flew south from the Mission Trails park

Supeena and I were among the 65 million people visiting the Safari Park today yet we still managed to bump into Nancy! To supplement Nancy's report, we saw a Great Egret gathering nest material, and a

Dear birders, I just noticed the following announcement posted on the SDNWR's Facebook page in case anyone was thinking about going to the river mouth this weekend. Best, Christopher Adler Allied Gard

Making an appearance at Tesoro Grove/Nestor Park late this morning: 1 Western Tanager 2 male (1st year) Bullock's Orioles 1 Black-throated Gray Warbler Christopher Adler Allied Gardens