10:24 am, Wednesday, January 1st, 2020 Just found a female HEPATIC TANAGER in the eucs and pines around the parking lot for the North Clairemont Community Park. It seems to stick pretty close to the t

8:15 am Tuesday, October 22nd Just found an immature Prairie Warbler in La Jolla Colony Park in UTC. It is a small park just west of Vons and Doyle park. It was found about 40 yards or 4 lightposts he

9 am, Saturday, October 19th A Palm Warbler is frequenting the overgrown ballfield in the NW corner of the Nobel athletic fields. It seems to like to perch on the chain link fence surrounding the fiel

7:30 am Sunday, June 9th Just found a Red-eyed Vireo near La Jolla Summit park. This is on Caminito Valverde between Monrovia and Brisa. It is currently singing from the eucs on the hillside opposite

Sunday, May 19th, 1:40 pm Just had a group of at least 6 Black Swift's fly by on Mt Soledad near the saddle at almost eye level. Currently shrouded in fog, but it lifts a little occasionally. Birds ar

Sunday, April 21st, 2019 Today, along the Flintkote Avenue trail in Torrey Pines State Reserve I found 2 CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS, 1 male and 1 female. They were both found about 75 yards past the gate n

Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 While exploring a few new parks today, I found a female ORCHARD ORIOLE at the North Clairemont Recreation Center. It was in the most southern part of the park, where it mainly

Sunday, Feb. 3rd, 2019 While doing a sea watch from Point La Jolla this morning I observed an adult MASKED BOOBY flying low over the waves about 200 yards off the point headed south around 8 am. I not

Sunday, Jan. 27th, 2019 A single CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was associating with a flock of white-crowns today in the far northeast corner of Torrey Hills Park. They were feeding in the grass around the inf

As part of the Escondido CBC on Saturday January 5th Courtny Achenbach and I observed a SAGEBRUSH SPARROW on mitigation land to the west of the northern terminus of Pine Street in Ramona. This locatio

As part of the San Diego CBC on Saturday, Dec. 16th Casey Richart and I birded several locations around the Chula Vista bayfront. Highlights included the continuing adult REDDISH EGRET and YELLOW-CROW

As part of the Escondido CBC on Saturday (1/2/16), I covered eastern Ramona and surrounding areas. Highlights included: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (Collier Park; returning adult male) Vermillion Fly

I had an amazing day yesterday (Sat. 12/19) birding the Chula Vista bayfront for the SD CBC. A new route record was set at 126 species! Here are a few highlights: BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (Adult m

12/13/14 I spent Saturday scouting out a few places around the Chula Vista bayfront for the upcoming CBC. A few notable birds included a first-year male HOODED ORIOLE in the far back portion of Eucaly

I spent the weekend showing an out-of-town guest from Tennessee some "Western" birds around the county. Much to his chagrin, the first sapsucker we laid eyes on was an adult male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUC