…nobody has yet web-posted on this…? Well, here is one: I joined Stan Walens and Gary Nunn and others this AM at La Jolla Cove. Good-to-great bird species found included Fulmar, Parasitic and Pomarine

The Mountain Plover continues, seen about 9:00 today, near SW corner of 'triangle' of the Dog Park area of Fiesta Island, Mission Bay. Lone bird just standing out in the open/bare area. Nothing else o

Most of the AM spent at the north Mission Bay marshes, including at extreme high tide. The Nelson's Sparrow was back at same spot as last winter: tiny patch of taller vegetation, at marsh side of fenc

A lone Ross's Goose was seen off the Chula Vista 'end of J Street' Marina late this morning. Saw nothing that indicated hybrid: small size, petite triangular bill, round head with 'forehead', triangul

In recently talking about 5MRs and sapsuckers, Jim Roberts suggested a visit to Western Hills Park (Arnott St south to Kane St). A brief visit there about lunchtime today did indeed include a sapsucke

A Virginia's Warbler was feeding in a ‘Tipu' tree at 10:00 this morning, at my senior apartment complex, Gullstrand south of Governor Dr. It may be ‘chaseable’, just in case somebody is interested: th

Came up empty today Sun, at the reported Hooded spot, in south 'shadow' of Quince St walking bridge, 12:20 to 2:20, just FYI, Paul Chad, University City

At about 4:00 this afternoon, a (sub-adult) Mississippi Kite flew fairly low right over my head, at my apartment complex off Governor Dr. VERY nice apt, 5MR, and County lifer list bird! :-) Paul Chad

A Dusky Flycatcher was seen and heard at the peak, past the 'saddle' (still holding on as a perennial breeder at this spot...?). Also Green-tailed Towhees. Rock and Canyon Wrens were just off west sid

So for the past year or so, looks like all those (non-Western) tanager reports from Villa La Jolla Park, by Alex Abela and others, may NOT be a conspiracy after all, heh heh! A Summer Tanager failed t

Yesterday afternoon, I saw the bird that was almost certainly the one photographed about a month ago and has been identified as an immature Neotropic Cormorant, i.e. a bird about 2/3 the size of the D

(as Guy McCaskie correctly reminded me) make my recent post: 9 warblers and 1 quasi-warbler, i.e. Chat, Still a cool day of birding :-) Paul Chad

Back in my prior years here, back in the 90's, not sure I recall ever reaching double-digit warblers in a day... Just thought I'd report just enough today of migrating and breeding warblers to reach d

A nice adult male Baltimore Oriole was perched near the top of a sweet-gum tree looking around, then flew east, from the eastern edge of my apartment complex, off Governor Dr near I-805 at 10:00 today

I think this email is going to the entire group, but it need not be web-posted. Follow-up on my Aug 4 web-post on (?) Arctic Tern (?) at Pacific Beach, if not interested to read please pardon the inte

The over-wintering but usually-not-found (nice adult male) Grace's Warbler was nice enough to put in an appearance for me, NE corner of Villa La Jolla Park at about 1:00 today. sidenote: a follow-up e

Would invite/welcome any response emails or postings to this, thanks! Yesterday Thu at about 6:30 PM, about five sterna terns were flying/feeding close to the beach at Pacific Beach. Had no binos. Lig

Perhaps an over-wintering bird in /around the Tijuana River Valley region (?), a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was on a utility wire on Monument Rd late this morning, just west of Hollister Rd, perhaps a

A six-hour search at Shelter Island earlier today for the wintering Red-necked Grebe was unsuccessful, but a real nice surprise was a Pomarine Jaeger (light-morph, sub-adult or possibly 'plain' adult)

A (adult male) Eurasian Wigeon was mixed in with Americans, at the Mission Bay Golf Course today. Some Vermilion Flycatchers, presumably from the family group of last summer, are also still present. G