As of 9:30 Wed. morning, the Solitary Sandpiper continued in the east basin of Lindo Lake. At that time it was on the north side of the east basin where the water is closer to the path, and that combi

Like others, I thought I’d try going to a new venue to look for migratory birds, and decided I’d try Hillside Park in El Cajon. I can’t recall many (any?) reports coming from there. The park is open t

The three uncommon birds (Orchard Oriole, male; N. Parula, and Summer Tanager, female) that Justyn Stahl reported on two days ago were all seen by several birders (and pointed out to me; thank you, mu

This morning (Sat., about 10:30 a.m.) my birding class and I enjoyed the presence of a Mew Gull in the SD River mudflats north of Robb Field. Maybe the same one seen earlier this week? It was in a mix

It’s been noted that Mountain Bluebirds have been scarce or completely absent this winter from one of their usual regular wintering sites, along Rangeland Road in the Ramona Grasslands. This morning I

I spent the morning at Harry Griffen Park looking for the previously reported PLVI, BUOR, BWWA, and RBSA. 0 for 4. (Major league baseball players go 0 for 4 and get paid $30,000,000. Something’s wrong

This morning I did the hike around Lindo Lake. The Gray Flycatcher was still hanging out around the eastern end of the seasonal pond, just north of where the stream channel comes into the east basin i

Yesterday (November 1) afternoon, while looking for the earlier-reported Hoody Mergs at Famosa Slough (unsuccessfully), I came across a common but unexpected bird, an Ash-throated Flycatcher. Thinking

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Hi Geoff, Nathan, Bruce, Dan, Gary, and everyone, Thanks for all of your interesting input. Collectively all the input tells me there’s a simple answer to my original question, which was, “Did anyone

Hi Geoff, My “one second” interval was entirely a spur of the moment estimate - the calls were very quickly repeated and could easily have been less than a second. But I won’t rule out chipmunk, eithe

Sorry about the ambiguity in my email of last evening - I was mainly reaching out to those who had already gone to “the spot” to look for the Crossbills, which is about 1 1/2 miles down the Agua Dulce

This morning (Tues.), while looking for the mythological Red Crossbill (aka the toilet paper bird), I heard at a distance an incessant call that seemed to meet the requirements for a Saw-whet Owl. The

A friend just emailed me about a sighting, with close-up photo (below), of a Chukar a relative of his saw and photographed in the Crosby Estates area, which (I believe) is along the San Dieguito River

I arrived at Cosoy St. at 11:30 and was told by searchers there that the GWWA had not been seen all morning. I stayed until about 12:30 and the only warbler I saw was a consolation prize Orange-crown.

I birded the trail around Kumeyaay Lake this morning, and there were a few Vaux’s Swifts mixed in with the bug-snarfing swallow flock. Only warblers were Yellow, Wilson’s, OC, and a gazillion calling

I can add a bit to Nancy Christensen’s report from the Anza-Borrego desert area. Friday evening and Sat. morning I worked the area surrounding the ABDSP Visitors Center, and recorded 4 sparrow species

At approx. 11 a.m. today (1-24) a less-than-adult Glaucous-winged gull was well seen at Lake Murray. The location was Alvarado Bay (the first small bay on the left as you enter the park via Kiowa St.)

At Robb Field today at low tide around 1 p.m. there was nothing new (that I saw), but the Tricolored Heron was near the east end of the sand bar island, and a Lesser Yellowlegs was spotted in the mult

The Fort Rosecrans Varied Thrush put in 2-3 brief appearances between roughly 9:30 and 10:15 on Sunday morning, obligingly in the same place as previously reported, namely to the left of the by-itself