Spent 2 hours at the Cove this morning. Overcast and gray skies, not much wind. As you know, for the past several weeks there have been 3–4 thousand black-vented shearwaters feeding off the edge of th

Went out on the HB today, joined by some other birders. So different from last week’s trip. Overcast skies, calm sea with just some wind chop. Virtually not a bird until we got to the first drop off,

SDFO Event – July 16, 2019 at 6:00 pm is the next meeting of San Diego Field Ornithologists. Meeting to be held in the Hoffman Room of the San Diego Foundation Building, 2508 Historic Decatur Rd. Goin

On June 15th, a friend of mine saw a family of Canada Geese at Chollas Lake. There were two adults and three goslings that couldn't fly yet. Has anyone else seen them, and is there a story about how c

An early visit to the area north of Scissors Crossing along S2 yielded a couple of good birds. I pulled over to park where the trees come closest to the road (roughly a ½ mile north of the intersectio

Birded the Bird and Butterfly Garden with Andrew N. And Rodney G. late this morning and found a singing male and a chipping female Indigo Bunting. Photographed, and recorded near horse staging area we

My son just sent me photos of s Black-throated Magpie Jay taken this morning at Kit Carson Park in Escondido. He said it was near the bathroom by the playground at the south end of the park- where we

I’ve been at the Cove for less than 15 minutes and have already had 11 common murres. Thousands of black vents far off shore Stan Walens San Diego 7:35 AM, July 9, 2019

Thanks to 6 participants for conducting the 8 July 2019 San Elijo Lagoon monthly bird count: Elizabeth Venrick, Linden Amundsen; Jayne Lesley, Trish Hovey; Patti Koger; Robert Patton. 87 species were

Today, for the San Dieguito Lagoon July Monthly Bird Count, Joni Ciarletta and I covered the SW section of lagoon, from the lagoon mouth east to the east end of the boardwalk (the area west of I-5 but

An semi-slow morning at La Jolla. I was there from before 6:30 until 9:00 with three others. Over 1,000 Black-vented Shearwaters milling/rafting about 3/4 mile offshore but only about 20 Black Storm-p

The next San Elijo monthly bird count will be Monday 8 July. Counts are conducted by volunteers on the second Monday of each month, rain or shine. Please spread the word or join us if you can (no RSVP

Driving through Marian Bear Canyon at 7:15 yesterday evening, I saw an unusual RTHA sitting on a pole near the junction of Rte. 52 and Genesee Ave. So unusual that I pulled off the road and snapped 3

Yesterday I photographed this Woodpecker from my living room window. Looking in Sibley's and images on line the red crown looks more like Ladder-backed, the rest of the bird looks like Nuttall's and I

This morning ~ 8:10 am, at the beginning of the monthly SD Botanic Garden bird walk led by Rita Campbell, a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was found in the row eucalyptus along the west border of the mai

I know that things at the Cove can change day by day and even moment by moment. Last week when I watched thousands of shearwaters fly past I did not see any storm petrels. Got to the cove 10 minutes a

Thanks to Celia Condit and Art Taylor owners of the Searcher ( Searcher Sportfishing and Searcher Natural History Tours ) for their report of large numbers of seabirds, including 100 Cook"s Petrels, w

There was what I believe a first year Vermilion Flycatcher on the fence just north of the restroom building on your right as you enter the area (San Diego River - Tidal Mudflats). I assume this might

This morning I was able to find a Red-breasted Nuthatch that had been reported earlier this month on ebird as "heard only" by Hank Ingersoll and Barbara Carlson. It was in a large pine tree in the yar

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