Hi, All, The Black Tern recently reported here continues. It was hanging out with a flock of two dozen adult and immature Least Terns a bit north of the river mouth, where the fence curves eastward. C

Spent most of Friday in the Lagunas; Agua Dulce, West Meadow, Big Laguna, m19. Nice birds, some warbler activity along AD creek by the pump house including a Nashville. Water-in-the-Woods area Willow

This morning (Friday) I photographed a Black Tern flying over near the mouth of the Tijuana River by the Least Tern & Snowy Plover breeding area. Didn't know what I had until I put up the photos and s

Victor and Ruben Stoll just messaged me that they found a RED-FACED WARBLER in the Lagunas Mountains along the Sunrise Highway at this pin this morning: https://goo.gl/maps/8QXVmYKdfsmqsBGEA (32.85667

On Friday, 12 Aug, a juvenile Red Knot with a flock of 90 adults at the J Street mudflats sets a new early arrival date for that age-class in the county by one day. Yeah! A Green-winged Teal at Sweetw

The Stoll brothers phorographed a RFWA today in the Lagunas along Sunrise Hwy here: https://goo.gl/maps/w3j8sWMWUhBVEWa36 32°51'24.0"N 116°27'51.4"W Matt Sadowski On Fri, Aug 12, 2022, 07:15 Matt Sado

The REVI that was recorded back in mid July and more recently photographed is present at the Tijuana River Valley Bird and Butterfly Garden. Moved from just N of blue-green building to just E of build

Hello fellow birders, The BVAS sponsored August pelagic trip aboard the 80ft. Legacy out of Seaforth Landing is this Saturday. The trip is booked full and has a waiting list, as does the Sept. trip. C

Today, Aug 10th, I ventured offshore aboard the Legacy for a quick jaunt on one of their cheap midweek whale-watching trips (I believe Justyn made a post about these a few weeks ago, so if you're look

Today, Aug 8th, there is a Neotropic Cormorant at the lower lagoon in the Safari Park in San Pasqual Valley. This could potentially be the same bird that frequented this same lagoon in the spring of l

For the past 2-1/2 years I have been working on a "San Diego County Avian Database 2002-2022." With assistance provided by Guy McCaskie and Phil Unitt, and also with input from many additional San Die

This morning while doing the Torrey Pines State Reserve bird survey, Kathy Estey and I saw two very young Yellow-crowned Night-Herons in the Los Penasquitos Lagoon. One was just east of the railroad b

As of August 6th, I have found juvenile shorebirds across the board to be late and in low numbers so far this fall. The first species to arrive, as is typical, back in the third week of July (a bit la

The male Mexican Duck is still present, unsurprisingly, at the upper end of Lower Otay Lake. Same MO as previous mornings, so far staying out on the open water west of all the snags, viewed from (32.6

Birders, I am very excited to finally see this long-awaited development in eBird in regard to treatment of exotic species. News story: https://ebird.org/news/important-changes-to-exotic-species-in-ebi

Today, Monday afternoon, Mark Stratton photographed the adult male scarlet tanager returning to drink at the leaky drinking fountain as described in my earlier post today, at Morley Field. He had it b

As many of you know, there has been a cormorant (or two??) of interest, roosting on the power lines near the mouth of San Dieguito Lagoon in Del Mar with a group of Double-cresteds, since late June. T

The Scarlet Tanager is still present an hour later at 4:30 p.m. today in the two eucalyptus trees on either side of the green picnic table that's immediately to the north northwest of the drinking fou

Six of us made an offshore trip in San Diego County waters Sunday 31 July 2022 in search of birds. We made the usual east-west journey from San Diego Bay to The Corner, approximately 30 miles west of

On Tuesday, 2 August, the male Mexican Duck continues at Lower Otay Lake, in the exact same area near the dead trees where it frequented over the weekend. The most common landbird migrant currently al