A quick lunchtime birdwatch in Balboa Park Thursday turned up a Hermit Thrush, a Western Tanager, and one very large juvenile Red Tailed Hawk trying to ‘fly casual’ under a dense, low grove of shade t

continuing bird, 10:30 a.m. threw oatmeal on ground, 20 sec. later heard soft "mew" call, towhee dropped down to eat under bushes along front fence line. susan yamagata imperial beach suysan@...

Friday morning, Nov 8, I birded parts of Balboa Park--especially the west and central sections. Certainly the best bird was a female SCARLET TANAGER at around 7:30-8:00AM along the west side of the pa

Both birds plus ones listed below were seen at approx.11:45 am this morning same area as reported earlier. Bushtits Ruby Crowned Kinglet Yellow Rump Warbler Townsend's Warbler Orange Crowned Warbler a

Quick drive on Rangeland Rd yielded quite a few raptors this morning – newest bird on the block is a PRAIRIE FALCON. At least 3 red-tail hawks, including one dark morph; 3 kestrels; 1 bald eagle; 1 Fe

Birds have been a bit slow in Jacumba, compared the the nice birds reported at Rohr Park. Both common sapsuckers are around, and I see one or both every day, usually in the large tamarisk next to the

I spent the day afield with visiting Pittsburgh birder Douglas Ruff in search of local near endemics and other good birds. At the Upper Otay Lake we found three BELL'S SPARROW as soon as the sun came

Members, SDFO is pleased to announce that issue of two San Diego Birding listserv's has been solved. This process may take a week to complete so we ask you to be patient. Complete details will be sent

This morning I birded (a little late, at 9 am-11:30 or so) the area around University City High School (UCHS)and the Rose Canyon trail starting at the eastern trailhead across from the UCHS parking lo

The relatively short, 6-hour pelagic trip out of San Diego on Saturday, Nov 9th, aboard "Grande" out to and circling the 9-Mile Bank had excellent weather, very light seas, a good number of birds thro

This morning Supeena and I birded around Stonewall Mine in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. The first bird we saw when we got out of the car a little after 8am was a male Williamson's Sapsucker, in trees j

The Gray Catbird continues today at 3076 Broken Arrow Road in Borrego Springs. There is now a black metal stool placed next to its preferred bush, so stay away from that area if you visit! Bob Theriau

From Stonewall Mine, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park: Williamson's Sapsucker (female) - 3 photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/9638954@N07/10770126103/in/photostream/ From Ramona Grasslands along Rangeland

Birders, I spent 1.5 hours at Fort Rosecrans yesterday afternoon (9 November) with Dick Norton in an unsuccessful search for the Golden-crowned Kinglet. We checked along the main road and from the wal

Birded the SD River to the Mud Flats with Annie Stockley on Saturday. Best bird of the day was a Sora in the same area as the Wilson's Snipe as been reported this year (South Shores/Old SeaWorld Drive

With many thanks to Susan Yamagata and her very nice dog, I got terrific views of the green-tailed towhee in her IB yard between 9:30 and 10am Sunday morning. Susan let me in and showed me where to sc

I was driving north around mid-day today, Sunday, on I-15 and had just barely passed the Adams Avenue exit near the top of the ridge just a mile south of I-8, when a ZONE-TAILED HAWK flew by, going we

Was finally able to locate (second try) the Pacific Golden Plover today at the above location (10:15 AM). Bird was tucked into the edge of what I believe is Pickleweed on the edge of the second little

This morning, 10 Nov, Mark Stratton and I re-found the female Williamson's Sapsucker at Stonewall Mine in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. See yesterday's (Saturday's) post for Chris Adler's excellent dire

I've posted some photos from Saturday's fun 6 hour pelagic aboard the Grande to my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/78394132@N00/sets/72157637545059513/ On Sunday morning I stopped by Balboa Park