Jim Pawlicki refound the 1st-cycle SBIG on Murray this afternoon. N side of Kiowa p. lot. Matt Sadowski

For those possibly interested in looking through the thousands of black vented shearwaters for a manx or two, unfortunately the thousands of birds have shifted slightly north, but more importantly the

While sending out a couple text messages and composing my previous post, the shearwaters kept getting up and swirling around and landing again and totally mixing up, and I have yet to be able to refin

At 8:45 a.m. there are at least a couple thousand or more black vented shearwaters sitting in the water right off the beach in good light in Del Mar and I have at least one Manx shaerwater sitting in

Many of us recognize that the Merlin app's "Sound ID" makes mistakes. Certain errors occur regularly. It might be useful, especially for beginning birders, to be aware of common Merlin errors. Here ar

Today, Weds, the male "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal and male Eurasian Wigeon continued at J Street in Chula Vista. A female-type White-winged Scoter was right off the beach near the Camp Surf jetty wit

At 5:30pm today (March 7) we began to see hawks coming in from a distance. The migration continued until darkness set in. The number of hawks may be around 100 or more. They appear to be roosting in t

Today (March 7), 201 Swainson's Hawks and 71 Turkey Vultures migrated from Borrego Springs. Each evening until mid-April we monitor incoming Swainson's Hawks and Turkey Vultures 1.8 miles north of Pal

The owl is between camping site 10 & 12 in one of the tamarisk trees about 5 minutes ago. Mike Wittmer Escondido

Morning, I just had a brown thrasher here: (32.9181273, -117.2390965), about 100m north of the traffic circle by the parking area at the south end of Sorrento valley ponds, between the road and train

This morning (3/7/23) I saw a female Common Merganser at the north end of Santee Lake #4. Out of all the years I have been going to Santee Lakes and leading field trips there, this is the first Common

At around 8:15 AM, I spotted a female Black-and-white warbler today during a brief, unsuccessful check for the Varied Thrush. The bird was preening in a large ficus tree located in the northwest corne

This evening at 5pm approximately 150-200 Swainson's Hawks and an equal number of Turkey Vultures migrated into Borrego Springs. The TV's are in the Roadrunner and the hawks are spread out on the outs

Due to unfortunate logistical issues beyond my control, the attempt for the Hepatic Tanager tomorrow morning in Tierrasanta has been CANCELED. Sorry. (In unrelated tanager news, yesterday and the day

The returning adult male hepatic tanager continues in Tierrasanta, although on private HOA property. It seems somewhat reliable as of late in the early morning in a general area, so I am willing to ta

At around 8:15 AM, while working at the Zoo, I noticed a male Varied thrush on the ground just outside the west entrance of Parker Aviary. It was in the company of a couple of American robins and flew

Today, Saturday, a new Lucy's Warbler was along the border of Coronado and NASNI, mostly frequenting pepper trees near the tall netting and last seen going off limits to the golf course, so may be tou

This evening, March 2nd, over 60 Swainson's Hawks (probably more) dropped into the Date Farm (formally Evans Farm) at 5:45pm. Around 75 Turkey Vultures are also roosting in the same area. The wind wil

Thursday morning there is plenty of water flowing down the Tijuana River along Dairy Mart Road near the model airplane club and there is a major lake on the sod farm. Should last a fair number of days

I have a photo of a Savannah sparrow that I took in 2019 by the Mission Bay golf course. I’d like to know if it is the Belding’s race. If someone can help, I’ll share the photo by email so I don’t dis