I just had a Zone-tailed Hawk soar over the open space hill in Sabre Springs South. It went over the hill toward the southeast from here. No photos. Unfortunately don't have my camera with me. Lisa Ru

Visited West Canyon (Serra Mesa) today a little visited canyon just east of the 15. Nice paved walkway. Had a brief look at a Hermit Warbler and at least 3 Purple Finch. Looking at eBird, looks like o

First off, one little bit of bird news: On 21 Feb there was a Pacific-slope Flycatcher in the Allen Road canyon in Mission Hills. Perfect date for the chances that this bird over-wintered locally vers

I am at the Cove trying out the new Swarovski 115mm lens. Wow!!! Watching an endless Zambezi of 3000+ Black-vented shearwaters going north. A Manx shearwater came past just outside the kelp bed. Nothi

Dear friends, This morning 20 February 2021 at Paradise Creek Educational Park in National City I saw the male Vermilion Flycatcher that has apparently been there continuously since at least 18 Decemb

The number of Brown Booby detections off ‘North County’ has never been competitive with ‘South County’, and what’s more, it’s declined in recent years (confirmed by a quick check of eBird history), so

Today's, 20 February, San Diego Bird Festival pelagic trip aboard "New Seaforth" was greeted by moderate seas, so a modified route to mostly off La Jolla. We were not able to go as far south or as far

While looking for the Eastern Phoebe mid-morning Saturday 2/20/21, there was an adult male Hooded Oriole in the palms near the fence line east of the Mission Bay Resort. Later in the morning, about 10

The Friday, 19 Feb, 2/3-day San Diego Bird Festival pelagic trip aboard "New Seaforth" out to the 9-Mile Bank and off La Jolla enjoyed fairly light seas and overall good weather. Species seen were as

A brief visit to Radcliffe Dr south of Governor (Standley Mid Scl) this AM showed that the Chipping Sparrow flock has returned, and with it (as earlier in winter) at least one Clay-colored Sparrow. Th

Continuing on fence at 11:05 (currently working north) between resort and white dumpster here: (32.7756709, -117.2087209) Nathan French Hillcrest

On Thursday the 18th, the wintering Ash-throated Flycatcher continued at dawn (6:30AM)--the only reliable time--in Rose Teeple Park in Imperial Beach, and, as almost always, it likes the Carrotwood tr

A cooperative Gray Flycatcher (I think this is a new one, at least for this winter) was on the southeast side of Tree Lake pond and picnic/play area (compilation spot for Esc. CBC), along the concrete

As nearly a year and a half has passed since I wrote this email: https://groups.io/g/SanDiegoRegionBirding/message/9979 it appears it is time to refresh some people on the eBird review process. Every

Phil, and as a reminder to everyone, This email listserv reaches nearly 1,000 people through direct email and is also available to anyone with internet access on multiple sites (groups.io, Sialia Bird

I've been reading with interest the recent reports of Burrowing Parakeet seen locally. I consulted my parrot guide, Juniper & Parr's "Parrots: A guide to parrots of the world," but Burrowing Parakeet

Took advantage of the holiday to cruise around Agua Dulce this morning. Conditions were dark, cold and a little windy with plenty of snow still about. However, even with the cold and gloomy conditions

Hello, The Female-type Purple Finch continues in my backyard on a canyon in University City. It was seen January 29, and February 3, 4, 9, 11 and 15. It's a very skittish bird, but seems to be attract

Thanks Justyn, Phil, & Paul, for teasing out trends in San Diego CBC numbers. Following up on Phil's observation of the declining numbers of Forster's and Caspian terns on local CBCs, Shuford et al. (

Well, the dust has finally settled (and gotten quite deep, actually!), but I’ve finalized the numbers for the 68th San Diego CBC (part of the 121st Audubon CBC). My apologies for the delay in putting