So sorry, a falconer friend identified them as Red-tails. I wanted to post right away in case other birders were in the area. Tracy Henchbarger thench@... Lake Hodges, Escondido, CA 92029

Hello all, There are a few spots left for the Friday, Feb. 19th. SDAS Bird Festival pelagic trip. This is a chance to bird our local ocean on a nice sized boat with a small group. February is a good m

I have photos and will post the ID when I have a definite opinion from more knowledgeable birders. Huge wing spans. Mottled golden colors with lighter colors above and below. Light colored nape. The b

Still thousands of black-venteds. Number of looms has skyrocketed. Jim Pawlicki has just photographed a Manx shearwater here. Stan Walens, San Diego Feb 12, 2021; 11:11 am

I’ve been at the Cove for about an hour. Highlights have been a single adult masked booby fly-by on the leading edge of a squall, a Limpopo of black-vented shearwaters (about 3000 so far), 200 Pacific

I just counted 33 Lawrence's Goldfinch at my feeders in my backyard, which is at the ~ NE corner of Mission Bay. We lost one female finch last night to either a cat or an accipiter, but on a bright no

Very surprised to find a female Summer Tanager at Melba Bishop Park (North River Rd & College) ~12:30 today (Thurs.). She was very cooperative, flying out and back from a bare tree just beyond the pic

A flock of Lawrence’s Goldfinches (approximately eighteen birds) has been feeding in my neighbor’s tiny back yard for the last five or six days. The house is situated roughly a quarter of a mile south

I visited the Rangeland Road area this morning (2-10-21), with the following results: Bald Eagles: 1 on the nest, and what appeared to be a subadult in the distant leafless tree farther south along th

A flock of ten mixed males, females and juveniles. On the corner of West Via Rancho Parkway and Purer Road - a cut down avocado orchard that is now a large field. As you are looking at the field from

The juv. Swainson's Hawk continues along Sunset Ave. across from the ballfields in the Tijuana River Valley. Sitting on a pole just east of the large eucalyptus grove. Matt Sadowski

SDFO (San Diego Field Ornithologists) continue to have their meetings via Zoom on the third Tuesday of each month. We'd love to have you join us if you aren't already a member! Memberships are $25 for

Had a quick look at the Mew Gull in flight around 2:20 near the Ferry Landing but it didn’t stick around. I am currently (3:20) watching the Lesser Black-backed Gull foraging on the northernmost bit o

The returning adult male Baltimore Oriole was seen at 9:45 am (2/6) frequenting the tall eucs near the center and north part of La Jolla Colony Park. Good Birding! Jay Desgrosellier San Diego, CA

This morning, Feb 8th, I found the Pine Warbler reported by Paul Lehman in Mission Hills. It is on Washington Place between Jackdaw and Ingalls Streets. I saw the bird mostly in the only conifer on th

Normally I would never post news of a Mew Gull with any particular rush, but given that there have been so few of them this winter anywhere in the county, there is currently as of 11:20AM at low tide

The young Swainson's Hawk continues Monday morning along Sunset near the ball fields just east of the eucalyptus grove. Very tame and very photogenic. The bird was not present when I first showed up b

I assume these will be considered not to be wild, but there are 2 Black Swans currently at Robb Field. At right edge of mud flats not far from the bridge by skate park. Lisa Ruby Sabre Springs Sent fr

A couple days ago in the early morning there was a nice mixed flock of orioles and tanagers working the eucalyptus trees in the small canyon that crosses Richmond near Cypress, both sides of the road,

The Orchard Oriole appeared at 8:40 in the coral tree on Arden, probably delayed by the fog. Jan Nordenberg San Diego -- Jan Nordenberg Sent from Gmail Mobile