Wednesday, Mar 17, Char and I found a possible Neotropic Cormorant (or possibly a hybrid) at one of the ponds at The Roadrunner Club in Borrego Springs. It was with a Double-crested Cormorant at the p

Today 278 Swainson's migrated from Borrego Springs. This evening over 150 landed in the date farm. Tomorrow (Thursday) they will most likely depart late (calm wind), between 8:15 and 9:15am. Best view

and, meant to mention- four Whimbrels feeding in a grass lot, behind the school west of the Comm Ctr were perhaps on their way north...? Oh, and woops on 'esst' instead of 'east' ...looks like I need

R-B Sapsucker this afternoon at N Clairemont Community Center, in pines, esst side of sidewalk 'loop', shrug-of-shoulders ...assuming it is a 'pure' bird... No migration detected, Paul Chad University

At about 4:45 there was an adult male Purple Martin at Sweetwater Reservoir. When you first drive up to the campground it was to the right of the ranger check-in, flying around the trail. It was with

Today 151 hawks migrated north. This evening at 6:15pm we watched as approximately 225 Swainson's Hawks dropped into the Date Farm. More hawks continued to drop in until dark. The weather forecast of

Hey all, At 540pm had a beautiful male Vermillion Flycatcher fly catching from post to post in the center of the four softball fields at Morley Fields in Balboa Park. A beautiful, cooperative little b

This afternoon around 4:30 there was a drake Eurasian Green-winged Teal (Common Teal) with about 30 American GWTE on the low tide mudflats at J St. in Chula Vista. The bird lacks the vertical white ba

Yesterday (Sunday March 14) only 118 Swainson's Hawks migrated. We expected a bigger number of migrants based on the previous evening's estimate. Unfortunately several folks from the coast came out fo

Keith and I and a couple of other birders were at the 4S Ranch Community Park from about 7:40AM (6:40 on last week's time). Saw various blackbirds but not the Bronzed Cowbird. We also checked the park

The Cattle Egrets continue along Dairy Mart Road south of the sod farms in the very trash-strewn area that is very popular with Yellowlegs. Today, they were very far out in the field (scope required).

Along with visiting O. C. birders Tom W. and Liga A., we saw a fair number of continuing stakeouts that have liked wintering in San Diego this year. Today's (Sunday) selection included the returning P

0800-0825, perched in trees near gazebo with blackbird flock.

This evening we counted around 550 Swainson's Hawk descending into the Date Farm on Borrego Valley Rd. The number is most likely on the low side. Estimates of well over 600 hawks is possible. The west

The white-winged scoter continued this morning in the Sweetwater channel just west of the bridge south of the bikepath & SE of the marina. Yesterday, the tricolored heron was observed flying north to

Our speaker this month is the San Diego Natural History Museum's Phil Unitt and his talk, “Building Biology from the Ground Up: 145 Years of Remarkably Rich History of the Collection of Birds and Mamm

Today we counted 2,731 Swainson's Hawks migrating from Borrego Springs. At 5:15am 1,256 hawks kettled up and streamed out of the valley. From 5:15-9am hawks were sitting in trees and in fields next to

On Friday morning, the Bronzed Cowbird continues at 4S Ranch near the 4S Sports Park along Dove Creek Road. Congrats to Sean Buchanan on finding this subtley plumaged bird. See his post and eBird list

Today 110 Swainson's Hawks migrated from Borrego Springs. This evening somewhere between 150-200 hawks dropped into the Date Farm and other roost sites. Unfortunately the wind tomorrow might get them

A brief stop at Kit Carson park in Escondido this morning found that the Gray Flycatcher originally found by Sue Smith back in February continues in the ball fields southeast of the tree lake, approxi