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

Around 8:30 AM, virtually all the cowbirds disappeared from the area, and whether they come back off and on during the day or they are now gone for most of the day and won't come back till the late af

I got an all too brief look at an apparent female-type bronzed cowbird in the fenced-in reed bed on the south side of Dove Creek road opposite house# 15050 (4:10pm Thurs 3/11). Dark red eye. Uniform g

I did a quick walk around Harry Griffen Park, around noon today (3-11). Best bird was a Black-and-White Warbler, in the area west of the dog park where all the Goldfinches hang out. The dozens of Lawr

This morning I heard a Black-headed Grosbeak singing to the west of my house on the south side of the canyon that extends west from the end of Governor Drive (part of Rose Canyon Open Space Park). The

Nothing too exotic to report on, but for those Violet-green Swallow fans (you know who you are) there was a massive push today. I scanned Lake Murray for a minute this morning and could tell numbers w

This evening at 5pm at least 100 Swainson's descended into the Date Farm 1.5 miles north of Palm Canyon Drive on Borrego Valley Rd. It looks like rain early in the morning but lighter wind than we hav

This evening approximately 100 Swainson's Hawks descended into the area. Best viewing from DiGiorgio Rd just north of The Springs RV Park. Rain is expected to arrive in the morning so the hawks might

The female white-winged scoter continues today in the Sweetwater channel seen both at 8:45 am & 1:30 pm between the boom across the channel SE of the marina entrance channel & the bridge about 200 yds

This morning (3/9/21) at La Jolla Colony, the BALTIMORE ORIOLE continued in the central portion of the park accompanied by a WESTERN TANAGER. The GRACE'S WARBLER was in its usual pine tree at the sout

This morning from 10:45 to 11 am, the continuing male Eurasian wigeon was visible in the main channel at San Elijo Lagoon just SW of the intersection of Manchester & Ocean Cove. Was unable to re-find

The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Wilderness Gardens preserve continues today (March 8th) in the pepper trees near the pond. It is a very confiding individual and allowed many close views. Yesterdays To

I paid a visit to Safari Park this morning specifically to check the status of the breeding colony. As I suspected, it is too early. There were at least two active BC night heron nests with noisy youn

This morning 304 Swainson's Hawks and 79 Turkey Vultures migrated north from Borrego Springs. At least 9 kettles formed as the hawks and vultures moved northwest and out of the valley. Because we are