Kathy Estey and I have been doing the monthly Torrey Pines State Reserve bird survey together for the past 25 years. This morning there were an unusually large number of water birds in the Los Penasqu

Found as reported yesterday by Paul, app here: (32.7399165, -117.1650956) Viewed from canyon in a tall scraggly pepper tree. There are a couple of large eucs that toppled over recently and while I was

It's been a bit of a while since it's been reported, but the female type Northern Parula continues Saturday morning in UTC at the end of Executive Drive in the last tipu tree next to the entrance to t

i routinely look out in the ocean from Beacons beach (west end of Leucadia Blvd) and its been pretty dead for awhile . At least the last 3 days theres theres been big numbers of Black vents from at le

A male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was present Friday morning in the Middletown/Banker's Hill neighborhood of San Diego. It was immediately behind #3312 Front Street, which is bordering a canyon. This ca

On Weds AM the 25th, a few folks went on a half-day pelagic trip out to the outer edge of the 9-Mile Bank. Pleasant sea conditions. Pretty much reasonably expected species were seen, with no real surp

This morning about 6:45, the Red-footed Booby flew over my head and south down the bay, squawking as it went. I was scanning for the RN Grebe (unsuccessfully), and had just put my gear away when the b

An Ancient Murrelet was photographed yesterday morning off Quivira Nasin somewhere near the mouth of Mission Bay. But the news was not shared until now this morning, Tuesday, via eBird. Not a birder I

The Clay-colored Sparrow found in late Dec at Rohr Park in Bonita by Miko Olsen, but not reported at all this month, continued this morning (Monday) near the west end of the park, as before. Today it

I just received word from Alex Lamoreaux that a TB kingbird is at Nestor park right now (5:16 on Saturday) calling from the sycamores. Nancy Christensen Ramona A bird does not sing because it has an a

Elizabeth Copper and I birded a few spots in North County San Diego this morning with some hits and misses on previously reported rarities: - At Carlsbad Premium Outlet Mall, the vast majority of warb

The largest numbers of American Robins are often recorded at dawn, as flock after flock flies overhead at that time of the morning in some areas. Today, the 22nd, large flocks at low to fairly high he

A thick-billed Kingbird was photographed at Nestor Park on the afternoon of Jan 7th, but mis-identified as a Tropical Kingbird. Alex Lamoreaux noticed the error and contacted me about it. Paul has bir

Yet another new, coastal Townsend's Solitaire is in town this morning, Saturday, at El Camino Cemetery in the Sorrento Valley area. Along the road in cedars/junipers and pines adjacent to the couple r

Mel and I visited the parking lot at Safari Park yesterday afternoon to see the Zone-tail “show”. Three were seen together in the air at about 4, and a fourth bird was perched in a eucalyptus tree. We

For those who are interested in the location of the El Cajon roosting flock, this evening I tracked them to Wells Park, about three blocks from the courthouse. The park is on East Madison, between Nor

On Wednesday, there was a new Summer Tanager and two White-throated Sparrows together at Point Loma Nazarene University. Today, Thursday, another new Summer Tanager is at Sunnyslope Park in Otay Mesa

Today (1/18) Myself and family along with Nancy C. headed out on one of Legacy's 3 hour whale watching tours in search of birds. As well as the continuing Yellow-billed Loon on the way out we were ple

35 outstanding volunteers participated in the 2022 Lake Henshaw CBC on 19 Dec! Thank you so much for your hard work and persistence in San Diego's only Montane, (high altitude), and "wildest" CBC. Man

This morning, January 16, we have dozens of robins and cedar waxwings at our house just north of Bird Rock. Sally M. Gall La Jolla