Today 514 Swainson's Hawks migrated. This evening at least 200 hawks spent over an hour hovering above the date farm. Another 100 hawks glided in low from the east. At 6:30 an additional kettle of 100

Sunday morning 4/3/2022 about 0730, there was a singing Green-tailed Towhee at the eastern end of Forester Creek. Google Earth coordinates are 32.831890N 116.986633W. This is about 50 yards west of th

This morning, 47 Swainson's Hawks migrated. This evening (Friday) we counted around 60-75 Swainson's hawks at 7pm. but there probably are around 100 in two locations. Around 50 are located at West Coa

This afternoon, April 1st, 2022, around 2:30 there were at least 55 Surfbirds on the jetty in front of the Hotel Del despite the hordes of children climbing all over the rocks. Some of the Surfbirds a

This morning there was an adult male Hooded Warbler in the same area of mesquite scrub as the continuing Bendire's Thrasher out at Clark Dry Lake in Borrrego. The warbler was fairly confiding, though

The Palm Warbler Keith and I found at the Nazerene campus a week ago was there today, just behind the parking structure near its south end. A lot of small birds flitted and hid in trees in that area,

Herb Stone and I saw and heard the continuing Bendire's Thrasher on Rockhouse Trail in Borrego Springs this morning. We entered the coordinates that Lisa Ruby shared in her 3/27 post/ebird report (33.

Ter Hurst and I went out to Borrego Springs for a previously planned trip today and did the drive down Rockhouse Trail to look for the Bendire's Thrasher. It's still there, and its frequent long bouts

Russ and I visited Safari Park this afternoon, hoping to find the returning Wood Stork reported this morning. We were not successful. The report said it was on the south pond which I think must be vie

Today (Sunday March 27) we counted 470 migrating Swainson's Hawks in several kettles. Some kettles had over 100 hawks. Over 300 started the morning on the ground. Our total count of migrant Swainson's

Over 100 Swainson's Hawks dropped into the date farm (Evans Ranch) at 6:45pm yesterday. Today with light wind they will continue their journey north between 8 and 9am. Best viewing from Borrego Valley

Today at least 251 Swainson's Hawks migrated from Borrego Springs. Kettles began forming shortly after 9am. This evening at 6:15pm at least 150 Swainson's Hawks descended into the date farm (Evans Ran

The Palm Warbler and orioles were in the area behind the early childhood learning center, a short way south of the parking structure, not along the culvert. ====================== Sara Baase Mayers Po

Keith and I saw a dull Palm Warbler along the culvert near the south end of the campus this morning. Also about half a dozen each of Bullock's and Hooded Orioles (mostly male, total of three females)

On 26 March in Tierrasanta there is a notable influx of American Robins, with multiple flocks totaling ca. 65 birds. There had been relatively few around the county this winter, so is this an actual e

The BETH continues and was already singing before sunrise when John D., Dave T., and I pulled up along the edge of Clark Dry Lake at 33.33311, -116.29527. Matt Sadowski

Spent a couple of hours in Rancho Cuyamaca, Stonewall Mine area, and photographed a flycatcher I believe is a Western Pewee, but am not absolutely sure due to wide & strong (rather than ' narrow & dul

At 6:30-7pm we had at least 150 and probably up to 250 Swainson's Hawks descend into the date farm on Borrego Valley Rd. With only light wind in the morning the hawks probably will go to ground early

As mentioned in some previous posts, it is not easy to document true through-migrants of a number of species in most parts of the county due to their being "drowned out" by more resident birds present

The Cackling Goose that has been present along the eastern shore of Mission Bay for a few weeks, and now associating with the two long-staying Greater White-fronteds, is an interesting bird. Its body