In Wednesday, May 23rd, around 3:10 I had what appeared to be a Chimney Swift flying with a group of swallows and a single White-throated Swifts over both large ponds at Dairy Mart. There was a fairly

About 9:15 am or so, we found a Summer Tanager in a eucalyptus near the sound end of Arroyo Drive, where the northern border of Cottonwood Creek Park, upper (the path just west of the tennis courts me

Today, 22 May, there was a worn, first-cycle "Thayer's" Iceland Gull at the J Street mudflats with almost 200 Californias. Quite late. Quick, what's the most misidentified bird in San Diego County?? I

At roughly 11:30 am this morning (5/21) I had an adult male Rose-breasted Grosbeak along the Flintkote trail at Torrey Pines Reserve. It was found just past the entry gate and again about 0.2 miles fu

Early this morning, 21 May, there was a singing Rose-breasted Grosbeak in residential Point Loma near the intersection of Dupont X Albion, although it was moving around and then once it shut up it wen

This is the third and last spring pelagic trip out of San Diego for 2022. The Sunday June 12th. trip is an 10 to12 hr. birding adventure aboard the 80 ft. Legacy out of Seaforth Sportfishing Landing,

Yesterday morning, 5/16, I observed an Oak Titmouse in the riparian/eucalyptus stand near the northern terminus of Lone Jack Road, south of the intersection with Lone Hill Lane. I also checked the hil

To add to Paul's migrant list, this morning (17 May) Patti Koger and had a Black Swift aerial feeding near a White-throated Swift and swallows just east of Coastal Roots Farm along Quail Gardens Drive

The last good push of migrants was last Thursday and Friday, with mostly residual hangers-on since then, in ever-decreasing numbers. The most numerous species, in decreasing abundance, seemed to be Wi

Tipus near Ashton x Rutherford. Moving around a lot. Currently lost track of bird. This a weekend industrial site if you want to chase. Tito Gonzalez Carlsbad

This morning during a break in the fog there was a PALM WARBLER in a silk oak along the alley between DuPont and Warner in the Silvergate neighborhood of Point Loma. Alex Abela San Diego

The San Diego pelagic trip on 14 May aboard "Legacy" and sponsored by Buena Vista Audubon Society took place under beautiful sea conditions. We explored out to the western edge of San Diego County wat

I received a couple questions this week so thought it may be worthwhile posting an update on waterbird nesting status in South San Diego Bay. At least at the sites I'm involved at, snowy plover number

Hello all, We have a near perfect ocean forecast for tomorrow's pelagic trip. "winds less than 10kts. and 2-3 ft swell at 8 seconds, 1-2 ft. wind wave". Sometimes actual conditions don't match the for

A reasonable flight of passarines this morning at several coastal sites although not as many as yesterday at Mount Soledad, but same composition, with most common species at the latter site being 80 W

This evening we were presented with a pair of California Quail and 15 chicks, I researched all my baby quail photos and the earliest previous was June 9. All the quail have been paired up for several

The morning-flight on Thursday the 12th at Mount Soledad was quite good. It also started promptly at dawn (5:55AM), which is earlier than normal. I stayed until almost 8:30. The dominant species were

This past weekend we went out to Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary, excited to see the Western Screech Owl that had recently returned for yet another summer. We asked Phil, the resident caretaker, where w

The Neotropic Cormorant continues at Guajome County Park at 9:50 today (Tuesday). Perched on the east side of the small island in the lake with several DC cormorants. Nancy Christensen Ramona A bird d

On 8 May, a large-bodied Cackling Goose is in the "Sea World section" of the San Diego River channel. This is presumably the same largeish bird that wintered just over a mile away along the east side