Today, Aug 10th, I ventured offshore aboard the Legacy for a quick jaunt on one of their cheap midweek whale-watching trips (I believe Justyn made a post about these a few weeks ago, so if you're look

Today, Aug 8th, there is a Neotropic Cormorant at the lower lagoon in the Safari Park in San Pasqual Valley. This could potentially be the same bird that frequented this same lagoon in the spring of l

For the past 2-1/2 years I have been working on a "San Diego County Avian Database 2002-2022." With assistance provided by Guy McCaskie and Phil Unitt, and also with input from many additional San Die

This morning while doing the Torrey Pines State Reserve bird survey, Kathy Estey and I saw two very young Yellow-crowned Night-Herons in the Los Penasquitos Lagoon. One was just east of the railroad b

As of August 6th, I have found juvenile shorebirds across the board to be late and in low numbers so far this fall. The first species to arrive, as is typical, back in the third week of July (a bit la

The male Mexican Duck is still present, unsurprisingly, at the upper end of Lower Otay Lake. Same MO as previous mornings, so far staying out on the open water west of all the snags, viewed from (32.6

Birders, I am very excited to finally see this long-awaited development in eBird in regard to treatment of exotic species. News story: https://ebird.org/news/important-changes-to-exotic-species-in-ebi

Today, Monday afternoon, Mark Stratton photographed the adult male scarlet tanager returning to drink at the leaky drinking fountain as described in my earlier post today, at Morley Field. He had it b

As many of you know, there has been a cormorant (or two??) of interest, roosting on the power lines near the mouth of San Dieguito Lagoon in Del Mar with a group of Double-cresteds, since late June. T

The Scarlet Tanager is still present an hour later at 4:30 p.m. today in the two eucalyptus trees on either side of the green picnic table that's immediately to the north northwest of the drinking fou

Six of us made an offshore trip in San Diego County waters Sunday 31 July 2022 in search of birds. We made the usual east-west journey from San Diego Bay to The Corner, approximately 30 miles west of

On Tuesday, 2 August, the male Mexican Duck continues at Lower Otay Lake, in the exact same area near the dead trees where it frequented over the weekend. The most common landbird migrant currently al

County Coordinators/Contributors: The Nesting Season (1 June through 31 July 2022) is ended, and we solicit reports for inclusion in the Southern California Region of NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. Reports sho

Good evening, I went down on a stakeout at 3:30 to look for the Scarlet Tanager. The bird showed at 4:19 and again at 5:37 at the fountain described by Paul Lehman in a Previous e-mail. Both times the

The Scarlet Tanager is showing very well presently, it came in to drink at 5:37 PM again and is still in view in the neighboring Eucalyptus as of 6:00 PM. Nathan Goldberg North Park

Mark Stratton just sent me photos of the male Scarlet Tanager that Paul posted about this morning. The bird came to the drinking fountain at 4:19. This is at Morley Field, near the dugout of the NE ba

Yesterday, 31 July, Mark Stratton ran into a couple folks at Morley Field in n. Balboa Park who showed him a photo of an alternate male Scarlet Tanager drinking at a leaky drinking fountain there and

County Coordinators/Contributors: The Spring Migration Season (1 March 2022 through 31 May 2022) is ended, and we solicit reports for inclusion in the Southern California Region of NORTH AMERICAN BIRD

The male Mexican Duck continues this afternoon (7/30) at Lower Otay in the same area as previously reported. As of 16:50 it has tucked its head and is now sleeping on the shore in the company of many

Off the mouth of Penasquitos Lagoon this morning; breeding plumage; need scope. Susan Smith Seiurus Biological Consulting Del Mar, CA seiurus@... -- Susan Smith Seiurus Biological Consulting Del Mar,