This morning (1/1/08) at around 9 AM there were three "female type" hooded mergansers in the south end of Santee Lake #6. One had a yellow- orange bill, like...
This morning (1/1/08) I went looking for Gjon Hazard's Northern waterthrush in the riparian habitat behind (south of) the Costco parking lot (east of I-5 on...
Hi I spent about an hour and half this morning with the Tri-colored Heron and was able to get some decent images. I am posting this from my laptop so I ...
Spent an hour in Balboa Park this morning trying to find the olive- sided flycatcher, but did not find it. Thought I had it, but turned out to be a distant...
Hi, all! 2008 got off with a bang (as a lot of you know :-)) with a wonderful pelagic trip! Highlights include both Rhino and Cassin's Auklets (and great...
I had fairly good, albeit brief, looks at this shearwater. For me it immediately recalled a (moulting) pink-footed in jizz, coloring and flight (which is what...
After a sensational and productive SDFO pelagic trip, the best bird I found during the rest of the day, after visiting Famosa Slough, Lake Kumeyaay, central...
Claude Edwards
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Sean raises some interesting doubts here. I suggest we reconsider the i.d. made in the field, when we were all struggling with how odd the bird was and what it...
Hint taken: http://www.flickr.com/photos/68911779@N00/sets/72157603612826099/detail/ Matt Sadowski Chula Vista, CA ... From: "Stan Walens" <swalens@...> ...
All, While I was not on the boat, I beleieve the photos are definitively Sooty Shearwater. There is a wide degree of variation in Sooty Shearwater, and...
I have heard back from a number of expert seabirders who have looked at the photos of yesterday's aberrant shearwater, and they universally concur that the...
Greetings, For those of you who enjoyed yesterday's pelagic trip, you're invited to join the Buena Vista Audubon for it's second annual winter pelagic from...
With the help of a friendly birder the olive-sided flycatcher was found in redwood canyon at Balboa Park. It was sitting on top of one of the redwoods East of...
Hi, all! Covered Tijuana Slough NWR this morning, and a bit of the South Bay (didn't have time to cover all of the Silver Strand). Started at the River Mouth ...
alate report we spent from 10:30 to 1:30 today in Santee. First we drove around the ponds finding 5 Hooded Mergansers 2 males 3 females in the first...
I rode the Oceanside Bike Trail over to the beach this morning. The ocean was perfectly flat and I could see several thousand birds, many in large rafts, from...
Received phone call from Susan Welker reporting summer tanager in neighborhood around 2nd Ave & N Del Mar Ave in Chula Vista, wood duck in pond of lower San...
Hi All, I spent a couple of busy hours at Guajome Lake and Campground this morning. Highlights included a SUMMER TANAGER, a male and female PHAINOPEPLA, and...
Before the rains come we spent an hour walking around Lindo Lake.With the very tame Canada Geese is a Cackling Goose SW of the first 'lake and at the east end...
Visited the previously described site on the east side of the lake hodges bridge. I and another birder, Eileen Littlefield, found the bird east of the trail...
The tri-colored heron continues in the SW corner of the San Diego River. 19 white pelicans and a canvasback duck were also present. Jim Pea San Diego, CA...
Hi, all! The threat of the Big Storm scared me away from McCain Valley, so decided to get Felicita CP out of the way! Highlights include a GRAY-HEADED JUNCO...
The palm warbler was at the base of the Camp Surf jetty in Imperial Beach this morning, 1/4/08, happily feeding on kelp flies. Dennis Parker Tierrasanta...
On Friday, January 4th there were two female and about eight male Greater Scaup in Agua Hedonia Lagoon, west of the railroad tracks, near the Coast Highway. ...
Because of the rain and wet conditions, the Penasquitos Bird Count scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday, Jan 6, 2008 has been postponed to Sunday, Jan 13, 2008....
Claude just called he checked Lindo lake this morning he saw several birds we didn't a Golden-crowned Kinglet was in the Peruvian Pepper tree calling with...
I may have seen 10 to 15 stpe off leucadia, dark top and bottom, smaller than black vented shearwaters, light flyers, flapped most of time with very short...
Both the Brown Creeper and Pine Warbler continue at Friendship Park as of late this morning. Both were in pines at the east end of the park, often within a few...
