My non-home office is in Poway, facing a canyon and just a couple of blocks off Scripps Poway Parkway. Yesterday morning a good sized roadrunner with a lizard...
I was at the lake again this morning and did a quick bit of birding around 8.30. There was a large amount of Wilsons Warblers in all the willows, and a single...
Today, in my wanderlust, I stopped by the Santa Ysabel Mission, to see what birds could be found there. At first it seemed like all Brewer's Blackbirds, ...
RWhee89812@...
May 2, 2002 12:58 am
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We played Hookey from the Garden this morning and visited South San Diego Bay.....We visited first the North end of 13 th Street in Imperial Beach on the off...
Yesterdays GRAY FLYCATCHER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and a GREEN- TAILED TOWHEE were by the euc grove. This was the first day to miss Rufus and Calliope...
San Diego Bird-watchers, I was doing gnatcatcher surveys today in Marron Valley, and parked down by the riparian oaks and willows for lunch. The place was...
Hello , It was a great day birding ! Don and I took scopes this yime and went back to Imperial Beach to check out the pond at the north end of 13 th...
I got the answer to my question quickly from Elizabeth..Scan down for the question...M&D ... From: Elizabeth Copper To: mhast27@... Sent: Thursday, May 02,...
With the question still in my mind ...I went to check Phil Unitt's Book and we are looking at the wrong time of year for Wilson's Phalaropes We 'll go back...
Today I noticed I'm still getting the nontext messages that have been plaguing some of the members of SDBirds. Todays was titled "more fun", and seemingly...
RWhee89812@...
May 2, 2002 7:25 pm
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Please refrain from sending anymore messages about Computer viruses. Any further messages on this matter will result in those members' messages being...
After reading Marjorie Hastings posting today, I headed for Thirteenth Street looking for Phalaropes. Didn't find any, just lots of American Avocets, ...
RWhee89812@...
May 2, 2002 11:50 pm
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Birders John Brollini found a Yellow-throated Warbler in the mouth of Pier Canyon yesterday along with a scattering of Wilson's Warblers, Western Tanagers, and...
HeraldPetrel@...
May 4, 2002 3:19 pm
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Joe and I were birding behind a bowling alley in downtown San Marcos and we spotted what we think are "Warbling Vireos". Very plain gray bird with sleek...
Joe and I were birding behind a bowling alley in downtown San Marcos and we spotted what we think are "Warbling Vireos". Very plain gray bird with sleek...
Happy Birding , Jim Smith came by to see the flowers and said oh I missed all the Hooded Warblers this morning at FRNC When I choked on that he said of...
Today, we decided to do some desert hiking, and we wanted to see if we could get any new birds out there. We stopped at Santa Ysabel Mission on the way. ...
RWhee89812@...
May 5, 2002 5:10 am
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San Diego Bird-watchers, Finally got a good look at an adult male Rose-ringed Parakeet, that I've seen and heard in flight many times in the past 2-3 weeks....
Today, we went to the Imperial Beach area to continue our search for the Magpie Jays. We first stopped at Sunset by the tomato field. There, on the telephone...
RWhee89812@...
May 5, 2002 10:11 pm
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Rick Thank you for mentioning the Yellow-headed Blackbirds. We were there on Sunset east at 5 o/clock..2 of the females were in the dirt where the tomatoes...
For some reason I figured today would be rather quiet, boy was I wrong! Got up late and fooled around identifying the parrots on Loma Land Drive, Red- Crowned...
On Saturday afternoon, May 4, about 3:00 PM, I was visiting the downtown library, and noticed an immense flock of Vaux's Swifts whirling around a chimney on...
Kevin Clark
kbclark@...
May 6, 2002 3:49 am
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I live on 8th Ave., near Pennsylvania and noted about 18 Vaux's Swifts this afternoon (5/5/02), flying mostly in the I-163 canyon; there may have been more but...
An easily observed and readily identified (strong throat strap) Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia... is this a reasonable name) is present in a large pond on the...
chr500@...
May 6, 2002 6:28 am
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Hi While looking for Brollini's Yellow-throated Warbler out here on San Clemente Island yesterday, again to no avail, myself and two folks doing bat research ...
HeraldPetrel@...
May 6, 2002 1:09 pm
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Jim Wilson and I were coming back from the desert yesterday and as we drove down the 163 south of the 8 I saw at least 100 Vaux's Swifts (probably a lot more) ...
I had a pair of GRAY VIREOs yesterday (Sunday) on the dirt road leading north from the I-8 exit just west of Kitchen Creek Rd. They were quite tame and came ...
Funnily enough on Friday afternoon I took my wife and daughter down to Border field also for our first visit all the way to the end there. We were lucky enough...
I, too have seen Vaux's Swifts this week. As a matter of fact, they became my 77th yard bird! I didn't see the big numbers that others are reporting--only a...
This morning before work, I was at my new favorite birding spot in San Marcos behind the bowling alley and I spotted a Black and white Warbler and an...
