To Mike Terry and all ,Don and I are leaving town tomorrow..hope there will be no Ross's Gull see you all next week M&D Marjorie Hastings Spring Valley,CA....
This morning I saw the WINTER WREN, originally found by John Puschock, in the "pond" area at William Heise County Park near Julian, approximately 50' past the...
Near the Summit of Cuyamaca Mt. and on the West Mesa Fire trail were 2 White-headed Woodpeckers seen by myself, Phil Unitt, and Jim Wilson. At Paso Piacho...
A steady stream of Black-vented Shearwater (~400) moved south out past the kelp line at La Jolla Cove this morning. A pair of Black Scoter flew south as did...
I havent posted in sometime. I still homeschool my son and am quite busy. TODAY i was on fiest island for about an hour and saw quite a few birds on the road...
Thanks to Sue Smith's recent post of the Lewis' Woodpecker, 30+ birders with SDAS were able to enjoy long, views of the bird earlier today. Other birds of...
0800 today. 2 Williamsons Sap and a female WH woodpecker at location described yesterday by J Morgan W Terry Hunefeld, Leucadia Life is short. Bird Often. ...
There was a single Sage Sparrow at the far North-west corner of Fort Rosecrans National Cemetary along with a Grey-headed Junco(and 3 Oregons), some...
I birded Point Loma and Famosa Slough on Saturday December 2 and had several continuing rarities. At Famosa Slough the Tricolored Heron was present from about...
The two Ospreys which have been nesting at Mesa College, above the football field, for the past several years, have returned once more, and are on the nest. ...
Hi, all! Sorry for the late post, but had several MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS in Ranchita on Saturday; most of them were along the Jasper Trail, but if you don't want...
This afternoon at 4 PM near the town of Imperial, my wife Kathy and I found 280+ SANDHILL CRANES at one of their favorite roosts located north of Holly Sugar...
Mark J. Billings and I birded the mountains and foothills today. At 0730 it was 42 degrees with wind blowing like stink when we arrived at Paso Pichaco...
Doing a little pre-CBC scouting on my lunch break, I observed and photographed an immature male MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD today from 1:45 to 2:15pm at the archery...
A first winter Harris's Sparrow first appeared at my backyard feeders at 1230 this afternoon, soon departed then re-appeared at 1630. Ed Hall Escondido...
I have a loose end from my San Elijo trip a few weeks back, which I posted about earlier. We saw a subadult male Selasphorus hummingbird in the southeast area...
Hi Folks, Ed Hall has a first winter plumage Harris Sparrow coming to his feeder. He saw it an hour ago. He's willing to have people come over and wait for...
This afternoon (12/4/06) at 4:30 PM an EASTERN PHOEBE was present in Rose Canyon. This is probably the same bird that spent last winter here. It was seen in...
Hello fellow birders. Thought I would try to solicit some more volunteers for this year's Lake Henshaw CBC on Monday, December 18th. If you are interested,...
Gretchen Cummings
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Just a reminder - please spread the word - San Elijo Lagoon monthly bird count Monday December 11th (& 2nd Monday of each month, rain or shine) Meet at the...
Thanks go out to the Halls. They must have a long yard list. A nice variety of birds were there but, no Harris's Sparrow. Maybe it's a late riser? Had a...
Is anyone doing the CBC in this area? I live very near the Zoo and Florida Canyon and would be willing to help out in those areas.. I'm only an intermediate...
I saw an American Oystercatcher at the tidepools at the Cabrillo National Monument yesterday. Also saw some brant on Fiesta Island (although I don't know if...
Today Brian Collins & I observed a few notable species in areas closed to the public in San Diego Bay NWR, but given that they likely move around, it's worth...
For all the Santee Lakes CBC-ers, last week, I walked Santee Lakes to the farthest northwest corner where I flushed a Wilson's Snipe and came across a Western...
Today, Phil Unitt and I found a few other notable birds. In the pond just north of 7th Street was a female type Common Merganser associating/foraging with 70+...
SDFO members, Bird Atlas participants, friends, and people I've never met before: JAN 1, 2007, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Seaforth Sportfishing The 24th (it's the...
The first winter Harris's Sparrow at my feeders the day before yesterday materialized again today. It briefly visited the feeders three times between 1610 and...