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| 9/22/26 12:58 am |
Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts September 22 - 30 |
| 9/20/26 4:09 pm |
Jeff Spaulding via groups.io <ornithomedic...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark's Nutcracker Paso Picacho Campground |
| 9/20/26 3:01 pm |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Blue-headed Vireo at Buddy Todd Park |
| 9/20/26 5:30 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] the Pinyon Jay/Nutcracker invasion ; and recent Semi Sandpiper reports |
| 9/19/26 4:42 pm |
John Martin via groups.io <xenozoon7...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tennessee Warbler, Buddy Todd Park |
| 9/19/26 4:18 pm |
Alison Hiers via groups.io <lahiers...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Louisiana Waterthrush continues |
| 9/19/26 11:59 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Louisiana Waterthrush at Borrego Springs |
| 9/19/26 11:55 am |
Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian sand-plover |
| 9/19/26 11:33 am |
Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian sand-plover |
| 9/19/26 10:52 am |
Kerry Ross via groups.io <kgr.falco...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand-plover Continues |
| 9/19/26 10:48 am |
Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian sand-plover |
| 9/19/26 7:55 am |
Robert Patton via groups.io <rpatton...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] siberian sand-plover continues camp surf imparial beach 9-19-26 |
| 9/19/26 7:50 am |
Alex Abela via groups.io <thebuzz90...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Grace’s Warbler - PLNU |
| 9/18/26 9:56 am |
Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Blackpoll continues at Robb Field |
| 9/18/26 7:49 am |
Cathy Jain via groups.io <cjainrun...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] SIPL Present |
| 9/17/26 10:46 am |
Sonja via groups.io <lunaskye13...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Robb field rose-breasted grosbeak |
| 9/17/26 10:02 am |
Nick Barber via groups.io <nbarber...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] American Redstart at SDSU |
| 9/17/26 9:08 am |
Nick Thorpe via groups.io <nick.thorpe49...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tennessee Warbler at Morley Field |
| 9/17/26 9:04 am |
Jeff Spaulding via groups.io <ornithomedic...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand Plover |
| 9/17/26 8:42 am |
Griffin Rohrer via groups.io <griffinrohrer...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Make American Redstart at Robb Field, continuing Virginia’s, Blackpoll, Tropical |
| 9/16/26 9:58 pm |
Ethna Piazza via groups.io <ethna.piazza...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Large Swainson’s Thrush movement right now |
| 9/16/26 7:47 pm |
Kyle Fischer via groups.io <kylebradyfischer...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Large Swainson’s Thrush movement right now |
| 9/16/26 5:25 pm |
Davis Provan via groups.io <davismprovan...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand-Plover now in Imperial Beach |
| 9/16/26 1:06 pm |
Nicole Koeltzow via groups.io <nkoeltzow...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand-Plover now in Imperial Beach |
| 9/16/26 12:43 pm |
Ken Hartman via groups.io <kenhartman28...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Grace’s Warbler at B&B |
| 9/16/26 12:38 pm |
Ken Hartman via groups.io <kenhartman28...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Prairie Warber at Harry Griffen? |
| 9/16/26 11:43 am |
Bridget Spencer via groups.io <bridgetspencer...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand-Plover now in Imperial Beach |
| 9/16/26 11:16 am |
Kenneth Weaver via groups.io <gnatcatcher...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Black Tern in Oceanside |
| 9/16/26 11:02 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Blackpoll, Bobolink, Pectoral, Bank |
| 9/16/26 10:31 am |
Michelle Reilly via groups.io <reilhag...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Grace’s Warbler at B&B |
| 9/16/26 10:01 am |
Nick Thorpe via groups.io <nick.thorpe49...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Blackpoll Warbler at Robb Field |
| 9/16/26 8:29 am |
Haim Weizman via groups.io <hweizman...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark’s continuing |
| 9/16/26 8:17 am |
Marcus Stephens via groups.io <stephens.marcus...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Virginia’s Warbler - Robb Field |
| 9/15/26 10:55 pm |
Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Inca Dove near San Pasqual Valley in Escondido |
| 9/15/26 9:13 pm |
Justyn Stahl via groups.io <justyn.stahl...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Large Swainson’s Thrush movement right now |
| 9/15/26 3:14 pm |
Ken Hartman via groups.io <kenhartman28...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark's Nutcracker |
| 9/15/26 1:58 pm |
Matt Sadowski via groups.io <sadowskimatt99...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Sand-Plover (probable) |
| 9/15/26 1:34 pm |
Michael Beeve via groups.io <pileatedwoodpecker...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] 6 warbler sp at Harry Griffen |
| 9/15/26 11:42 am |
dan jehl via groups.io <jehlyfish...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Red Phalarope for the Pelagic Averse Continues at Siempre Viva Rd Pond 9-15-2026 |
| 9/15/26 10:14 am |
Tito Gonzalez via groups.io <txsandpiper...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tropical Kingbird : Robb Fields 15 SEP2026 |
| 9/15/26 9:19 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Black Swifts |
| 9/15/26 8:51 am |
Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark’s Nutcracker |
| 9/14/26 9:16 pm |
Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts September 15 - 21 |
| 9/14/26 7:17 pm |
Matt Sadowski via groups.io <sadowskimatt99...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Sand-Plover (probable) |
| 9/14/26 8:35 am |
Marcus Stephens via groups.io <stephens.marcus...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Probably least flycatcher - Draper park |
| 9/14/26 8:10 am |
Ryan Terrill via groups.io <Ornithoterrill...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lucy’s Warbler - Balboa Park |
| 9/13/26 3:31 pm |
Susan Smith via groups.io <seiurus...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark’s Nutcrackers, Lagunas, 9/13 |
| 9/13/26 2:39 pm |
Chris McCreedy via groups.io <cmccreedy...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark’s Nutcrackers, Lagunas, 9/13 |
| 9/13/26 10:39 am |
Bridget Spencer via groups.io <bridgetspencer...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark’s Nutcrackers, Lagunas, 9/13 |
| 9/13/26 9:12 am |
Ted Keyel via groups.io <erkeyel...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Chestnut-sided Warbler - Buddy Todd Park |
| 9/13/26 9:08 am |
Paul Mulholland via groups.io <pmulhol...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Probably least flycatcher - Draper park |
| 9/13/26 9:06 am |
Ryan Terrill via groups.io <Ornithoterrill...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Balboa Park Indigo Bunting |
| 9/13/26 8:17 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Chestnut sided Warbler continues in La Jolla Sunday |
| 9/12/26 10:38 am |
Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Praire Warbler is still at Harry Griffen. |
| 9/12/26 10:29 am |
Nick Thorpe via groups.io <nick.thorpe49...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Masked/Nazca Booby on Mission Bay Jetty |
| 9/12/26 9:12 am |
Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Praire Warbler is still at Harry Griffen. |
| 9/12/26 8:33 am |
Nick Thorpe via groups.io <nick.thorpe49...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Masked/Nazca Booby on Mission Bay Jetty |
| 9/12/26 8:09 am |
Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Virginia's Warbler - Villa La Jolla Park |
| 9/11/26 4:37 pm |
Martha Wild via groups.io <mawild...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lark bunting |
| 9/11/26 11:25 am |
Geoff Veith via groups.io <veithlaw...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Canada Warbler, Lark Bunting, Balboa Park |
| 9/11/26 10:50 am |
Geoff Veith via groups.io <veithlaw...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Canada Warbler, Lark Bunting, Balboa Park |
| 9/11/26 10:28 am |
Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Canada Warbler, Lark Bunting, Balboa Park |
| 9/11/26 10:11 am |
terry hurst via groups.io <thurstycat61...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Praire Warbler is still at Harry Griffen. |
| 9/11/26 10:03 am |
Steve Lima via groups.io <napbogu...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Prairie Warbler continues at Harry Griffen Park |
| 9/11/26 9:17 am |
Paul Mulholland via groups.io <pmulhol...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Virginia's Warbler - Villa La Jolla Park |
| 9/11/26 9:03 am |
Justyn Stahl via groups.io <justyn.stahl...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Canada Warbler, Lark Bunting, Balboa Park |
| 9/10/26 12:16 pm |
Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Prairie Warbler Harry Griffen |
| 9/10/26 10:57 am |
Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Prairie Warbler Harry Griffen |
| 9/10/26 9:32 am |
Sonja via groups.io <lunaskye13...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Female American redstart at bird and butterfly drip number one |
| 9/10/26 8:51 am |
Geoff Veith via groups.io <veithlaw...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Bobolinks at Chino Farms |
| 9/10/26 7:39 am |
Catherine Zinsky via groups.io <Catherine.Zinsky...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] IB Pier Booby |
| 9/8/26 7:57 pm |
Katie Kerr via groups.io <krkerr2...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] 5 Black Swan At Kendall Frost Marsh |
| 9/8/26 3:57 pm |
Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts September 8 - 14 |
| 9/6/26 1:32 pm |
Ken Hartman via groups.io <kenhartman28...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Imm Masked/Nazca Booby at Tamarack Beach yesterday |
| 9/6/26 10:33 am |
Ken Hartman via groups.io <kenhartman28...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Imm Masked/Nazca Booby at Tamarack Beach yesterday |
| 9/6/26 5:02 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Sep 5th San Diego pelagic: Red-footed, Nazca, & Cocos Boobies; 70 Least & Townsend's Stormies; 20 Black-footeds; Today's [Sep 6th] trip Canceled due to offshore conditions |
| 9/4/26 1:52 pm |
Ted Keyel via groups.io <erkeyel...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays, Green-tailed Towee, Zone-tailed Hawks - Lagunas |
| 9/4/26 11:23 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Bairds, Golden, three Banks, Parula |
| 9/1/26 12:46 pm |
Carl Ebeling via groups.io <Carl.Ebeling...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Retraction of Laguna Clark's Nutcracker ID |
| 8/31/26 9:34 pm |
Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts September 1 - 7 |
| 8/31/26 7:38 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays continue Monday |
| 8/30/26 4:36 pm |
Roee Astor via groups.io <roeeastor...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays |
| 8/30/26 2:03 pm |
Davis Provan via groups.io <davismprovan...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays |
| 8/30/26 12:57 pm |
Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays |
| 8/30/26 10:29 am |
Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays |
| 8/30/26 7:00 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Chino Farms, Del Mar/RSF, weedy habitat |
| 8/29/26 4:55 pm |
Nick Thorpe via groups.io <nick.thorpe49...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays - Laguna Meadow |
| 8/27/26 9:34 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] inland Red Phalarope at Lake Morena |
| 8/26/26 8:33 am |
Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pectoral sandpiper |
| 8/25/26 9:00 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] ID issues with Solitary Sandpipers and other rarer shorebirds |
| 8/25/26 7:49 am |
Sonja via groups.io <lunaskye13...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Solitary sandpiper at Rob field |
| 8/25/26 7:47 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pectoral and Solitary |
| 8/24/26 3:55 pm |
Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...> |
Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Solitary Sandpiper at Robb Field - not |
| 8/24/26 11:58 am |
Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Solitary Sandpiper at Robb Field |
| 8/23/26 12:23 pm |
Stan Walens via groups.io <stan.walens...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] Blue-footed booby, La Jolla, August 22 |
| 8/23/26 11:45 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] bizarre leucistic Red-winged Blackbird, continuing Black Terns |
| 8/23/26 5:03 am |
<lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> |
[SanDiegoRegionBirding] San Diego pelagic Sat. Aug 22: Wilson's & 25 Least & 5+ Townsend's,; Guadalupe & 16 Craveri's; Laysan & 14+ Black-footeds; Nazca; Fulmar |
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Date: 9/22/26 12:58 am
From: Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts September 22 - 30 |
Greetings,
Bar charts for Silverwood are now 100% complete!
Next week we have a longer list again, with the hotspots being more inland
than past weeks. Luckily, the heat has abated somewhat.
If you're just joining us, please see this message for an explanation of
these weekly hotspot lists:
https://groups.io/g/SanDiegoRegionBirding/topic/hotspots_for_ebird_bar_charts/119585667
Map for the rest of September:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1yT86Vspceia_t94ifdr_CdqvNX_Igps&usp=sharing
Hotspots nearing bar chart completion (number = weeks missing):
Raptor Ridge Trail - 2
Sycamore Canyon County Preserve--Hwy 67 entrance - 2
Tijuana River Valley--campground - 2
San Luis Rey Mission - 4
Shelter Valley--general area - 4
Paradise Canyon Open Space - 5
Woodglen Vista Park - 5
Encinitas--Arden Dr. - 6
San Bernardo Valley--east of I-15 - 6
Borrego Springs--De Anza Country Club (private) - 10
Horse Ranch Creek Open Space - 10
Penasquitos Creek Park - 10
Sunset Park (San Marcos) - 10
Wright's Field Preserve - 10
Hotspots with 3+ week bar chart gaps:
Black Canyon Road
Twin Trails Neighborhood Park
Palomar Mtn.--Lwr Doane Valley & Lwr French Valley Loop
Hilltop Community Park (Rancho Peñasquitos)
Ramona Airport Road
Hot Springs Mountain
Santa Fe Valley Trail
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Coyote Canyon
Borrego Springs--The Palms at Indian Head Hotel
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Hellhole Canyon
stakeout Harris's Hawk, Ramona (2017-2020)
4S Ranch water reclamation basin (view from sidewalk)
Carmel Knolls Park
La Costa Golf Course--North
City Heights Community Park
Oceanside Golf Course
Cheers,
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Date: 9/20/26 4:09 pm
From: Jeff Spaulding via groups.io <ornithomedic...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark's Nutcracker Paso Picacho Campground |
Just had a Clark's Nutcracker at Paso Picacho in the Cuyamacas. Initially we heard it from the small trail that goes to the amphitheater. It flew south, possibly 2 birds. We relocated one between the front entrance and maintenance facilities to the south. We watched it from the Azalea Glen/Paso Picacho trailhead and along the road to the campground. It was briefly harassed by Acorn Woodpeckers and a Steller's Jay.
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Jeff Spaulding
San Diego, CA
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Date: 9/20/26 5:30 am
From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] the Pinyon Jay/Nutcracker invasion ; and recent Semi Sandpiper reports |
First off, there have been a couple recent reports of Semipalmated Sandpiper(s) at Lower Otay Lake which have generated some further interest by others in looking for them. Be aware that this species is extremely rare after about Sep 5--with almost all fall records between the last week of July and the first week of Sep. Anything after that is exceptional and needs to be photographically documented. These recent reports have no photos, come from two different parts of the lake, and in one case has an incorrect age for what might occur. A truism is that the first step in properly identifying Semi's in the fall is to be able to properly AGE them. Anyway, be aware that EXTREME caution is warranted.
As just about everyone knows, we are clearly in the midst of a major irruptive movement of Pinyon Jays and Clark's Nutcrackers. This is a widespread event also in other parts of California and in the Great Basin/Southwest (a likely source region). Most of the activity in San Diego County has been centered in the Big Laguna Meadow area in the Laguna Mountains, between about Pine Valley Road in the north and Water of the Woods at the south. But that's where virtually all of the birders are going!!!! Be aware that there has also been a report of a flock of nutcrackers near Cuyamaca Peak and just yesterday there was a small flock of Pinyon Jays seen at Lake Cuyamaca. So......FURTHER EXPLORATION IS WARRANTED! Also, observers can help better document this event by--as best as can be done with roving, shifting flocks--carefully counting numbers of these species they see, rather than just making after-the-fact estimates.
All of the observer visitation to this part of the Laguna Mountains since the end of August has resulted in a "Patagonia Picnic Table Effect" in which one rare bird begets more birder visitation which generates another rare bird, which generates yet more visitation, which results in yet more..... In addition to the two celebrity corvids, birders have discovered a host of record early arrivals, including record-early Williamson's Sapsuckers, record or near-record Cassin's Finch and Pine Siskin, and several others. Two Red Crossbills were photo'd.
It will be interesting to see what other montane species go on the move this fall and winter. Clearly Red-breasted Nuthatches are. We had a Mountain Chickadee at Jacumba a few days ago. And be aware that a few Evening Grosbeaks have now turned up farther north in Southern California.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 9/19/26 11:59 am
From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Louisiana Waterthrush at Borrego Springs |
Laban Wenger just a short while ago sent me several photos of a Louisiana Waterthrush that he found at the Borrego Springs settling ponds. Now also seen and photographed by Bob Theriault. It's on the south pond, the only pond with water. Certainly would be easier to see there than the darn sneaky bird at Solana Beach!
In other news, today, I had two common terns at the East end of Lower Otay Lake, where very rare Inland in the county. There was common tern and Bairds Sandpiper on pond 22 at the Salt Works this morning. Yesterday there was a Mountain Chickadee at Jacumba, which is east of normal, and which may portend a movement of chickadees perhaps this season upcoming into the lowlands.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 9/19/26 11:55 am
From: Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian sand-plover |
When I left a while after Nancy it had moved up onto the front edge of the first ridge of dunes. There are two white signs as far as I remember. I think they are both sesitive habitat signs. It was north of the northern sign a little ways. It moved around quite a bit this morning. When I first saw it (others were already on it) when I got there after 9:00 a.m., it was in between the two dune ridges. It can be very well camouflaged, especially if facing away. It moves a lot differently than the other Plovers. Very slow and deliberate most of the time. Most of the time it was by itself, as Robert mentioned..
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On Saturday, 09/19/26 at 11:32 Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...> wrote:
To clarify, the plover plus 2 semi-palm plovers moved down out of the dunes onto the flat part which is covered with tire tracks. The beach cleaner pushed the plover towards us and it finally flushed down to the waters edge. People walking on the beach flushed it twice more. Each time it moved a bit further south. Last I saw it, it was among numerous sanderlings and snowy plovers roosting among all the tire tracks. The position is south of where the pin drops have been, and was in front of the white sign. Walking out I see there are many of those white signs, so that may not be helpful. But only 100 yards south of the other pin drops.
Nancy Christensen
Ramona
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> On Sep 19, 2026, at 10:48 AM, Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...> wrote:
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> Beach cleaning-up under way. Bird has been flushed a couple of times. Now roosting in front of “Sensitive habitat” sign with lots of other shorebirds.
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Date: 9/19/26 11:33 am
From: Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian sand-plover |
To clarify, the plover plus 2 semi-palm plovers moved down out of the dunes onto the flat part which is covered with tire tracks. The beach cleaner pushed the plover towards us and it finally flushed down to the waters edge. People walking on the beach flushed it twice more. Each time it moved a bit further south. Last I saw it, it was among numerous sanderlings and snowy plovers roosting among all the tire tracks. The position is south of where the pin drops have been, and was in front of the white sign. Walking out I see there are many of those white signs, so that may not be helpful. But only 100 yards south of the other pin drops.
Nancy Christensen
Ramona
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
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> On Sep 19, 2026, at 10:48 AM, Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...> wrote:
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> Beach cleaning-up under way. Bird has been flushed a couple of times. Now roosting in front of “Sensitive habitat” sign with lots of other shorebirds.
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Date: 9/19/26 10:52 am
From: Kerry Ross via groups.io <kgr.falco...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand-plover Continues |
The sand-plover continues Saturday morning north of Camp Surf in the back
dunes on Navy property. It was in this area 32.594888,-117.132010.
There are many Snowy Plover in this area so please be cautious and do not
go onto Navy property above the mean high tide. That line is well below the
dunes and often below the dry sand line.
Keers (as the MAMU says)
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Date: 9/17/26 10:02 am
From: Nick Barber via groups.io <nbarber...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] American Redstart at SDSU |
There is an adult male American Redstart at SDSU, around the turtle pond
(in the same general area the Black-throated Blue hung out last winter).
From the grassy lawn uphill of the pond, we first saw the bird in trees on
the south side (near the tree with little oranges on it), and it later
foraged low in the big sycamore next to the pond.
General coordinates: 32.77569, -117.07259
Also lots of other migrant activity: https://ebird.org/checklist/S393707191
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Date: 9/17/26 8:42 am
From: Griffin Rohrer via groups.io <griffinrohrer...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Make American Redstart at Robb Field, continuing Virginia’s, Blackpoll, Tropical |
Male redstart seen around 7:30 in a small tree here: 32°45'08.25, 117°14'39.30 just inside the park fence. Medium sized black bird with bright orange wing bars. Only seen for a brief minute or two but we heard its alarm call several minutes later in the same area.
bad photos will be put on the eBird checklist but they’re clearly show field marks.
Virginia’s warbler, Blackpoll warbler, and Tropical Kingbird continued in their respective areas.
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Date: 9/16/26 9:58 pm
From: Ethna Piazza via groups.io <ethna.piazza...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Large Swainson’s Thrush movement right now |
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Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Large Swainson’s Thrush movement right now |
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Date: 9/16/26 5:25 pm
From: Davis Provan via groups.io <davismprovan...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand-Plover now in Imperial Beach |
Still here, further south: (32.5991606, -117.1329022)
Just resting on the beach with some SNPL
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Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand-Plover now in Imperial Beach
I was able to look at the Siberian sand plover from this location.
(32.6067708, -117.1341350)
Look north up towards the dunes there’s a gray trash can that’s in the background come back down towards the beach and it’s sitting with a snowy and a semi plovers.
I left at 12:56.
Thank you, Matt for finding it and Bridget for refining it!
Happy bird!
Nicole Koeltzow
United States
> On Sep 16, 2026, at 11:43, Bridget Spencer via groups.io <bridgetspencer...> wrote:
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> The juvenile Siberian Sand-Plover originally found by Matt Sadowski in Saltworks is currently on the Silver Strand Training Complex-S beach, which is between Silver Strand State Beach and the YMCA Camp Surf. It is roosting with a group of Snowy Plovers but is very skittish. This beach is Navy property but the public is allowed on the hardpack/wet sand portion of the beach. Please do not enter the soft sand dune habitat or push the Snowy Plover flocks around.
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> Approximate location: (32.6064678, -117.1340726)
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> If it leaves at low tide, it may cross the highway and forage at Emory Cove like the Wilson’s Plover that was here in 2024.
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Date: 9/16/26 1:06 pm
From: Nicole Koeltzow via groups.io <nkoeltzow...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand-Plover now in Imperial Beach |
I was able to look at the Siberian sand plover from this location.
(32.6067708, -117.1341350)
Look north up towards the dunes there’s a gray trash can that’s in the background come back down towards the beach and it’s sitting with a snowy and a semi plovers.
I left at 12:56.
Thank you, Matt for finding it and Bridget for refining it!
Happy bird!
Nicole Koeltzow
United States
> On Sep 16, 2026, at 11:43, Bridget Spencer via groups.io <bridgetspencer...> wrote:
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> The juvenile Siberian Sand-Plover originally found by Matt Sadowski in Saltworks is currently on the Silver Strand Training Complex-S beach, which is between Silver Strand State Beach and the YMCA Camp Surf. It is roosting with a group of Snowy Plovers but is very skittish. This beach is Navy property but the public is allowed on the hardpack/wet sand portion of the beach. Please do not enter the soft sand dune habitat or push the Snowy Plover flocks around.
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> Approximate location: (32.6064678, -117.1340726)
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> If it leaves at low tide, it may cross the highway and forage at Emory Cove like the Wilson’s Plover that was here in 2024.
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> Bridget Spencer & Kristina Wolf
> San Diego
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Date: 9/16/26 12:38 pm
From: Ken Hartman via groups.io <kenhartman28...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Prairie Warber at Harry Griffen? |
Was finally going to head to Harry Griffen to get the Prairie today, but looks like it hasn’t been seen yet. Has anyone seen it but not reported yet?
Ken Hartman
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Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] 6 warbler sp at Harry Griffen
Sonja and I spotted the easy Prairie, several Black-throated grays, 1 Wilson's and 1 Yellow, an early Yellow-rumped and lots of Orange-crowned. thanks,
Michael
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Date: 9/16/26 11:43 am
From: Bridget Spencer via groups.io <bridgetspencer...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand-Plover now in Imperial Beach |
The juvenile Siberian Sand-Plover originally found by Matt Sadowski in Saltworks is currently on the Silver Strand Training Complex-S beach, which is between Silver Strand State Beach and the YMCA Camp Surf. It is roosting with a group of Snowy Plovers but is very skittish. This beach is Navy property but the public is allowed on the hardpack/wet sand portion of the beach. Please do not enter the soft sand dune habitat or push the Snowy Plover flocks around.
Approximate location: (32.6064678, -117.1340726)
If it leaves at low tide, it may cross the highway and forage at Emory Cove like the Wilson’s Plover that was here in 2024.
Bridget Spencer & Kristina Wolf
San Diego
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Date: 9/16/26 11:16 am
From: Kenneth Weaver via groups.io <gnatcatcher...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Black Tern in Oceanside |
I observed a basic-plumaged Black Tern at 9:45 this morning near the mouth of the San Luis ReyRiver in Oceanside. The bird was originally noted foraging over the marshy area between N. Pacific Street and the train trestle. I saw it a short period later from a berm on the southeast side of the free parking lot. This is upstream and northeast of my first sighting.
Three Common Terns foraged over the Oceanside Harbor near the bait barge, quite possibly the trio noted by "Anonymous birder" at Camp Pendleton on the 14th.
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Date: 9/16/26 11:02 am
From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Blackpoll, Bobolink, Pectoral, Bank |
Wednesday morning the Blackpoll warbler that Nick Thorpe found at Robb field continues as of 10:45 a.m. In the dense four ficus trees at the southwest corner of the tennis courts. When we had the bird it was staying quite high in the trees. So difficult to see at times with all the layers of vegetation and was mostly in the easternmost one or two trees. At around 8:45 a.m. I had a Bobolink at the TRV Community Gardens in the northwest quadrant primarily circling around calling giving the classic "ink" call but it got swallowed up by a mass of of flushing House finches and Red-winged Blackbirds and it may have left the scene. At the east end of Lower Otay Lake, there is still a Pectoral Sandpiper and a good number of shorebirds overall, and moderate numbers of swallows including one Bank Swallow.
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Date: 9/15/26 10:55 pm
From: Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Inca Dove near San Pasqual Valley in Escondido |
Just the messenger. Someone posted a photo of an Inca Dove yesterday in
the SoCal Birding Facebook group. The only location info given was "west
of San Pasqual Valley in Escondido". I've tried posting a query this
evening to the person asking for more detailed location info. No
response yet.
Lisa Ruby
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Date: 9/15/26 3:14 pm
From: Ken Hartman via groups.io <kenhartman28...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark's Nutcracker |
The Trissell (sp?) brothers, my wife and I had three Clark's Nutcrackers
(and maybe a fourth) in the location Nancy had hers this morning.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XGNCUt5xuo5RAz3V8
Also had 70 or so Pinyon Jays at the same time in the lone pine just south
of the pin.
Ken Hartman
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Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark's Nutcracker
One spotted so far north of Water in the Woods on Laguna
Nancy Christensen
Ramona
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a
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Date: 9/15/26 1:58 pm
From: Matt Sadowski via groups.io <sadowskimatt99...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Sand-Plover (probable) |
Just so people are aware, now that the tide is going out, the juvenile
Siberian Sand-Plover (it does appear to be that age and species) was
refound right around the peak of the high tide inside the Saltworks. Mildly
better digiscopes were obtained before a raptor flushed it even more
quickly than yesterday. There are a minimum of four Peregrines wreaking
fear and havoc inside Salt today.
Matt Sadowski
La Mesa
On Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 19:17 Matt Sadowski <sadowskimatt99...> wrote:
> There was a probable juvenal-plumaged sand-plover in SoCal Saltworks this
> afternoon (restricted access). I was only able to get very distant phone
> photos before two juvenile Peregrines starting hunting. Never saw it again.
> Maybe it'll be out on the flats at J Street or Emory Cove tomorrow morning.
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> https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/checklist/S393012471
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Date: 9/15/26 11:42 am
From: dan jehl via groups.io <jehlyfish...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Red Phalarope for the Pelagic Averse Continues at Siempre Viva Rd Pond 9-15-2026 |
The red phalarope continues in the quickly drying pond at the east end of Siempre Viva Road at La Media in Otay Mesa. The bird can be seen in the north section of the pond from the outside of the fence, but the gate is unlocked for the adventurous. A good look without the risk of seasickness!
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San Diego
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Date: 9/15/26 9:19 am
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Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Black Swifts |
Black Swift is a strictly casual migrant in Fall with far fewer records at this season than there even are in spring when it's more reliable under certain weather conditions. However, following one bird being photographed at Fort Rosecrans Cemetery on Point Loma on the 13th, I just had three birds circling around in the Tijuana River Valley over the big fallow field along the north side of Sunset between Hollister and the dead end at the east end of Sunset. Minutes later they drifted off in the general East Northeast direction. Presumably once this solid marine layer starts breaking up, which it seems to be starting to do now, any swifts would be much more difficult to find. Not only was it fully overcast this morning, but we had what's known as a Catalina Eddy forming right offshore which results in a pretty good southerly breeze as well, all of which probably help to keep the birds down relatively low. The same forecast exists for tomorrow morning, so if folks would like to do a Hail Mary, you might try the first 2 hours of light tomorrow morning, as long as it is indeed solid overcast, at places like Point Loma or Mount Soledad or maybe back here in the TRV.....
In the low-hanging fruit category, there's a young male Vermilion Flycatcher also here along Sunset.
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Date: 9/14/26 9:16 pm
From: Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts September 15 - 21 |
Greetings,
Two more hotspots now have complete bar charts! (Denk Mountain and San
Dieguito Dr south)
As we get into the fall migration season, bar charts for these weeks are
especially interesting - showing when migratory species like YRWA begin to
arrive.
Next week we have the opportunity to complete SDBA's Silverwood Wildlife
Sanctuary, which is only open certain hours on Wednesday and Saturday.
Luckily, weather should be cooperative this time!
If you're just joining us, please see this message for an explanation of
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Map for Sep 15 through 21:
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Hotspots nearing bar chart completion (number = weeks missing):
*Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary (Wed 8–12, Sat 9–4) - 1*
I-5 Vista Point rest stop (southbound) - 2
Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve--Carson's Crossing area - 3
Sweetwater Park - 3
Borrego Springs--Club Circle - 4
Agua Hedionda Lagoon--Harbor Dr. - 6
Delta Beach--north overlook - 6
San Marcos Creek - 6
Woodglen Vista Park - 6
Encinitas--Arden Dr. - 7
Hosp Grove Park--west of Monroe St - 7
Laguna Mtns.--Morris Ranch Rd. - 7
Konyn Dairy (private property) - 10
Santa Ysabel OSP--east - 10
Hotspots with 3+ week bar chart gaps:
Wright's Field Preserve
Black Canyon Road
Twin Trails Neighborhood Park
Ramona Airport Road
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Slot Canyon
Hot Springs Mountain
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Coyote Canyon
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Hellhole Canyon
stakeout Harris's Hawk, Ramona (2017-2020)
4S Ranch water reclamation basin (view from sidewalk)
Azalea Community Park
Sycamore Creek Road
Oceanside Golf Course
Borrego Springs--NW residential
Historic San Luis Rey Bridge
Wynola Road
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Date: 9/13/26 3:31 pm
From: Susan Smith via groups.io <seiurus...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark’s Nutcrackers, Lagunas, 9/13 |
So grateful to Chris's and everyone else's reports on these eruptions of Clark's Nutcrackers and Pinyon Jays! For those interested in a little background of these eruptions and what causes them, here's a link to ABA Amy Davis's article on the eruption in fall 2023 at https://www.aba.org/mountain-species-irruption-2023/
great birding to all this fall 2026-- Sue
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On Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 02:39:24 PM PDT, Chris McCreedy via groups.io <cmccreedy...> wrote:
I happened to be in the meadow at 1130a today. There were 117 Piñon Jays at the Big Laguna x El Prado Spur trails’ junction, but no Clark’s.
Chris McCreedyNorth Park
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This morning a flock of about 10 Clark’s Nutcrackers passed over my location on Big Laguna Trail as I was headed back to the Penny Pines trailhead. They were flying in a generally SSE direction from here: (32.9027125, -116.4627600). They did not stop nor vocalize in the time they were visible so I am trying to relocate them now.
The large flock of Pinyon Jays continues at the north end of the meadow.
Bridget Spencer
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Date: 9/13/26 2:39 pm
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Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark’s Nutcrackers, Lagunas, 9/13 |
I happened to be in the meadow at 1130a today. There were 117 Piñon Jays at the Big Laguna x El Prado Spur trails’ junction, but no Clark’s.
Chris McCreedy
North Park
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This morning a flock of about 10 Clark’s Nutcrackers passed over my location on Big Laguna Trail as I was headed back to the Penny Pines trailhead. They were flying in a generally SSE direction from here: (32.9027125, -116.4627600). They did not stop nor vocalize in the time they were visible so I am trying to relocate them now.
The large flock of Pinyon Jays continues at the north end of the meadow.
Bridget Spencer
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Date: 9/13/26 10:39 am
From: Bridget Spencer via groups.io <bridgetspencer...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Clark’s Nutcrackers, Lagunas, 9/13 |
This morning a flock of about 10 Clark’s Nutcrackers passed over my location on Big Laguna Trail as I was headed back to the Penny Pines trailhead. They were flying in a generally SSE direction from here: (32.9027125, -116.4627600). They did not stop nor vocalize in the time they were visible so I am trying to relocate them now.
The large flock of Pinyon Jays continues at the north end of the meadow.
Bridget Spencer
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Date: 9/13/26 9:12 am
From: Ted Keyel via groups.io <erkeyel...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Chestnut-sided Warbler - Buddy Todd Park |
Hi all,
There's also a Chestnut-sided Warbler at Buddy Todd Park in Oceanside. Last
seen around here: 33.2097,-117.3473. It was associated with a mixed flock
with warblers, vireos, and intermittent tanagers and white-eyes. Pretty
birdy overall this morning. The female Downy x Nuttall's hybrid found in
June continues as well.
Happy birding,
-Ted Keyel
Oceanside
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Date: 9/13/26 8:17 am
From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Chestnut sided Warbler continues in La Jolla Sunday |
The Chestnut-sided Warbler found yesterday in La Jolla Colony Park continues Sunday morning just after 8:00 a.m. near the extreme southern end of the park. Along the paved path just before you leave the park at the South end there is a large sycamore tree, the only one at the south end. And it kept coming back to that tree and then disappearing in various other directions, often but not always loosely associated with a Townsends Warbler. It's now MIA for 15 minutes, so obviously it can go off elsewhere, I think into the surrounding housing.
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Date: 9/12/26 10:38 am
From: Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Praire Warbler is still at Harry Griffen. |
prairie is back at the grove
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On Sat, Sep 12, 2026, 9:12 AM Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan=
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> prairie warbler was seen again briefly nbut is currently mia
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> Sent ftom my pjone.
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> On Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 10:11 AM terry hurst via groups.io <thurstycat61=
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>> Near parking lot at these coordinates but lost it . Might be working its
>> way to the tree root which has water. 32.78473,-116.98600,
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>> Terry Hurst
>> Santee.
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Date: 9/12/26 8:09 am
From: Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Virginia's Warbler - Villa La Jolla Park |
Virginia s continues same place in ne corner
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> One was seen at 8:45AM in a euc in the NE corner of the park, so here: 32.857755,
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Date: 9/11/26 11:25 am
From: Geoff Veith via groups.io <veithlaw...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Canada Warbler, Lark Bunting, Balboa Park |
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Date: 9/11/26 10:28 am
From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Canada Warbler, Lark Bunting, Balboa Park |
Lark Bunting continues with the House Finch flock, but they keep flushing. Still in the same general area as earlier coordinates though.
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On Friday, September 11, 2026, 9:03 AM, Justyn Stahl via groups.io <justyn.stahl...> wrote:
This morning at Balboa Park:
Lark Bunting (850am) at Morley Field, (32.7375807, -117.1389952)
Canada Warbler(8am), per Ryan Terrill, at edge of Japanese Friendship Garden, albeit MIA? (32.7295279, -117.1488824)
Welcome, Ryan, new Curator of Ornithology at The Nat!
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Date: 9/11/26 9:03 am
From: Justyn Stahl via groups.io <justyn.stahl...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Canada Warbler, Lark Bunting, Balboa Park |
This morning at Balboa Park:
Lark Bunting (850am) at Morley Field,
(32.7375807, -117.1389952)
Canada Warbler(8am), per Ryan Terrill, at edge of Japanese Friendship
Garden, albeit MIA?
(32.7295279, -117.1488824)
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Date: 9/10/26 12:16 pm
From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Prairie Warbler Harry Griffen |
Prairie Warbler continues as of 12:15 in extreme southeastern corner of the park. Working the ficus, eucalyptus and other trees by itself in that area, occasionally coming down for a drink.
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(32.7850912, -116.9852664) Male in southeast corner at what we call the ficus root puddle under the large ficus near the landscaping building and a picnic table. MIA now for 30 minutes.
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Date: 9/10/26 9:32 am
From: Sonja via groups.io <lunaskye13...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Female American redstart at bird and butterfly drip number one |
Good morning everybody. Just wanted to let you know that there was a female American redstart at the number one trip about 15 minutes ago and she flew South I got some pictures but maybe she'll come back for other people to see.
Good luck, Sonja and Michael Beeve, Vista
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Date: 9/10/26 7:39 am
From: Catherine Zinsky via groups.io <Catherine.Zinsky...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] IB Pier Booby |
Not rare, but a Coco's Booby is giving wonderful photo ops at the end of
the pier.
*My dogs are my anchor, my friends give me strength. Catherine*
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GCH OTCH6 Sporting Field's Quantum Leap UDX 8, OGM ('Devon' aka
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Date: 9/8/26 3:57 pm
From: Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts September 8 - 14 |
Greetings,
Apologies for the delay and thanks to the person who nudged me - sending
this out had slipped my mind last night.
We saw good coverage last week, as usual! With only some of the more remote
and farther from completion spots missed. One more hotspot (La Bajada) is
now 100% complete!
This week we can complete *two* more hotspots!
Note that temperatures in the desert remain high, though not quite as high
as past weeks. Still, please be careful if venturing out there. There is
currently an excessive heat advisory, but temps should decrease toward the
weekend, with next week hopefully being ~10 degrees lower in Borrego.
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Map for Sep 8 through 14:
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Hotspots nearing bar chart completion (number = weeks missing):
*Rancho La Costa Preserve--Denk Mountain and Copper Canyon - 1San Dieguito
Dr. south end - 1*
Cuyamaca Rancho SP--Azalea Glen Trail - 2
I-5 Vista Point rest stop (southbound) - 3
San Luis Rey River Park--Bonsall area - 3
Borrego Springs--Club Circle - 4
Cortez Place--coastal access - 5
Legoland California - 5
San Luis Rey Mission - 5
San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area--north - 6
Woodglen Vista Park - 6
Borrego Springs--Mesquite Bosque - 7
Borrego Springs--Old Springs Road OSP - 7
Hosp Grove Park--west of Monroe St - 7
Tide Beach Park - 7
Henshaw Scenic Vista - 8
Alta Vista Botanical Gardens - 10
Borrego Springs--De Anza Country Club (private) - 10
Crest Drive (Encinitas) - 10
Santa Ysabel OSP--east - 10
Hotspots with 3+ week bar chart gaps:
Mesa Grande Rd.
North Chollas Community Park
Santa Ysabel
Poggi Creek greenbelt & residential
Aston & Rutherford business area
Cleveland NF--Boulder Oaks Campground
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Slot Canyon
Hot Springs Mountain
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Coyote Canyon
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Blair Valley
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Date: 9/6/26 1:32 pm
From: Ken Hartman via groups.io <kenhartman28...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Imm Masked/Nazca Booby at Tamarack Beach yesterday |
Walked on the beach from Cannon Rd to Carlsbad Village and did not find the booby. There was a very high tide yesterday evening that may have convinced it to move.
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Date: 9/6/26 5:02 am
From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Sep 5th San Diego pelagic: Red-footed, Nazca, & Cocos Boobies; 70 Least & Townsend's Stormies; 20 Black-footeds; Today's [Sep 6th] trip Canceled due to offshore conditions |
The San Diego pelagic trip on Saturday, September 5, aboard "Legacy" out of Seaforth Landing and sponsored by Buena Vista Audubon Society was highlighted by boobies, storm-petrels, and albatrosses. A cooperative Red-footed Booby circled the boat multiple times at the inner edge of the 30-Mile Bank (25.4 mi SW of Point Loma), a young black-and-white booby roosting 8-1/2 miles SW of Point Loma showed the developing bill color of a Nazca, and a total of 8 Cocos Boobies were seen. A good total of 70 Least Storm-Petrels (scattered, but mostly at 30-Mile Bank), plus just a couple Townsend's and moderate numbers of Leach's (20+). As many as 20+ Black-footed Albatrosses were seen, mostly at the 30-Mile Bank. A mostly choppy water surface made viewing alcids on the water difficult, and only poor looks were had of one flying pair of Craveri's Murrelets. Other species seen included Red Phalarope, Arctic Tern, Sabine's Gull, and 3 offshore Black Turnstones.
Lots of photos from the trip will be posted with the shared eBird lists out probably on Monday.
Totals for the trip once we were over a mile offshore were as follows:
Black Turnstone 3
Red-necked Phalarope 240
Red Phalarope 7
Pomarine Jaeger 3
jaeger sp. 2
Craveri's Murrelet 2
Cassin's Auklet 28
Sabine's Gull 3
Heermann's Gull 14
Western Gull 350
California Gull 1
Common Tern 14
Arctic Tern 2
Common/Arctic Tern 5
Elegant Tern 5 (low)
Black-footed Albatross 20
Leach's Storm-Petrel 20
Townsend's Storm-Petrel 2
Leach's/Townsend's Storm-Petrel 5
Black Storm-Petrel 240
Least Storm-Petrel 70
Sooty Shearwater 3
Pink-footed Shearwater 35
Black-vented Shearwater 50
Nazca Booby 1
Masked/Nazca Booby 1
Cocos Booby 8
Red-footed Booby 1
Brandt's Cormorant 7
Brown Pelican 60
Also, hybrid American X Black Oystercatcher, Surfbirds, Hammerhead Shark, N. Fur Seal, N. Elephant Seal, Calif. Flying Fish, Mola-Mola
For information on future trips this year in late September and mid-October, see sandiegopelagics.com
--Paul Lehman, Bruce Rideout, Dan Jehl, Ted Keyel, Paul Mulholland, Nick Thorpe, Kasia & Jenna, San Diego
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Date: 9/4/26 1:52 pm
From: Ted Keyel via groups.io <erkeyel...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays, Green-tailed Towee, Zone-tailed Hawks - Lagunas |
Hi all,
Lily H., Kira R., and I chased the continuing Pinyon Jays in the Laguna
Mountains. As suggested in a previous post, we went in from Penny Pines and
initially found the flock near the meadows here: 32.8998, -116.4662.
The birds were always on the move, and we later had them here: 32.9025,
-116.4701 . This time they were less organized and flying in multiple
directions
A little further to the north, they finally got the word along and passed
all in the same direction, and we were able to count 97 individuals. We
continued along the trail to Pine Creek Rd and also had some here: 32.9046,
-116.4763
On our walk in, we had an early Green-tailed Towhee here:
32.9024, -116.4617
On our walk out, we were surprised by not one, but two Zone-tailed
Hawks,the second passing minutes after the first (which had a notched
secondary that the second bird did not).
A nice morning in the mountains, though still getting quite warm in the sun.
Happy birding,
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Date: 9/4/26 11:23 am
From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Bairds, Golden, three Banks, Parula |
On Friday morning, a new Baird's Sandpiper was at the upper, east end of Lower Otay Lake with lots of Westerns and Leasts, first spotted by John Martin; the Pacific Golden Plover was on Stint Island in Pond 23 at the saltworks first thing with lots of Black bellieds and red knots when the tide was up; the Northern Parula continued in the Bird and Butterfly Garden, and there are three Bank Swallows in the moderate-sized mixed swallow flock feeding around the fisherman's parking lot area at Sweetwater Reservoir.
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Date: 8/31/26 9:34 pm
From: Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts September 1 - 7 |
Greetings,
One more hotspot (Fleet Street) is now complete!
Despite how late it is in the year, at least one checklist yielded a
Confirmed breeding code for the California Bird Atlas - a somewhat late in
the season breeding confirmation for Northern Mockingbirds. A good reminder
to continue to pay attention. Although the bulk of breeding activity for
the year is behind us, some species are still actively breeding, and
phenological outliers (late/early breeding) are valuable data!
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As the heat promises to be slightly less excessive, I am not omitting any
hotspots from next week's list.
Map for the first week of September:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1v9UChjtDm6l0fA0_51IYkv5MU9F3gVo&usp=sharing
Hotspots nearing bar chart completion (number = weeks missing):
La Bajada Field (restricted access) - 1
San Dieguito Dr. south end - 2
Swamis Seaside Park - 2
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Yaqui Well - 3
Cuyamaca Rancho SP--Azalea Glen Trail - 3
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Culp Valley Campground & Peña Spring - 4
Beacon's Beach - 4
Legoland California - 5
Cortez Place--coastal access - 6
San Luis Rey Mission - 6
Borrego Springs--Mesquite Bosque - 7
San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area--north - 7
Encinitas--Arden Dr. - 8
Laguna Mtns.--Morris Ranch Rd. - 8
Woodglen Vista Park - 8
Penasquitos Creek Park - 10
Pine Valley Creek (SD Co.) - 10
San Luis Rey Picnic Area - 10
Sunset Park (San Marcos) - 10
Hotspots with 3+ week bar chart gaps:
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Sentenac Canyon
Warner Valley grasslands--general area
Poggi Creek greenbelt & residential
Santa Ysabel Nature Center
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Slot Canyon
Ramona Airport Road
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Coyote Canyon
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Hellhole Canyon
stakeout Harris's Hawk, Ramona (2017-2020)
Gird Valley Preserve
Self-Realization Fellowship (Encinitas)
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Date: 8/31/26 7:38 am
From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays continue Monday |
On Monday morning, a flock of 65 (carefully counted) Pinyon Jays returned to the usual original area at the top end of Big Laguna Meadow:
32.8980323, -116.4683001
They were not present first thing in the morning but then arrived from the north at 7:00 a.m., stayed about 20 minutes and then flew back to the north over the small ridge just to the north of this grove of pines that they seem to like a lot with just the proper aged cones! And then at 7:35 They flew back in from the north, so they keep coming and going.
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Date: 8/30/26 4:36 pm
From: Roee Astor via groups.io <roeeastor...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays |
I had them at Margaret Brown’s coordinates
https://maps.app.goo.gl/BWiX5iMXn75hgHwR7?g_st=i&utm_campaign=ac-im from
3pm until 3:30pm foraging, loud, flock of about 20. They did eventually fly
over the hill out of sight but one or two trickled back into the area as I
was leaving so I suspect they are in the vicinity. Parked at Penny Pines
trailhead then used the coordinates to find walking—I suggest using GPS as
there are a few forks in the trail where one could potentially get lost
—about 1.2 miles from the parking lot trailhead 25 min walk.
On Sun, Aug 30, 2026 at 2:03 PM Davis Provan via groups.io <davismprovan=
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> I was able to track them to the north. From this location: (32.9078525,
> -116.4719690) I can hear them scattered north of the road, but I don't have
> a visual at this location. I had a flyover of about 30 of them earlier
> here: (32.9041622, -116.4725296) and followed them to Pine Creek Road.
>
> As I'm writing this, I'm hearing them less and less, but I'm not sure if
> they're leaving or just resting.
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> *From:* <SanDiegoRegionBirding...> <SanDiegoRegionBirding...>
> on behalf of Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...>
> *Sent:* Sunday, 30 August 2026 12:56:58
> *To:* <SanDiegoRegionBirding...> <SanDiegoRegionBirding...>
> *Subject:* Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays
>
> This may or may not be a useful post, but thought I'd mention that in the
> fall of 2018 there was a very large flock (over 200) of Pinyon Jays in the
> area by the Mile 19 Pullout hot spot at Mt. Laguna. The day I was there
> they wandered around the private property area and near the trails before
> you get to the meadow. No lists have been submitted from that spot since
> the 18th of August, at least as of right now. We don't know if yesterday's
> original finder may have walked through there, since he did a pretty long
> hike, but it might be worth checking there too. I believe the Jays seen
> there in 2018 were eating pine nuts, so prevalence of pine cones probably
> matters.
>
> Lisa Ruby
> Sabre Springs
>
> On 8/30/2026 10:29 AM, Nancy Christensen via groups.io wrote:
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> Margaret Brown has relocated the jays reported yesterday in the north end
> of Laguna meadow. She hiked in from the Penny Pines trailhead - easy walk
> but says sun and heat are strong.
>
> [image: staticmap.png]
>
> 32°53'54.0"N 116°28'05.9"W
> <https://maps.app.goo.gl/BWiX5iMXn75hgHwR7?g_st=i&utm_campaign=ac-im>
> app.goo.gl
> <https://maps.app.goo.gl/BWiX5iMXn75hgHwR7?g_st=i&utm_campaign=ac-im>
> <https://maps.app.goo.gl/BWiX5iMXn75hgHwR7?g_st=i&utm_campaign=ac-im>
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> Nancy Christensen
> Ramona
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> A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a
> song.
> Chinese Proverb
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> --
> Lisa Ruby
> Sabre Springs
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Date: 8/30/26 2:03 pm
From: Davis Provan via groups.io <davismprovan...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays |
I was able to track them to the north. From this location: (32.9078525, -116.4719690) I can hear them scattered north of the road, but I don't have a visual at this location. I had a flyover of about 30 of them earlier here: (32.9041622, -116.4725296) and followed them to Pine Creek Road.
As I'm writing this, I'm hearing them less and less, but I'm not sure if they're leaving or just resting.
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Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays
This may or may not be a useful post, but thought I'd mention that in the fall of 2018 there was a very large flock (over 200) of Pinyon Jays in the area by the Mile 19 Pullout hot spot at Mt. Laguna. The day I was there they wandered around the private property area and near the trails before you get to the meadow. No lists have been submitted from that spot since the 18th of August, at least as of right now. We don't know if yesterday's original finder may have walked through there, since he did a pretty long hike, but it might be worth checking there too. I believe the Jays seen there in 2018 were eating pine nuts, so prevalence of pine cones probably matters.
Lisa Ruby
Sabre Springs
On 8/30/2026 10:29 AM, Nancy Christensen via groups.io wrote:
Margaret Brown has relocated the jays reported yesterday in the north end of Laguna meadow. She hiked in from the Penny Pines trailhead - easy walk but says sun and heat are strong.
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Date: 8/30/26 10:29 am
From: Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pinyon Jays |
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Date: 8/30/26 7:00 am
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Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Chino Farms, Del Mar/RSF, weedy habitat |
The Chino Farms property on the border between Del Mar and Fairbanks Ranch and Rancho Santa Fe, at the corner of Via de la Valle and Calzada del Bosque has a huge amount of good weedy grass habitat this year. Immense and widespread. Heck, there's actually too much! This is the area that over the past number of years has had a track record in the fall of producing bobolinks and dickcissels and rare buntings and sparrows. One needs a scope to scan the weed tops and post tops and best to come in the morning when birds are more apt to sit up. As usual, the best vantage points are along Calzada del Bosque, just east of the first set of temporary greenhouses and then also from the southwest corner of the property along Via de La Valle where there's a good sized dirt pull out. Be VERY CAREFUL of all the traffic along both roads, which is especially busy during commuting hours on weekdays.
My fairly brief check this morning, Sunday, produced a Yellow-headed blackbird and a Blue grosbeak and about 200 munias.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 8/27/26 9:34 am
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Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] inland Red Phalarope at Lake Morena |
For those of you keeping an Inland San Diego County list... There is currently, 9:30 a.m. Thursday, a Red Phalarope swimming around toward the north end of Lake Morena, up in the mountains. This species is only a casual visitor well Inland, and is extremely rare at best even on the larger lakes a little bit Inland from the coast. It is swimming around by itself, whereas along the shoreline there's a total of seven Red-necked Phalaropes along with a few small groups of Leasts and Westerns and Greater yellowlegs. Fairly rare up here in the mountains there are also four Long-billed Curlews present today. Given that the phalarope is near the north side of the lake and one can only access and scope the lake from the south side, that means the bird is a long way off and just barely identifiable with a scope. I've taken a bunch of photos with my super zoom camera at absolute maximum power and we'll see how horribly pixelated they end up! Also a small group of fall-arrival Eared Grebes.
Earlier in the morning, Jacumba only had a small trickle of landbird migrants, continuing the county-wide theme of few landbird migrants around lately in the heat. Four Harris's Hawks together.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 8/25/26 9:00 am
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Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] ID issues with Solitary Sandpipers and other rarer shorebirds |
As an e-bird reviewer, I have seen a fair number of reports of misidentified shorebirds in the past week or so. Some involve the usual problem of reports of Lesser yellowlegs that are really Greater yellowlegs. And in the last 36 hours there have been multiple reports of Solitary Sandpiper that are or are likely yellowlegs. Typically there are photos involved, but sometimes details about the plumage or habitat choice also strongly suggest the species is something else. As some of you have heard me say locally on repeated occasions, if one wishes to find and/or correctly identify some of our rarer early fall shorebirds, one needs to be able to properly AGE them first. If one does not know how to age a peep, for example, finding or identifying properly a Semipalmated Sandpiper becomes extremely difficult. In the case of almost all of our rare shorebirds now that we are in August, a huge percent of them are juveniles. So birders are encouraged to learn what the juvenile plumages of these species look like and that if one is scanning through a large flock of birds, that one should be able to tell the juveniles apart from the adults and use that as a starting point.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 8/25/26 7:47 am
From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pectoral and Solitary |
The first Pectoral Sandpiper of the season, a juvenile, was present for a while at the upper, east end of Lower Otay Lake on the extensive mud flats that are here, but lots of shorebirds departed or at least were seriously moved around by helicopters overhead and I can't refind it at the moment. It was generally hanging out by itself. Not to panic, however, as this is just the beginning of the next six or more weeks of Pectoral season. This is perhaps a few days early. There is also a new Solitary Sandpiper here, generally hanging out on the far side of the mud flat area. Be very careful birding this spot as one needs to park and be standing on the side of a busy road. A good scope is essential, as is likely coming either early or late in the day when there's little or no heat distortion. Still 14 juvenile Short billed dowitchers here and several Semi plovers. A reasonable number of westerns and leasts.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 8/24/26 3:55 pm
From: Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...>
Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Solitary Sandpiper at Robb Field - not |
Apologies. At home now looking at photos and it was not a Solitary Sandpiper. Got thrown by a thick white eye ring on a Yellowlegs.
Lisa Ruby
Sabre Springs
On 8/24/2026 11:58 AM, Lisa Ruby via groups.io wrote:
> There is currently a Solitary Sandpiper snoozing on the front edge of the mud flat area with the plants. It's standing by some plants.
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Date: 8/23/26 12:23 pm
From: Stan Walens via groups.io <stan.walens...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Blue-footed booby, La Jolla, August 22 |
Summary: An adult blue-footed booby flew over the Dan McKinney YMCA near Cliffridge Park in La Jolla yesterday at 5:25 pm.
Background:
While all the good birders were out on the water yesterday on the pelagic trip, I was in the water at the pool at the Dan McKinney YMCA. For the past 22+ years, I have done about 5 hours/week of water aerobics in the Y’s outdoor pools, in a bootless attempt to keep my body from terminal deliquescence. Water aerobics is excruciatingly dull, but I get to spend those tedious hours staring at the skies, watching birds take advantage of the thermals produced by the landscape and the surrounding slopes. The Y is about 1 mile due east of La Jolla Shores, at the top of the southern edge of La Jolla Mesa, and is surrounded by athletic fields that provide a good platform for thermals. Mostly I watch Western gulls heading from the ocean to their favored feeding grounds at the various fast-food restaurants in the shopping centers just to the east, and back again. Plus it is always fun to watch the ravens playing in the air currents. There are hawks and vultures and other soaring birds using the thermals. [Also, there has been a really nice flock of red-masked parakeets at the Y for the past several weeks.]
Over the 5000-some hours I have stared at the sky there, I have seen a handful of ocean birds take advantage of the uplift, including 2 Cocos boobies, 1 red-footed booby, 1 masked booby and 2 frigatebirds [one magnificent, 1 unidentified]. So that’s an average of 1 seabird every 850 hours or so, or every 3+ years.
Yesterday’s blue-footed booby was a full adult. All dark on top except for whitish head, lower back and part of the tail. Extensively dark underwings on the primaries and secondaries.
If any of the boobies photographed on yesterday’s pelagic trip tour out to be masked, that means all 5 expected species of boobies are currently present in San Diego waters.
Stan Walens, San Diego
August 23, 2026; 10:00 a.m.
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Date: 8/23/26 11:45 am
From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] bizarre leucistic Red-winged Blackbird, continuing Black Terns |
On Sunday the 23rd, the three juvenile black Terns are present for Day #3 at Sweetwater Reservoir, as usual well out over the lake feeding above a feeding group of grebes. At the upper end of Lower Otay Lake, uncommon "inland" shorebirds included 18 juvenile Short-billed Dowitchers, and continuing Marbled Godwit and Semipalmated Plovers.
Also this morning, I saw a really cool-looking leucistic female-type Red-winged Blackbird along the south side of the TRV Community Gardens, in the Red-winged flock that's always in that area during late summer and fall. The bird has an entirely white head sharply cut off from the dark, typical body, and it has a bunch of white in the wings. In flight, this bird could fool birders into thinking they are seeing a male Yellow-headed Blackbird, or who knows what. A photo of the bird is at:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S386265070
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Date: 8/23/26 5:03 am
From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] San Diego pelagic Sat. Aug 22: Wilson's & 25 Least & 5+ Townsend's,; Guadalupe & 16 Craveri's; Laysan & 14+ Black-footeds; Nazca; Fulmar |
The San Diego pelagic trip on Saturday, August 22, aboard "Legacy" out of Seaforth Landing and sponsored by Buena Vista Audubon Society was quite good. Highlights of the trip included a fairly cooperative Wilson's Storm-Petrel at the 30-Mile Bank (31 mi WSW of Point Loma), initially found roosting in a Black Storm-Petrel raft, a total of 25 Least Storm-Petrels (scattered, but mostly at 30-Mile Bank), plus a small number of Townsend's (5+) and moderate numbers of Leach's (30+). A cooperative Guadalupe Murrelet was closer to shore than normal at the outer edge of the Nine-Mile Bank (13-1/4 mi SW of Point Loma), and a puzzling intermediate Guadalupe-type was photographed earlier in the day in the San Diego Trough, a bird that was either a young Guadalupe or a hybrid Guadalupe X Scripps's (photos will be analyzed). Also 16 Craveri's. A fine Laysan Albatross (30-Mile Bank) and as many as ca. 14+ Black-footed Albatrosses were seen. An unseasonal Northern Fulmar was 5-3/4 mi W of Point Loma. An adult Nazca Booby flew over the boat in the San Diego Trough, and 3 immature Masked/Nazca Boobies were at two sets of buoys: 2 birds in the mid- San Diego Trough and 1 on the inside of the Nine-Mile Bank. We shall see if the many photos obtained might elevate one or more of these young birds to full species rank. A total of 7 Cocos Boobies included one pale-headed adult male. A Forster's Tern 9-3/4 mi W of Point Loma was farther offshore than normal.
Lots of photos from the trip will be posted with the shared eBird lists out probably on Monday.
Totals for the trip once we were over a mile offshore were as follows:
Least Sandpiper 1
Red-necked Phalarope 1600
Red Phalarope 7
Guadalupe Murrelet 1.5 (see above)
Craveri's Murrelet 16
Cassin's Auklet 35
Sabine's Gull 14
Heermann's Gull 10
Western Gull 250
Common Tern 5
Forster's Tern 1
Elegant Tern 12
Laysan Albatross 1
Black-footed Albatross 14+
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1
Leach's Storm-Petrel 30
Townsend's Storm-Petrel 5+
Leach's/Townsend's Storm-Petrel 15
Black Storm-Petrel 1200
Least Storm-Petrel 25
Northern Fulmar 1
Sooty Shearwater 5
Pink-footed Shearwater 70
Black-vented Shearwater 80
Nazca Booby 1
Masked/Nazca Booby 3
Cocos Booby 7
Brandt's Cormorant 10
Brown Pelican 55
For information on future trips this year in September (3) and mid-October, see sandiegopelagics.com
--Paul Lehman, Bruce Rideout, Alex Abela, Dan King, Jimmy McMorran, Paul Mulholland, Nick Thorpe, San Diego
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