At Elings Park at and west of stone bench. Hugh Ranson SB

Forgot to add a photo of one of the three Pine Siskins I saw this morning and forgot to mention that there were two Wilson's Snipes and a single Northern Mockingbird, three Say's Phoebes and at least

Hi, all! Went out to Ocean Beach County Park early this morning. It was so cold and foggy I had to wait around for a while with my friend for the fog to lift. Once it lifted, we went out to the

This morning the plover remains on East Beach, still across from the east end of Chase Palm Park. It was in the tide wrack when I saw it with Black-bellied Plovers. Nearby, there was a Nashville

*** Species Summary: - Pacific Golden-Plover (1 report) - Vermilion Flycatcher (1 report) - Tropical Kingbird (2 reports) - Rusty Blackbird (1 report) - Black-and-white Warbler (1 report) - Palm

All, As a few of you are already aware, Steve Colwell and I have set up a private pelagic trip with the Condor next Tuesday, November 22. This is a rare opportunity to have a pelagic trip out of Santa

Greetings birders, I held my birding class at NCOS this morning, and though the ducks were mostly absent except Mallard, we were treated to a fabulous raptor show, with hunting Cooper’s Hawk (flying

I birded La Cumbre Peak and the nearby communications facility today. It wasn't too cold (50 degrees to start) and there was no wind. There also were no birds at La Cumbre Peak! It was deadly

It's still on the beach near the Mission Creek mouth, this morning just east of the wooden bridges along with about 50 black-bellied plovers. A dog walker flushed it and it looked like it landed east

I meant to also include my trip report: https://ebird.org/tripreport/84744. ______________ Linus Blomqvist

Hi, I went to Cuyama Valley this weekend for some birding. The highlight was a Lapland Longspur among hundreds of Horned Larks along Foothill Road. Some species were fairly numerous - I counted 325

A hike down Davey Brown trail was almost birdless except for a few Fox Sparrows near the top and a few other very common birds along the way. As I neared the summit on my return up hill I had two

All: I birded the referenced hotspots this morning. Nothing unusual at Pt Sal Trail. Jack O Connell Park has the continuing showy male Vermilion Flycatcher. While looking in the southwest corner

This morning I went to the Andree Clark Bird Refuge. Didn't see a lot there; there's a crew installing some water pipes along the trail, so the bird activity was low. After leaving there to pick up a

You guys bring up points that never occured to me. I am a newcomer to Ebird, and I rarely use it. To me it seemed to be a quick way to make a list. It didn't really sink in that it is a tool to

Thank you! Because of this, I changed the age (on eBird) on the Painted Redstart to UNKNOWN. I did not know about juvenile vs adult plumage in this species, so I really appreciate this

*** Species Summary: - Pacific Golden-Plover (1 report) - Vermilion Flycatcher (2 reports) - Rusty Blackbird (2 reports) - Black-and-white Warbler (8 reports) - Tennessee Warbler (1 report) -

The recent back-and-forth re: the sexing of the current Tech Park Painted Redstart brings up some cautionary themes with eBird and other data being reported. Some folks report Painted Redstarts in CA

Hi all, I have tried to send this note 3 other times. The first time was right after I sent the response and realized I meant to write monomorphic instead of dimorphic. My apologies, Wes Fritz 805

Yep, I agree. Science is science and assuming the sex of a pretty much dimorphic bird is simply reckless birding. EBird was designed for accurate information to be used for future research, statice