SB Birders, I made out to see the Nelson’s Sparrow today, which was nice to see one of them by the gazebo. 2 Large-billed Savannah Sparrows were seen also. I stopped by Renwick Ave and saw a Lapland L

There are lots of trees and leaves. We also had a couple inches of rain. Please know that I dislike gas powered and electric leaf blowers. I wonder what it would be like if they had a few workers out

Hi All, They have to maintain the park at least once a week. Find out their schedule and avoid that day for birding. Sometimes just before a storm or after a storm they need to clean up the leaf litte

Hi All, OK, so yes, Nuttalli and Pegetensis do look very similar to a point of it being hard to separate by eye. But, Nuttall’s is more dingier/browner than Puget Sound birds. The wings are also short

Hi all, Just to add to Noah’s report. If you photogs want photos of robins eating toyon berries? The Bush is on the extreme western side of the park next to Los Carneros Road. To get there walk to whe

Hi all, To let you all know a little more about the Lewis’s Woodpeckers. I have been spending about 3 to 4 hours per day on these flocks of Lewis’s as they were a photo target species. At times you co

SB Birders, Another Snow Bunting has been found in our state. This one is way north, but hopefully it’s coming our way. Good luck and good birding. Wes Fritz 805 895 0685 wes-fritz@... Solvang

SB Birders, Yesterday, November 20th we birded Jalama and Gaviota, the highlights were large numbers of Lewis’s Woodpeckers. At one area where they were flycatching I counted 53 Lewis’s and there were

SB Birders, If you have seen this bird and don’t care, stop reading. I stopped by to hang out with the Winter Wren and do a little “birdwatcher watching” it’s always good to see the birders come and g

SB Birders, Another Snow bunting was found this morning in Halfmoon Bay, this makes 5 so far this year. Another note of interest is San Diego has reached its county high count of White-throated Sparro

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 805 895

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 an

Is this like guessing the sex of a Bay-breasted Warbler when there is no public photos to be seen? Wes Fritz 805 895 0685 wes-fritz@... Solvang CA

Are you just being rhetorical? What do you know about the YB Fly at Rufugio? Any photos? Wes

Hi all, This is the real deal. Jay Carroll is a good birder from SLOCO. It should be easy to refind, they do not move around a bunch or long distances. Good luck and good birding. Wes Fritz 805 895 06

SB Birders, 2 different Snow Buntings have been seen in CA today. The first sighting was up in Mendocino County and the other is in San Diego County. Which means it basically flew through our county.

Hi All, Just to add to Mark’s post too. The Tennessee Warbler showed up shortly after Mark Left and showed well for over an hour, and still was present when we left. A nice looking Slate-colored Fox S

Wes From: "lehman.paul@... via groups.io" <lehman.paul@...> Date: October 27, 2022 at 8:50:25 PM PDT To: CALBIRDS@groups.io Subject: [CALBIRDS] Photos of adult Swallow-tailed

Hi all, I just saw that some “Western” GWFG were reported at LLC on eBird. I’m curious how these were separated from “Tule” GWFG and the “Greenland” GWFG and beings they are the only expected GWFG to

SB Birders, More about the GWFG. This location is at Mystic Lake in Riverside County between Lake Perris and Hemet. Tony also had (3) three Ruffs there today. So, shorebirding is not over yet. Good bi