Birds Galleries

Yellow-throated Warbler @ San Diego Zoo 6/13/2008 :

Yellow-throated Warbler @ San Diego Zoo 6/13/2008

Updated: Jun 14, 2008 1:50pm PST

Chestnut-sided Warbler @ San Diego Zoo 5/30/2008 :

Chestnut-sided Warbler @ San Diego Zoo 5/30/2008

Updated: May 30, 2008 11:19am PST

3/4 Day Boobies & Shearwater Pelagic Trip 3/15/2008 :

3/4 Day Boobies & Shearwater Pelagic Trip 3/15/2008

Updated: Apr 10, 2008 5:18pm PST

Summer Tanager @ Balboa Park 3/22/2008 :

Summer Tanager @ Balboa Park 3/22/2008

Updated: Mar 22, 2008 4:57pm PST

New Nikon D300 Test Photos 3/4/2008 :

New Nikon D300 Test Photos 3/4/2008

Updated: Mar 04, 2008 4:59pm PST

Ruddy Shelduck @ SD Zoo 2/21/2008 :

Ruddy Shelduck @ SD Zoo 2/21/2008

Updated: Feb 21, 2008 2:06pm PST

Scarlet Tanager's @ FRNC 11-17-2007 :

Scarlet Tanager's @ FRNC 11-17-2007

Updated: Nov 17, 2007 4:33pm PST

Northern Jacana @ Casa Grande, AZ 11/10/2007 :

Northern Jacana @ Casa Grande, AZ 11/10/2007

Updated: Nov 12, 2007 5:14pm PST

Eastern Phoebe @ TRV Community Garden 11/4/2007 :

Eastern Phoebe @ TRV Community Garden 11/4/2007

Updated: Nov 04, 2007 1:03pm PST

Unknown Empidonax @ FRNC 10/7/2007 :

Unknown Empidonax @ FRNC 10/7/2007

Updated: Oct 07, 2007 2:40pm PST

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher @ FRNC 10/6/2007 :

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher @ FRNC 10/6/2007

Updated: Oct 06, 2007 4:22pm PST

Cape May Warbler @ FRNC 10/1/2007 :

Cape May Warbler @ FRNC 10/1/2007

Updated: Oct 01, 2007 10:26am PST

Bar-tailed Godwit & Upland Sandpiper 9/23/2007 :

Bar-tailed Godwit & Upland Sandpiper 9/23/2007

Updated: Sep 23, 2007 3:49pm PST

Baird's Sandpiper's @ Dairy Mart Sod Farm 9/15/2007 :

Baird's Sandpiper's @ Dairy Mart Sod Farm 9/15/2007

Updated: Sep 15, 2007 1:39pm PST

Buff-breasted Sandpiper @ Camp Surf 8/24/2007 :

Buff-breasted Sandpiper @ Camp Surf 8/24/2007

Updated: Aug 25, 2007 6:16pm PST

Yellow-throated Warbler @ Lake Jennings 7/7/07 :

Yellow-throated Warbler @ Lake Jennings 7/7/07

Updated: Jul 07, 2007 3:09pm PST

Rose-breasted Grosbeak @ San Diego Zoo 6/11/2007 :

Rose-breasted Grosbeak @ San Diego Zoo 6/11/2007

Updated: Jun 11, 2007 2:08pm PST

Chimney Swifts @ San Elijo Lagoon 6/3/2007 :

Chimney Swifts @ San Elijo Lagoon 6/3/2007

Updated: Jun 03, 2007 8:20pm PST

American Dipper @ Three Sisters Waterfalls 5/19/2007 :

American Dipper @ Three Sisters Waterfalls 5/19/2007

Updated: May 19, 2007 8:37pm PST

SE Arizona Birding Trip 5/4-5/8/2007 :

SE Arizona Birding Trip 5/4-5/8/2007

Updated: May 09, 2007 10:55am PST

Franklin's Gull @ Dairy Mart Sod Farm 4/15/2007 : 






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John Morgan, Dan Baumann and I found a Franklin's Gull at the
Dairy Mart Sod Farm 
(GPS) just as we were wrapping up birding for the day.

A true team effort. I spotted a single gull in the northern part of the sod farm 
and drove towards it. John Morgan shouted "It's got a black head!". Dan Baumann 
didn't take his eyes off the bird until we managed to drive closer to it. It 
wasn't very cooperative, flying more than it was on the ground. Then we all 
stared at it for several minutes in spotting scopes, photographing and referring 
to our field guides trying to determine if we were right...A FRANKLIN'S GULL!!!! 
Then we started to call everyone we could with the news.

The bird appeared to be in breeding plumage with a slight peach color visible on 
it's breast.
 
 

Franklin's Gull @ Dairy Mart Sod Farm 4/15/2007

New Page 1 John Morgan, Dan Baumann and I found a Franklin' ...

Updated: Apr 15, 2007 4:30pm PST

Gray Vireo @ Thing Valley Road 4/8/2007 : 






My lifer Gray Vireo at Thing Valley Road




My lifer Gray Vireo at Thing Valley Road. 4/8/2007

GPS:   N32.78178 W116.39516

Gray Vireo @ Thing Valley Road 4/8/2007

My lifer Gray Vireo at Thing Valley Road My lif ...

Updated: Apr 08, 2007 4:11pm PST

Pine Warbler @ Memorial Park, Chula Vista CA, 4/7/2007 :

Pine Warbler @ Memorial Park, Chula Vista CA, 4/7/2007

Updated: Apr 07, 2007 12:22pm PST

Anza-Borrego Birding 4/1/2007 :

Anza-Borrego Birding 4/1/2007

Updated: Apr 01, 2007 6:22pm PST

Paso Picacho Woodpeckers 3/18/2007 :

Paso Picacho Woodpeckers 3/18/2007

Updated: Mar 18, 2007 5:38pm PST

Point Loma Birds 3/3/2007 :

Point Loma Birds 3/3/2007

Updated: Mar 03, 2007 1:37pm PST

J Street Seagulls 2/25/2007 : Possible Thayer's & Glaucous-winged Gulls at J Street Park

J Street Seagulls 2/25/2007

Possible Thayer's & Glaucous-winged Gulls at J Street Park

Updated: Feb 25, 2007 3:56pm PST

Indian Canyons Hummingbirds 11/24/2006 : 






While visiting my Mom in Palm Springs we visited Indian Canyons the 
ancestral home of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians




While visiting my Mom in Palm Springs we visited
Indian Canyons the ancestral home 
of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. It was a beautiful place with 
tons of Palm Trees, great hiking, birding. On the way out we had lunch by the 
gift shop and they had some Hummingbird feeders out. WOW! I've never seen so 
many hummingbirds in my life. I didn't have a lot of time but still managed to 
get a few good photographs.

Indian Canyons Hummingbirds 11/24/2006

While visiting my Mom in Palm Springs we visited Indian ...

Updated: Nov 25, 2006 4:28pm PST

Ross's Gull @ Red Hill Marina, Salton Sea 11/18/2006 :

Ross's Gull @ Red Hill Marina, Salton Sea 11/18/2006

Updated: Nov 19, 2006 2:09pm PST

Short-eared Owl @ Border Field State Park 11/6/2006 :

Short-eared Owl @ Border Field State Park 11/6/2006

Updated: Nov 06, 2006 6:28pm PST

Birding Los Peñasquitos Canyon 11/4/2006 :

Birding Los Peñasquitos Canyon 11/4/2006

Updated: Nov 04, 2006 7:21pm PST

Lapland Longspur @ Dairy Mart Sod Farm 11/4/2006 :

Lapland Longspur @ Dairy Mart Sod Farm 11/4/2006

Updated: Nov 04, 2006 2:10pm PST

American Redstart @ Tijuana River Valley 10/15/2006 :

American Redstart @ Tijuana River Valley 10/15/2006

Updated: Oct 16, 2006 3:15am PST

Plumbeous Vireo @ Santee Lakes 10/3/2006 :

Plumbeous Vireo @ Santee Lakes 10/3/2006

Updated: Oct 03, 2006 8:12pm PST

Brown Booby @Tijuana River Mouth 10/2/2006 : Dan Baumann and I went out to the Tijuana River Mouth at 3:30PM
today in search of the recently reported Brown Booby. After 2 hours of
continuous searching I spotted a Brown Booby at 5:32 PM perfectly
lined up with the Coronado Islands. It was easy to get Dan on the bird
using the islands as a reference and we observed the bird fly north to
about the IB Pier and then start to fly south again, repeatedly diving
for fish. We estimate the bird was about 1 mile off shore. We finally
lost the bird at 6PM while it was flying south in the direction of the
Coronado Islands.

 Here's the photo's I got putting the lens up to the eyepiece of my
spotting scope. I apologize for the poor quality, but I think they are
good enough to determine it's a Booby. We got a few good looks at the
underwing and believe it was an adult Brown Booby.
CBRC Record 2006-140

Brown Booby @Tijuana River Mouth 10/2/2006

Dan Baumann and I went out to the Tijuana River Mouth at 3:30PM today ...

Updated: Oct 02, 2006 7:36pm PST

Dickcissel @ FRNC 9/26/2006 :

Dickcissel @ FRNC 9/26/2006

Updated: Sep 26, 2006 8:09pm PST

Stripy Hermit Thrush @ Point Loma Drip 9/26/2006 :

Stripy Hermit Thrush @ Point Loma Drip 9/26/2006

Updated: Sep 26, 2006 7:56pm PST

Crested Caracara @ San Ysidro 9/10/2006 :

Crested Caracara @ San Ysidro 9/10/2006

Updated: Sep 10, 2006 7:47pm PST

Ruff Sandpiper @ San Elijo Lagoon 9/2/2006 : Rare Eurasian Ruff Sandpiper (fall juvenile) @ San Elijo Lagoon 9/2/2006

Ruff Sandpiper @ San Elijo Lagoon 9/2/2006

Rare Eurasian Ruff Sandpiper (fall juvenile) @ San Elijo Lagoon 9/2/20 ...

Updated: Sep 02, 2006 11:10pm PST

American Oystercatcher @ Point Loma Tidepools 8/28/2006 : American Oystercatcher Digiscoping Pics from about 100 meters

American Oystercatcher @ Point Loma Tidepools 8/28/2006

American Oystercatcher Digiscoping Pics from about 100 meters

Updated: Aug 28, 2006 5:17pm PST

Desert Birds 8/12/2006 :

Desert Birds 8/12/2006

Updated: Aug 12, 2006 4:27pm PST

Hepatic Tanager, Yellow-billed Cuckoo & Painted Redstart 7/2/2006 : Hepatic Tanager & 2 Painted Redstart's @ Agua Dulce Creek, Mount Laguna.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo @ San Felipe Creek, Scissors Crossing, Anza-Borrego Desert.
Photographed 7/2/2006

Hepatic Tanager, Yellow-billed Cuckoo & Painted Redstart 7/2/2006

Hepatic Tanager & 2 Painted Redstart's @ Agua Dulce Creek, Mount Lagun ...

Updated: Jul 05, 2006 8:45pm PST

Cassin's Vireo @ Agua Dulce Creek 6/17/2006 : Cassin's Vireo @ Agua Dulce Creek

Cassin's Vireo @ Agua Dulce Creek 6/17/2006

Cassin's Vireo @ Agua Dulce Creek

Updated: Jun 17, 2006 2:59pm PST

Yellow-throated Vireo @ Old Mission Dam 5/31/2006 :

Yellow-throated Vireo @ Old Mission Dam 5/31/2006

Updated: Jun 03, 2006 7:38pm PST

Hooded Warbler @ Point Loma 4/19/2006 :

Hooded Warbler @ Point Loma 4/19/2006

Updated: Apr 19, 2006 8:03pm PST

Broad-billed Hummingbird @ Ramona 4/17/2006 :

Broad-billed Hummingbird @ Ramona 4/17/2006

Updated: Apr 18, 2006 2:54pm PST

East San Elijo Swallows 3/21/2006 :

East San Elijo Swallows 3/21/2006

Updated: Mar 22, 2006 3:17pm PST

Baltimore Oriole & Others 3/19/2006 :

Baltimore Oriole & Others 3/19/2006

Updated: Mar 19, 2006 4:08pm PST

Santee/Lakeside Birding 3/17/2006 :

Santee/Lakeside Birding 3/17/2006

Updated: Mar 17, 2006 8:52pm PST

Point Loma Birding 2/21/2006 :

Point Loma Birding 2/21/2006

Updated: Mar 10, 2006 9:17pm PST

Warbling Vireo's @ Bird & Butterfly Garden 3/7/2006 :

Warbling Vireo's @ Bird & Butterfly Garden 3/7/2006

Updated: Mar 07, 2006 7:51pm PST

Tamarisk Grove Owls & Others 3/5/2006 :

Tamarisk Grove Owls & Others 3/5/2006

Updated: Mar 05, 2006 7:30pm PST

Ramona Hawk Watch w. Palomar Audubon 2/19/2006 :

Ramona Hawk Watch w. Palomar Audubon 2/19/2006

Updated: Feb 19, 2006 10:57pm PST

Eurasian Collared-Doves @ Ramona 2/19/2006 :

Eurasian Collared-Doves @ Ramona 2/19/2006

Updated: Feb 19, 2006 6:54pm PST

Sage Thrasher & Others 2/11/2006 :

Sage Thrasher & Others 2/11/2006

Updated: Feb 11, 2006 6:32pm PST

Dos Picos Park & Pamo Valley 2/4/2006 :

Dos Picos Park & Pamo Valley 2/4/2006

Updated: Feb 06, 2006 4:40am PST

Varied Thrush, Snowy Plover & Others 2/3/2006 :

Varied Thrush, Snowy Plover & Others 2/3/2006

Updated: Feb 03, 2006 6:44pm PST

TRV Birds 1/31/2006 :

TRV Birds 1/31/2006

Updated: Feb 02, 2006 2:03pm PST

Salton Sea with San Diego Audubon :

Salton Sea with San Diego Audubon

Updated: Jan 31, 2006 8:15pm PST

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher @ Santee 1/26/2006 :

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher @ Santee 1/26/2006

Updated: Jan 26, 2006 4:19pm PST

Cabrillo National Monument 1/24/2006 :

Cabrillo National Monument 1/24/2006

Updated: Jan 24, 2006 6:43pm PST

Bird & Butterfly Garden 1/20/2006 :

Bird & Butterfly Garden 1/20/2006

Updated: Jan 24, 2006 6:29pm PST

Navajo Canyon Gnatcatchers 1/23/06 :

Navajo Canyon Gnatcatchers 1/23/06

Updated: Jan 23, 2006 6:38pm PST

TRV Birds 1/15/2006 :

TRV Birds 1/15/2006

Updated: Jan 15, 2006 7:02pm PST

Summer Tanager @ San Diego Zoo :

Summer Tanager @ San Diego Zoo

Updated: Jan 03, 2006 2:06pm PST

SDFO Pelagic Trip 1/1/2006 :

SDFO Pelagic Trip 1/1/2006

Updated: Jan 02, 2006 5:47pm PST

Birding Pics :

Birding Pics

Updated: Dec 27, 2005 7:10pm PST

Christmas Eve 2005 @ Tijuana River Valley : Birding at the TRV on a very foggy morning. 
Some of the photos are enhanced to cut the fogs effect.

Christmas Eve 2005 @ Tijuana River Valley

Birding at the TRV on a very foggy morning. Some of the photos are e ...

Updated: Dec 25, 2005 8:20pm PST

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher & Northern Cardinal 12/23/2005 :

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher & Northern Cardinal 12/23/2005

Updated: Dec 23, 2005 6:02pm PST

Winter Wren & Broad-billed Hummingbird 12/18/05 :

Winter Wren & Broad-billed Hummingbird 12/18/05

Updated: Dec 21, 2005 1:46pm PST

San Diego Christmas Bird Count 2005 :

San Diego Christmas Bird Count 2005

Updated: Dec 17, 2005 5:22pm PST

Painted Redstart @ San Diego Zoo :

Painted Redstart @ San Diego Zoo

Updated: Dec 09, 2005 3:48pm PST

Golden-crowned Kinglet @ SD Zoo :

Golden-crowned Kinglet @ SD Zoo

Updated: Dec 07, 2005 12:32pm PST

Thanksgiving 2005 Pic's :

Thanksgiving 2005 Pic's

Updated: Dec 02, 2005 8:34pm PST

Prothonotary Warbler @ Point Loma, CA :

Prothonotary Warbler @ Point Loma, CA

Updated: Nov 21, 2005 3:52pm PST