http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/ San Diego & Imperial County Birding Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:36:19 GMT Doug http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16775 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16775 The Blackburnian Warbler was refound this morning by myself along the western edge fo the Hilton Hotel on Mission Bay in the large ficus with orange-colored Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:30:56 GMT bjinsd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16774 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16774 Sorry for the late post. I saw my message come out on the SDBirds-RBA and totally neglected posting to SD Birds. I won't let it happen again. While doing a Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:10:00 GMT bjinsd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16773 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16773 Just as I was settling in to watch the Charger game I received a text message from Doug's ABC bird alerting system that stated Jay Keller had found Lapland Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:19:50 GMT Jay K http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16772 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16772 Thanks for pointing that out Phil. Some notes on finding the bird are in order. If you drive south along San Andres Drive from Via de la Valle, the wetland Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:58:56 GMT bjinsd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16771 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16771 HI Phil, It was along San Andres over the fence. If you are standing directly in front of the flock of waterfowl you are in the right spot. It was coming Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:54:16 GMT phil Pryde http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16770 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16770 Could someone who has seen the LALO give a bit more specific directions as to where it was seen? For example, was it seen in the wetlands to the east of San Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:22:31 GMT ERIC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16769 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16769 Some pics of the Lapland Longspur and the Blackburnian Warbler posted. Thanks Jay.... http://tinyurl.com/ericsphotos Eric Kallen Normal Heights Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:33:46 GMT Jay K http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16768 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16768 After seeing Paul's BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (county lifer) I decided to venture north to hit the various lagoons with the hopes of finding if the Tundra Swan Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:07:53 GMT Geoffrey Rogers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16767 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16767 Last night (21 Nov.), Mike Goldhamer, Jim Wilson and I owled roughly eight locations in the Laguna Mountains. Although it read 36 degrees at 5:30 at our first Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:05:29 GMT lehman.paul@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16766 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16766 SDBirds, Mid-morning Sunday (22 Nov), Barbara Carlson and I found a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER along the east side of Mission Bay. The bird is frequenting the south Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:54:26 GMT thunefeld http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16765 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16765 The female-type American Redstart continues at Encinitas Viewpoint Park (across the street from the Encinitas Library). Join us for the Oceanside Christmas Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:46:42 GMT Jay K http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16764 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16764 I decided to forego a much-needed sleeping in and checked Mast Park early this morning for over two hours without success. Perhaps the bird departed Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:55:38 GMT rideout_bruce http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16763 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16763 I went to Mast Park in Santee this morning hoping to find the yellow-bellied sapsucker previously reported by Paul Lehman. No luck with that, but there was an Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:16:56 GMT seiurus@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16762 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16762 There were two Lewis' Woodpeckers along Mesa Grande Rd today (11-21-09), San Ysabel, as well as good numbers of wintering Vesper Sparrows, and a 1st-year Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:16:55 GMT lehman.paul@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16761 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/16761 SDBirds: On Saturday, Nov 21, a number of folks birded the Borrego Springs area, and then Jay Keller and I continued south down S2 via Butterfield Ranch to I-8