http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/ San Diego & Imperial County Birding Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:43:14 GMT Arlene Arnold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17384 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17384 Hello all, I have friends visiting for the COS/AOU/SCO conference that would really like to see Tricolored Blackbirds. Has anyone seen them recently and can Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:07:02 GMT Finatic http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17383 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17383 While helping Phil Unitt lead the AOU/COS field trip this morning I found a Hermit Warbler. Originally it was in the tree next to the bathroom in upper area Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:05:14 GMT lehman.paul@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17382 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17382 SDBirds: A number of us--plus additional folks attending the AOU/COS meetings--did more birding around San Diego today (Tuesday, Feb 9). The highlights Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:59:37 GMT Claude Edwards http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17381 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17381 Anza-Borrego Desert Scouting Trip - Sunday, 7 February 2010 Mostly-cloudy most of the day with intermittent drizzle on the desert floor. More continuous Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:14:27 GMT thunefeld http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17380 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17380 Greetings, Phil Unitt informed me today that this Saturday's A.O.U. pelagic trip is sold out. Upcoming San Diego Pelagics: The San Diego Bird Festival Pelagic Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:59:38 GMT Catherine Zinsky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17379 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17379 *Yesterday my husband and I birded the San Pasqual Valley, including the Wild Animal Park. At the Verger Dairy we watched two Bald Eagles feed on something Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:26:47 GMT Matt Sadowski http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17378 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17378 Roger and all, Last week the skimmer flock was in the north cove of Vacation Isle (west side of Ingraham). Matt Sadowski Encanto, San Diego, CA ... From: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:24:50 GMT rtpatton02 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17377 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17377 110 species were recorded at San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve & Cardiff State Beach on the 8 February monthly bird count. The next count will be Monday Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:20:52 GMT Roger Uzun http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17376 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17376 Thanks for all the tips on finding Skimmers. I headed out around 1-3PM and I was able to locate one who was skimming near the shoreline at the end of Ingraham Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:14:19 GMT Matt Sadowski http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17375 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17375 The numbers of scaup off of Delta Beach on west San Diego Bay have built up since the recent storms. Brennan reported several hundred Greater Scaup here last Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:18:28 GMT Jay K http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17374 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17374 A Summer Tanager is currently calling from the trees here at the east end of Tierrasanta Blvd. I haven't been here much since January 15 to know if it has Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:56:37 GMT dancinec http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17373 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17373 Since it was a clear day I went out to search for the Bald Eagle. Of course, it was not to be found. My favorite bird was the Oak Titmouse. Seen along the Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:46:14 GMT ERIC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17372 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17372 At least one of the Pacific Golden Plovers was present this afternoon in the area described by Robert Patton yesterday. Snowy Plovers were also numerous. Two Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:18:21 GMT chad.august http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17371 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17371 Hello Southern Cal Birders, I am currently a graduate student at the University of Nevada-Reno working on a project studying the demography of greater sandhill Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:38:12 GMT lehman.paul@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17370 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/message/17370 SDBirds: This early morning--Monday--Louis Bevier, Curtis Marantz, and I went seawatching at La Jolla Cove, where unfortunately seabird activity continues