Kitchen Creek just after sunrise It's not necessarily easy to rise early and begin bird watching with the first rays of the morning ...

Last summer--wow, almost a year now--there was a proposal to rename the Ring-necked Duck to "Ring-billed Duck." Though at first it...

I scored two points! While birding in Borrego Springs recently, I remembered that I had previously entered some locations on my maps appli...

It has been my goal to see over 300 species in a year in San Diego County for each of the past 3 years. I'm not trying overly hard; I...

I recently posted photos of a Brewer's Sparrow and a Black-chinned Sparrow on Black Canyon Road. These add to the little trip report/s...

eBird Mobile for Android just came out, joining eBird Mobile for iOS that has been available for about 5 months. These Apps replace BirdLog....

The end of September marked 2 years living in San Diego County. The Management job for the mobile home park Marlene and I work at will be 2...

Storm-petrels are tiny little seabirds. They flit across the waves staying far away from land where they may fall prey to larger gulls. They...

Guess what's in this blue tub? Van Remsen in American Birds September 1977 wrote an article that greatly influenced my birding: ...

Birding by Impression: A different approach to knowing and identifying birds . Kevin T. Karlson and Dale Rosselet. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...

Les and Marlowe visited us for lunch last weekend on their road trip from Oregon. Afterwards we made an impromptu trip to the beach at the S...

Point Loma, San Diego, California. January 1, 2015. Greg Gillson. The San Diego Field Ornithologists have been holding annual January 1 ...

Sage Thrasher. Borrego Springs, California. December 26, 2014. Greg Gillson. While searching unsuccessfully (again) for Crissal Thrasher...

Hermit Thrush. Discovery Lake, San Marcos, California. December 14, 2014. Greg Gillson. Some of my birding days this summer and fall res...

I don't know when it appeared, but a new function on eBird, "Target Species," has some really exciting applications. If you ...

Point La Jolla, California. Looking west-southwest. December 7, 2014. Greg Gillson. In the northern part of the metropolis of San Diego ...