While visiting Stonebridge Trail upstream from San Elijo Lagoon, I came across a tree with 5 juvenile kites! I photographed two that were ou...

Here's a recent photo. Well, it's a month old now, I guess. What can I say, I've been busy. California Quail. San Elijo La...

After 9 hours our pelagic trip was nearly over, and we were heading back toward port. We were still about 15 miles offshore, though, when th...

Birds on the water! Two dark dots, sitting on the water ahead: murrelets! Murrelets are "always" in pairs. They swim together,...

Black Skimmer. Mission Beach, California. June 1, 2019. A flock of about a dozen Black Skimmers were feeding in the San Diego River mout...

While searching for the rare Hudsonian Godwit at the San Diego River mouth, I photographed this common bird. In January 2014 eBird changed...

Here's a pretty little Wilson's Warbler recently photographed in a mesquite tree. Wilson's Warbler. Borrego Springs, Califor...

Here are some Costa's Hummingbirds I photographed in Borrego Springs, May 25-27, 2019. Most seem to be young birds. Where are the adults...

Female orioles aren't nearly as easy to identify as males. One of these days I'm going to find a rare Orchard Oriole. The females ...

Pacific-slope Flycatchers are perhaps the "easiest" of the Empidonax to identify in western North America. Or, at least they were...

Here are two pictures of California Quail for you today. I've discussed before that the Anza-Borrego Desert is one of only a few areas w...

I find Ash-throated Flycatchers difficult to photograph or, at least, to get an uncluttered close-up photo. Last week I was able to get seve...

Wind is the bane of desert birding. You arrive at dawn only to find the winds howling. It is the tail end of migration anyway, so migrants a...

White-winged Dove. Borrego Springs, California. May 25, 2019. Blue skies! It's been a wet spring. It's not unusual, of course, f...