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Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
San Diego pelagic – 28 February 2020
© Gary Nunn

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Nelson's Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni
San Elijo Lagoon – 06 November 2014
© Matthew Binns

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Nazca Booby Sula granti
San Diego Bay – December 13, 2017
© Nancy Christensen

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Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Encinitas Community Park – November 19, 2017
© Nancy Christensen

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Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
Mission Bay – 01 December 2014
© Gary Nunn

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Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
Encinitas – 29 December 2013
© Nancy Christensen

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Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery – 27 September 2012
© Gary Nunn

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Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Fiesta Island – 11 March 2014
© Marc Arndt

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Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery – 11 October 2013
© Gary Nunn

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Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
Jacumba – 11 December 2012
© Gary Nunn

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Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes
San Diego Pelagic – 05 October 2013
© Gary Nunn

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Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
Laguna Mountains – 16 February 2014
© Gary Nunn

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Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus
San Diego Bay NWR – 19 July 2013
© Gary Nunn

SDFO Upcoming Events

Dec
11

SDFO Meeting – Monday, December 11, 2023

Holiday Celebration and Birding Year in Review:  (On Monday this year) Come enjoy our in-person meeting to celebrate our great birding year.  We will provide dinner and refreshments; all of us can bring a little holiday cheer!  Join us at the Nobel Recreation Center, 8810 Judicial Drive, San Diego.  Gathering starts at 5:30 PM, with the program and meal starting at 6:00 PM.  Hope to see you there!
Dec
16

CBC – San Diego

Each year our local birding groups organize several Christmas Bird Counts. ...
Dec
17

CBC – Anza Borrego

Each year our local birding groups organize several Christmas Bird Counts. ...
Dec
18

CBC – Lake Henshaw

Each year our local birding groups organize several Christmas Bird Counts. ...
Dec
29

CBC – Oceanside

Each year our local birding groups organize several Christmas Bird Counts. ...
Dec
30

CBC – Escondido

Each year our local birding groups organize several Christmas Bird Counts. ...
Jan
16

SDFO Meeting – January 16, 2024

Program: Costa Rica Raptor Migration, by Eric Ripma.  Eric enjoys sharing his enthusiasm and knowledge, especially about identification, with birders of all ages and experience levels. After beginning birding at the age of ten in Indianapolis, Indiana, he birded every chance he had throughout his childhood. (more)

Recent Sightings

Lake Henshaw Snow goose

11:21 am Wednesday 29 Nov. Under mostly cloudy windy chilly conditions...

eBird – San Diego County

eBird – San Diego County

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Rare Bird Alerts?

Rare Bird Alerts?

SDFO runs a local San Diego County email group which distributes news of rare and unusual bird reports in real time from around the county. Find out what other local birders are discovering – fast!

Check here for latest reports and to sign up for email alerts SanDiegoRegionBirding.

San Diego Pelagics

San Diego Pelagics

The 2024 trip schedule for pelagic birding from San Diego can be found at the link below.

SDFO and Buena Vista Audubon Society collaborate to offer these trips via Point Loma Sportfishing.

Check here for the full schedule of 2024 trips San Diego Pelagics.