10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2024

San Diego has a lot going for it. There are beautiful beaches, a plethora of amazing food and drinks, a multitude of family fun locations, a world-renowned zoo, and one of the biggest birding festivals in the US. My relationship with San Diego has evolved since becoming a birder.

San Diego 208

San Diego Sea Lions Lions Birds 208

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2018

I just got back this week from my second-ever birding vacation to California, this time to the three southernmost counties of the state: San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial. Sand Point Family Vineyards: Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 (Lodi Appellation). Sand Point Family Vineyards: Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 (Lodi Appellation).

2015 113

2015 San Diego Family California Condor 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes.

2011 154

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100