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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

WFO Conference 2014

WFO Conference 2014

Western Field Ornithologists are coming to San Diego! The WFO 39th Annual Conference will be held in San Diego from 08-12 October 2014 at the Marriott Courtyard San Diego Airport / Liberty Station Hotel in Point Loma.

Click here for details of Registration, Presentation Program, and the large selection of Field Trips!

Biggest Year

Biggest Year

In 2013 SDFO member Barbara Carlson achieved a record breaking 387 species seen in San Diego County! In fact it is the biggest Big Year county list ever recorded in the ABA region. And there is a 388th species pending!

SDFO congratulates Barbara on her record achievement. Click here for the complete list of birds – Barbara Carlson San Diego County Big Year 2013.

San Diego Pelagics

San Diego Pelagics

The 2014 trip schedule is now available for pelagic birding from San Diego. We recommend booking trips early to avoid disappointment!

SDFO and Buena Vista Audubon Society collaborate to offer these trips via Point Loma Sportfishing. Check here for the full schedule of trips SoCalBirding.

Upcoming Events

Aug
19

SDFO Meeting – 19 August 2014, 6:00 p.m.

Neil Hayward An Accidental Big Year
A presentation by record breaking Big Year birder Neil Hayward. Experience one year of birding condensed into one hour! I'm exhausted just thinking about it!

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