First San Diego County record for this species, not found by me. Observed by many and documented on eBird.
Call distinct for eastern
Continuing. Audio available from others on eBird. https://media.ebird.org/catalog?taxonCode=eawpew®ionCode=US-CA-073&mediaType=audio
photos taken while on a tour of the land trust area and native seed facility
Comes to my feeder multiple times every morning for chicken food. (Exact coordinates hidden for privacy. Neighbors aren’t happy with all the traffic)
Distinctive color, I thought.
Very small in size
Slimy
hopping on the dirt path in the grasslands
my boyfriend found him near a bushy area and an ocean and in a little stream of water