Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
Rare winter visitor, October through March, in Coastal and Mountains region.
Habitat: Conifers on mountain tops or coastal Torrey Pines.
Best locations: Point Loma, Laguna Mountains, Palomar Mountain.
Note: Irregular numbers from year-to-year; 2011 and 2014 had numerous eBird reports, 2012 only 2. Occasional winter irruptions 1986-2000 deposited a few resident birds in the mountains for a few years; no summer eBird records for the past 10 years, however.