Last Sunday I attended a field trip to a few of San Diego's finer birding places. In all I saw 74 species, 13 of which were new lifers. I didn't take a lot of photos, but here are some of the better ones.
I am especially proud that I didn't have to go to the dump to see a lifer gull species!
The Birds
Location: Tijuana River Estuary, 32.569984, -117.128348
Observation date: 2/8/10
Number of species: 56
Brant
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Pintail
Surf Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gull
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
American Crow
Common Raven
Marsh Wren
European Starling
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hepatic Tanager
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Location: South San Diego Bay, 32.59038, -117.117019
Observation date: 2/8/10
Number of species: 15
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher
Savannah Sparrow
Location: J Street Marina, 32.619663, -117.101312
Observation date: 2/8/10
Number of species: 20
Brant
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Great Egret
American Coot
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Northern Mockingbird
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| Great Egret and Snowy Egret. Tijuana River Estuary. |
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| Forster's Tern. Tijuana River Estuary. |
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| Northern Harrier. Tijuana River Estuary. |
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| Heermann's Gull. J Street Marina. |
The Birds
Location: Tijuana River Estuary, 32.569984, -117.128348
Observation date: 2/8/10
Number of species: 56
Brant
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Pintail
Surf Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gull
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
American Crow
Common Raven
Marsh Wren
European Starling
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hepatic Tanager
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Location: South San Diego Bay, 32.59038, -117.117019
Observation date: 2/8/10
Number of species: 15
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher
Savannah Sparrow
Location: J Street Marina, 32.619663, -117.101312
Observation date: 2/8/10
Number of species: 20
Brant
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Great Egret
American Coot
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Northern Mockingbird
3 comments:
Nice photos! I'd love to see a Heermann's Gull.
Impressive bird list and great photos
dan
Wow - you made a haul at your conference with your bird list. I hope your presentation went well - and that you enjoyed meeting so many other professionals/soon-to-be professionals in the world of ornithology.
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