Date: 10/4/25 10:49 am From: Beverly R. via groups.io <Beverlynoelle...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] RUBY-THROATED Hummingbird in Carlsbad
As a quick followup to Paul's point - when posting to eBird, it would
probably be a good idea to either omit the coordinates entirely, or to post
the coordinates with messaging about how to access the bird without
disturbing the neighborhood. Otherwise, people who aren't on this listserv
but are subscribed to eBird rare bird alerts may see only the coordinates
and take whatever path they can find to get there.
-Beverly
On Sat, Oct 4, 2025, 9:01 AM <lehman.paul...> via groups.io
<lehman.paul...> wrote:
> A young male Ruby-throated Hummingbird was discovered yesterday during a
> BVAS walk and ID confirmed this morning in Carlsbad. This is the somewhat
> overdue first county record for San Diego County . The bird is a little
> west of Leo Carrillo Ranch State Historic Park, or whatever it's exact
> official name is. This area borders or is in a residential area that
> birders will not invade under any circumstances. You must follow the
> directions below on accessing the site and do not do anything else. If
> anybody blows it and takes it upon themselves to do something different, we
> will do all we can to ban that person from the listserve and never receive
> instructions again. We are serious about this.
>
> I will post a Google map site and lat-long for the parking spot below, but
> here are the instructions. Once you get to that spot, Take the access paved
> little trail to the north northwest down to the much broader dirt path
> which is the Rancho Carrillo Trail. Turn right and follow the broad dirt
> path as it bends to the right and ends up going Northeast and East around
> the back of several houses that are on the end of Via Conquistador. Once
> you've gone around the bend, look on the right on the slope up to the right
> and you will see a blooming Cape Honeysuckle hedge and a peppertree on the
> immediate left edge of the hedge. The bird feeds in the hedge, along with
> one or two marauding Allen's hummingbirds, and it perches along the right
> edge of the pepper tree, having a couple favorite branches. We are happy to
> report that the ruby-throated seems to be holding its own against the
> Allens! If you want to see anything more than just a generic hummingbird,
> you will need to bring a scope. It gives soft "tew" notes typical of ruby
> throated and black chinned. It is a young male but has no true color coming
> in yet on the gorget. It looks like a black chinned, with a distinct face
> pattern, but it has a deeper brighter green back and the entire crown is a
> fairly bright medium green. The other major difference is the shape of the
> outermost primary, P10, which requires very good scope views to ascertain,
> and be careful that you are not looking at the larger and broader P9 and p8
> which cover most of P10 much of the time. And ruby-throated, P10 is
> narrower straighter and more pointy than the club-shaped broader blunter
> P10 of black chinned. Under no circumstances, and I repeat, no
> circumstances should you park on Via Conquistador and attempt to take the
> access path that may be available from there. We are all to leave the
> homeowners there alone and in peace and quiet. And certainly under no
> circumstances approach the house where you think the bird might be visiting
> the edge of their backyard. Just stay on the the Rancho Carrillo Trail
> below, which is just fine. It's a public path and you are out of sight of
> the houses anyway because you're lower down. And also under no
> circumstances attempt to climb up the slope to get just slightly closer to
> the hedge and thus cause erosion and stomp on the vegetation and if in
> sight of the homeowners out their back windows would be incensed and
> outraged. Stay on the path.
>
> Parking for the trail access point is along Paseo Lunada, just north of
> Rancho Pancho. Parking should not be an issue because there are essentially
> no homes along that block of that street.
>
> 33.116453, -117.243012
>
> https://maps.app.goo.gl/TPaJ9L2K7CWU6FvQ8?g_st=a >
>
> Paul Lehman, San Diego
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