Date: 11/19/25 10:17 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Prothonotary continues , Blue Grosbeak
The Prothonotary Warbler in Colina del Sol Park found early this morning by John Bruin was finally refound after almost 3 hours in the same exact area initially seen in, frequenting several thick ficus trees and then immediately on the east side of the ficus are a couple trees called fern pines of the genus afrocarpus or podocarpus, and the bird regularly would go in those as well, back and forth. The reason it is so hard to refind is it stays buried for long periods of time. And then, to make matters potentially worse, the bird was also seen flying out of one of those fern pines across the main road (54th St.) to the east, to where there are some additional fern pines and then farther some heavily blooming eucalyptus around some apartment buildings, which Prothos like in the late fall and winter. Whether this is a regular route of the bird Is uncertain, but in any case, thank goodness not long thereafter that it returned to Colina del Sol into the three ficus trees.
Also present today farther west in the park in the North-Central part of the park was a female or immature Blue Grosbeak, which is very late.
Paul Lehman and mobs, San Diego
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