Date: 2/2/26 7:49 am From: Angela Johnson via groups.io <birdnerd26...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] ANOTHER Cape May Warbler!
Cape May warbler still here, in same area as Paul described near the truck
lot. Also a Nashville warbler is also in the same area.
Angela Johnson
Escondido
On Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 11:37 AM <lehman.paul...> via groups.io
<lehman.paul...> wrote:
> About an hour ago, around 10:00 10:15, I stumbled into yet another, new,
> male Cape May Warbler. This one is far far away from Solana Beach and is up
> on Otay Mesa near the border crossings. A bunch of the big truck
> warehousing facilities here have tipus in their parking lots or lining the
> streets. I started coming here only last winter when I didn't have many
> birds overall, but did have one Plumbeous Vireo. Today, there are
> definitely far more Yellow rumps than I had in the overall area last year
> but had nothing good until literally my final stop, and voila! The Cape May
> is a male and is slightly brighter than the Solana Beach bird in that it
> has more chestnut in the cheek. Whether it is a bright immature male or, in
> fact, an adult male is not certain. Photos later in my eBird report.
>
>
> The bird is along a short cul-de-sac named Neils Bohr Court, which is off
> of Heinrich Hertz Drive, which is just east of the end of Highway 125 and
> not far northeast of the Siempra Viva exit on the 905, the final USA exit.
> The bird is frequenting the tipu trees that line the right side of the
> road, specifically those that are from 2/3 of the way down to near the end
> of the line. Many winter Cape Mays like nectar, and sure enough in addition
> to feeding in the tipas, the bird also went to the blooming coral trees
> that are just a little farther down on the right, and then returned to the
> tipus. The entire curb along Neils Bohr is red so no parking allowed
> officially, although I suspect nobody's going to really care if you're
> standing near your car, but for legal parking go just to the end of the
> cul-de-sac, just past the coral tree, and there is a Holiday Inn Express
> where you can park in their lot. To the right of the streetside tipus the
> bird also visited a couple tipus up against a truck warehousing facility
> which you can still easily see from the sidewalk, and I would suggest
> staying out of their parking lot because while I was in there a manager
> came out and asked what I was doing and when I told him I'd only be 5 or 10
> minutes looking at a rare bird he said okay but then he added that this is
> private property.
>
>
> Much farther west at the Siempre Viva Pond, the immature Snow Goose
> continues as does Yellow-headed blackbird and at least 14 Wilsons Snipe
> along the east side of the pond.
>
>
> Earlier in the morning, the Leon Avenue/Berry Park Bay-breasted Warbler
> and adult male Orchard Oriole both continued.
>
>
> Paul Lehman, San Diego
>
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