Date: 5/30/26 12:23 pm From: Geoff Veith via groups.io <veithlaw...> Subject: NEGATIVE REPORT Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Frigatebird sp. La Jolla
I saw Stan’s alert around noon while I was up on Solana Circle with a good view of North Del Mar beach, Dog Beach, the Fairgrounds and South Solana Beach. I scanned the area for almost 20 minutes. I saw gulls and pelicans but no Frigatebird.
Geoff Veith
Solana Beach.
> On May 30, 2026, at 11:33 AM, Stan Walens via groups.io <stan.walens...> wrote:
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> At 11:54, I was at the Y in La Jolla, next to Cliffridge Park, on the ellipticals, looking out the picture windows on the second floor that face towards the ocean, when a frigatebird suddenly appeared outside from the West, catching an updraft. I had milliseconds to see it before it zoomed upwards out of sight through the windows. By the time I leapt off the machine and got outside to search for it, it was 1/2 mile north and heading north.
> Views were much too brief to see relevant details.
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> My spur of the moment identification, based on not noting a white collar or white in the breast, during the milliseconds I had it in view, was that it likely was a male of some species or another.
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> I stayed outside on the balcony at the Y for 20 minutes, in the hopes that it might circle back, but no luck.
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> Stan Walens, San Diego
> May 30, 2026; 11:27am
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