Date: 1/5/25 7:34 am From: Robert Patton via groups.io <rpatton...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] preliminary results Ranch Santa Fe area Christmas Bird Count 1-4-25
Thanks so much to everyone who participated in yesterday’s Rancho Santa Fe area Christmas Bird Count and congratulations for another very successful and enjoyable count! Special thanks to those who headed back out after the compilation to pick up species missed that morning. And thanks to San Diego County Parks for use of their San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center and for room setup and cleanup amid multiple user groups and a very busy day in general.
Not all groups have reported in yet, but preliminary total for the day currently stands at 190 species (+ 2 subspecies). Average number of species on this count has been 174 (range 145-202), so again, well done everybody!
Thanks too to those who already got the word out to the overall birding community on the rarities that they observed:
Snow goose – San Dieguito River Valley
Ross’ goose – San Dieguito River Valley
Brant – San Elijo
Cackling goose – San Dieguito River Valley
Eurasian wigeon – San Elijo
Hooded merganser – San Dieguito River Valley
Common goldeneye – Miramar Lake
Common ground-dove – Harmony Grove
Short-billed dowitcher – San Dieguito Lagoon
Pomarine jaeger – off Swami’s, off Torrey Pines
Parasitic jaeger – off Swami’s, off Torrey Pines
Short-billed gull – Torrey Pines
Pink-footed shearwater – off Torrey Pines
Least bittern – San Dieguito Reservoir
Yellow-crowned night-heron – San Elijo, Del Mar Public Works
Bald eagle – Lake Hodges
Red-breasted sapsucker – Harmony Grove
Western kingbird – Encinitas/Carlsbad
Gray flycatcher – San Dieguito River Valley
Vermilian flycatcher – Encinitas, San Dieguito River Valley, Olivenhain, Poway
Plumbeous vireo – Solana Highlands School
Loggerhead shrike – San Dieguito River Valley
Mountain chickadee – Harmony Grove, Encinitas
Barn swallow – San Elijo, 4S Ranch, Lake Hodges
Purple finch – W Penasquitos Canyon, Olivenhain
Bell’s sparrow – Del Dios Highlands
Yellow-headed blackbird – San Dieguito River Valley
Hooded oriole – Sun Valley
Bullock’s oriole – Sun Valley
Louisiana waterthrush – Solana Beach
Northern waterthrush – San Elijo nature center
Black-and-white warbler – San Elijo nature center
Nashville warbler – Carmel Valley/Sorrento Valley
American redstart – San Elijo nature center
Yellow warbler – Carmel Valley/Sorrento Valley
Palm warbler – Encinitas/Carlsbad
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler – Olivenhain
Grace’s warbler – Crest Dr Encinitas
Black-throated gray warbler – Carmel Valley/Sorrento Valley
Townsend’s x hermit warbler – Del Mar
Wilson’s warbler – Olivenhain, Solana Beach
Summer tanager – Sun Valley
Western tanager – Botanic Garden, Olivenhain, Del Mar
Happy birding in the new year,
Robert Patton
San Diego, CA
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