I visited Harry Griffen Park yesterday and took some photos of a Red-breasted Sapsucker. Nancy Christensen pointed out that it looked like the northern subspecies individual that was seen at the same location this past spring.
Three photos are in the ebird list, showing extensive bright red breast fading sharply to yellow, limited white stripe on the face, and limited white spots on the wings.
Location was in the eucs in the northwest corner of the park. Thanks to Nancy for pointing this out! I amended the ebird list, so let me know if this ssp is not correct.
Gray Flycatcher was at the previously reported locations, in the central grassy area as well as the scrubby area to the west. Pin-tailed Whydahs were in the north central grassy area with many Lesser Goldfinches.
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Date: 11/28/20 2:46 pm From: Andrew N <floodshark...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Many Scott's Orioles at Hellhole Canyon's Palm Trees
Maybe not as exciting as a Tundra Swan but I hiked out to Maidenhair Falls in Hellhole Canyon out in Anza Borrego and there was a large gathering of Scott's Orioles foraging and chasing each other around the fruiting palm trees. I had 12 in view at one point but there honestly may have been more. Climbing up on nearby boulders allowed for an eye-level view of the tops of several palms and great photo opportunities.
If you've never done Hellhole Canyon before it's a pretty easy-going hike, mostly flat the entire way with only a couple spots that require going over small rocks. The first portion of the hike is your typical un-shaded desert but once you reach the canyon it's cool and shaded the rest of the way, until the sun gets high of course. I got to the palms around 9am and the birds were highly active and there were no other people around yet. On the hike out, however, I passed a lot of people heading into the canyon, many of which were mask-less. There is also a parking lot at the trailhead but it requires a $10 fee or state park pass.
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About 10am Saturday, I had a lovely Red-breasted Sapsucker at the usual winter spot in Western Hills Park off Garfield street in Bay Park/Clairemont. Find Many pocked sapsucker trees at the southwest corner of the park near the railroad-tie stair leading down to the stream. Listen for tapping. He was working several trees in rotation.
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Date: 11/28/20 1:20 pm From: Matt Sadowski <mattsadowski78...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra Swan update 11 am 11/28
And I didn't see it at Famosa at 1300. Maybe it landed in the Mission Bay
entrance channel, or took off and kept going.
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Matt and I quickly checked the mudflats at Robb Field with no luck. May be further upriver or at Famosa Slough. Sorry for all the emails!
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Date: 11/28/20 12:16 pm From: Matt Sadowski <mattsadowski78...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra Swan update 11 am 11/28
The swan just flew south. Looks like it may have gone down into the San Diego River near Robb Field.
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Date: 11/28/20 11:59 am From: Aaron Gyllenhaal <aarongyllenhaal...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra Swan update 11 am 11/28
Swan is hidden from the overloook at Kendall Frost, now best viewed from the fenceline bordering the north end of Crown Point park and the south end of the marsh.
Here: (32.7892684, -117.2317490)
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> Still visible from the crown point platform, though it has now moved to the water and only its head is occasionally visible due to the sand berm
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Date: 11/28/20 11:01 am From: John Bruin <johnrbruin...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra Swan update 11 am 11/28
Still visible from the crown point platform, though it has now moved to the water and only its head is occasionally visible due to the sand berm
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Date: 11/28/20 9:39 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Prairie Warbler in Coronado
Just a few minutes ago, Saturday morning, I had a Prairie Warbler in Coronado. The bird was in small Harbor View Park at the very end of E Avenue, which as you might imagine gives one a view of San Diego Bay right across the bay from downtown and Seaport Village. The bird was in all the thick bushes on the left side of the park where it ends overlooking the water right by a fence and a sign that says Caution: Do not enter, hazardous area. Obviously the bird could easily go into people's yards on either side of the park and not be visible. Unlike the bird in Chula Vista back in September, this one has a full tail!
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Date: 11/28/20 9:11 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra Swan Mission Bay, miscellanea
Visiting out of town birder Elias Elias reports an (the?) immature Tundra Swan is currently hauled out at Crown Point at the Kendall Frost reserve, out from the observation platform, at the north end of Mission Bay as of 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning.
I am walking around residential Coronado with low numbers of birds and have had a Costas hummingbird and two bullocks orioles and a Wilson's warbler. Yesterday, Friday, I had a rare at this season Pacific-slope Flycatcher at the top end of Nestor Park, and the "Yellow" Palm Warbler continues in the TRV community gardens and has now grown back 2/3 of its tail.
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Date: 11/28/20 9:09 am From: Elias Elias <call7076338833...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra swan mission bay
An immature tundra swan landed off Kendall Frost and walked up on sand here at about 09:00: (32.7912070, -117.2295653)
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The grebe swam way out and headed towards the bait barge.
Nancy Christensen
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
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Date: 11/28/20 8:55 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Red-necked Grebe
Nancy C’s Red-necked Grebe continues as of 9:00, but has now moved way south of the pier towards the very end of Shelter Island. Thanks, Nancy!
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Currently in view from area between the fishing pier and the boat launch at Shelter Island. Returning bird from previous winters.
Nancy Christensen
Ramona
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Date: 11/28/20 7:24 am From: Paula Theobald via groups.io <paulatheo...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Use caution in North County
In case anyone didn’t see this in the news, earlier this week a 68 year old female hiker walking alone in the morning was stabbed to death in Hosp Grove in Carlsbad. The area is across the street from Buena Vista Lagoon on the east side of the 5. The suspect is still at large. With upcoming CBCs in the area and large groups being discouraged because of Covid, USE CAUTION and DON’T GO ALONE. There are several hotspots and parks within walking distance of the murder scene.
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Date: 11/27/20 6:36 pm From: Paul Chad via groups.io <paulchad4...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Short-eared Owl, Fiesta Island, 27 Nov 2020
Tried Nancy C's suggestion once or twice last winter, but scans over the grounds at Mission Bay- FI between sunset and darkness turned up no owls,
But success today, and no waiting needed! Upon getting out of the car in that section of road between the berms about ten minutes before sunset, a bird was sighted flying around. Soon, two S-E Owls and one (fem/imm) Harrier were seen over the brushy area to the north.
County life-list 383. Thanks again, Nancy :-)
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FYI to any who may be even slower than I am to find rare birds: good news, the Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the beach at the Hotel del Coronado, about 50 yards north of the rock jetty, at 2:30 p.m. today. The LBBG and its WEGU buddies were totally unfazed by at least 100 hominids in the same area.
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A female Long-tailed Duck was feeding with Surf Scoters off the southern end of Silver Strand SB this morning, about even with the Navy's NSWATC Airops buildings. Also a first-winter Glaucous-winged Gull on the beach, which has been present for about a week.
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Date: 11/27/20 1:19 pm From: Geoff Veith <veithlaw...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Bald eagle at cuyamaca Lake
Adult Bald Eagle at NW end of lake on steel structure at damn.
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Date: 11/27/20 10:55 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hi, I’m currently (11:00) leaving the North Clairemont Rec Center with no sign of Jan N’s Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. I searched every tree twice. I did see 2 of the continuing female Bullock’s Orioles.
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Date: 11/26/20 3:51 pm From: Terence Brashear via groups.io <birdnird...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Zone-tailed Hawk at the San Diego Safari Park Thanksgiving day.
I had a Zone-tailed Hawk fly overhead while looking at the gorillas at the San Diego Safari Park today at 1:45PM. I was able to get some shots of it as it circled overhead.
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Date: 11/26/20 3:31 pm From: Jim Roberts GMAIL <jroberts32281947...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Laguna Williamson's sapsucker
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
At noon today (11/26/20) I found a male WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER along the trail from the 19 mile marker trailhead (Sunrise Highway). It was along the most direct trail to the "Evening grosbeak" concrete water trough, about 150 yards before the gate with the metal ramp (cattle discourager). I heard it tapping halfway up a large pine on the south side of the trail.
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Date: 11/26/20 1:56 pm From: Matt Sadowski <mattsadowski78...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Eurasian Wigeons, SD River, 11/26
There are two female-type EUWI between the bridges east of Robb Field. Warm brown heads. Closer one lacking the thin black border at base of bill. The farther one is bright and could be an immature male. Photos in eBird later tonight. Two Elegant Terns still lingering with the Royal flock.
Matt Sadowski
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Date: 11/26/20 12:51 pm From: terry hurst via groups.io <thurstycat61...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Plumbeous Vireo at Lindo Lakes 11/26/2020
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Today I found what I believe to be a Plumbeous Vireo. The bird was hanging out at the small Pepper Tree Grove in between the Tennis Court and playground that is next to the library at Lindo Lake. It was occasionally scolding. Link to eBird report with photos.
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Date: 11/26/20 10:39 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Turkey Day miscellanea
On Thanksgiving Day, a visit to North Clairemont Park/Rec Center produced a flock of 4 Bullock's Orioles (3 imm. males, 1 female) and a W. Tanager, nut I missed the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Summer Tanager. Farther north, in UTC, the Painted Redstart was easy to find, and in addition to calling it was actually in full song quite a bit. In a private residential area off Governor Drive there was a dark-lored adult White-crowned Sparrow (very rare in the county). And at the Hickman Field ball fields in northern Clairemont Mesa, an adult male Vermilion Flycatcher continues. At Mission Trails Regional Park, the Vesper Sparrow reported recently by Dan J. continues today, along the edge of the grasslands, left of the kiosk, past Gate 9 (fide B. Carlson).
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Date: 11/26/20 10:14 am From: Geoff Veith <veithlaw...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Black and white warbler San Elijo nature loop
I just had an adult male black and white warbler on the east side of the nature loop in the tree adjacent to the tall cottonwood tree on the inside of the loop.
Geoff Veith Solana Beach
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Early afternoon Wednesday November 25, 2020, there was a Green-tailed Towhee at Famosa Slough. Bird was seen along the nature trail immediately south of West Point Loma Boulevard. Assumed to be the same bird reported on ebird at this location on November 7.
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Date: 11/25/20 12:58 pm From: Barbara via groups.io <barbarac2003...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - North Clairemont Rec Center
The North Clairemont Recreational Area also has a female/young male type Summer Tanager, a Western Tanager, and a continuing young male Bullock's Oriole. The oriole was first recorded on 11/11 by Jay Desgrosellier. Neither sapsucker was seen this morning as far as I know.
Barbara CarlsonSan Diego
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This morning about 9:30 I saw and photographed (poorly due to bad light) a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker near the North Clairemont Recreation Center at 4421 Bannock Avenue. I've confirmed my ID with Paul and Justyn. This is likely the same bird that wintered there last year. Last year it was seen mostly in the two very dense trees immediately south of the playground that's next to the rec center building. Today I saw it in one of the small not so leafy trees immediately to the right/east of those trees by the fence. There's also a Red-breasted Sapsucker in the same area that I photographed.
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Date: 11/25/20 11:06 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Eurasian Wigeon, Black Scoter
Wednesday late morning, there is a male Eurasian wigeon feeding with several hundred American Wigeon along the shore of Gunpowder point and the Chula Vista nature center. However, the bird is visible with a good scope from the north end of Bayside Park near the end of G Street and near the boat works, in Chula Vista. Scan north from the park to the next embayment. Again, a scope is required. The past few days I've been looking at lots of wigeon around town, including 700 wigepn at J Street, and 150 wigeon up the Sweetwater River, and approximately 1,500 wigeon in the San Diego River flood control channel in the SeaWorld section. And this is finally the first Eurasian I've seen.
Also visible this morning from Bayside Park, looking due west toward the end of Grand Caribe in Coronado Cays, was one male Black Scoter in the usual part of the bay where they winter. One would have been closer, although the light would not have been as good, from Coronado Cays.
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Date: 11/25/20 10:53 am From: C Morris <cmrrs88...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] palm warbler near Ruocco Park
Seen soon after 9 am approx here: 32.710204, -117.171472, in a tall euc & 2 adjacent carrotwood trees by the wall that separates the parking lot just south of Ruocco Park from the Chesapeake Fish Co. It was still in the same trees when I left at 9:40. Continuously chipping.
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I observed a late migrating or wintering Black-headed Grosbeak and a female-type Summer Tanager this morning at Buddy Toddy park in Oceanside. Interestingly, according to SD Atlas and e-bird, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK is more rare than ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at this time of year. Photo in e-bird report.
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Date: 11/24/20 4:29 pm From: John Walters <johnfwalters5552...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Yellow-breasted Sapsucker - North Clairemont Rec Center
On 11/24/2020 1:34 PM, Janice Nordenberg wrote: > This morning about 9:30 I saw and photographed (poorly due to bad > light) a Yellow-breasted Sapsucker near the North Clairemont > Recreation Center at 4421 Bannock Avenue. I've confirmed my ID with > Paul and Justyn. This is likely the same bird that wintered there last > year. Last year it was seen mostly in the two very dense trees > immediately south of the playground that's next to the rec center > building. Today I saw it in one of the small not so leafy trees > immediately to the right/east of those trees by the fence. There's > also a Red-breasted Sapsucker in the same area that I photographed. > > Jan Nordenberg > San Diego > > > In the interest of optimizing future searches, I believe you saw a > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
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Date: 11/24/20 3:14 pm From: Janice Nordenberg <jnordenb...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Yellow-breasted Sapsucker - North Clairemont Rec Center
Obviously Yellow-bellied Sapsucker!
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 1:35 PM Janice Nordenberg via groups.io <jnordenb= <gmail.com...> wrote:
> This morning about 9:30 I saw and photographed (poorly due to bad light) a > Yellow-breasted Sapsucker near the North Clairemont Recreation Center at 4421 > Bannock Avenue > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4421+Bannock+Avenue?entry=gmail&source=g>. > I've confirmed my ID with Paul and Justyn. This is likely the same bird > that wintered there last year. Last year it was seen mostly in the two very > dense trees immediately south of the playground that's next to the rec > center building. Today I saw it in one of the small not so leafy trees > immediately to the right/east of those trees by the fence. There's also a > Red-breasted Sapsucker in the same area that I photographed. > > Jan Nordenberg > San Diego > > > > > -- Jan Nordenberg Sent from Gmail Mobile
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Date: 11/24/20 1:35 pm From: Janice Nordenberg <jnordenb...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Yellow-breasted Sapsucker - North Clairemont Rec Center
This morning about 9:30 I saw and photographed (poorly due to bad light) a Yellow-breasted Sapsucker near the North Clairemont Recreation Center at 4421 Bannock Avenue. I've confirmed my ID with Paul and Justyn. This is likely the same bird that wintered there last year. Last year it was seen mostly in the two very dense trees immediately south of the playground that's next to the rec center building. Today I saw it in one of the small not so leafy trees immediately to the right/east of those trees by the fence. There's also a Red-breasted Sapsucker in the same area that I photographed.
Jan Nordenberg San Diego
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Date: 11/24/20 12:20 pm From: <tswain3420...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] UTC Painted Redstart continues in Tipu trees at Standley Middle School along west side of Ratcliffe.
Painted Redstart continues in the tipus on the northeast side of the middle school. It’s calling on and off (very distinctive), which is the best way to locate it. It disappeared from about 8:15 to 8:45, so there might be another location where it feeds sometimes.
Also present was a giant flock of waxwings, and a mixed flock of Chipping Sparrows and American Pipits that didnt seem to have anything more interesting mixed in. There was a Western Tanager in the tipus as well.
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Date: 11/24/20 11:33 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Summer Tanager
Hi, the male Summer Tanager found by Paul Lehman 2 days ago continues in Kimball Park as of 11:30. It is in a tree (coral?) next to the public restrooms behind the ball field. No sign of the female.
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Date: 11/23/20 2:35 pm From: Geoff Veith <veithlaw...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] UTC Painted Redstart continues in Tipu trees at Standley Middle School along west side of Ratcliffe.
Also seen in trees along apt complex and in Tipu just south of All Saints church.
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Date: 11/23/20 12:53 pm From: Jim Roberts GMAIL <jroberts32281947...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] University CIty Painted Redstart
Sorry to the Alisons. I meant Davies instead of Hiers. I'll just use Alison next time.
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> David Holway's PAINTED REDSTART continues this morning (9AM, 11/23/20) in > the Tipu trees at Stanley Middle School. This is along the sidewalk on the > west side of Radcliffe just south of Governor Drive. It ranges around the > area. It flew to a tree north of the Tipus and across Radcliffe and behind > the Lutheran Church. > Alllison Hiers also saw and photographed the bird. > Thanks David' > > Jim Roberts > University CIty > > > >
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Date: 11/23/20 11:32 am From: Jim Roberts GMAIL <jroberts32281947...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] University CIty Painted Redstart
David Holway's PAINTED REDSTART continues this morning (9AM, 11/23/20) in the Tipu trees at Stanley Middle School. This is along the sidewalk on the west side of Radcliffe just south of Governor Drive. It ranges around the area. It flew to a tree north of the Tipus and across Radcliffe and behind the Lutheran Church. Alllison Hiers also saw and photographed the bird. Thanks David'
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Date: 11/23/20 11:14 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Western Tanager
Hi again,
I forgot to mention that I also heard a Western Tanager calling in the same area this morning.
Barbara Wise San Diego
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Date: 11/23/20 11:09 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] White-throated Sparrow
Hi everyone,
Last weekend an out-of-town birder found and photographed a White-throated Sparrow in residential Point Loma, and it reappeared there again this morning around 6:30 A.M. It was with a small flock of White-crowned Sparrows that were flying across both the east and west sides of Silver Gate Avenue between Warner and Dupont St. It was on the ground, in the trees and visiting backyards and a backyard feeders. The flock was constantly on the move, the bird favored heavy cover and it was dark and cloudy this morning, so unfortunately photo opportunities were extremely limited. But I did get an i.d. shot!
Barbara Wise
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Date: 11/22/20 5:59 pm From: David Holway via groups.io <dholway...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Painted Redstart, private property Univ. City
Hi all,
This weekend I found and photographed a Painted Redstart in the southern part of of University City on private property. If you are really interested in seeing this bird, please email me off list and I can provide additional information.
David Holway
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Yesterday, the 21st, the Balboa Park GREATER PEWEE was well to the east of its usual area, calling quite a bit at 8AM next to the Organ Pavilion and Palm Canyon in the main central part of the park. Assume it is the same bird! A young male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was in the southwest section of the park (full red throat and complete black frame, but still lots of tan-brown mottling to the head and back). A female HOODED ORIOLE is presumably the same bird back for its second winter to the area near the miniature railroad and Art Studios (just south of the main Zoo entrance). A HERMIT WARBLER was north of Marston House, at the north end of the road (7th), overlooking the canyon. Also 1 Bullock's Oriole and total of 5 Western Tanagers scattered in the northern/western park.
Today, Sunday, the continuing Dairy Mart TROPICAL KINGBIRD was present just after dawn at the tops of the larger dead/leafless trees around the "wooded" pond" on the east side of Dairy Mart Road, across the road from the main pond--the third time I've seen it there early in the morning, so it might be roosting there at night. Also a CATTLE EGRET and the usual Least Bittern at the main pond. The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER continues with the Killdeer flock on the east side of the sod farm. A female VERMILION FLYCATCHER is at the sports park in San Ysidro. Western Tanager at Nestor Park, another Western and a Bullock's Oriole at Sunnyslope Park, Black-thr Gray Warbler at Harborside Park, and an adult male SUMMER TANAGER at Kimball Park in National City, mostly in the eastern 2/3 of the park (check especially the several scattered pink-flowered eucalyptus). Also today, Barbara Carlson photo'd a first-cycle Glaucous-winged Gull at Lake Murray.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 11/22/20 10:23 am From: Rodney Gast via groups.io <rggast...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Virginia Rail 10am Guajome Park 11/22
My first time birding Guajome Park. Along the lake pond here: 33.246186,-117.273911 I got great looks at a VIRGINIA RAIL as it was near the south shoreline close to a bench.
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Date: 11/22/20 8:02 am From: David Povey <poveydw747...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Two Palm Warblers
Now one Western type Palm Warbler with Eastern at community gardens TJRV. Dave Povey Dulzura
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Date: 11/21/20 10:19 am From: Tom Marshall <ToMarsha...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Triclored near Sea World Friday at 11:30
The tricolored heron near Sea World was about forty yards west of the short acess road leading to the road along the river.
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Date: 11/21/20 8:05 am From: King, Dan <kingdaking519...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tricolored Heron, Little Blue Heron - San Elijo Lagoon
The Tricolored Heron first reported by Sean Buchanan on November 13 continues today (Sat. 21st) at San Elijo Lagoon, briefly in the same scope view as the continuing Little Blue Heron. As of 8:00, both birds are currently in the area of the lagoon northeast of the Rios Avenue entrance, closer to the Manchester Avenue side of the lagoon.
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Date: 11/20/20 6:16 pm From: Aedyn Loefke via groups.io <streptopeliamaster...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Little Stint continues
The Little Stint continued late this morning (11/20) on its favorite island seen from the end of 10th in IB.
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First bird this morning at 10:00am was a young male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Red chin and forehead, no red on back of head. Call matched up with Yellow-bellied. Last time I saw one here at Guajome was with a group led by Steve Shunk a few years ago.
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Date: 11/19/20 7:29 pm From: Philip Unitt <unitt...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] The winter onslaught of Summer Tanagers
Dear friends,
To add to this winter’s Summer Tanagers, I heard one, and saw a brief flash of red in a treetop, in Balboa Park yesterday 18 November 2020—on the east side of Park Blvd. between Upas St. and Morley Field Drive (thus between Roosevelt Jr. High School and the Blind Center).
Also a couple times in the past week a Black-throated Gray Warbler in jacaranda trees along Park Blvd. just south of University Ave.—just around the corner from where I saw it last February. It’s amazing how minimal of habitat some wintering birds return to in successive years.
Good birding,
Philip Unitt
San Diego
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Date: 11/19/20 7:06 pm From: Michelle Reilly <reilhag...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Alison's eBird photo of Brown Pelicans.
Allison, that’s awesome!
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A few observations from the Safari Park today (11/19):
Summer Tanager, adult male, east side of Walkabout Australia. I heard, but did not see, what was possibly a second individual near the southeast side of the elephant exhibit.
Zone-tailed Hawk, adult, flew directly over Pumzika Point.
Prarie Falcon, adult over African Outpost.
American White Pelican, 80+ at the African Outpost lake.
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Date: 11/19/20 2:18 pm From: Alison Hiers via groups.io <lahiers...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Alison's eBird photo of Brown Pelicans.
Congrats Alison!!
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Date: 11/19/20 2:16 pm From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Alison's eBird photo of Brown Pelicans.
Congratulations to Alison Davies whose photo of Brown Pelicans from Point La Jolla--seawatch is being used by eBird on their rotating home page! Nice to see some of our San Diego photographers represent!
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Date: 11/19/20 12:48 pm From: David Povey <poveydw747...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tricolored Heron San Duego River.
I arrived too late to see the SEOW. but just to the west, about where the entry road comes into the old road there was a Tricolored Heron out in the mid channel. Dave Povey Dulzura
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Date: 11/19/20 12:14 pm From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] late Bank Swallow; continuing Little Stint, Golden-Plover, "Yellow" Palm, Green-tailed, Reddish
On Weds the 19th, barely after dawn, roosting swallows coming out of the main Dairy Mart Pond included an exceptionally late Bank Swallow. It and several Barn Swallows and about half the Tree Swallows flew around the pond only 2-3 times and then departed, whereas a smaller subset of Trees did remain in the area for another half hour. This is the latest fall record in the county, although there are several "old" records of wintering Banks, so it is possible it could linger further. Still present today were the Little Stint on its favorite island between 9:00-9:15AM, the Pacific Golden-Plover at the sod farm dirt (with 170 Killdeer), the "Yellow" Palm Warbler at the TRV community gardens (in one its favored plots, a little southwest of the red Marine Corps flag) and which now has grown in about 3mm of tail so one can actually see a few feather-tips wagging, a Green-tailed Towhee also at the community gardens which now also has no tail, and lastly a Reddish Egret on the west side of San Diego Bay at Delta Beach, which is presumably the same bird that was there during summer.
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Date: 11/19/20 11:44 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Short-eared Owl
Hi everyone,
We had Steve Perry’s Short-eared Owl thanks to Mel S’s scope, but it has since hunkered down out of view. Steve’s coordinates were right on.
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Date: 11/19/20 10:04 am From: Steve Perry <s-perry...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Short eared owlSanDiego River 10am
Looking at it now at (32.7618616, -117.2101495) in sedges on north side of river channelSteve PerrySolana Beach
Have photos, will post later
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Yes, thanks, that should be “Nexus Center Dr. tipus”
Justyn
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> For Black-throated Blue Warbler enthusiasts, by tomorrow morning a new
> hotspot should be live named “Nobel Center Dr.—tipus.”
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> Since this appears to be early I thought I would let everyone know. I just
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Date: 11/18/20 8:13 pm From: Justyn Stahl <justyn.stahl...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] eBird appears to be up and running
> Thanks for the heads up, John.
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> For Black-throated Blue Warbler enthusiasts, by tomorrow morning a new
> hotspot should be live named “Nobel Center Dr.—tipus.”
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Date: 11/18/20 8:05 pm From: Jimmy McMorran <Bigshell53...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Possible Pacific Wren and other North County Odds and Ends (11/17 & 11/18)
Hi Birders,
On Tuesday (11/17), I stopped at the I-5 Southbound Aliso Creek Rest Area (Camp Pendleton area) where a Slate-colored Junco continues, also a Loggerhead Shrike continues on the coastal bluff. Then I stopped at Ponto State Beach in Carlsbad to look through the gull flock, but there was nothing uncommon. I did fish the surf there for 1/2 hour and caught and released a 23" legal Halibut:) After this I stopped by a couple small livestock corrals and then a few shopping mall parking lots looking through blackbirds, but nothing out of the ordinary to report.
On Wednesday (11/18), I visited both Upper and Lower Cottonwood Creek Parks in Encinitas where the only highlights were 2 Lawrence's Goldfinch and 8 American Goldfinch at the upper portion. While Lawrence's is always a treat near the coast, American Goldfinch are also really uncommon in this area, so also was a treat. I then went to Stagecoach Park in Carlsbad where a Red-breasted Nuthatch was foraging in the Tipu tree just east of the tennis court, and a "possible/probable" PACIFIC WREN was calling down in the drainage immediately north of the tennis courts. I did not see this bird and when I got my phone out to record the vocalization the bird went silent and I was unable to detect it again during my stay.
Lastly, a "Sooty" Fox Sparrow showed up in my yard this evening (a yard bird for this subspecies). It was entertaining to see this bird foraging with a Hermit Thrush and Song Sparrow in close proximity with their similar color schemes.
Good Birding, Jimmy McMorran Leucadia, CA
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Date: 11/18/20 7:29 pm From: John Bruin <johnrbruin...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] eBird appears to be up and running
Since this appears to be early I thought I would let everyone know. I just uploaded my reports
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On 18 Nov, Dave P., Matt S., and myself went offshore as far out as the 30-Mile Bank. Best bird offshore was a pair of very unseasonal Scripps's Murrelets. This species is typically absent locally between June or July until the very first few birds return around New Years or so. Also a Common Murre and 5 Brown Boobies. Otherwise standard fare for the trip. On both the way out and back in we stopped at the bait barge near the mouth of San Diego Bay to look for the stakeout Red-footed Booby. We managed to miss the bird both going and coming, but we talked to the workers there, and they say it was still present as of yesterday (though obviously somewhat sporadically) and that they are feeding it. At the Zuniga Jetty we saw 1 Black Oystercatcher. Offshore totals for the trip:
Surf Scoter 1 Red Phalarope 2 Pomarine Jaeger 8 Parasitic Jaeger 3 Common Murre 1 SCRIPP'S MURRELET 2 (25 mi W of Mission Bay) Cassin's Auklet 15 Bonaparte's Gull 3 (low) Heermann's Gull 3 California Gull 150 Western Gull 250 Pacific Loon 27 Common Loon 1 Northern Fulmar 12 Pink-footed Shearwater 20 (a fairly good count for this late in the month) Sooty Shearwater 2 Black-vented Shearwater 210 Brown Booby 5 Brown Pelican 35 Brandt's Cormorant 13
In other news, via Lea Squires, a Varied Thrush killed itself against a window in Carlsbad on 10 Nov and is now a specimen at SDNHM.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Birding today with Marty Hales, we saw a Yellow shafted Northern Flicker,
first reported by Nathan French last week. Also a Nashville Warbler in the
trees near the upper restroom.
Michelle (Haglund) Reilly
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Date: 11/18/20 11:28 am From: Janice Nordenberg <jnordenb...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Black-throated Blue Warbler
Returned about 11:15 and still here in the tree in center of parking lot.
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Date: 11/18/20 10:49 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Black-throated Blue Warbler
Hi, a few of us saw the female BTBW on Nexus Drive around 8:30, but it flew off and hasn’t been seen since. 5-6 of us have been searching the tipi trees since then. Currently almost 11:00.
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Date: 11/18/20 8:58 am From: Nick Barber <nbarber...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Myrtle Warbler, Tierrasanta
I just had a "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler with the Audubon's warblers in Tierrasanta, at the end of Tierrasanta Blvd. The road ends in a cul-de-sac, and there is a short trail that extends toward the SD River. The bird was foraging along the right side of the trail near the benches but flew to the hillside on the left (and gave some colder "chek" calls when it flew).
-- Nick Barber Tierrasanta <nbarber...>
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Date: 11/18/20 7:24 am From: Nathan French <nathanfrenchphotography...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Bay-breasted Warbler Hillcrest 11/17
So far no sign of the Bay-breasted Warbler that was on our lawn briefly yesterday.
Nathan French
Hillcrest
> On Nov 17, 2020, at 5:51 PM, Nathan French <nathanfrenchphotography...> wrote:
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> I just realized that in my excitement this morning I only emailed an update to myself. The bird I thought was a Pine Warbler was actually a Bay-breasted Warbler (thanks to Justyn for the quick ID!) l looked throughout the day and even had a couple visiting birders helping from 11-noon but no luck relocating the bird. I will check again in the morning and update the listserv if the bird has returned.
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> Nathan French
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>> On Nov 17, 2020, at 10:34 AM, Nathan French <nathanfrenchphotography...> wrote:
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>> I stand corrected, (thanks Justyn!) it was a Bay-breasted Warbler! Lifer in my own yard! Still no sign of it at 10:30 but if you want to come look in my front yard message me for my address.
>>
>> Nathan French
>> Hillcrest
>>
>>>> On Nov 17, 2020, at 10:17 AM, Nathan French via groups.io <nathanfrenchphotography...> wrote:
>>>
>>> This morning while on a business call (yes I work occasionally) I noticed an interesting warbler foraging on the lawn below our balcony. Looked similar to an Orange-crowned Warbler but had dark wings with white wing bars, streaky greenish back, lighter underneath with some streaks, and a dark tail. Seen (and loudly photographed while on phone with client) from just before 9am-9:15 or so. As of 10:15am I have not seen the bird again. eBird is down and can’t post pics to listserv but will share photos with anyone interested.
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>>> Nathan French
>>> Hillcrest
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>>>
>>>
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Date: 11/18/20 7:16 am From: Nancy Christensen <nancy.r.christensen...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] UTC Black-throated Blue Warbler, continuing Baltimore & Clay-colored
The BTBW female is still present this morning, Wednesday the 18th. 7:15
Nancy Christensen
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> A "Tennessee" Warbler was reported by a couple observers on 15-16 Nov in tipu trees along Nexus Center Drive in University City (UTC), typically high up and partially hidden. A few mediocre photos were obtained. The bird is still present today, the 17th, and it is fact a female BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. It has a distinct whitish, not yellowish, supercilium, a dark auricular, a distinct pale crescent under the eye, the throat and breast are washed with pale buff (rather than the pale yellow of a Tennessee) and which contrasts with the whitish vent and undertail coverts, and the underside of the tail is short and dark. Nexus Center Drive is a short street running east off Judicial Drive, between Executive and Eastgate Mall Drives. The line of tipus starts immediately along the south side of Nexus Center once you've turned onto the street, and the favorite tree, BY FAR, over the past three days seems to be the easternmost tree in the line. However, there is now a report that the bird has moved to the west end of the same line, at the northwestern corner of the parking lot, so the entire line is actually fair game. But, this is NOT a long line of trees. Again, the problem is the bird is quite sneaky, it stays high up in the trees, and it is often at least partly obscured by vegetation. It can take a LONG time to find it. There is also a Nashville Warbler frequenting the same line, from time to time, but it is mostly frequented by small numbers of Yellow-rumpeds, Orange-crowneds, and R-c Kinglets, with also one Townsend's.
>
> At 8AM this morning, several of us saw the continuing adult male Baltimore Oriole (thanks to Alison D.) at Doyle Park in UTC. As reported by Bridget S. a couple days ago, it was in the southwest corner of the park. First, briefly in fruiting trees bordering the kiddy playground, then it flew north into similar trees bordering the large parking lot, then into fruiting palms at the northwest corner of the main rec building, and then west, across Regents Road, into an apartment complex. The Clay-colored Sparrow also continued today, mostly with Chippings and White-crowneds on the lawns between the kiddy playground and bathrooms.
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I just realized that in my excitement this morning I only emailed an update to myself. The bird I thought was a Pine Warbler was actually a Bay-breasted Warbler (thanks to Justyn for the quick ID!) l looked throughout the day and even had a couple visiting birders helping from 11-noon but no luck relocating the bird. I will check again in the morning and update the listserv if the bird has returned.
Nathan French
Hillcrest
> On Nov 17, 2020, at 10:34 AM, Nathan French <nathanfrenchphotography...> wrote:
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> I stand corrected, (thanks Justyn!) it was a Bay-breasted Warbler! Lifer in my own yard! Still no sign of it at 10:30 but if you want to come look in my front yard message me for my address.
>
> Nathan French
> Hillcrest
>
>> On Nov 17, 2020, at 10:17 AM, Nathan French via groups.io <nathanfrenchphotography...> wrote:
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>> This morning while on a business call (yes I work occasionally) I noticed an interesting warbler foraging on the lawn below our balcony. Looked similar to an Orange-crowned Warbler but had dark wings with white wing bars, streaky greenish back, lighter underneath with some streaks, and a dark tail. Seen (and loudly photographed while on phone with client) from just before 9am-9:15 or so. As of 10:15am I have not seen the bird again. eBird is down and can’t post pics to listserv but will share photos with anyone interested.
>>
>> Nathan French
>> Hillcrest
>>
>>
>>
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Date: 11/17/20 3:27 pm From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] B-t Blue addendum
I should also add that the female B-t Blue also has a SMALL white spot at the base of the primaries, typical of the species (and small size more typical of young females).
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 11/17/20 3:25 pm From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] UTC Black-throated Blue Warbler, continuing Baltimore & Clay-colored
A "Tennessee" Warbler was reported by a couple observers on 15-16 Nov in tipu trees along Nexus Center Drive in University City (UTC), typically high up and partially hidden. A few mediocre photos were obtained. The bird is still present today, the 17th, and it is fact a female BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. It has a distinct whitish, not yellowish, supercilium, a dark auricular, a distinct pale crescent under the eye, the throat and breast are washed with pale buff (rather than the pale yellow of a Tennessee) and which contrasts with the whitish vent and undertail coverts, and the underside of the tail is short and dark. Nexus Center Drive is a short street running east off Judicial Drive, between Executive and Eastgate Mall Drives. The line of tipus starts immediately along the south side of Nexus Center once you've turned onto the street, and the favorite tree, BY FAR, over the past three days seems to be the easternmost tree in the line. However, there is now a report that the bird has moved to the west end of the same line, at the northwestern corner of the parking lot, so the entire line is actually fair game. But, this is NOT a long line of trees. Again, the problem is the bird is quite sneaky, it stays high up in the trees, and it is often at least partly obscured by vegetation. It can take a LONG time to find it. There is also a Nashville Warbler frequenting the same line, from time to time, but it is mostly frequented by small numbers of Yellow-rumpeds, Orange-crowneds, and R-c Kinglets, with also one Townsend's.
At 8AM this morning, several of us saw the continuing adult male Baltimore Oriole (thanks to Alison D.) at Doyle Park in UTC. As reported by Bridget S. a couple days ago, it was in the southwest corner of the park. First, briefly in fruiting trees bordering the kiddy playground, then it flew north into similar trees bordering the large parking lot, then into fruiting palms at the northwest corner of the main rec building, and then west, across Regents Road, into an apartment complex. The Clay-colored Sparrow also continued today, mostly with Chippings and White-crowneds on the lawns between the kiddy playground and bathrooms.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 11/17/20 10:17 am From: Nathan French <nathanfrenchphotography...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pine Warbler Hillcrest 11/17
This morning while on a business call (yes I work occasionally) I noticed an interesting warbler foraging on the lawn below our balcony. Looked similar to an Orange-crowned Warbler but had dark wings with white wing bars, streaky greenish back, lighter underneath with some streaks, and a dark tail. Seen (and loudly photographed while on phone with client) from just before 9am-9:15 or so. As of 10:15am I have not seen the bird again. eBird is down and can’t post pics to listserv but will share photos with anyone interested.
Nathan French
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Date: 11/17/20 8:53 am From: Aaron Gyllenhaal <aarongyllenhaal...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] NO Tundra Swan; Carlsbad, 16 Nov 2020
Hi all,
No luck on the Tundra Swan yet this morning. I’ll be looking for another 30 mins, but will only provide an update if it is found.
Aaron Gyllenhaal
San Diego, CA
> On Nov 16, 2020, at 2:54 PM, Charles Jackson via groups.io <socalbirder8...> wrote:
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> Swan still present at 1445 (16 Nov 20). Viewing from La Costa Ave. now.
> It was asleep on grassy bank when arrived at El Camino viewing spot. Walked around to La Costa and it had come down. Now swimming with pelicans. A bank obscures it now, so back to El Camino where view a bit better but light bad.
>
> Charles
> San Diego
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> Sent from CJ’s iPhone📲
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>>> On Nov 16, 2020, at 14:11, Kerry Ross <Kgr.falco...> wrote:
>>>
>>
>> The TUNDRA SWAN continues. It's roosting with the AWPE on the island previously described at the top of the estuary.
>>
>> Keers (as the MAMU says)
>>
>> Kerry Ross
>> Bay Park
>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 13:17 Kenny Kimbrough <kimbroughkenny...> wrote:
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Tito’s Tundra Swan currently being seen (1:15pm) roosting with white pelicans. Best spot to view is directly across the street from La Costa resort where there is a cross walk.
>>>
>>> Kenny Kimbrough
>>>
>>>
>>>>> On Nov 16, 2020, at 8:54 AM, Tito Gonzalez <txsandpiper...> wrote:
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>>>> closest viewing west side of el camino real at costa del mar across from La Costa resort. - Tito
>>>
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Date: 11/16/20 4:32 pm From: peterginsburg <pagins...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra Swan (not a new topic)
Although the distance may be greater the bird is also viewable (depending on location at the time) from the west end of Arenal Street which is the first left on El Camino Real after La Costa.
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Date: 11/16/20 2:54 pm From: Charles Jackson via groups.io <socalbirder8...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra Swan; Carlsbad, 16 Nov 2020
Swan still present at 1445 (16 Nov 20). Viewing from La Costa Ave. now.
It was asleep on grassy bank when arrived at El Camino viewing spot. Walked around to La Costa and it had come down. Now swimming with pelicans. A bank obscures it now, so back to El Camino where view a bit better but light bad.
Charles
San Diego
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> On Nov 16, 2020, at 14:11, Kerry Ross <Kgr.falco...> wrote:
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>
> The TUNDRA SWAN continues. It's roosting with the AWPE on the island previously described at the top of the estuary.
>
> Keers (as the MAMU says)
>
> Kerry Ross
> Bay Park
>
>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 13:17 Kenny Kimbrough <kimbroughkenny...> wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> Tito’s Tundra Swan currently being seen (1:15pm) roosting with white pelicans. Best spot to view is directly across the street from La Costa resort where there is a cross walk.
>>
>> Kenny Kimbrough
>>
>>
>>>> On Nov 16, 2020, at 8:54 AM, Tito Gonzalez <txsandpiper...> wrote:
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>>> closest viewing west side of el camino real at costa del mar across from La Costa resort. - Tito
>>
>
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This morning I saw a Cassin’s Vireo, a first for this location. No sight or
sound of the continuing Plumbeous today. There was also a Gray-headed
Junco and a Slate-colored Junco, both seen here in the past couple weeks. Also
3 Western Tanagers.
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Date: 11/16/20 2:11 pm From: Kerry Ross <kgr.falco...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra Swan; Carlsbad, 16 Nov 2020
The TUNDRA SWAN continues. It's roosting with the AWPE on the island
previously described at the top of the estuary.
Keers (as the MAMU says)
Kerry Ross
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 13:17 Kenny Kimbrough <kimbroughkenny...>
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> All,
>
> Tito’s Tundra Swan currently being seen (1:15pm) roosting with white
> pelicans. Best spot to view is directly across the street from La Costa
> resort where there is a cross walk.
>
> Kenny Kimbrough
>
>
> On Nov 16, 2020, at 8:54 AM, Tito Gonzalez <txsandpiper...>
> wrote:
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> closest viewing west side of el camino real at costa del mar across from
> La Costa resort. - Tito
>
>
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Tito’s Tundra Swan currently being seen (1:15pm) roosting with white pelicans. Best spot to view is directly across the street from La Costa resort where there is a cross walk.
Kenny Kimbrough
> On Nov 16, 2020, at 8:54 AM, Tito Gonzalez <txsandpiper...> wrote:
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> closest viewing west side of el camino real at costa del mar across from La Costa resort. - Tito
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Date: 11/16/20 9:54 am From: Justyn Stahl <justyn.stahl...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] eBird down for maintenance 17-19 November
Reminder, eBird will be down starting at 5am PT tomorrow morning through Thursday at 5am PT.
*"eBird will be unavailable starting 8am ET on 17 November until 8am ET on 19 November.*"
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Advance warning - eBird will be down for maintenance next week for a few days. You will still be able to *start* eBird checklists from the mobile app during that period but you will not be able to submit them, upload photos, or use eBird.org until maintenance finishes.
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Date: 11/16/20 9:50 am From: Sean Buchanan <buchanan.sean...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tricolored heron at San Elijo lagoon
Feeding this morning at 9am in flooded marsh on East side and North-most end of dirt road that parallels train tracks (pole road). Flew towards visitor center just after 9.
Sean Buchanan
Solana Beach
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Date: 11/16/20 8:54 am From: Tito Gonzalez <txsandpiper...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra Swan; Carlsbad, 16 Nov 2020
closest viewing west side of el camino real at costa del mar across from La Costa resort. - Tito
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Date: 11/16/20 8:25 am From: Jeremiah Stock <jstock...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Green-tailed Towhee, Big Rock Trail in Mission Trails, Monday morning
Birded Big Rock Park in Santee and the adjoining Big Rock Trail in Mission Trails Regional Park early Monday morning, November 16, 2020. There was a Green-tailed Towhee in grass and low shrubs along the trail about 0.15 miles south-southwest of the tennis courts in Big Rock Park. This location appears to be officially within Mission Trails Regional Park.
Jeremiah Stock
Santee, CA
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Date: 11/16/20 8:23 am From: Tito Gonzalez <txsandpiper...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra Swan; Carlsbad, 16 Nov 2020
resting 5-10 yards west of white pelicans - Tito
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Date: 11/16/20 8:02 am From: Tito Gonzalez <txsandpiper...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tundra Swan; Carlsbad, 16 Nov 2020
Apparent juvenile TUNDRA SWAN being observed now 16 Nov 2020 at far eastern part of Batiquitos Lagoon near entrance to San Marcos creek (near white pelicans). No close acess, scope highly recommended. Tito Gonzalez Carlsbad CA
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Date: 11/15/20 4:04 pm From: Matt Sadowski <mattsadowski78...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Grasshopper Sparrow, 11/15, Dictionary Hill
I kicked up a Grasshopper Sparrow about a quarter mile east of the two eucalyptus trees that are near the peak at Dictionary Hill OSP this morning. GRSP was not found wintering in this square during the Atlas but was confirmed breeding. GRSP was found wintering in other squares where it breeds so maybe this is not so surprising, and there is always the chance this was a late migrant. This square (S12) includes Sweetwater Reservoir and Dictionary Hill so I'm not sure if breeding confirmation for this square came from around the lake or the hill, but I suspect the former.
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Date: 11/15/20 12:50 pm From: Jay Desgrosellier <desgrojs...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tennessee Warbler - UTC, Nexus Center Dr
Sunday morning (11/15) there was a first fall Tennessee Warbler frequenting the Tipu trees along the south side of Nexus Center Dr, near the intersection with Judicial Dr, in UTC. Exact coordinates: 32.878567, -117.204601
Good Birding!
Jay Desgrosellier San Diego, CA
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Date: 11/15/20 12:16 pm From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Sweetwater Bald Eagle and geese, another Baltimore
On Sunday, Sweetwater Reservoir hosted an adult Bald Eagle, very rare near the coast (but Sweetwater has had multiple records over recent years), at the upper end of the lake, where also a flock of 6 Cackling Geese and a female Hooded Merganser. Closer to the center of the lake were 2 Snow Geese with the wintering flock of Canadas (50+), as well as a flock of 10 Canvasbacks (Sweetwater also can be good for this local species). Getting late or wintering at this "inland" site was 1 American Avocet and a good total of 200 Western Sandpipers. Several Bonaparte's Gulls, 1 Brown Pelican.
Yesterday, the 14th, there was a female Baltimore Oriole on private property in Solana Beach. Almost certainly a returning bird from last winter. Given that there is now the adult male Baltimore bordering Doyle Park, folks interested in seeing this species should certainly look for that bird. Also at the Solana Beach site was an adult male Bullock's Oriole and feeders with 20 Pine Siskins in residence. Siskins have certainly arrived.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 11/15/20 11:41 am From: Jeremiah Stock <jstock...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Continuing Green-tailed Towhee, Poway Creek, Sunday morning
At about 0700 Sunday morning November 15, 2020, there was a continuing Green-tailed Towhee near the north end of the footbridge over Poway Creek adjacent to the dog run in Poway Community Park. Bird was photographed yesterday and reported on ebird.
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Date: 11/15/20 10:23 am From: David Povey <poveydw747...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Nelson’s Sparrow - San Elijo Lagoon
Nelson's Sparrow was a no-show at Kendall Frost marsh 7- 10 a.m.
Dave Povey
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020, 9:54 AM Nancy Christensen <
<nancy.r.christensen...> wrote:
> I checked the Seacoast spot in IB and found nothing. Not sure I waited
> long enough.
>
> Nancy Christensen
> Ramona
>
>
> A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a
> song.
> Chinese Proverb
>
> On Nov 15, 2020, at 9:38 AM, Barbara via groups.io <barbarac2003=
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> No sign of the Nelson’s Sparrow here at San Elijo Lagoon so far.
>
> Any word from Kendall Frost Marsh?
>
> Barbara Carlson
> San Diego
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>
> On Nov 14, 2020, at 10:37 AM, King, Dan <kingdaking519...> wrote:
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>
> A Nelson’s Sparrow was in view for about 15 minutes just after the peak of
> high tide this morning (Saturday) at San Elijo Lagoon near the end of the
> dead-end peninsula trail that goes north into the marsh not far from the
> Rios Avenue entrance.
>
> The bird perched near the top of a little mound of weed stalks on the left
> (west) side of the peninsula about 30 feet from the dead-end of the trail.
> Also in the same weed patch at high tide were about 20 belding’s Savannah
> Sparrows and one large-billed Savannah. All the birds flew out into the
> marsh a little after 9 AM.
>
>
> If you go looking for this bird during the next high tides, position
> yourself south of the weed patch no closer than the obvious bare-branched
> dead driftwood-looking bush, also on the left side of the peninsula. At
> this spot, the sun would be at your back, and the birds seemed to prefer
> this sunny south side of the weed patch. Any closer than that seemed to
> spook the birds this morning.
>
> High tide this morning I believe was at around 8:20 AM. Although the
> Savannah Sparrows were up and out at around that time, the Nelson’s did not
> pop up until about 8:40 AM.
>
> Dan King
> San Diego
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Date: 11/15/20 10:01 am From: Steve Perry <s-perry...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hooded mergansers and canvasback, Aviara golf course
Yesterday late pm 2 female hooded mergansers and a male canvasback were in the ponds behind the tennis center at AviaraSteve PerrySolana Beach
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Date: 11/15/20 9:54 am From: Nancy Christensen <nancy.r.christensen...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Nelson’s Sparrow - San Elijo Lagoon
I checked the Seacoast spot in IB and found nothing. Not sure I waited long enough.
Nancy Christensen
Ramona
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
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> On Nov 15, 2020, at 9:38 AM, Barbara via groups.io <barbarac2003...> wrote:
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> No sign of the Nelson’s Sparrow here at San Elijo Lagoon so far.
>
> Any word from Kendall Frost Marsh?
>
> Barbara Carlson
> San Diego
>
>
>>> On Nov 14, 2020, at 10:37 AM, King, Dan <kingdaking519...> wrote:
>>>
>>
>> A Nelson’s Sparrow was in view for about 15 minutes just after the peak of high tide this morning (Saturday) at San Elijo Lagoon near the end of the dead-end peninsula trail that goes north into the marsh not far from the Rios Avenue entrance.
>>
>> The bird perched near the top of a little mound of weed stalks on the left (west) side of the peninsula about 30 feet from the dead-end of the trail. Also in the same weed patch at high tide were about 20 belding’s Savannah Sparrows and one large-billed Savannah. All the birds flew out into the marsh a little after 9 AM.
>>
>>
>> If you go looking for this bird during the next high tides, position yourself south of the weed patch no closer than the obvious bare-branched dead driftwood-looking bush, also on the left side of the peninsula. At this spot, the sun would be at your back, and the birds seemed to prefer this sunny south side of the weed patch. Any closer than that seemed to spook the birds this morning.
>>
>> High tide this morning I believe was at around 8:20 AM. Although the Savannah Sparrows were up and out at around that time, the Nelson’s did not pop up until about 8:40 AM.
>>
>>
>> Dan King
>> San Diego
>>
>>
>>
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Date: 11/15/20 9:38 am From: Barbara via groups.io <barbarac2003...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Nelson’s Sparrow - San Elijo Lagoon
No sign of the Nelson’s Sparrow here at San Elijo Lagoon so far.
Any word from Kendall Frost Marsh?
Barbara Carlson
San Diego
> On Nov 14, 2020, at 10:37 AM, King, Dan <kingdaking519...> wrote:
>
>
> A Nelson’s Sparrow was in view for about 15 minutes just after the peak of high tide this morning (Saturday) at San Elijo Lagoon near the end of the dead-end peninsula trail that goes north into the marsh not far from the Rios Avenue entrance.
>
> The bird perched near the top of a little mound of weed stalks on the left (west) side of the peninsula about 30 feet from the dead-end of the trail. Also in the same weed patch at high tide were about 20 belding’s Savannah Sparrows and one large-billed Savannah. All the birds flew out into the marsh a little after 9 AM.
>
>
> If you go looking for this bird during the next high tides, position yourself south of the weed patch no closer than the obvious bare-branched dead driftwood-looking bush, also on the left side of the peninsula. At this spot, the sun would be at your back, and the birds seemed to prefer this sunny south side of the weed patch. Any closer than that seemed to spook the birds this morning.
>
> High tide this morning I believe was at around 8:20 AM. Although the Savannah Sparrows were up and out at around that time, the Nelson’s did not pop up until about 8:40 AM.
>
>
> Dan King
> San Diego
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Date: 11/15/20 7:46 am From: Bridget Spencer via groups.io <bridgetspencer...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Baltimore Oriole, Doyle Community Park
I had a male Baltimore Oriole at 7:30am this morning feeding in the trees by the playground and parking lot of Doyle Community Park, UTC. Last seen flying south towards the parking lot of Doyle Elementary School.
Bridget Spencer
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Date: 11/14/20 11:07 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Summer Tanager
As of 11:00 there is no sign of Bridget Spencer’s male Summer Tanager at U.C.S.D., but I only searched for about an hour.
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San Diego
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Date: 11/14/20 10:37 am From: King, Dan <kingdaking519...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Nelson’s Sparrow - San Elijo Lagoon
A Nelson’s Sparrow was in view for about 15 minutes just after the peak of high tide this morning (Saturday) at San Elijo Lagoon near the end of the dead-end peninsula trail that goes north into the marsh not far from the Rios Avenue entrance.
The bird perched near the top of a little mound of weed stalks on the left (west) side of the peninsula about 30 feet from the dead-end of the trail. Also in the same weed patch at high tide were about 20 belding’s Savannah Sparrows and one large-billed Savannah. All the birds flew out into the marsh a little after 9 AM.
If you go looking for this bird during the next high tides, position yourself south of the weed patch no closer than the obvious bare-branched dead driftwood-looking bush, also on the left side of the peninsula. At this spot, the sun would be at your back, and the birds seemed to prefer this sunny south side of the weed patch. Any closer than that seemed to spook the birds this morning.
High tide this morning I believe was at around 8:20 AM. Although the Savannah Sparrows were up and out at around that time, the Nelson’s did not pop up until about 8:40 AM.
Dan King
San Diego
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Date: 11/14/20 9:04 am From: John Bruin <johnrbruin...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Nelson’s sparrow-Kendall frost 9:00
Spotted by Jim Roberts. Just north of the platform
John Bruin Bay Park
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Date: 11/13/20 2:36 pm From: Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Black-and-white Warbler - Poway Creek
Found a Black-and-white Warbler along Poway creek around 1:00 pm today.
It was not far from the sidewalk, moving between what I think are
Cottonwood trees near some mulch piles east of the Community Park and of
where a fenced in playground is. When I saw it, it was moving west,
foraging low on the tree trunks. Eventually it went pretty high into a
euc on the west side of the mulch piles. Lots of habitat there it could
cover.
Lisa Ruby
Sabre Springs
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At 1:15pm there was an immature GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE at the east pond in the Willowbrook golf course, seen through the fence along the trail. Rodney GastNorth Park
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Date: 11/13/20 12:23 pm From: Robert Patton <rpatton...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] south bay & TJRV misc rarities 11-13-20
This morning (11-13-20), Elizabeth Copper, Matt Sadowski, and I had the continuing 2 *green-tailed towhee* s right at the trail entrance at the south Dairy Mart pond (within 3 fence posts east of the dogs must be leashed sign); but no luck refinding the previously reported tropical kingbird. 4 adult *Ross' geese* , 1 adult *snow goose* , and 4 juv *snow geese* were in the SE portion of the sod farm; the dull-colored *Pacific golden-plover* was with killdeer in plowed dirt in the east central portion of the sod farm. As Paul reported, the *yellow palm warbler* continued at the community gardens, although we had it in the north central portion of the garden, feeding on the ground among cornstalks in plot #134 & occasionally calling, and later Matt had it in trees along Sunset.
Yesterday, while conducting snowy plover surveys in closed portions of Sweetwater Marsh NWR, Matt, Lea Squires, and I had a juv *tricolored heron* , adult *reddish egret* , *surfbird* , and a male *McCown's longspur*. The longspur continued this morning.
R. Patton
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Date: 11/13/20 12:17 pm From: PG Nell <pgnell47...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Green-tailed Towhee, Oakcrest Park, Encinitas, 13 Nov 2020
There was a Green-tailed Towhee at Oakcrest Park in Encinitas this morning, foraging along the fence line between grass area and coastal sage scrub. (eBird list submitted.)
Gretchen Nell Leucadia, CA
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Date: 11/13/20 11:39 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] cont. Yellow Palm Warbler and Snow Geese, Tijuana Estuary high-tide check
On Friday morning the 13th, the "YELLOW" Palm Warbler continues at the community gardens in the TRV. Still fully tail-less to the max. Dead center in the garden complex is an obvious flagpole with a red Marine Corps flag, and that seems to be the center of its preferred area to date. On the 10th it was several garden plots to the northeast of the flag, and today it was several plots to the southwest. Also this morning, the adult (since the 6th) and immature Snow Goose continue at the bottom of the Bay--either in the marsh or pond near the "Little Stint Island" or grazing on the school playing field on the south side of the bike path opposite the observation platform. Several Pelagic Cormorants are roosting at their usual site on the left side of the end of the Imperial Beach Pier.
A high-tide check this morning at the 6.9 tide of the Tijuana Estuary failed to find any Nelson's Sparrows, and relatively few marsh sparrows in all. The marsh just wasn't flooded enough to truly push everything to the edges. We had 2 "Large-billed" Savannah Sparrows along the S. McCoy Trail south of the headquarters, and a good total of TEN Yellow-crowned Night-Herons in all. Maybe the even higher tides on Saturday and Sunday will do better there...or try Crown Point on Mission Bay, or perhaps San Elijo Lagoon.
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Date: 11/13/20 11:17 am From: Gary Nunn <garybnunn...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pacific Beach yard – Clay-colored Sparrow, 13 Nov 2020
Been doing quite well for rarer sparrows in my Pacific Beach yard lately! This morning 13 Nov 2020 I noticed a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW enjoying the proso while millet, photos here https://ebird.org/checklist/S76200449 Also a nice flock of 10 Pine Siskins visited the thistle seed feeder which is a high count for me so far.
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Date: 11/13/20 10:44 am From: buck fairbanks <buckfairbanks44...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Immature Little Blue Heron
Seen along the Pole Rd at San Elijo Lagoon (newly opened) trail from the visitor center. Pics.
michael Martin
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Date: 11/12/20 6:25 pm From: David Povey <poveydw747...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] South San Diego Bay Snow Geese
There were eight Snow Geese ( 4 adults, 4 Juvy.) at the mud flat south of the J st. Marine at noon today. Also seen earlier in the morning the previously reported Snow Goose at the Bike trail / 10th. st. salt pond in Imperial Beach.
Dave Povey Dulzura
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Date: 11/12/20 3:50 pm From: Jim Roberts GMAIL <jroberts32281947...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Fiesta Island McCown's
At noon today (11/12/20) the McCOWN'S LONGSPUR continued at Fiesta Island. First seen along the western fenceline, flushed to the northern section, with Horned larks.
Jim Roberts University City
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Date: 11/12/20 1:24 pm From: Barbara via groups.io <barbarac2003...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Continuing Pacific Golden-Plover, 11/12
An early morning expedition (approximately 06:30) showed the Pacific Golden-Plover was still in the eastern part of the sod farm off Dairy Mart Road. It’s been there for about a week with the large flock of Killdeer.
I later returned with a couple of birders to help scope for the bird. By 10:30-ish, the sprinklers were going and the field in which the Killdeer and subject bird had been seen, were being plowed. Nary a Killdeer in sight.
Barbara Carlson
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Date: 11/12/20 11:31 am From: Rodney Gast via groups.io <rggast...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Dairy Mart Ponds & Coronado 9am-11am 11/12
Birding the Main and South ponds this morning. Two GREEN-TAILED TOWHEES continue at the south pond main trail, edging closer to the road this time. TROPICAL KINGBIRD continues in same area of main pond. This time seen across the streets on powerline. Coronado hotel del LESSER-BLACK BACKED GULL continues on beach east or south of rock jetty 11:15am eBird post and photos to be uploaded later. Rodney GastNorth Park Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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Date: 11/11/20 5:49 pm From: Matt Sadowski <mattsadowski78...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull at Lower Otay, 11/11
An adult LBBG showed up to roost on the dock island at the Lower Otay boat ramp late this afternoon.
Matt Sadowski
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Date: 11/11/20 2:29 pm From: Andrew N <floodshark...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Laguna Meadow Area 11/11/20
Hey everyone,
Took advantage of having the day off and hiked out to Big Laguna Lake. Conditions were cold and snow-covered on the way in, and warm and slushy/muddy on the way out.
It was business as usual for the most part up there as far as birds go. Of note was yet another Gray-headed Junco and a Lewis's Woodpecker just Northeast of Water of the Woods which I'm assuming to be the same bird that was in the area last winter.
Big Laguna Lake itself was well populated with Mallards and Coots, accompanied by small groups of American Wigeon, Ruddy Duck, Cinnamon Teal and Bufflehead.
Andrew Newmark
Hillcrest, San Diego CA
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Date: 11/11/20 12:33 pm From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] new (?) Lapland Longspur (and how many McCown's/Thick-billed?)
Weds AM, the 11th, there was a Lapland Longspur near the south end of the Fiesta Island dog run with the main assemblage of Horned Larks. The larks were actually in several sub-groups and totaled slightly over 100 birds. No sign of the McCown's/Thick-billed that Gary photo'd there yesterday. Given that there are photos of the McCown's there on 31 Oct (Alison H.) and 10 Nov (Gary N.), and of the bird at Robb Field on 6 Nov (m.obs.), a careful comparison of all three sets of photos needs to be done to try to figure out exactly how many different individuals have been involved. As for today's Lapland, the last sighting of any Lapland was near dog beach in Ocean Beach on the 6th. So today's bird is probably new, but who really knows for sure.
In other minor news, the off-and-on immature Reddish Egret (not as consistent as the adult) at the San Diego River mouth was today at Famosa Slough. A walk around residential Point Loma and PLNU was pretty quiet, with a couple Western Tanagers as good as it got....
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Date: 11/11/20 10:12 am From: Justyn Stahl <justyn.stahl...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] eBird down for maintenance 17-19 November
Advance warning - eBird will be down for maintenance next week for a few days. You will still be able to *start* eBird checklists from the mobile app during that period but you will not be able to submit them, upload photos, or use eBird.org until maintenance finishes.
Of greatest importance - alerts will not be going out, so please consider (as always) posting birding news to the listserv.
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Date: 11/10/20 3:08 pm From: Kerry Ross <kgr.falco...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lake Henshaw Nov 10
Good Afternoon Birders, I spent another morning in the Reservoir Henshaw area. At least 1 adult BALD EAGLE continues and I had a different GOLDEN EAGLE this morning. This one was probably a second year female, yesterday's was an adult. The highlight of the morning for me was a foraging WHITE-TAILED KITE along the south side of the reservoir. My 1 hour point count from the east end of the restaurant parking lot generated 46 species today.
Keers (as the MAMU says)
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Date: 11/10/20 1:46 pm From: Nathan French <nathanfrenchphotography...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Yellow-shafted Flicker Presidio Park
Going through my photos from this morning I noticed that one of the flickers I photographed was a male “Yellow-shafted” subspecies. It was high in a palm tree in the canyon around here: (32.7589434, -117.1924811) I observed it from the wooden gazebo that overlooks the canyon.
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Date: 11/10/20 12:57 pm From: Gary Grantham <ggrantham...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Los Penasquitos Lagoon
Kathy Estey and I did the Carmel Valley and Sorrento Valley Road portions of the Torrey Pines State Reserve monthly bird survey this morning (11/10/20). No rarities, but of interest to us was an adult Yellow-crowned Night-Heron seen from Carmel Valley Road on the south shore of the Los Penasquitos Lagoon near the railway bridge. Also, we had a remaining female Costa's Hummingbird on Sorrento Valley Road near the Pump Station.
Gary Grantham
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This morning, Tuesday, there was a "YELLOW" PALM WARBLER in the community gardens along Hollister Avenue in the TRV. This is the "eastern" subspecies of Palm Warbler and is a casual visitor to California. The San Diego Atlas lists 9 records for the county, and there have been no additional records since the Atlas was published--until today. The bird is missing its ENTIRE tail, and probably even some of the longest undertail coverts, so there is absolutely no wagging to be seen! But hopefully that means that the bird will stick around in the area for some time. It started off about 1/4-1/3 of the way into the complex from Hollister, and was last seen almost dead center. Essentially the entire underparts are washed with yellow, as is the throat, the supercilium has an obvious touch of yellow as well, and the cap is rusty tinged.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 11/10/20 12:24 pm From: Nathan French <nathanfrenchphotography...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] American Redstart in Pioneer Park
American Re”d”start continuing today just before noon in same area as reported by Michelle and John (32.7487517, -117.1774936)
No sign of Painted Redstart in Allen Canyon.
Nathan French
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> On Nov 8, 2020, at 4:43 PM, Michelle Reilly <reilhag...> wrote:
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> Haha, good catch! Thanks 😊
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>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 3:23 PM James Pike <jimpike444...> wrote:
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>> I think we're all looking for an American restart these days.
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>> regards, Jim Pike
>> HB
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>>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 2:30 PM Michelle Reilly <reilhag...> wrote:
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>>> Today I did a quick walk through of pioneer park in Mission Hills in between rain showers. There was a female/ immature male American Restart going between two mature Ficus Benjamina trees towards the South side, but within the circular pathway.
>>> I did not have my camera out, but got good looks as it worked the outer branches. Eventually lost it in the dense foliage.
>>> --
>>> Michelle Haglund
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>>> "there is still good in this world and it's worth fighting for”...Sam Gamgee
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Very surprised to observe SHORT-EARED OWL flying in from due west over inshore waters this morning (10NOV2020) in Carlsbad near Palomar Airport Road. First spotted fairly far off shore by it's floppy wing beats, not like a gull. It was immediately mobbed by crows when it flew over land and then headed back over water to the south. I will add photos to ebird report later.
Tito Gonzalez
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Monday morning there was a Tropical Kingbird with several Cassin's in Coronado at the Ocean Gate to NAS North Island, and then a couple hours later it was by itself on utility lines and the tall golf course netting near Coronado X 8th (also along adjacent Balboa Ave.)--where I saw a T.K. back on 23 Sep, presumably the same individual. A Tropical has wintered in this area for several years now, so there's a good chance it's the same bird back for another winter. Unfortunately, it spends a fair amount of time, including roosting, on the off-limits North Island golf course. About half the time it with Cassin's, and about half the time it is by itself. A Summer Tanager was along the edge of the Coronado Golf Course at Glorietta X 6th. Summers have been in somewhat lean numbers so far this fall. After that, the morning quickly dropped down to the level of B-t Gray Warbler...Overall passerine numbers seemed low.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 11/9/20 4:21 pm From: Kerry Ross <kgr.falco...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lake Henshaw, Nov 9
Good Afternoon, I spent the morning near Lake Henshaw and am regularly surprised at the bird diversity out there. From a stationary location about 1 kilometer south of the reservoir I logged 48 species in 1 hour. If I recall correctly I have had a 1 hr point count at this location with 61 species in the past. The highlights were 1 adult GOLDEN EAGLE flying low west to east over Hwy 76, at least one adult BALD EAGLE (could be and probably is a second one out there too) and a sub-adult (unknown specific age) BAEA. There are few ducks but over 20 BONAPART'S GULL in the reservoir.
Keers (as the MAMU says)
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Date: 11/9/20 2:13 pm From: Robert Patton <rpatton...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] reddish egret and little blue heron at san elijo lagoon 11-9-20
Still rare in North County despite frequency in San Diego & Mission Bay areas... Patti & Patrick Koger initially reported a juvenile reddish egret to the NW of Rios Ave at San Elijo Lagoon this morning (11-9-20), then around 10:30 I had it foraging along the channel south of Manchester Ave between Ocean Cove and the nature center, then just before noon Elizabeth Venrick & Geoff Veith reported it being just west of I-5 visible from the trail east from Rios Ave.
Elizabeth & Geoff also reported a juvenile little blue heron off the Rios trail and Patti & Patrick later (around 12:15) reported presumably the same one west of the nature center & north of the western of the two new footbridges.
(There was a flock of at least 49 pipits in the fallow areas of the strawberry fields north of Manchester & east of I-5, but scoping through them produced no non-Americans or longspurs... may be worth checking occasionally though...)(no political implications intended...)
R. Patton
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Date: 11/9/20 12:04 pm From: Nancy Christensen <nancy.r.christensen...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] [birdingSanDiego] Addition to Pine Siskin sightings - Sabre Springs
That’s cool! I get siskins most years and they have always been on by her feeders. This year, however, they are eating sunflower seeds instead!
Nancy Christensen
Ramona
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> I saw 2 Pine Siskin on my next door neighbor's nyjer feeder about 45
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> they came in with the Lesser Goldfinches. My feeder is sized
> specifically for Goldfinches, so I just ordered another one :-).
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Date: 11/9/20 11:57 am From: Kat Wendel <katwend82...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Phalaropes, waterfowl at Sweetwater
Hello all, just want to let you know I saw three phalaropes today at Sweetwater Reservoir at the far eastern end in the delta area. I thought they were red-necked phalaropes at first, but then I thought they possibly could be Wilson's phals due to size, pale gray back and white face without any discernable black patch behind eye. Im still awaiting confirmation on species but since today is the last day Sweetwater is open before it closes for the rest of the week until next Saturday I thought Id put the heads up out there... Reservoir closes at 4 p.m. Good luck.
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Date: 11/9/20 11:18 am From: Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Addition to Pine Siskin sightings - Sabre Springs
I saw 2 Pine Siskin on my next door neighbor's nyjer feeder about 45
minutes ago. Have never seen any in Sabre Springs before. Looked like
they came in with the Lesser Goldfinches. My feeder is sized
specifically for Goldfinches, so I just ordered another one :-).
Lisa Ruby
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Date: 11/9/20 5:43 am From: David Povey <poveydw747...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Long-tailed Duck...whoops not so fast.
Yesterday at La Jolla I called a Long-tailed Duck in a flight of Surf Scoters. Paul was right and photos show it was not ! Dang I was so sure. Sorry for the confusion. So one LTDU should be removed from the groups shared eBirds list.
Dave Povey Dulzura
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Date: 11/8/20 5:11 pm From: Susan Smith via groups.io <seiurus...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pine Siskin in Hillcrest 10/31
Following up on this Pine Siskin sighting by Nathan at the end of October, since Nov 3 there have been Pine Siskins at multiple feeders at different buildings in the Ruette le Parc complex in Del Mar, with at least one flock at my feeder numbering about 9 individuals. I wonder if this influx might be related to the extensive burns in their habitat (wildfires) this fall to the north of us in the Angeles and San Bernadino Forests. This influx, while not unusual in sporadic years, seems to be on a larger scale than usual, but I wonder if anyone is looking at this systematically?
Susan Smith Seiurus Biological Consulting Del Mar, CA <seiurus...>
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Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pine Siskin in Hillcrest 10/31
Probably not super exciting for most of you, but this morning around 9:30am I noticed a drab streaky bird on one of our sock feeders with the usual Lesser Goldfinches and House Finches. It was the first Pine Siskin (female) we’ve had visit our balcony (also a 5MR bird for me) and she has been returning to the feeder frequently and nipping at the LEGOs. Not sure how long she will stick around but if anyone wants to try to come have a look, you can probably view her from the sidewalk below our balcony. Message me for address/feeder check (it’s on the feeder as I type this at 1:50 PM) if interested, or if you know where I live already feel free to have a look.
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Date: 11/8/20 4:43 pm From: Michelle Reilly <reilhag...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] American Redstart in Pioneer Park
Haha, good catch! Thanks 😊
On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 3:23 PM James Pike <jimpike444...> wrote:
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> I think we're all looking for an American restart these days.
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> regards, Jim Pike
> HB
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>> Today I did a quick walk through of pioneer park in Mission Hills in
>> between rain showers. There was a female/ immature male American Restart
>> going between two mature Ficus Benjamina trees towards the South side, but
>> within the circular pathway.
>> I did not have my camera out, but got good looks as it worked the outer
>> branches. Eventually lost it in the dense foliage.
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>> "there is still good in this world and it's worth fighting for”...*Sam
>> Gamgee*
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Date: 11/8/20 3:23 pm From: James Pike <jimpike444...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] American Restart in Pioneer Park
Hi Michelle,
I think we're all looking for an American restart these days.
regards, Jim Pike
HB
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> Today I did a quick walk through of pioneer park in Mission Hills in
> between rain showers. There was a female/ immature male American Restart
> going between two mature Ficus Benjamina trees towards the South side, but
> within the circular pathway.
> I did not have my camera out, but got good looks as it worked the outer
> branches. Eventually lost it in the dense foliage.
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> "there is still good in this world and it's worth fighting for”...*Sam
> Gamgee*
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Date: 11/8/20 2:30 pm From: Michelle Reilly <reilhag...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] American Restart in Pioneer Park
Today I did a quick walk through of pioneer park in Mission Hills in
between rain showers. There was a female/ immature male American Restart
going between two mature Ficus Benjamina trees towards the South side, but
within the circular pathway.
I did not have my camera out, but got good looks as it worked the outer
branches. Eventually lost it in the dense foliage.
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"there is still good in this world and it's worth fighting for”...*Sam
Gamgee*
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Date: 11/7/20 7:02 pm From: Aaron Gyllenhaal <aarongyllenhaal...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Amazing Day at La Jolla
Hi all,
Today, I was one of many people seawatching at La Jolla Cove. After the morning hours, it was Gary N., Matt S., and me scanning back and forth for hours. I was there from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and had a ton of birds to show for it. The highlights were:
-4 Ancient Murrelets, two pairs flew by in the afternoon
-2 Arctic Terns, one adult one young flew by with Common Terns, pics of both
-2 Black-legged Kittiwakes
-4 Sabine’s Gulls (all young)
-250+ Bonaparte’s Gulls
-2 Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwaters, the second one flew close and Gary got good pics, should be IDable
-1 unidentified Shearwater arching up and down like crazy, the one that got away
-6 Black Scoters, mixed in with 2500+ Surfs
-2 Cackling Geese, single birds with flocks of Brant
-1 Leach’s Storm-Petrel, super close in, Gary and Matt S. got great pics
-Great movement of Common Murre, likely 50+
-1 Mew, 1 Iceland, 2 Glaucous-winged Gulls flying by amongst the California Gulls
-Good movement of Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers
-Decent numbers of Red Phalarope, 2 Red-necked as well
-Always at least one Northern Fulmar in view
As you can see, a wildly successful day. I may have missed some other highlights, but this is most of them. Thank you to Nancy and Gary for keeping checklists. Weather is very similar tomorrow, so the great birds may keep coming!
Aaron Gyllenhaal
San Diego, CA
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Date: 11/7/20 5:36 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Longspur misidentifications
I thought it would be helpful to mention that while I was present in person at Robb field yesterday, and then subsequently when a number of people have sent photos of the longspurs they took for confirmation, there appears to have been a fair amount of misidentification of the longspurs present. There are in fact three Chestnut collareds present, one winter plumage male and two female looking birds, one that has some pinkish on the bill and one that seems to have mostly a pale gray bill. It seems that a fair number of folks would call out mccowns or submit photos of mccowns that in fact is the chestnut collared that has a bit of pinkish on the bill. The bill is too small, the pink is not bright and complete enough, and there's too much patterning on the bird on the breast and the face pattern is a little bolder. The mccowns in addition to being plainer overall, and having a more swollen, totally pink bill except for a dusky tip, also is clearly paler overall in plumage and this is particularly noticeable in flight. The other problem involved the male Chestnut collared that has a bolder head pattern (as well as this lady gray wash on the belly). At least a couple people with photos thought it might be a lapland. As best I can tell, the only for sure Lapland seen the last couple days has been farther out toward the dog Beach area and not in the main part of the park, although obviously somebody might have detected it there correctly. Anyway, those folks who took bunches of photos may want to double-check all their identifications of the longspurs present.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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The greater pewee favors a snaggy tall eucalyptus near the northeast corner of the lawn bowling. I saw him there Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
> On Nov 6, 2020, at 4:02 PM, <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> wrote:
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> First off, a "thanks" to Alison Hiers for finding the McCown's/Thick-billed Longspur, which she first did back on 31 Oct at Fiesta Island, and then she re-found at Robb Field yesterday. (BTW, it is a nice jesture to, from time to time, thank the finders of many of the rare birds so many of us birders and photographers spend lots and lots and lots of time chasing--either privately or "publicly"). Looking at photos of today's Chestnut-collared Longspurs at Robb Field, it appears that there are in fact three individuals present: one is clearly a male with a grayish-black belly and bolder head pattern, and then two "female-types" which look quite similar except that one appears to have a dull pinkish lower mandible, whereas the other has an entirely pale gray bill. Also today, Trent Stanley photo'd a/the Greater Pewee at the west end of zoo property, east of Highway 163, though perhaps "only" about 400 yards, as the pewee flies, east of Redwood Circle. So it would appear that the bird regularly crosses the highway and forages in off-limits areas--probably not too much of a surprise. And lastly, a Hermit Warbler continues today at Friendship Park in Chula Vista, originally found earlier this fall by Sadowski/Pawlicki, and which is probably a returning wintering bird from a couple previous winters, but which is difficult to pin down. Also perhaps wintering, were single female Hooded and Bullock's Orioles today at Kimball Park in National City.
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> --Paul Lehman, San Diego
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A Long-tailed Duck flew south past Point La Jolla this morning. Weather looks even better for seawatching Sat/Sun.
On the morning of 11/4 an immature Snow Goose flew into the almost dry pond along Rangeland Road with 40 Canada Geese. A dark morph Ferruginous Hawk was perched on rocks nearby and 7 Mountain Bluebirds were on the fence near the pond.
Matt Sadowski La Mesa
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(Note: Thick-billed Longspur is not available as an option in eBird, so
entering it as McCown’s Longspur is the correct option, both refer to
*Rynchophanes
mccownii*, the bird found by Alison Hiers at Robb Field recently.)
While “official” changes are typically not made until publication, this
supplemental, single, proposal batch seemed to be such a priority that it
was released online separately from the other proposal batches (not left
for the first batch of 2021), was co-authored by a member of the North
American Classification Committee, and publicized even after the newest AOS
Check-List Supplement was just published. It seems that the name change is
here to stay, but I understand caution. For what it’s worth, a note on
Cornell’s All About Birds page (
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/McCowns_Longspur/overview) says “In
August 2020, the American Ornithological Society [AOS] voted to change the
name of this species to Thick-billed Longspur. This name change will be
reflected in the All About Birds page title, search results, and elsewhere
on the site with the next eBird/Clements taxonomy update.” I take that to
mean a global change to eBird, Birds of the World, Merlin, etc.
That general taxonomy update should have occurred this year if not for a
delay due to a large database migration at eBird. The eBird/Clements and
other global taxonomy often gets ahead out ahead of the AOS taxonomy (e.g.,
splitting Mallard and Mexican Duck a year before the AOS published that
change this summer), and I strongly suspect that the eBird taxonomic update
would have rolled out Thick-billed Longspur in late summer following
acceptance of the proposal if not for database-related delays. In the case
of *Rynchophanes mccownii*, this name change is not because of new genetic
evidence leading to a lump or split, but due to a cultural shift that the
American Ornithological Society has recognized. If we choose to use
Thick-billed Longspur, we, as birders, also recognize that cultural shift,
but can also simply use the new, correct, name without considering the
politics. Thick-billed Longspur actually employs a useful field mark (the
noticeably thick pink bill!), which is helpful to ID these dull-colored
birds we see in fall. Consider the etymology of the genus *Rynchophanes*:
*rynch*o from the Greek word for nose and *phanes* from a Greek root
meaning “to show” or “be apparent”. Of course, with eBird and field guides
still bearing “McCown’s Longspur” it will take some practice to communicate
without confusion, but I personally don’t see any reason to wait for it to
be published in a journal.
This is not intended to reignite public debate about the name itself, I
just wanted to get the word out on the change to the common name (note the
scientific name will retain the honorific *mccownii*).
Nice find by Alison Hiers!
Justyn Stahl
On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 11:38 AM Marcus England <marcuscengland...>
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> All,
>
> Isn’t it the case that the species is still McCown’s Longspur until the
> next AOS checklist update is published?
>
> Regards,
>
> Marcus
>
> *Marcus C. England*
> Consulting Biologist | Nature Photographer
> Director of Field Operations @ Bargas Environmental Consulting
> Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
> https://mcengland.com > https://mcengland.photography >
>
>
>
> On Nov 6, 2020, at 11:08 AM, Justyn Stahl <justyn.stahl...> wrote:
>
>
> All,
>
> While the eBird taxonomy has not yet been updated (nor SDFO’s) , “McCown’s
> Longspur” is no more - this species has been renamed to Thick-billed
> Longspur. The more we use the new nomenclature, the sooner confusion will
> end.
>
> The Audubon Society provides a summary here:
>
> https://www.audubon.org/news/the-mccowns-longspur-no-more-debate-over-bird-names-continues >
> The AOS list of proposals, including the one to change the name
> (2020-S-1), here:
>
> https://americanornithology.org/nacc/current-prior-proposals/2020-proposals/ >
>
> Justyn Stahl
> North Park
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 8:40 AM Nancy Christensen <
> <nancy.r.christensen...> wrote:
>
>> Just flew in 8:35 at Robb Field. Two chestnut-collared also present.
>> Fenced ballfields southeast corner.
>>
>> Nancy Christensen
>> Ramona
>>
>>
>> A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a
>> song.
>> Chinese Proverb
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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First off, a "thanks" to Alison Hiers for finding the McCown's/Thick-billed Longspur, which she first did back on 31 Oct at Fiesta Island, and then she re-found at Robb Field yesterday. (BTW, it is a nice jesture to, from time to time, thank the finders of many of the rare birds so many of us birders and photographers spend lots and lots and lots of time chasing--either privately or "publicly"). Looking at photos of today's Chestnut-collared Longspurs at Robb Field, it appears that there are in fact three individuals present: one is clearly a male with a grayish-black belly and bolder head pattern, and then two "female-types" which look quite similar except that one appears to have a dull pinkish lower mandible, whereas the other has an entirely pale gray bill. Also today, Trent Stanley photo'd a/the Greater Pewee at the west end of zoo property, east of Highway 163, though perhaps "only" about 400 yards, as the pewee flies, east of Redwood Circle. So it would appear that the bird regularly crosses the highway and forages in off-limits areas--probably not too much of a surprise. And lastly, a Hermit Warbler continues today at Friendship Park in Chula Vista, originally found earlier this fall by Sadowski/Pawlicki, and which is probably a returning wintering bird from a couple previous winters, but which is difficult to pin down. Also perhaps wintering, were single female Hooded and Bullock's Orioles today at Kimball Park in National City.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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I didn't see Thick-billed Longspur as an option on eBird when I entered it the fist time so I did not know it had changed. But I will use it in the i.o. group posts in the future.
Alison Hiers
> On Nov 6, 2020, at 11:38 AM, Marcus England via groups.io <marcuscengland...> wrote:
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> All,
>
> Isn’t it the case that the species is still McCown’s Longspur until the next AOS checklist update is published?
>
> Regards,
>
> Marcus
>
> Marcus C. England
> Consulting Biologist | Nature Photographer
> Director of Field Operations @ Bargas Environmental Consulting
> Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
> https://mcengland.com > https://mcengland.photography >
>
>
>
>> On Nov 6, 2020, at 11:08 AM, Justyn Stahl <justyn.stahl...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> All,
>>
>> While the eBird taxonomy has not yet been updated (nor SDFO’s) , “McCown’s Longspur” is no more - this species has been renamed to Thick-billed Longspur. The more we use the new nomenclature, the sooner confusion will end.
>>
>> The Audubon Society provides a summary here:
>> https://www.audubon.org/news/the-mccowns-longspur-no-more-debate-over-bird-names-continues <https://www.audubon.org/news/the-mccowns-longspur-no-more-debate-over-bird-names-continues> >>
>> The AOS list of proposals, including the one to change the name (2020-S-1), here:
>> https://americanornithology.org/nacc/current-prior-proposals/2020-proposals/ <https://americanornithology.org/nacc/current-prior-proposals/2020-proposals/> >>
>> Justyn Stahl
>> North Park
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>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 8:40 AM Nancy Christensen <nancy.r.christensen...> <mailto:<nancy.r.christensen...>> wrote:
>> Just flew in 8:35 at Robb Field. Two chestnut-collared also present. Fenced ballfields southeast corner.
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>> Nancy Christensen
>> Ramona
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Date: 11/6/20 11:44 am From: Marcus England via groups.io <marcuscengland...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] McCowns longspur
All,
Isn’t it the case that the species is still McCown’s Longspur until the next AOS checklist update is published?
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Marcus
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> On Nov 6, 2020, at 11:08 AM, Justyn Stahl <justyn.stahl...> wrote:
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> All,
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> While the eBird taxonomy has not yet been updated (nor SDFO’s) , “McCown’s Longspur” is no more - this species has been renamed to Thick-billed Longspur. The more we use the new nomenclature, the sooner confusion will end.
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> The Audubon Society provides a summary here:
> https://www.audubon.org/news/the-mccowns-longspur-no-more-debate-over-bird-names-continues >
> The AOS list of proposals, including the one to change the name (2020-S-1), here:
> https://americanornithology.org/nacc/current-prior-proposals/2020-proposals/ >
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> Justyn Stahl
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>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 8:40 AM Nancy Christensen <nancy.r.christensen...> wrote:
>> Just flew in 8:35 at Robb Field. Two chestnut-collared also present. Fenced ballfields southeast corner.
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>> Nancy Christensen
>> Ramona
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>> A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
>> Chinese Proverb
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While the eBird taxonomy has not yet been updated (nor SDFO’s) , “McCown’s
Longspur” is no more - this species has been renamed to Thick-billed
Longspur. The more we use the new nomenclature, the sooner confusion will
end.
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> Just flew in 8:35 at Robb Field. Two chestnut-collared also present.
> Fenced ballfields southeast corner.
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The long spurs are moving around. It seems that the McCowns is hanging with the horned larks. The chestnut-collared long spurs were last seen with a large flock of pipits.
Nancy Christensen
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> Just flew in 8:35 at Robb Field. Two chestnut-collared also present. Fenced ballfields southeast corner.
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Date: 11/6/20 9:54 am From: David Povey <poveydw747...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Thursday Nov. 5, 2020 trip offshore
Three of us took a look offshore Thursday, which included the Nine and Thirty Mile Banks.. Very quiet overall. Interesting were two juvenile *Sabine's Gulls* at 26.3 n. miles west of La Jolla. (32.783349 N and 117.783498 W). This area of the Thirty Mile Bank about as far west as one can go and stay in the county. ( Tom Blackman has posted photos on his facebook page ). These Sabine's Gulls are somewhat late and perhaps hold overs in the mid weather conditions we've had this fall. Phil Unitt's *San Diego County Bird Atlas *2002 shows two later dates 1 on 22 Nov. 1969 J. Dunn, and 1 on 6 Dec. 1999 G. McCaskie. I show one in my notes from 1 Nov. 2014. Most fall records are between mid July thru October. The upper end of the Thirty Mile Bank had much of the life today. The birds there appeared to be chasing fast moving small bait fish pushed to the surface by tuna. The flock there included Pomarine Jaegers, Northern Fulmar, Pink-footed and Black-vented Shearwaters (many), Brown Boobies (2), and many gulls including both of the Sabine's Gulls, and a small number of Bonaparte's Gulls. No storm-petrels today, not a surprise, this being close to their normal departure. No phalaropes was kind of a surprise.
List from the birds from the ocean; Surf Scoter 21 Pomarine Jaeger 8 Cassin's Auklet 8 *Sabine's Gull 2* Bonaparte's Gulls 10 Heermann's Gull 12 (several on the Thirty Mile Bank) Western Gull 100 California Gull 15 Common Loon 5 Pacific Loon 1 loon sp. 25 Northern Fulmar 5 ( 4 gray, one white morph ) Pink-footed Shearwater 7 Black-vented Shearwater 350 Brown Booby 6 Brandt's Cormorant 9 Brown Pelican 22
*As a side note;* We checked the San Diego Bait receivers for the Red-footed Booby at both ends of the day with no success. For what it's worth, I did ask an employee on the dock if the booby had been seen that day. He replied he had not, but that "it came and went, and that they were down to just the one the other had left" I ask if he had had two? He said yes, and that they had been feeding both of them. I asked if they were light brown coffee colored and he said yes. So maybe two Red-footed Boobies? Might be worth checking photos if they exist? Not that far fetched considering the number of red-footed Boobies we'd seen this fall. We did also check the old fuel dock (a roosting spot for cormorants), the security fence, Ballast Point ( a.m.), and Zuniga Jetty ( p.m.). We did have a few Black Turnstones, on Zuniga Jetty, with one on the bait dock and one on the security fence for about a dozen. No other rocky shore birds seen.
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Date: 11/6/20 9:26 am From: Robert Patton <rpatton...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] continuing painted redstart tierrasanta 11-6-20
Paul's painted redstart made a brief but cooperative appearance just before 7:30 this morning at the SDGE substation driveway on the south side of Tierrasanta Blvd just east of Tambor as previously reported. For just under a minute, the bird was very visible foraging along branches & hawking from the large ficus just south of the gate on the west side of the driveway, then it disappeared after moving SSW through the oaks and myoporum along the fenceline with adjacent residential yards.
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Date: 11/6/20 8:48 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] New Pacific Golden-Plover, Little Stint, Snow Goose
There is a new Pacific Golden plover today, this one a juvenile in with the large flock of 145 Killdeer resting in the cloddy dirt along the east edge of the Sod farm. Not easy to see from the side of the road. The little stint continued this morning on its favorite island off the end of 10th Street although it was not present at dawn but finally showed up at 7:00 a.m. Also on that same island at dawn but then flew to feed in the nearby school playing field to the South is an adult Snow Goose.
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Just flew in 8:35 at Robb Field. Two chestnut-collared also present. Fenced ballfields southeast corner.
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The Robb Fields Buff Breasted Sandpiper continues in NW most ballfield
Geoff Veith Solana Beach
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Date: 11/5/20 11:18 am From: Alison Hiers via groups.io <lahiers...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Longspurs
At 8 am this morning at Robb Field we saw two Chestnut-collared Longspurs and one Lapland in the ball field to the right as you drive in. They were mowing the grass everywhere else and the birds had bunched into this one area. Along with the Buff-breasted Sandpiper and many, many other birds. We first saw the two Chestnut together then they flushed. After that we found a Chestnut next to the Lapland. Great side-by-side views. Then after flushing several times more one group took off towards the water. After that we only found one Chestnut. Great views through the scope but difficult to get close because they flushed so often. The Longspurs seemed to stay with the Pipits more than the Horned Larks.
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Date: 11/5/20 11:15 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Snow Geese
Hi, Anonymous eBirder’s 3 Snow Geese continue at Guajome Lake in Oceanside but no sign of the Ross’s yet.
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Date: 11/5/20 10:13 am From: Nathan French <nathanfrenchphotography...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pine Siskins in Hillcrest 10/5
Around 9:20 this morning I was pleasantly surprised to see my second ever balcony Pine Siskin. Then another one joined it. Next thing I knew there were 5!
If you need this bird for your 5MR patch, there’s at least one still feeding as I type this and you can probably see it from my alley. Email me for directions if interested.
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Date: 11/5/20 9:18 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] returning Painted Redstart (and playback use), 3 more Clay-colored Sparrows
A Painted Redstart is back for its second winter in Tierrasanta. In the oaks and other thick, broad-leaved trees behind the green fence at the closed-off driveway to the electrical substation along Tierrasanta Blvd., about 1-1/2 miles east of I-15, and just 70-100 yards east of Tambor Lane. It is often in the oaks and overhanging broad-leaved trees just to the right of the gate. Closest legal parking is on Tambor. The bird is NOT visible a lot of the time, given that one cannot cross the fence, and it likely forages in many other areas. Listen for the typical siskin-like descending call. Speaking of calls, this is a good time to bring up the subject of using playback on our wintering stakeouts. I can only imagine how many times people play recordings at the wintering Painted Redstarts, Grace's Warblers, Hepatic Tanager, or whatever, over the several months those birds are present--often just to shorten the time needed to see it, or to get yet closer and closer photos. After a while, it usually stops working. I am NOT against the playing of recordings at birds to obtain better views, but typically that's for individual birds that are not bombarded with such for multiple months over multiple years. So, please consider NOT using them freely in such situations.
In other news, I've seen yet 3 more new Clay-colored Sparrows over the past three days, one in the Tijuana River Valley and 2 together (a veritable flock!) near Montgomery Field. A "Slate-colored" Junco was at Montgomery Waller Park.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 11/5/20 8:35 am From: Guy McCaskie <guymcc...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Request for documentation
From: <mailto:<CALBIRDS...> <CALBIRDS...> < <mailto:<CALBIRDS...> <CALBIRDS...> On Behalf Of Thomas Benson Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 10:36 AM To: <mailto:<calbirds...> <calbirds...> Subject: [CALBIRDS] CBRC review and request for documentation
California birders,
In early December, the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC) will begin reviewing the following records. If you have any documentation to submit for these records, please do so as soon as possible. Feel free to forward this request to local listservs as appropriate. Thank you.
Media: This includes photos, audio recordings, and video. Photographs are usually the most useful documentation for evaluating records. If you have reasonably good (=identifiable) photos, please submit them. If possible, please crop the photos before submission so that the bird fills most of the frame. Also, please send originals whenever possible, and not screenshots or back-of-camera photos. How many photos should you submit? That really depends on the record. If it is a long-staying rarity that is easily identifiable and seen by dozens of people, then a few photos (1-3 per person) are sufficient. If it is a mega-rarity that is difficult to identify and only seen by one or few people, then send as many photos as possible that show the bird at different angles, postures, lighting, etc. Sometimes it is also useful to submit audio and/or video recordings of the bird, as some birds are more easily identified by their vocalizations. If relatively short, most audio recordings are small enough to be submitted via email; please submit those along with a brief note indicating the date and location of the recording. Large audio files and video files can be submitted by using a file sharing service; please contact the secretary if you need to submit a file that is too large for email.
Written descriptions: Some written details should always be provided - even the best photos should be accompanied by the name of the observer, the date, and the location, at a minimum. Sometimes a photo can't be obtained or vocalizations can't be recorded. In some cases, behaviors might be noted in the field that aren't preserved well by photos. In these cases, it is helpful to submit a written description of the bird. Ideally, this description should be written as soon after observing the bird as possible; it is often helpful to make written notes in the field, or even dictate notes into the voice recorder on your smartphone while observing the bird, from which you can later generate a written description. The most important aspect of a written description is that you report only what you observed, and not a general description of the bird from a field guide. At a minimum, your description should include the date and location of the observation, and a description of the bird (size and structure, plumage, vocalizations, behavior). A brief discussion of how the bird was identified, and how similar species were eliminated is also helpful. Other useful information you might report includes optics used, distance from bird, lighting or weather conditions, length of time viewed, and other observers present.
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At least one of the green-tailed towhees reported yesterday in Tierrasanta made a brief appearance just after 11 am this morning (11-4-20) where the main trail curves to its farthest point south as described previously west of Seda & south of Clairemont Mesa (earlier in the morning I'd talked to two pairs of birders, one of which said they'd seen it, the other of which said they had not, and another birder had also reported having had no luck when I returned around 10:45). It was associating with a white-crowned sparrow and slowly crossed the trail from south to north, appearing then disappearing in clumps of buckwheat. In contrast to yesterday's report, no calls were heard.
Two red-breasted nuthatches continued in pines in the same general area.
Elsewhere, a western tanager also continues in eucalyptus along the southern edge of the Farb Middle School sports fields & to the NW of Roadrunner Park.
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Date: 11/4/20 1:09 pm From: phil Pryde <PhilPinSD...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lindo Lake re-do and birds
I know many of you are concerned about the major work that’s scheduled to be done at Lindo Lake and its effects on the bird life there. Here’s some additional information, including the first map I’ve seen (only partially reproduced in the article) of what the east basin will look like upon completion of the dredging. Scroll down; the map's at the bottom. It shows the location of the two proposed “birdwatching areas”, as well as the two new fishing piers, and the very short article gives a link to a longer story, etc.
It’s too bad they didn’t reproduce the entire legend, but my guess is that the broken blue line signifies a route that can be used by wheeled (but I presume motorless) vehicles.
In any event, the map is the first visual representation I’ve seen of the County’s plan for the lake.
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Date: 11/4/20 10:16 am From: Lisa Ruby via groups.io <lbruby1...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Zone-tailed Hawk over Felicita Park
Just had a Zone-tailed Hawk soaring over Felicita Park in Escondido. Not sure right now which direction it went.
Lisa Ruby Sabre Springs
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Date: 11/4/20 8:35 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Tropical Kingbird
Hello, the Tropical Kingbird is continuing in the tree right next to the blind at the main Dairy Mart pond as of 8:30 today.
Barbara Wise
San Diego
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Around 3:30pm today, I followed up on Millie & Peter Thomas's report of a Green-tailed Towhee this morning in Rueda Canyon in Tierrasanta. I was surprised to find 2 of them calling back and forth, in the same location.
Along the Seda Nature Trail, from Seda Drive, head west on the paved trail down the hill. It makes a S-curve to the left, and both birds were on the left side of the trail along the curve.
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Date: 11/3/20 1:41 pm From: Terence Brashear via groups.io <birdnird...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Buff-breasted Sandpiper continues Nov 3
Bird seen with pipit flock at 1:20PM Robb Field
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Chestnut-collared this morning at Crown Point, no Laplands. They were mowing the grass and moving the birds about. Amazing yellow variant House Finch at Fiesta Island.
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Date: 11/3/20 11:17 am From: Geoff Veith <veithlaw...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] San Elijo horned grebe and B & W warbler
The horned grebe was in the lagoon west of the tracks and just north of the tunnel under the tracks I walked further north to get a better look but was unable to relocate. The Black & White warbler was in the eucs along the path adjacent to the canal in the visitors center area.
Geoff Veith Solana Beach
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Date: 11/3/20 7:04 am From: John Sterling <jsterling...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Booby and stint
Yesterday around 4:30 the red footed booby was on the bait barges. Just saw the little stint now. Showing well on little narrow island— the usual location
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This morning (11/2/20) at Villa La Jolla Park, Elizabeth Copper, Dennis Parker, and I had the continuing plumbeous vireo in the SE portion of the park and a western tanager in the northwest. None of the other recently reported rarities were re-found.
As previously reported, 2 lapland longspurs continued at Crown Point.
At Robb Field, 2 other lapland longspurs were seen among the horned lark flock south of the tennis courts just before noon. Just before 12:15, Elizabeth found a third longspur among the pipit flock southeast of the playground that appeared to be chestnut-collared, but all birds were flushed before we could get a definitive look, and neither longspurs nor most of the larks were re-found after that. The buff-breasted sandpiper was seen but very difficult to initially discern sitting low in the grass in the western ballfield around 1:15, but then was flushed by dogs. The tricolored heron was skulking in cordgrass at the far western end of the wetlands just WNW of the dirt parking lot and western ballfield at 1:20.
R. Patton
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Two Lapland Longspurs with horned larks at SW end of dog run Fiesta Island
Geoff Veith Solana Beach
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Date: 11/2/20 10:06 am From: George Miller <Gmiller1751...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Palm Warbler — Crown Point
Hi all,
I briefly observed a Palm Warbler at the southern end of Crown Point Park a
couple of hours ago. It flew off towards the N side of the park, but I
could not relocate it. If you’re headed down there to see the Longspurs,
keep a sharp eye out as you look through all that grass.
Regards,
George Miller
Banker’s Hill
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Date: 11/2/20 9:59 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lapland Longspurs
Hi again. At least 2 Lapland Longspurs are continuing in the grass between the 2 bathrooms at East Crown Point location.
Barbara
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Date: 11/2/20 9:28 am From: Barbara Wise via groups.io <barbaraswise...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Short-eared Owl
Hi, lots of us at Kendall Frost looking for Nancy’s owl this morning, but had no luck. Even Nancy is here.
Barbara
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I refound the Mountain Plovers at the sod farm this morning. First spotted looking over the fence on the SE side of the sod farm (32.5478733, -117.0549438), but they were waaaaaay out there. Relocated on Dairy Mart Road standing here (32.5501896, -117.0630964) looking at where the bare field meets the field with irrigation pipes. Birds are sitting here (32.5496509, -117.0616114). Four are present, but only two are visible right now. Sorry for the mess of coordinates, hopefully that was intelligible!
Aaron Gyllenhaal
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Date: 11/1/20 11:50 am From: Sean Buchanan <buchanan.sean...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Thick-billed fox sparrow
There was a single, thick-billed-type, fox sparrow at ~9am this morning at the ridgetop picnic area drinking fountain at the top of the 'Way Up' trail in the Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve.
Sean Buchanan <buchanan.sean...>
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Date: 11/1/20 11:39 am From: Nick Barber <nbarber...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Red-naped Sapsucker, Siskins - Tierrasanta - Nov 1
After a nice morning highlighted by Palm Warbler, Lapland Longspurs, and a Short-eared Owl, I stopped by the Seda Canyon in Tierrasanta (entrance on Rueda Dr.) on the way home and found a group of 5 Pine Siskins, a Red-naped Sapsucker, and a Red-breasted Nuthatch. All were foraging quietly in the pines and eucs. eBird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75701778
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Date: 11/1/20 10:25 am From: Barbara via groups.io <barbarac2003...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Four Mountain Plovers, cont. Tennessee
About here: (32.5827470, -117.0682970)
Barbara Carlson
> On Nov 1, 2020, at 10:15 AM, <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> wrote:
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> We just had the continuing Tennessee Warbler that I saw about a week ago in Montgomery Waller Park in Otay Mesa. Same couple trees that it was in before, which is the peppers and tipu near the swings and bathrooms at the Northeast part of the park, in the exact same trees the magnolia warbler wintered about 5 years ago. And Andrew and Vernon Howe report that there are now four Mountain Plovers at the sod farm in the TRV, but very difficult to spot given one has to scope from the edge, like one did with the buff breasted a while ago, and they are sometimes on sod but sometimes sitting down in furrows in the big dirt fields which make them extremely difficult to see.
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Date: 11/1/20 10:15 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Four Mountain Plovers, cont. Tennessee
We just had the continuing Tennessee Warbler that I saw about a week ago in Montgomery Waller Park in Otay Mesa. Same couple trees that it was in before, which is the peppers and tipu near the swings and bathrooms at the Northeast part of the park, in the exact same trees the magnolia warbler wintered about 5 years ago. And Andrew and Vernon Howe report that there are now four Mountain Plovers at the sod farm in the TRV, but very difficult to spot given one has to scope from the edge, like one did with the buff breasted a while ago, and they are sometimes on sod but sometimes sitting down in furrows in the big dirt fields which make them extremely difficult to see.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 11/1/20 9:02 am From: Nancy Christensen <nancy.r.christensen...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] SEOwl at Kendall Frost
9am Sunday a SE owl is perched out in the marsh above the high waters. Seen from the viewing platform on Crown Pt drive
Nancy Christensen
Ramona
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Date: 11/1/20 8:53 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Continuing buff breasted and little stint, new Lapland
On Sunday morning we had the continuing Litttle Stint on the island off the end of 10th in Imperial Beach, but it was less cooperative than the previous two mornings appearing finally at around 7:00 a.m., new time, and only staying for a few minutes before all the birds shuffled and we think it flew elsewhere. But in past years it would come and go irregularly as well. Visiting birders Andrew and Vernon Howe report that the Robb field Buff breasted Sandpiper has made it to November and was seen first thing this morning. Dave Povey reports yet another new Lapland Longspur, this one with the pipit flock at the bottom end of Nestor Park or in the adjoining high school ball fields. And we had a continuing Green tailed towhee today at the community gardens on Hollister Avenue in the valley.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 11/1/20 7:03 am From: John Bruin <johnrbruin...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Palm warbler continues Robb Field
7:01 11/1 NW corner of the furthest west ball field. Along the bike path between the path and the river. A number of birders presently on it.
John Bruin
Bay Park
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Date: 10/31/20 9:19 pm From: Carl Ebeling <Carl.Ebeling...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Grace's Warbler and Red-breasted Nuthatch, San Dieguito Drive, Del Mar
San Diego Region Birdsters,
Today (31 October) between about 10:45 am and 11:30 am I observed a male GRACE'S WARBLER in the pine trees on San Dieguito Drive about 40 m north of its intersection with Oribia Road in Del Mar (GPS coordinates Lat 32.9612 N, Lon -117.2563 E). This is presumably the same bird overwintering here the past several years.
During that 45-minute period, the GRWA was seen twice for a total time of probably less than a minute. During both visits it was very active, foraging in the outer clumps of needles high in the pines, sometimes hovering. It vocalized often, with its rich tschip call heard clearly both times before the bird was spotted.
The GRWA ended its first visit to the pines by flying into the backyard of the house on the east side of the road.
A male RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was also seen preening and quietly foraging amongst the same pine trees.
Bird on,
Carl Ebeling Hillcrest/S. Mission Hills
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Sorry for a delay in posting but we were not sure of this bird being a Red-naped or Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Thanks to Paul Lehman for checking the photos that Jane Mygatt took. The bird was on the main trunk of a pine tree on Xana Way close and north of Alga but after a few minutes it flew off past the pool and we couldn't relocate it.https://ebird.org/checklist/S75608857
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I observed a female-type SUMMER TANAGER this morning (31OCT2020) at Buddy Todd Park in Oceanside. My impression is that it has been slow for this species so far this fall. With all the people visiting Villa La Jolla Park recently, I don't recall a single report at this location (which is usually very reliable). I also observed a getting late warbling vireo. Both birds were seen in the ficus tree next to playground to the west. There is a sufficient amount of ripening fruit to attract a good variety of birds. Photos are in following ebird report.
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Date: 10/31/20 3:08 pm From: Philip Unitt <unitt...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Masked Booby, final chapter; Buff-breasted Sandpiper, not final chapter?
Dear friends,
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper is old news now, but I was surprised to see it still here, 12:45-1:00 PM today 31 Oct, on the westernmost ball field at Robb Field--the Snow Bunting field for those who remember back to 2009. Over the past couple of weeks it has learned to be indifferent to soccer players, as today it foraged, paying them little mind, while they ran back and forth scarcely 20 feet from it.
Also, the Masked Booby picked up at Del Mar on 2 September 2020 finally failed its second round of rehabilitation. Lexi Mena of Sea World was kind enough to deliver the carcass to me at the museum on Thursday. Yesterday Lea Squires skinned it and will complete the stuffing and stitching on Tuesday--SDNHM 56611.
Good birding,
Philip Unitt San Diego
-----Original Message----- From: <SanDiegoRegionBirding...> [mailto:<SanDiegoRegionBirding...>] On Behalf Of John Bruin Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 2:12 PM To: <SanDiegoRegionBirding...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Now 3 Lapland Longspur-Crown Point
2:09-10/31. Flew in together as I was scanning the grass area. Able to get all 3 in one photo. Range from a pale individual to a rather dark individual.
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Date: 10/31/20 3:03 pm From: Justyn Stahl <justyn.stahl...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pine Siskin in Hillcrest 10/31
All,
This species is clearly on the move this year. Studying their varied
flights calls is the best way to increase your odds of encountering one.
I’ve been hearing them with some regularity on San Clemente Island the past
few weeks but only get eyes on perhaps 1 in 5 as they “zip” over.
Justyn Stahl
On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 1:52 PM Nathan French <
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> Probably not super exciting for most of you, but this morning around
> 9:30am I noticed a drab streaky bird on one of our sock feeders with the
> usual Lesser Goldfinches and House Finches. It was the first Pine Siskin
> (female) we’ve had visit our balcony (also a 5MR bird for me) and she has
> been returning to the feeder frequently and nipping at the LEGOs. Not sure
> how long she will stick around but if anyone wants to try to come have a
> look, you can probably view her from the sidewalk below our balcony.
> Message me for address/feeder check (it’s on the feeder as I type this at
> 1:50 PM) if interested, or if you know where I live already feel free to
> have a look.
>
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S75644707 >
> Nathan French
> Hillcrest
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Date: 10/31/20 2:11 pm From: John Bruin <johnrbruin...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Now 3 Lapland Longspur-Crown Point
2:09-10/31. Flew in together as I was scanning the grass area. Able to get all 3 in one photo. Range from a pale individual to a rather dark individual.
John Bruin
Bay Park
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Date: 10/31/20 1:52 pm From: Nathan French <nathanfrenchphotography...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pine Siskin in Hillcrest 10/31
Probably not super exciting for most of you, but this morning around 9:30am I noticed a drab streaky bird on one of our sock feeders with the usual Lesser Goldfinches and House Finches. It was the first Pine Siskin (female) we’ve had visit our balcony (also a 5MR bird for me) and she has been returning to the feeder frequently and nipping at the LEGOs. Not sure how long she will stick around but if anyone wants to try to come have a look, you can probably view her from the sidewalk below our balcony. Message me for address/feeder check (it’s on the feeder as I type this at 1:50 PM) if interested, or if you know where I live already feel free to have a look.
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Date: 10/31/20 1:19 pm From: Alison Hiers via groups.io <lahiers...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] McCown's extra info
Forgot to say we were there about 10:00 am.
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Date: 10/31/20 1:13 pm From: Alison Hiers via groups.io <lahiers...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Possible McCown's?
We stopped by Fiesta Island north of the tern nesting area this morning and picked slowly through a huge flock of Horned Larks. There was a bird that appeared to be a Longspur but was not streaked and colored dark enough for a Lapland. It was basically varying shades of tan coloring overall. It had a distinct pink bill, larger bill than a Chestnut-collared it seemed. And it had a light rusty red patch on its shoulder. Very faint streaking on the upper chest and very white below that. Thin streaks over the head. Not like the dark lines on a Lapland. When it flushed there was white on the tail but we didn't see the pattern well. I'm not well versed in Longspurs so I am just throwing this out there so everyone can be on the lookout. We got good looks through the scope but no pictures before it was flushed by dogs.
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Date: 10/31/20 12:20 pm From: Aaron Gyllenhaal <aarongyllenhaal...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lapland Longspur at Crown Point 10/31
The Lapland Longspur is still present where Barbara found it! Also a somewhat scruffy Clay-colored Sparrow amongst the Savannahs. Longspur went back and forth from the sparrow flock to the Horned Lark flock, so check both if you come.
Aaron Gyllenhaal
San Diego, CA
> On Oct 31, 2020, at 10:47 AM, Barbara via groups.io <barbarac2003...> wrote:
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> Robb Field is full of soccer players so I came over to Crown Point to look for the Lapland Longspur. I was able to re-find it near this location:
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> 32°47'07.0"N 117°13'56.7"W
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> It was flushed by a couple walking towards the water and we are now trying to refind it. Just to let you know before you come rushing over.
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Date: 10/31/20 11:07 am From: Sonja <lunaskye13...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Male Hooded Merganser mail
There is a male Hooded Merganser on the highway side a famosa Slough towards the drainage that goes under the highway he's been fishing and bathing
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Date: 10/31/20 10:47 am From: Barbara via groups.io <barbarac2003...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lapland Longspur at Crown Point 10/31
Robb Field is full of soccer players so I came over to Crown Point to look for the Lapland Longspur. I was able to re-find it near this location:
32°47'07.0"N 117°13'56.7"W
It was flushed by a couple walking towards the water and we are now trying to refind it. Just to let you know before you come rushing over.
Barbara Carlson
San Diego
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I noted a few birds on East Grade Road on Palomar Mountain yesterday that may be of interest to
those of us that live in the far north.
Williamson's Sapsucker, adult male in the wooded draw east of the Pacheco Memorial (about1.9 miles east of the intersection with South Grade Road). You can park at the memorial and walk
east 0.25 mi. to the hairpin curve which passes through the woods. The bird was at the west end
of the woods close to where a dirt road leads to the right off of East Grade.
Mountain Bluebird, eight at the far east end of Dyche Valley. Many Western Bluebirds to sort throughin the grasslands. A scope would help. You can probably park near the only barn in the area (on the
right as you drive east, about 4.1 mi. east of the South Grade intersection), but do not block the
access road. All of the land at this location is private property.
The stands of cherries along the road as it passes through Dyche Valley attracted many Phainopeplas
and Purple Finches. A Golden Eagle also frequents this spot.
Ken <WeaverFallbrookgnatcatcher...>
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Date: 10/31/20 8:09 am From: Nancy Christensen <nancy.r.christensen...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Little stint
Continues this morning at the end of 10th in Imperial Beach. Bring a good scope!
Nancy Christensen
Ramona
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Date: 10/31/20 6:37 am From: Rigdon Currie via groups.io <rigdoncurrie...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Continuing Greater Pewee at Balboa Park, Thursday October 29, 12:10 PM
The Greater Pewee continues at Balboa Park at the spot where Jim Pawliki originally found it. Patrick Shipley located the bird at the top of the right-most dead pine just off the footpath at 32.7335,-117.15805 next to a concrete and cobble culvert draining toward the canyon. The bird was found and observed for several minutes at 12:10 PM on October 29. Patrick got several photos, one of which shows the bird about to land on the snag with a large butterfly in its bill. This photo was posted to ebird by me.
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Date: 10/30/20 7:34 pm From: Jimmy McMorran <Bigshell53...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Encinitas Community Park R-t Pipit & Vermilion Flycatchers (10/29/20)
Hi Birders, I returned yesterday afternoon at approximately 4:30 to look for the Red-throated Pipit I heard. When I arrived, soccer practices and a variety of exercise groups had taken over most of the open grass areas, and it had gotten extremely busy since I initially left. I didn't stay long since it appeared the birds had flushed and gone elsewhere.
I returned today (10/30) at approximately 1:30 to find 50-ish American Pipits present, but no Red-throated Pipit with them. While my pipit count was up from yesterday, it looks like I only found a portion of the flock that is actually present. I noticed Alison Davies birded the park today and saw 100+ pipits, but also had no luck.
The park is definitely worth keeping on your radar if passing through the area this Fall. I imagine weekends are very busy there at all hours, but it seems weekdays are pretty quiet and good for birding the grass until about 3:00?
Good Birding, Jimmy McMorran Leucadia, CA
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> I had not been to this park birding in over week. I was there this > afternoon with kid about 2:15-3:00 so she could get out of house and I did > not have my bins or camera. The pipit flock has apparently grown from > approximately 6-10 birds to roughly 25 or so today. While I never > definitively layed eyes on the bird to ID it, there is clearly a vocalizing > RTPI with one of the groups of AMPI when they fly. I was unable to track it > down. Going back with gear in a few minutes to see if I can refind and > document. > > Two VEFL are newly arrived, one nearing adult male and another imm/female. > Both I was able to get ID shots with my phone. > > Good Birding, > Jimmy McMorran > Leucadia, CA > > -- > Good Birding, > Jimmy McMorran, > Leucadia, CA > > > > > >
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There was a single gray-headed junco hanging with a small white-crowned sparrow flock this afternoon in a vacant lot on the North side of S Rios Ave, Solana Beach. (ebird has more precise location).
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Sorry for the late posting. Yesterday morning (29 Oct), the clay-colored sparrow continued at the west end of 8th St in Coronado, seen by Elizabeth Copper & me. We joined Dave Povey and had three vermilion flycatchers (male, younger male, female) back and forth in southern Nestor Park and the northern sports fields of Southwest HS, and at Tesoro Grove just to the north of Nestor Park were two black-throated gray warblers. We had two tanagers in the ficus at the NW edge of the TJRV Bird & Butterfly Garden parking strip, at least one of which was western, and four common ground-doves skulking in the northern third of the main tamarisk-ringed area.
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Date: 10/30/20 2:02 pm From: John Bruin <johnrbruin...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Yellow-headed Blackbird- Robb Field
At 2:00 10/30. NE corner of the east ball field. With a dozen Cowbirds. Also Lapland Longspur continuing.
John Bruin
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This morning about 9:00 I found the Clay-colored Sparrow feeding on the lawn with Dark-eyed Juncos just east of the restrooms that are on the north side of Cosoy Way. This is a short distance east of the Tommy Getz memorial bench where Nathan found it yesterday.
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The Lucy's Warbler continues in the Tipu trees along wiiith probable Tennessee Warbler. Also Red Breasted Nuthatch seen and heard in pines at end of La Jolla Farms at 9630 and across street at 9603.
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Date: 10/30/20 11:33 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Battle of the Buff-breasteds!, 2 Mountain Plovers, stint correction, TK
Sorry for the third post about the little stint, but I made a typo in the previous message, and I had the bird this morning from 8:00 to 8:45 a.m., not 9:00 to 9:45 a.m., and probably by after 9:00 a.m. the heat distortion would be a problem if it's a sunny day. And incredibly, not only is the Robb Field Buff breasted Sandpiper still present, but the TRV sod farm Buff breasted Sandpiper is still present today as well. I would have missed it and the big flock of almost 50 killdeer, as they were all roosting in a cloddy dirt field along the east side, where hard to see, except the young peregrine falcon that frequents the area flushed them all up and actually chased the Buff breasted for a short period of time before breaking off the chase. And at the South end of the sod farm a freshly smoothed dirt field there now has two Mountain Plovers. Lastly, the Tropical Kingbird continues at the main Dairy Mart pond and at 11:30 is calling a bunch right next to the main observation platform with a couple Cassins.
Let's see who can be first to get Buff breasted Sandpiper for their November list!
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 10/30/20 11:31 am From: Nancy Christensen <nancy.r.christensen...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lapland Longspur at Robb Field 10/30/2020
Two Lapland’s south of tennis courts . One is very pale. Were not with other birds when I saw them.
Nancy Christensen
Ramona
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> On Oct 30, 2020, at 9:22 AM, dan jehl <jehlyfish...> wrote:
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> This morning at 9 o’clock there is a Lapland longspur mixed with the flocks of horned larks and American pipits on the ballfields at Robb Field in Ocean Beach. The flocks flush regularly but the pipits are easy to find and it has been just a matter of searching through the pipits and larks to find the longspur.
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Date: 10/30/20 11:18 am From: Tracy Henchbarger <thench...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lake Hodges Green-tailed Towhee
Thanks for the perfect directions Jan. The Green-tailed Towhee was there at 9:45 a.m. this morning and quite active. It was a lifer for me.
Tracy at Lake Hodges
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Jan Nordenberg's Green Tailed Towhee continues. Lovely bird and a lifer. Thanks Jan. Also a road runner and a rufous crown sparrow at Piedra's Pintadas Trailhead parking lot. RR was on street side of parking lot near the pines. Sparrow was on trail on other side of parking lot.
Geoff Veith
Solana Beach.
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Date: 10/30/20 11:04 am From: Sunil Bhavsar via groups.io <sunilbhavsar...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Palm warbler - Robb field
Photographed a Palm Warbler by the San Diego River channel, in the Robb Field area, while watching a couple of little Blue herons.
Sunil Bhavsar
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Date: 10/30/20 10:41 am From: Nathan French <nathanfrenchphotography...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Buff-breasted Sandpiper Robb Field continues 10/30
Anyone still looking for the BBSA it is with the Killdeer flock across the river from the western ballfield approximately here (32.7555859, -117.2455127) at 10:40am
Nathan French
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Date: 10/30/20 10:05 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Stint hints, palm, vesper, green tailed
For those contemplating a look for the little stint in the ensuing weeks, in addition to the difference in bill size and shape, although beware short billed Westerns, the stint is the size of the smallest Western, it is very subtly a slightly darker gray than the pale gray of most Westerns, including the dark patches on the side of the upper breast, although you need direct comparison and good light, and the bird shows faint but somewhat noticeable pale edging to a number of coverts and tertials on the wing whereas the Westerns are mostly just a flat pale gray. The split supercillium is split only at the base of the supercillium so that is only a subtle difference, and the bird was so well behaved this morning that I could actually determine that it appeared to have no webbing between the toes whereas it was fairly easy to see webbing on the Westerns. The bird was calmly feeding along the right edge of the close half of the island with a few Westerns the entire time I was there from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 when I departed, at which time the heat distortion was starting to get a little problematic.
In other Friday news, there is a Palm warbler and a green tailed towhee at the community gardens along Hollister, and a Vesper sparrow with the Savannah sparrows at the Sunset ball fields.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 10/30/20 9:22 am From: dan jehl <jehlyfish...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lapland Longspur at Robb Field 10/30/2020
This morning at 9 o’clock there is a Lapland longspur mixed with the flocks of horned larks and American pipits on the ballfields at Robb Field in Ocean Beach. The flocks flush regularly but the pipits are easy to find and it has been just a matter of searching through the pipits and larks to find the longspur.
Dan Jehl
San Diego
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Date: 10/30/20 9:19 am From: Timothy Burr <tburr...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Pine Siskins in North Poway
Today, 30 Oct, about 0805 I had my FOS PINE SISKINS at my feeders. At least 5 were feasting on my thistle and “wild bird no waste” (millet and hull-less sunflower seeds) feeders.
Tim Burr
Poway
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Date: 10/30/20 8:34 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Little Stint, Blackpoll
On Friday morning between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m., which is near high tide, the returning basic plumaged Little Stint is putting on a nice show in good light on the island off the end of 10th in Imperial Beach, the usual spot it has frequented in past years.
Yesterday, the 29th, there was a Blackpoll warbler in the Mission Bay area.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 10/29/20 5:27 pm From: Alex Abela via groups.io <thebuzz90...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lucy’s Warbler near UCSD
In Tipu trees behind LDS center at 9527 La Jolla Farms Rd, visible from footpath connecting La Jolla Farms and Torrey Pines Rd.
Alex Abela
San Diego, CA
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Date: 10/29/20 4:02 pm From: Jimmy McMorran <Bigshell53...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Encinitas Community Park R-t Pipit & Vermilion Flycatchers (10/29/20)
I had not been to this park birding in over week. I was there this afternoon with kid about 2:15-3:00 so she could get out of house and I did not have my bins or camera. The pipit flock has apparently grown from approximately 6-10 birds to roughly 25 or so today. While I never definitively layed eyes on the bird to ID it, there is clearly a vocalizing RTPI with one of the groups of AMPI when they fly. I was unable to track it down. Going back with gear in a few minutes to see if I can refind and document.
Two VEFL are newly arrived, one nearing adult male and another imm/female. Both I was able to get ID shots with my phone.
Good Birding,
Jimmy McMorran
Leucadia, CA
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Jan Nordenberg's Green Tailed Towhee continues. Lovely bird and a lifer. Thanks Jan. Also a road runner and a rufous crown sparrow at Piedra's Pintadas Trailhead parking lot. RR was on street side of parking lot near the pines. Sparrow was on trail on other side of parking lot.
Geoff Veith Solana Beach.
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Date: 10/29/20 12:08 pm From: C K Staurovsky via groups.io <stlbirdman64...> Subject: Re: [birdingSanDiego] [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lindo Lakes construction project.
FYI: Bentonite is an extremely dense fine particle clay that is often used to create a lining in ponds, lakes, reservoirs to prevent water loss through percolation into the groundwater... so not concrete...
CK Staurovsky
El Cajon
> On Oct 28, 2020, at 08:59, Millie Basden Thomas <pandmthomas...> wrote:
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> Here is a description of the project: https://ceqanet.opr.ca.gov/1990010240/5 > It sounds like it will be fairly birder-friendly and I hope bird-friendly.
> Millie
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Date: 10/29/20 10:01 am From: Geoff Veith <veithlaw...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Dixon Lake Ring Neck Ducks, Canada Goose, Mountain Chickadee and Oak Titmouse
Approx 20 Ring Neck Ducks, 1 Canada Goose, Mountain Chickadee and Oak Titmouse at Dixon Lake
Geoff Veith Solana Beach
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