It was a lovely day in the neighborhood as 21 PAC Birders set out to canvas Guajome Park. We were missing the usual early morning contribution by Sonia and Michael Beevé (where were they anyway!) but we still racked up a fair number for this location. Final count was 48 species. The group was congenial with many eyes, new and old, pointing out for all of us to observe the variety of species they found. A highlight for this area is always the roadrunner. It did not disappoint as we saw not just one but three, as they scavenged the open hillside for bugs and lizards. Our thanks to Greg Thompson, of San Diego Audubon, who gladly offered his expertise and scope.
Flyin’ High,
Doug Walkley
| 48 Species | 57 Species | 48 Species | ||
| July 26, 2014 | January 25, 2014 | January 24, 2015 | ||
| – | Canada Goose | – | ||
| Mallard | – | Mallard | ||
| – | Northern Shoveler | Northern Shoveler | ||
| – | Northern Pintail | – | ||
| – | Ruddy Duck | Ruddy Duck | ||
| – | California Quail | – | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | Pied-billed Grebe | Pied-billed Grebe | ||
| – | – | Eared Grebe | ||
| – | – | American Bittern (H) | ||
| Double-crested Cormorant | Double-crested Cormorant | – | ||
| Great Blue Heron | – | – | ||
| Great Egret | – | – | ||
| Snowy Egret | – | – | ||
| Green Heron | – | – | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Black-crowned Night-Heron | – | ||
| White-faced Ibis | – | – | ||
| – | Turkey Vulture | Turkey Vulture | ||
| – | White-tailed Kite | – | ||
| – | Cooper’s Hawk | Cooper’s Hawk | ||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Red-shouldered Hawk | Red-shouldered Hawk | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk | Red-tailed Hawk | Red-tailed Hawk | ||
| – | American Kestrel | American Kestrel | ||
| Common Gallinule | Common Gallinule | Common Gallinule | ||
| American Coot | American Coot | American Coot | ||
| – | Western Gull | Western Gull | ||
| – | – | Ring-billed Gull | ||
| – | Rock Pigeon | Rock Pigeon | ||
| Caspian Tern | – | – | ||
| Forster’s Tern | – | – | ||
| Least Tern | – | – | ||
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Eurasian Collared-Dove | ||
| Mourning Dove | Mourning Dove | Mourning Dove | ||
| – | Greater Roadrunner | Greater Roadrunner (3) | ||
| Anna’s Hummingbird | Anna’s Hummingbird | Anna’s Hummingbird | ||
| – | Allen’s Hummingbird | Allen’s Hummingbird | ||
| – | – | Rufous Hummingbird | ||
| – | Red-naped Sapsucker | – | ||
| – | Red-breasted Sapsucker | – | ||
| Nuttall’s Woodpecker | Nuttall’s Woodpecker | Nuttall’s Woodpecker | ||
| Downy Woodpecker | Downy Woodpecker | – | ||
| – | Northern Flicker | Northern Flicker | ||
| Pacific -slope Flycatcher | – | – | ||
| Black Phoebe | Black Phoebe | Black Phoebe | ||
| Say’s Phoebe | Say’s Phoebe | Say’s Phoebe | ||
| Cassin’s Kingbird | Cassin’s Kingbird | Cassin’s Kingbird | ||
| Bell’s Vireo | – | – | ||
| Western Scrub-Jay | Western Scrub-Jay | Western Scrub-Jay | ||
| American Crow | American Crow | American Crow | ||
| – | Common Raven | Common Raven | ||
| – | Tree Swallow | – | ||
| Cliff Swallow | – | – | ||
| Bushtit | Bushtit | Bushtit | ||
| Bewick’s Wren | Bewick’s Wren | Bewick’s Wren | ||
| – | House Wren | – | ||
| Marsh Wren | Marsh Wren | Marsh Wren | ||
| – | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | ||
| – | Blue-grey Knatcatcher | – | ||
| Western Bluebird | Western Bluebird | Western Bluebird | ||
| Wrentit | Wrentit | – | ||
| Northern Mockingbird | Northern Mockingbird | Northern Mockingbird | ||
| European Starling | European Starling | European Starling | ||
| Phainopepla | – | – | ||
| – | Cedar Waxwing | – | ||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Orange-crowned Warbler | Orange-crowned Warbler | ||
| Yellow Warbler | – | – | ||
| – | Yellow-rumped Warbler | Yellow-rumped Warbler | ||
| – | – | Townsend’s Warbler | ||
| Common Yellowthroat | Common Yellowthroat | Common Yellowthroat | ||
| – | Spotted Towhee | Spotted Towhee (H) | ||
| California Towhee | California Towhee | California Towhee | ||
| Song Sparrow | Song Sparrow | Song Sparrow | ||
| – | White-crowned Sparrow | – | ||
| Red-winged Blackbird | Red-winged Blackbird | Red-winged Blackbird | ||
| Great-tailed Grackle | Great-tailed Grackle | Great-tailed Grackle | ||
| Hooded Oriole | – | – | ||
| House-Finch | House-Finch | House-Finch | ||
| Lesser Goldfinch | Lesser Goldfinch | Lesser Goldfinch | ||
| House Sparrow | – | |||
