Today we had 30 or 32 intrepid birders choose to avoid the heat by joining us for the San Elijo Lagoon Rios Ave. bird walk.  Despite being cooler than most of county the temperatures still felt warm and muggy which may explain the dwindling numbers as the walk went on (or they bailed to find the vireo!).

The Yellow-throated Vireo was also seen by some people on the Visitor’s Center side of the lagoon.  The bird was seen as it has been previously along the elevated boardwalk aproximately 30 yards from the south end of the boardwalk, in the trees on the west side of the boardwalk.  On Friday it was seen in the willows along the trail next to the main channel.

We saw a total of 47 species for the morning.  Here is the list……….

Swans, Geese, & Ducks
Mallard

Cormorants
Double-Crested Comorant

Bitterns & Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret

Kites, Eagles, & Hawks
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk

Falcons
American Kestrel

Rails, Gallinules, & Coots
Ridgeway’s Rail

Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover

SandPipers & Pharalopes
Whimbrel
Long-Billed Curlew
SandPiper sp.
Dowitcher sp.

Skuas, Gulls, Terns, & Skimmers
Western Gull
Caspian Tern

Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove

Hummingbirds
Anna’s Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.

Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers
Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird

Jays & Crows
Western Scrub Jay
American Crow
Common Raven

Swallows
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
Barn Swallow

Bushtits
Bushtit

Wrens
House Wren

Kinglets & Gnatcathers
Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
California Gnatcatcher

Bluebirds, Thrushes & Allies
Wrentit

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird
California Thrasher

Towhees & Sparrows
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow

Orioles & Blackbirds
Hooded Oriole

Finches & Allies
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

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Thanks,

Dave Cowan