Hi Friends,

This morning, Saturday Sept 20, fourteen birders walked around Kumeyaay Lake at Mission Trails Regional Park. The weather was very pleasant and we found 45 bird species. This number is one more species than our initial count as Charlotte Morris found and photographed two White-throated Swifts near the parking lot. We had a good mix of birds and here is our list:

Gadwall
Mallard
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered hawk
American Kestrel
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Vaux’s Swift
White-throated Swift
Anna’s Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Western Wood-Pewee
Black Phoebe
Hutton’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
California Gnatcatcher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

JIM BECKMAN, trip leader