Hi Friends,

This morning, November 22, thirty-four birders met up at the South Bay Salt Works in National City. The weather was perfect and everybody had a great time. Many thanks go out to FWS Ranger Debbie Good for her assistance in making this field trip possible. We found 65 bird species. Eared Grebes were everywhere! Great up close looks at the Common Loon.

Here is our list:

Brant
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Western Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Forster’s Tern
Belted Kingfisher
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
Tree Swallow
American Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
House Finch

Thanks,
JIM BECKMAN