GPS: 32.575333,-117.125695

Rating: Moderate (Paved, boardwalk, and dirt trails)

Good location for Yellow-crowned Night-heron and Ridgway’s Rail.  Bring scope if you have one.

Directions:

Travel south on I-5 from San Diego and exit west on Coronado Avenue, which becomes Imperial Beach Blvd. Turn left on 3rd Street to Caspian Way, turn left and then right to the Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center parking lot.

Restrooms at Visitor Center, but none on the trails.

Will bird around the nearby apartment buildings, visitor center, and nature trail.  After birding this location, the leader will choose one of the following locations to continue birding:  Trail that starts at 5th. St. & Iris Ave. which leads to mouth of Tijuana River or bike trail at 7th & Boulevard Ave.

Photos from: Tijuana Estuary

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