Hi All,

This morning September 26, twelve birders spent the morning at Kumeyaay Lake near Santee. As expected, it was quite warm, but we managed to find a good assortment of birds with 43 different bird species.
Here’s our list:

Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Vireo sp.
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrentit
Phainopepla
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Warbler sp.
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Oriole sp.
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

JIM BECKMAN, trip leader