On a warm August morning approximately 30 birders worked the San Elijo Lagoon and the Visitors’ Center. Max L. birded the Center earlier. His birds are marked by *. Visitor Center birds that were added later are marked by **. Here is the list! (53 Grand Total)

Hal Benham

Mallard
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron*
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ridgeway’s Rail
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper*
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher**
California Gull
Western Gull
Tern sp.
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Cassie’s Kingbird
California Scrub Jay
American Crow
Common Raven**
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
California Gnatcatcher
Western Bluebird
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
California Thrasher
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler*
Warbler sp.**
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Hooded Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch