Hi everyone,

We had 30 people join us for the walk at San Elijo Lagoon on Saturday morning.  The weather was overcast with a cool breeze but we managed to see 70 species of birds on a nice mornings walk.  Unfortunately the 70th species was mentioned to me as I was readying to leave and I did not remember it by the time I parked my car.  I believe it was another gull.

Thanks everyone for attending the walk,

Dave Cowan

Here is the list of species seen (less one gull species):

Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead

Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican

Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret

Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

Ridgway’s Rail
Sora
American Coot

Black Bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Dowitcher sp.

Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Caspian Tern

Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collard-Dove
Mourning Dove

White-throated Swift

Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

American Ketrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon

Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird

Loggerhead Shrike

American Crow

Marsh Wren

California Gnatcatcher

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Wrentit

Hermit Thrush

California Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird

Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow

House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Scaly-breasted Munia