Hi Birders,

Yesterday, Saturday April 1, thirty-three birders checked out San Pasqual Valley. The weather was perfect. We found 47 bird species.

Lot’s of Ibis and Orioles. Good look at a close-up Cattle Egret perched on a telephone pole.

Most of the birds were found on the Agricultural Trail, however, we found the Black-chinned Hummingbird,
Chipping Sparrow, and Lawrence’s Goldfinch during lunch at the nearby San Diego Archaeological Center.

Here’s our list:

Mallard
California Quail
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-Tailed Hawk
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Bell’s Vireo
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bushtit
House Wren
Wrentit
Western Bluebird
California Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence’s Goldfinch

JIM BECKMAN, trip leader