11 birders enjoyed a warm, breezy (most of the time) hike from Stonewall Mine to Cuyamaca Lake and back.  Also a big southern pacific rattlesnake right on the trail on our bird walk. Nice specimen seen by all.

Here is the list of 56 birds we saw and heard:

Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Turkey Vulture
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Mourning Dove
Hummingbird sp.
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Pac Slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Violet-green Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Western Bluebird
European Starling
Phainopepla
Orange-crowned Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Lark Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

Trip Leader: Hal Benham