Hi Everyone,

On Saturday morning January 12, nine birders checked out the Sweetwater River near the Bonita Westfield Shopping Center. The weather cooperated and we were able to complete the walk with no rain. Because of the cloudy, cold weather, we only located 32 bird species. Here’s our species list:

American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Rudy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
American Coot
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Long Billed Dowitcher
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Black Phoebe
American Crow
Bushtit
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Yellow-rumped Warbler
California Towhee
Song Sparrow


JIM BECKMAN,  trip leader