Day started overcast, but quickly cleared with temperature in the low 80’s. We had between 35-40 birders, with one out of town birder from the Bay Area. It was several hours before low tide, so only two mudflats were exposed and one of them was overrun with dogs off of their leash. The best bird was a Red Knot still showing red in the chest. One Common Tern was seen by a few and a Foster’s/Common Tern seen and debated by many. Only about 15 birders continued to Famosa Slough which was most unbirdy. Best sighting was two flyovers of Red-masked Parakeets.

Between the two sites, we had 51 species.

San Diego River Tidal Mudflats – 48 Species
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Red Knot
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Heermann’s Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
Common/Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-masked Parakeet
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
Horned Lark
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
European Starling
American Pipit
House Finch
Hooded Oriole
House Sparrow

Famoa Slough – 19 Species
Mallard
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Black-necked Stilt
Killdeer
Whimbrel
Willet
Western Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Red-masked Parakeet
Black Phoebe
American Crow
Bushtit
Song Sparrow
Hooded Oriole

Leader: Jeff Ebright

Photos from Cathie Canepa:

Long-billed Curlew

Whimbrel