Good morning, all.

Below is a copy of our eBird report for yesterday’s (partially rained out) venture to Santee Lakes. Thanks to the 18 intrepid souls who braved the elements. (Please drop me an email if you want an eBird link that you can import into your own eBird list.)

And, as to the future, as Shakespeare could have said in Macbeth:

Where shall we [birders] meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly ‘s done, when the battle ‘s lost and won…

Jack Friery
www.jackfriery.com
(619) 218-7342

Santee Lakes , San Diego, California, US
Feb 22, 2020 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Scheduled Palomar Audubon walk. Was cut short by heavy rain and lightning.

40 species

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
House Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
House Finch
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 This is very much a tentative listing. The bird may have been seen by a (very experienced) birder quickly ducking into a patch of reeds with a group of red-wings between lakes 4 & 5 as heavy rains began. Yellow-headed blackbirds have been clearly seen near this spot in the last year or so.
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler