On Saturday, 5/21, 23 stouthearted birders toured Lindo Lake in Lakeside. A major construction project to one of the basins limited our normal birding range, but we still managed to tally 52 species (plus four other taxa) over a three-hour period. Black-crowned Night Herons were ridiculously plentiful, but, alas, Tricolored Blackbirds were not seen. The construction, plus heavy pedestrian and canine traffic, probably caused our loss. (As a footnote, Cornell reports that, in the 1930’s, there were an estimated two to three million Tricolored Blackbirds in the state. Today’s population has dwindled to an estimated 300,000 birds. See https://www.allaboutbirds. org/guide/Tricolored_ Blackbird/overview.)
Thanks again to Steve Ellis for his meticulous record of our sightings. To review Steve’s eBird report, accompanied by excellent bird photos, go to https://ebird.org/checklist/S110869868
Here’s a recap of our sightings.
1 Greater White-fronted Goose
11 Canada Goose
10 Wood Duck
40 Mallard
40 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
4 Eurasian Collared-Dove
6 Mourning Dove
4 Anna’s Hummingbird
3 Allen’s Hummingbird
4 Common Gallinule
1 American Coot
4 Killdeer
1 Double-crested Cormorant
3 Great Blue Heron
14 Great Egret
5 Snowy Egret
40 Black-crowned Night-Heron
2 Cooper’s Hawk
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Western Wood-Pewee
6 Black Phoebe
4 Cassin’s Kingbird
3 Warbling Vireo
1 Violet-green Swallow
20 Bushtit
30 European Starling
6 Western Bluebird
15 House Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
6 Hooded Oriole
12 Red-winged Blackbird
10 Brewer’s Blackbird
4 Great-tailed Grackle
3 Yellow Warbler
2 Wilson’s Warbler
11 Canada Goose
10 Wood Duck
40 Mallard
40 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
4 Eurasian Collared-Dove
6 Mourning Dove
4 Anna’s Hummingbird
3 Allen’s Hummingbird
4 Common Gallinule
1 American Coot
4 Killdeer
1 Double-crested Cormorant
3 Great Blue Heron
14 Great Egret
5 Snowy Egret
40 Black-crowned Night-Heron
2 Cooper’s Hawk
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Western Wood-Pewee
6 Black Phoebe
4 Cassin’s Kingbird
3 Warbling Vireo
1 Violet-green Swallow
20 Bushtit
30 European Starling
6 Western Bluebird
15 House Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
6 Hooded Oriole
12 Red-winged Blackbird
10 Brewer’s Blackbird
4 Great-tailed Grackle
3 Yellow Warbler
2 Wilson’s Warbler