Birders,

It was a beautiful day in the Lagunas, cool in the morning warming up later. I felt the numbers of species and counts were down. Flowers and bugs were were sparse , too. There was water in the creek.

 We skipped the trip to Deset View picnic area as nobody wanted to go.

For me, the highlights of the walk were hearing and/or seeing the Cassin’s Finch and observing the nesting activities of the Pygmy Nuthatch and the Western Wood Peewee.

 Corrections or comments, email me.

Sally Sanderson

Laguna Mtns..–Agua Dulce Creek, San Diego, California, US
Jun 9, 2018 8:00 AM – 11:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     This was  a Palomar Audubon sponsored bird walk. Numbers of species and birds were down.. Almost no Violet-green swallows were seen during the walk. Pleasant temperature, not buggy.
27 speciesRed-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  1
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)  14
Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii)  1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)  3
Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)  4
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)  2
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)  6
California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)  3
Common Raven (Corvus corax)  1
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)  6
Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)  8
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)  6
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  12
Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)  6
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)  2
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  6
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)  4
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  3
Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata)  1
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)  6
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)  4
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  1
Cassin’s Finch  1
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)  2
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)  6