Category Archives: PAS Notices

Hi Everyone, On a very warm day and the lake just about dried up, twenty-two birders found 51 bird species. Here is our list of bird species as reported by our field trip leader, Tom Trowbridge: Gadwall American wigeon Northern … Continue reading →

Fifteen birders enjoyed a break in the rain storms to see 59 species. Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Eurasian WigeonXAmerican Wigeon Hybrid Mallard Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe … Continue reading →

Birders, Here is the list. Any corrections, etc., please email me. I had forgotten one or two from the list we had made earlier in the day. Great day for Fox Sparrows, a life bird for quite a few of … Continue reading →

Below is our eBird report from the Palomar Audubon session at La Jolla Cove this past Saturday. Special thanks to Stan Walens for his extraordinary birding prowess and patient explanations of our sightings. (And for his identifying the bird of … Continue reading →

21 birders ground out 61 species of birds on a slow day at Lake Hodges. Most of us were surprised at the final tally! Here is the list: horned grebe eared grebe western grebe Clark’s grebe American white pelican double … Continue reading →

Hi Friends, Sixteen birders met up this morning, October 4, at Huntington Beach in LA County, where we checked out the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve along the coast, and later we birded inland at the Huntington Central Park. The weather … Continue reading →

Today 26 Palomar Birders consumed 48 doughnut holes and 3 quarts of pink lemonade as sustenance while they scoured the Whelan Lake Bird Sanctuary. For an early Autumn day, it was a good count: 67 Species. Of these 46 were spotted … Continue reading →

Hi Friends, This morning, Saturday Sept 20, fourteen birders walked around Kumeyaay Lake at Mission Trails Regional Park. The weather was very pleasant and we found 45 bird species. This number is one more species than our initial count as … Continue reading →

14 birders braved a rather warm day to tally 41 species. List as follows; Eared Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Green Heron Osprey Cooper’s Hawk Ridgway Rail Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Willet Whimbrel Long-billed … Continue reading →

The weather was clear, bright and warmer than is comfortable.  It was quiet, but 18 birders did manage to see 30 species of birds.  A Lark Sparrow, a first for this area and a Sharp-shinned Hawk, a rare bird for … Continue reading →

Hi Friends, This morning, Saturday, August 30,  twenty-four birders walked around Kit Carson Park. The weather was cool for most of the morning and warmed-up later. The surprise bird of the day was a nice ZONE-TAILED HAWK which made brief … Continue reading →

Good afternoon, 22 birders enjoyed a mostly clear and warm morning encountering the following 64 species; Mallard Pied-billed grebe Great blue heron Great egret Snowy egret Green heron Black-crowned night-heron White-faced ibis Turkey vulture Cooper’s hawk Red-shouldered hawk Ridgway’s rail … Continue reading →

14 birder’s enjoyed a hot day and totaled 40 species.   wood duck mallard pied billed grebe double crested cormorant least bittern great blue heron great egret snowy egret black crowned night heron osprey red tailed hawk American coot long … Continue reading →

Good afternoon, 23 birders’s enjoyed a mostly cloudy day and totaled 45 species. Thanks, Michael Mallard Brown Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Osprey American Kestrel Ridgway’s Rail (Clapper) Black-necked Stilt Greater Yellowlegs … Continue reading →

Twenty-seven birders enjoyed an overcast day along the San Diego Flood Channel and Famosa Slough.  Several of the returning shore birds were in their breeding plumage.  Large numbers of Little-Blue Herons.  In addition to the 43 species listed, a flock … Continue reading →