On 4/9/2022, twelve Palomar Audubon members and guests birded the Tijuana River Valley just north of the border. PAS member Steve Ellis graciously kept and shared the tally. Steve separately tallied the three spots we visited: Dairy Mart Ponds, the Ranger Station, and the Bird & Butterfly Garden.
Our best bird of the day was a Green-tailed Towhee found, after much vigorous searching, just before our conclusion at the Bird & Butterfly Garden. Additionally, we got excellent looks at several Yellow-breasted Chats at Dairy Mart Ponds. Singing Bell’s Vireos were also common at Dairy Mart.
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Dairy Mart Ponds
Cinnamon Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 15
Gadwall 4
Mallard 6
Ruddy Duck 10
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Mourning Dove 2
Anna’s Hummingbird 2
American Coot 10
Ring-billed Gull 2
Western Gull 8
California Gull 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Nuttall’s Woodpecker 4
Black Phoebe 1
Bell’s Vireo 7
American Crow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 8
Cliff Swallow 4
Bushtit 4
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 2
Bewick’s Wren 2
House Finch 5
Lesser Goldfinch 4
American Goldfinch 1
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 4
California Towhee 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Hooded Oriole 1
Great-tailed Grackle 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Tijuana River Valley Ranger Station
Nuttall’s Woodpecker 1
Bell’s Vireo 1
Common Raven 1
House Wren 2
House Finch 3
Lesser Goldfinch 1
Song Sparrow 2
Hooded Oriole 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Bird & Butterfly Garden
Common Ground Dove 2 Continuing birds, small dove with short tail and a bill with a reddish base and black tip
Mourning Dove 6
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Anna’s Hummingbird 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Nuttall’s Woodpecker 1
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
Say’s Phoebe 1
Cassin’s Kingbird 1
Hutton’s Vireo 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Lesser Goldfinch 2
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Green-tailed Towhee 1 Continuing bird, Towhee with rufous crown and greenish back, wings and tail.
Spotted Towhee 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Jack Friery
