Robb Field / Famosa Slough Trip Report

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 of parakeets flew by, but we were unable to identify them.

Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey
Black-necked Stilt
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
Western Gull
California Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Peregrine Falcon
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Scrub-Jay
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Song Sparrow
Hooded Oriole
House Finch
House Sparrow

Leader:  Jeff Ebright

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