Hello everyone,
We had 32 birders join us for the walk at the San Elijo Lagoon on Saturday December 19th. The weather started off somewhat chilly but within an hour the wind had died down and the sun warmed us up. We had a good walk with a total of 76 species. Below is the list of the morning’s sightings, after making the list we saw 8 additional species on the way back to the cars which some people may have missed but are included in our total count. The birds are listed as they are found on the Palomar Audubon Society checklist.
Dave Cowan
Swans, Geese, & Ducks
Gadwall
American Widgeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Westerne Grebe
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Bitterns & Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
American Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Kites, Eagles & Hawks
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Falcons
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Rails, Gallinules & Coots
Ridgeway’s Rail
Sora
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Stilts & Avocets
American Avocet
Sandpipers & Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Skuas, Gulls, Terns & Skimmers
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Hummingbirds
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allens’s Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Nuttal’s Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Jays & Crows
Western Scrub Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Bushtits
Bushtit
Wrens
House Wren
Kinglets & Gnatcatchers
Ruby-Corned Kinglet
California Gnatcatcher
Bluebirds, Thrushes & Allies
Hermit Thrush
Wrentit
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird
California Thrasher
Wood Warblers
Yellow-Romped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Towhees & Sparrows
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-Crowned Sparrow
Finches & Alies
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
