While most of the country is suffering an artic blast of cold air, 18 birders enjoyed a warm beautiful day in San Diego. For the fourth year in a roll we saw an Eurasian Wigeon. We also saw several Surf Scoters and Redheads, always a treat. I’m hoping that several of the birders with cameras will send in their photos to PAS, because of the good lighting and close looks that we had of many species of waterfowl.

Species: 62
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
American Avocet
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Forster’s Tern
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
American Crow
Bushtit
Bewick’s Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Wrentit
Hermit Thrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

Leader: Jeff Ebright