On Saturday morning August 17, twenty-nine birders checked out the Tijuana River Valley including the areas around Dairy Mart Pond, the TJRV Park Ranger’s Headquarters, and the Bird & Butterfly Garden. The weather started out overcast but warmed up later in the morning. It was a fun walk and everybody had a good time. We found 58 bird species. Lots of Song Sparrows, Swallows, Mourning Doves, and Cassin’s Kingbirds. Probably the best bird of the day was a nice Ash-throated Flycatcher.

Here’s our bird species list:

Mallard
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Western Gull
California Gull
Elegant Tern
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-throated Swift
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Bell’s Vireo
Hutton’s Vireo
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bushtit
House Wren
Bewick’s Wren
California Thrasher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Western Tanager
Red-winged Blackbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Scaly-breasted Munia

JIM BECKMAN trip leader