Birders,
Here is the McCoy trail south report. The McCoy trail north report will follow next. Any corrections, please let me know. Thanks for all your help in finding the birds. I don’t think anyone continued to bird 7th St., the pier, or other spots. It was another great birding day in San Diego.
Sally Sanderson
Slough NWR–McCoy Trail – south, San Diego, US-CA Jul 13, 2013 9:20 AM – 11:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s)
Comments: This was a Palomar Audubon Society walk following a walk including the McCoy Trail North and the Tijuana River Preserve Visitor Center. 45 species
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Reddish Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Black-bellied Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper
Western Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
Burrowing Owl
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
American Kestrel
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
Cliff Swallow
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
Common Yellowthroat
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Western Meadowlark
Hooded Oriole
House Finch
Tijuana Slough NWR–McCoy Trail – north, San Diego, US-CA Jul 13, 2013 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling 0.7 mile(s)
Comments: This was a Palomar Audubon Society bird walk done in conjunction with the South McCoy Trail, listed separately.
35 species
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Clapper Rail
American Avocet
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Western Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Elegant Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
American Kestrel
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
Cliff Swallow
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
Common Yellowthroat
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Hooded Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Photos: Tijuana Estuary>
