Below is our eBird tally of the birds seen by 20 stalwart souls on the Palomar Audubon walk last Saturday. Perhaps the most exciting bird seen was a Black Oystercatcher, cracking open a mussel for breakfast. (Some might vote for the Peregrine Falcon flying in from the ocean with a Red-necked Phalarope in his talons.)
Special thanks to our special guide and mentor, Stan Walens, for sharing his extraordinary knowledge of the birds of the Cove.
eBird Report – La Jolla Cove, Oct 14, 2017
Palomar Audubon Society walk
33 species
Pacific Loon
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Black-vented Shearwater
Brandt’s Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Long-billed Curlew
Black Turnstone
Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Heermann’s Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Anna’s Hummingbird
Peregrine Falcon
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
European Starling
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
House Finch
House Sparrow
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
Leader: Jack Friery
