The following are the species seen by Jim Rose over a total of five days birding.
Pacific Diver |
San Diego |
3 |
Pied-billed Grebe |
Tijuana Slough,
Finney Lake, |
Up to 4 at each site. |
Slavonian Grebe |
San Diego Harbour |
1 |
Black-necked Grebe |
Salton Sea, East side |
c50 with 10+ in San Diego Harbour |
| Clark's Grebe | Finney Lake | 1+ |
Western Grebe |
San Diego |
c200 on the sea with c20 on Finney lake |
Brandt's Cormorant |
Sunset Cliffs and
Point Loma, |
Up to 10 roosting on tall rock island just offshore. |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Common on the coast and the Salton Sea |
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Pelagic Cormorant |
Sunset Cliffs, San Diego |
Up to 10 roosting on tall rock island just offshore. |
American White Pelican |
Salton Sea, Finney Lake |
Flocks of up to 75 at both sites |
Brown Pelican |
San Diego area |
Common on the coast with several hundred seen. A few on the Salton Sea |
Little Blue Heron |
San Diego River |
2 |
Snowy Egret |
Tijuana Slough,
Salton Sea |
Not uncommon. |
Great Blue Heron |
Seen daily at all sites. |
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Great White Egret |
Salton Sea |
c6 seen daily |
Cattle Egret |
Salton Sea area. |
Large numbers seen daily. Probably in excess of 5,000 seen over 2-3 days! |
Black-crowned Night-heron |
Finney Lake; Nr Brawley |
c6. Also 3 at Cuyamaca Lake |
White-faced Ibis |
Salton Sea area. |
Large numbers seen daily. Probably in excess of 3,000 seen over 2-3 days! A single also at Tijuana Slough. |
Ruddy Duck |
Salton Sea |
Up to 200 seen with another 100 on the salt marsh lagoons at San Diego and 20 at Cuyamaca Lake |
Snow Goose |
Salton Sea |
Several thousand birds seen at both NWR reserves on the S and E shores of the sea. With Ross's Geese. |
Ross's Goose |
Salton Sea |
Several thousand birds seen at both NWR reserves on the S and E shores of the sea. With Ross's Geese. |
Canada Goose |
Tijuana Slough |
5 with 2 at Cuyamaca lake |
Black Brant |
San Diego area |
Up to 100 seen. |
American Wigeon |
San Diego area |
2 flocks of 100+ seen. |
Gadwall |
Salton Sea |
Up to 30 birds seen. |
Green-winged Teal |
Cuyamaca Lake |
c6 |
Mallard |
San Diego and Salton Sea |
Not uncommon in small numbers. |
Pintail |
Salton Sea,
Tijuana Slough, |
Common everywhere with over 1500 seen. |
Shoveler |
Salton Sea, South end |
Common with over 700 seen and about 20 on Cuyamaca Lake. |
Canvasback |
Cuyamaca Lake |
c6 |
Ring-necked Duck |
Cuyamaca Lake |
c4 |
Lesser Scaup |
Coronado area, San Diego |
c20 seen plus 2 on Cuyamaca Lake. |
Surf Scoter |
Tijuana Slough |
c200 in several flocks |
Bufflehead |
San Diego |
Small numbers in several locations, plus c20 on Cuyamaca Lake |
Hooded Merganser |
Cuyamaca Lake |
c6 |
Red-breasted Merganser |
San Diego area |
3 |
Turkey Vulture |
Salton Sea, East side |
3 over farmland. |
Northern Harrier |
Tijuana Slough |
Very common over coastal marshes and around the Saton Sea. Probbaly over 50 seen during the period. |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Finney Lake; Nr Brawley |
1 |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Laguna Mountains area. |
A juvenile of race "elegans". |
Red-tailed Hawk |
San Diego and Salton Sea |
Not uncommon. Seen daily. |
Osprey |
San Diego and Salton Sea |
Singles seen. |
American Kestrel |
Salton Sea, East side |
Very common in the farmland surrounding the Salton Sea. Probably over 100 seen. |
Peregrine Falcon |
Point Loma, San
Diego |
Several sightings. |
California Quail |
Point Loma, San Diego |
2 |
Gambel's Quail |
Brawley and Salton Sea |
2 seprate sightings |
Clapper Rail |
Tijuana Slough |
Up to ten seen during a very high tide. A high proportion of the world population of 200 Light-footed sub-species. |
Moorhen |
Finney Lake; Nr Brawley |
3 |
American Coot |
Salton Sea and elsewhere |
Very common with several thousand seen. |
Sandhill Crane |
Salton Sea |
3 In flight over NWR reserve. |
Black-necked Stilt |
Salton Sea |
Very common with over 1000 seen. |
American Avocet |
Salton Sea |
Very common with over 500 seen. |
Grey Plover |
Tijuana Slough |
c20. Also a few inland. |
Semipalmated Plover |
Tijuana Slough and San Diego river |
c10 |
Snowy Plover |
Tijuana Slough |
1 coloured ringed bird on the beach. |
Killdeer |
Finney Lake; Nr Brawley |
c100. Also a few at Tijuana Slough and Salton Sea |
Mountain Plover |
Finney Lake; Nr Brawley |
In one flock inopen farmland |
Snipe |
Tijuana Slough |
2 |
Marbled Godwit |
Tijuana Slough,
San Diego river |
100+ seen overall. |
Whimbrel |
Tijuana Slough |
c10 |
Long-billed Curlew |
Salton Sea, Tijuana Slough |
Over 200 total seen. |
Greater Yellowlegs |
Salton Sea |
5 |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
Salton Sea |
c20 |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Finney Lake; Nr Brawley |
c6. A few also seen elsewhere. |
Wandering Tattler |
La Jolla |
2 on the cliffs. |
Willet |
Tijuana Slough,
Salton Sea, |
150+ seen total |
Turnstone |
La Jolla |
2 |
Black Turnstone |
La Jolla |
1 |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
Salton Sea, East side |
Over 1000 seen during the trip. |
Sanderling |
Tijuana Slough |
c20 seen plus c10 on the San Diego river. |
Western Sandpiper |
Salton Sea, East side |
2000+ seen, plus c300 at Tijuana Slough. |
Least Sandpiper |
Salton Sea, East side |
Perhaps up to 1000 seen. |
Dunlin |
Salton Sea, San Diego |
4 |
Heermann's Gull |
Tijuana Slough, San Diego |
Common. |
Ring-billed Gull |
Salton Sea, San Diego area |
Very common on the Salton Sea. Probably over 10,000 seen during the week. |
California Gull |
Salton Sea |
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Western Gull |
Tijuana Slough, San Diego area |
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American Herring Gull |
Tijuana Slough, Salton sea |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
Salton Sea |
One flock of c1000 seen on one occasion. |
Laughing Gull |
Salton Sea |
1 |
Caspian Tern |
Salton Sea |
2 |
Royal Tern |
San Diego River/Harbour |
Several distant sightings thought to be of this species. |
Forster's Tern |
San Diego
River/Harbour, |
c20 on the coast. A few inland. |
Mourning Dove |
Salton Sea, San Diego |
Common inland. A few on the coast. |
Inca Dove |
Brawley |
5 at Las Flores Drive, Brawley. A known site. |
Greater Roadrunner |
Salton Sea |
2 |
Burrowing Owl |
Salton Sea, near NWR reserve |
About 4 seen with one by an artificial burrow. |
Anna's Hummingbird |
Point Loma, San
Diego, |
Singles at 3 sites. |
Belted Kingfisher |
Salton Sea |
Several sightings. |
Lewis' Woodpecker |
Brawley |
1 at Las Flores Drive, Brawley. |
Acorn Woodpecker |
Laguna Mountains |
1 |
Gila Woodpecker |
Brawley |
At Las Flores Drive and Cattle Call Park, Brawley. Known sites. |
Red-shafted Flicker |
Brawley |
1 at Las Flores Drive, Brawley. |
Say's Phoebe |
San Diego area, Salton Sea |
Widespread |
Black Phoebe |
San Diego area, Salton Sea |
Widespread |
American Pipit |
Salton Sea, Tijuana Slough |
Several small flocks of up to 50 seen. |
Phainopepla |
Yaqui Well, Anzo Borrego |
c20 |
Cedar Waxwing |
Salton Sea, East side |
1 at the NWR information centre. |
Cactus Wren |
Salton Sea, Brawley. |
2 including 1 at the NWR information centre. |
Rock Wren |
Yaqui Well, Anzo Borrego |
1 |
Marsh Wren |
Tijuana Slough |
Only 1 seen although probably many unseen. |
Northern Mockingbird |
San Diego area,
Salton Sea, |
Widespread |
Hermit Thrush |
Tijuana Slough, Point Loma |
Singles. |
American Robin |
Salton Sea |
3 at the NWR information centre. |
Wrentit |
Point Loma, San Diego |
1 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Laguna Mountains, Salton Sea |
Singles. |
Verdin |
Brawley, Salton Sea |
2-3 total. |
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher |
Yaqui Well, Anzo Borrego Desert. |
c6 seen. Responded well to "pishing". |
Mountain Chickadee |
Laguna Mountains |
1 |
Loggerhead Shrike |
Salton Sea |
2 singles |
Scrub Jay |
Point Loma, Laguna Mountains |
2 singles |
American Crow |
Brawley |
Fairly common |
Raven |
San Diego area, Salton Sea |
Fairly common |
Starling |
San Diego area, Salton Sea |
Common and widespread. |
House Sparrow |
Tijuana Slough, Salton Sea |
A few sen. |
Lesser Goldfinch |
Laguna Mountains, Salton Sea |
c10 total. |
House Finch |
San Diego area,
Salton Sea, |
c30 seen total. |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
Point Loma, San Diego |
2 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
San Diego area, Salton Sea, |
very common everywhere. |
Townsend's Warbler |
San Diego |
3 |
Fox Sparrow |
Point Loma, San Diego |
1 |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
Salton Sea, East side |
A few seen. Perhaps many more unseen in reedbeds. |
White-crowned Sparrow |
San Diego area, Salton Sea |
Most common sparrow. |
Golden-crowned Sparrow |
Point Loma, San Diego |
1 |
Savannah Sparrow |
Tijuana Slough |
Several seen. |
Black-throated Sparrow |
Yaqui Well, Anzo Borrego |
1 |
Spotted Towhee |
Laguna Mountains |
1 |
Abert's Towhee |
Brawley |
c6 at two locations. |
California Towhee |
Point Loma, San Diego |
Common around the information centre. |
Red-winged Blackbird |
Brawley |
c2000 at a cow farm near Brawley were the only ones seen. |
Western Meadowlark |
Tijuana Slough |
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Western Meadowlark |
Salton Sea |
c30 seen with a few at Tijuana Slough. |
Great-tailed Grackle |
Brawley, salton Sea |
Fairly common. |
Brewer's Blackbird |
San Diego, Brawley |
c10 total. |
Total - 134 |
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