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Re: Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Scissors Crossing, 26 June
Barbara
Trent! These are wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing! Barbara Carlson San Diego
On Saturday, June 26, 2021, 05:12:28 PM PDT, Trent R. Stanley <trent@...> wrote:
Here are my photos of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo from today. On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 3:09 PM Barbara Carlson <barbarac2003@...> wrote:
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Re: Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Scissors Crossing, 26 June
Trent R. Stanley
Here are my photos of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo from today.
On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 3:09 PM Barbara Carlson <barbarac2003@...> wrote:
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Scissors Crossing, 26 June
Barbara
This morning a group of us found, photographed, and recorded a Yellow-billed Cuckoo at the crossing. List on eBird is here:
More photos and recording (if loud enough) will be added shortly. Before going, Trent Stanley did some research and found that a CDFW Lands Pass (1-Day) is needed to enter the San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area. It's only $4.89, which might be worthwhile to avoid any fines in case you run into a CDFW officer. People with a CDFW trapping license or hunting and fishing licenses are exempt.
Temperatures are rising, with Wednesday and Thursday being the coolest days next week. Cheers! Barbara Carlson San Diego
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Bald eagle Santa Ysabel 8.15am
Steve Perry
I just passed an adult bald eagle perched on a power pole right near the junction of 79 and Mesa Grande Road. I made an emergency pull out but couldn’t get to my camera before it took off heading south. Steve Perry
-- Steve Perry Solana Beach, CA
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miscellanea
lehman.paul@verizon.net
Miscellanea (all of it relatively minor, unfortunately!) from the past few days includes a Reddish Egret at J Street and 17 Wilson's Phalaropes and 30 summering Eared Grebes at the salt works (end of 13th) on the 22nd; and continuing Redhead and 3 Cattle Egrets and a very-rare-in-summer male Blue-winged Teal all in the Dairy Mart area on the 24th. Finally saw ONE Surf Scoter in the Imperial Beach/Coronado area.... Continuing over-summering shorebirds include 6 Ruddy Turnstones, 9 Red Knots, and just 3 Western Sandpipers; but returning migrants so far include just the expected Marbled Godwits, Long-billed Curlews, Willets, and Wilson's Phalaropes.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Juvenile Harriers at Bird and Butterfly Garden
Andrew N
I've been seeing some interesting raptor reports happening on eBird down at the Bird and Butterfly Garden these past couple days and thought it prudent to point out there are three juvenile Northern Harriers there currently that are very dark, which may be tricky if all you catch is one flying quickly by. I was watching the parents feed them the other day and got plenty of photos that show just how dark they are. Just wanted to give people a heads up!
https://ebird.org/checklist/S90594493 Andrew Newmark Chula Vista CA
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Neotropic, the other Indigo
lehman.paul@verizon.net
Monday morning, I arrived at Morrison Pond near Bonita just before 6:00AM and the only cormorants present were two Double-cresteds, so I then went at 7:00 a.m. to Sweetwater Reservoir when it opened and did not see the Neotropic there either, with the only small highlight being my first fall migrant Wilson's Phalarope of the season. But then I returned to Morrison at 8:00AM and the Neotropic is indeed now here, perched along the south side of the pond. Given that the bird is an adult, there's a reasonable chance it's one of the couple individuals that were here last year at this same time of year.
On Sunday, visiting birders Marantz and Bevier saw the FEMALE Indigo Bunting off the northwest corner of the Bird and Butterfly Garden, the first time the female has been reported in quite some time. This isn't far from where it was found with fledglings last summer, along that path that runs from the northwest corner of the garden westward to the equestrian parking lot. They had no luck refinding the Mississippi Kite yesterday. Other than the continuing two or three Black oystercatchers, yesterday morning's seawatching at La Jolla was very slow. Paul Lehman, San Diego
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A #400 Milestone
Barbara Wise
Congratulations to Alison Davies who saw her 400th San
Diego County bird when she connected with a Rose-breasted Grosbeak on
Saturday in Pacific Beach. That’s a fine milestone to reach and a really
cool bird with which to do it.
Well done, Alison! Onwards and upwards to your next birding milestone!
See Alison’s breathtaking photos here:https://ebird.org/checklist/S90534709
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Red-footed booby 4.5 miles off Point Loma
Trent R. Stanley
My wife and I went whale watching today (6/20) on the Privateer. At 9:46 AM we encountered a Red-footed booby 4.5 miles due west of Point Loma. It flew north. (32.699430,-117.332673)
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Non-$70 Neotropic Cormorant
A Neotropic Cormorant was photographed by an eBird user at Morrison Pond in Bonita this morning (6/20) but entered as a Double-crested. Still here on a low snag on the south shore (14:50). Matt Sadowski
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Re: Mississippi Kite continues over Bird and Butterfly Garden
Andrew N
I left the garden at 5pm, no sign of the Kite between 3:30 and 5! Perhaps it discovered the wondrous bounty that is Dairy Mart.
Andrew Newmark Chula Vista, CA
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White-winged Doves in North County
Kenneth Weaver
I observed seven White-winged Doves today at Wilderness Gardens County Preserve. This included two counter-singing individuals at the parking lot at the east end of the preserve and two more counter-singing birds on the Camellia Trail at the west end. The birds were first observed at the preserve by Charity Hagen in March of last year. My observation represents a high count, but will likely be broken if the birds produce young. Another likely location for breeding by this species fairly close to the coast is the east end of the San Pasqual Valley. Clark Mahrdt and Jan Nordenberg have consistently found White-wings there on the past several Escondido Christmas bird counts. The area doesn’t receive much attention at this time of year. Ken Weaver Fallbrook gnatcatcher@...
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Re: Mississippi Kite continues over Bird and Butterfly Garden
MiKi last seen flying high to the northwest at 13:58... but it reappeared after a two hour absence earlier.... Matt Sadowski
On Sat, Jun 19, 2021, 1:35 PM Justyn Stahl <justyn.stahl@...> wrote:
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Mississippi Kite continues over Bird and Butterfly Garden
Justyn Stahl
Sadowski reports the kite is aerial foraging over the B&BG and the Community Gardens in the Tijuana River Valley as of 130pm, 19 June. A messenger, Justyn Stahl
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Juvenile Mississippi kite at the burden butterfly garden right now
This morning at about 9 o’clock, the subject bird was flying over the community gardens down in Nester and has been located by David Trussell. He is currently still down there in the big center section of the burden butterfly garden watching it. The bird is still insight as of 1115
Mark Stratton from North Park
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Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeak continuing
Nancy Christensen
At 7:30 the RB grosbeak was found about 100 yards north of Garnet. We saw it from the east side bike path, but bird was across the creek perched in a Eucalyptus tree. It was singing. In the same area, and even on the same branch was a singing swainson’s Thrush.
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Nancy Christensen Ramona A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. Chinese Proverb
On Jun 19, 2021, at 6:09 AM, John Bruin <johnrbruin@...> wrote:
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak continuing
John Bruin
First seen yesterday showed up again this morning at 6. Same location back yard of house next to the ball fields.
John Bruin Bay Park
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male) - Pacific Beach
David Trissel
Originally reported by Matthew Silvia on private property this afternoon (6/18). Joe Alsadi was able to refind it along Rose Creek around 6:00 PM. He was able to hear then view the bird from the East side of the creek (end of Magnolia) singing from the top of a pepper tree right across the creek. Black back and head with white spots in the wings, white belly and red bib. He was then able to get Barb Carlson and I on the bird shortly thereafter (6:45 PM) on the dirt path that is on the west side of Rose Creek and runs under the pepper trees that the bird prefers to sing in when not feeding at Matthew’s feeders.
eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S90405908 Exact GPS for the bird (not private property) starts on path here: 32.804564,-117.223348 The bird was singing frequently but it is quieter than the Black-headed Grosbeak and it can be a bit drowned out by the noisy House Finches. It was still present at 7:10 PM when we left. David Trissel San Diego, CA
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Masked/Nazca, La Jolla, 6/18
Forgot to mention that earlier I had an alternate-plumaged Common Murre heading south and an unidentified murrelet species. Two Black Oystercatchers were near the Children's Pool breakwater. Just now a close to shore Black Storm-Petrel flew by. Due to parking availability we are scoping south of Children's Pool. Matt Sadowski
On Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 3:16 PM Matt Sadowski via groups.io <mattsadowski78=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Masked/Nazca, La Jolla, 6/18
A subadult Masked/Nazca Booby just (15:00) flew south past La Jolla, pausing briefly at the New Seaforth, before continuing south. Matt Sadowski Jim Pawlicki
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