Date: 7/22/26 8:45 am From: Justyn Stahl via groups.io <justyn.stahl...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] California Bird Atlas Newsletter + Town Hall (23 July)
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Subject: [CALBIRDS] California Bird Atlas Newsletter + Town Hall + Top 20
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Hi birders,
Thank you all for continuing to build an incredible first year of the first
statewide California Bird Atlas. As of this writing, 160,228 Atlas
checklists have been submitted from 5,141 atlasers. The number of blocks
with data is approaching the 50% mark, with 8,202 blocks receiving some
coverage (49.63% of total blocks).
For more detailed updates, please see the following resources:
*ATLAS FIRSTS*
In June, atlasers confirmed breeding observations for 26 additional
species, bringing our total (as of May 30) to 298 species. Visit *Atlas
Dispatch <https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/news/atlas-dispatch-june-2026>* to see the full list of newly confirmed breeding observation species.
*TOP 20 SPECIES*
Here are the 20 species with confirmed breeding observations in the most
blocks as of July 15, 2026 (number of blocks in parentheses). Click on each
species to see the current Atlas Species Map, which updates regularly as
new data comes in. Six species have already been confirmed breeding in over
1,000 Atlas blocks.
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Date: 7/22/26 6:40 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Frigatebird Wednesday morning
A group from the Bay Area reported the frigatebird at 6:15 a.m. this morning (Weds) over the ocean just off Calumet Park near Bird Rock in southern La Jolla and they believe heading south at that point.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 7/21/26 9:20 pm From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Lesser Frigatebird at sunset
Just after official sunset--so around 8:05--the frigatebird was circling over downtown La Jolla or somewhere near there--the inexactness due to my scoping at the time south from Scripps Pier area and it is not easy to get an accurate idea of actual distance to where the bird actually is, whereas direction is easy. If, in fact, the bird was on the other side of downtown then it would be along the coast approximately near the end of Pearl. Or it was closer, actually over buildings. If the former, then it is remarkably close to where it was seen just after 8PM back on 12 July--the initial sighting in this latest series. So perhaps it is roosting on at least a somewhat regular basis in that more southern-central coastal part of La Jolla--if in fact it is landing in a tree or whatever for the night and not simply just circling around all night long. But I did look briefly for the bird the following morning (13th) right after dawn where it had been seen late on the 12th, with no luck, and I've spent hours seawatching at La Jolla Cove on two different mornings since then, with no luck. Maybe the bird goes north some days to the Del Mar area, and maybe some days it goes south to the Point Loma area, where it was seen and photographed on the 19th. Or maybe it goes both directions some days....
Clearly it would help if folks spread out at least from Solana Beach south to Point Loma.
I would assume this bird is the same individual that was in southern Orange County and at the San Diego County line back in late May. And that there is a reasonable chance that it's the same bird that was here in San Diego County in February 2025. All involve an adult female with a more grayish rather than the more standard (??) pinkish-hued bill.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 7/21/26 9:00 pm From: Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts July 22 - 31
Greetings,
First, a slight, but overdue correction to last week's mailer: I had
mistyped the end date in the subject line as July 22, though it was
actually today, July 21. Sorry about that - I just noticed. Note that day
numbers are always the same - 1st through 7th, 8th through 14th, 15th
through 21st, and 22nd through the end of the month. Exactly 7 days for the
first 3 weeks, plus whatever is left for the 4th.
Despite the very long list, extreme heat the past week, and my egregious
typographical error, we still managed excellent coverage! A few spots on
the outskirts were missed, but we did get most of the main list. Thanks to
all of you!
We're down to a smaller main list for the remainder of the month, although
another heat wave is upon us. Be careful out there and bring / drink lots
of water! Luckily most of the targets are coastal again.
Hotspots nearing bar chart completion (number = weeks missing):
Fleet Street Area (Carlsbad) - 4
Santa Ysabel OSP--west - 4
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Clark Dry Lake - 5
Eternal Hills Cemetery - 5
La Costa Canyon Park - 5
Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve--Carson's Crossing area - 5
San Dieguito Dr. south end - 5
Warwick Ave riparian - 6
Valley Middle School Trail - 7
San Bernardo Valley--east of I-15 - 8
Encinitas--Arden Dr. - 9
Borrego Springs--De Anza Country Club (private) - 10
Hosp Grove Park--west of Monroe St - 10
Woodglen Vista Park - 10
Hotspots with 3+ week bar chart gaps:
Warner Valley grasslands--general area
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Cleveland NF--Park & Ride Lot 29 and pond
Poggi Creek greenbelt & residential
Lamar County Park
Rambla De Las Flores--Richardson Field to RSF Field (restricted access)
Oakoasis County Preserve
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Slot Canyon
Aston & Rutherford business area
Leon Avenue & Berry Park
Palomar Mtn.--Boucher Hill Loop
Ramona Airport Road
Borrego Springs--The Palms at Indian Head Hotel
Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Hellhole Canyon
Montclair Park
Hilltop Community Park (Rancho Peñasquitos)
Cheers,
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM Justyn Stahl <justyn.stahl...> wrote:
> Still present 453pm off Torrey Pines State Beach
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>> Had to leave, but Discord reports suggest it is still around 11th as of
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> Had to leave, but Discord reports suggest it is still around 11th as of
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Had to leave, but Discord reports suggest it is still around 11th as of 4pm, photos confirm lesser.
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> On Jul 21, 2026, at 3:20 PM, Kyle Fischer via groups.io <kylebradyfischer...> wrote:
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> Frigatebird above the end of tenth street in Del Mar. Been on it for about an hour (spotted while surfing), someone else just showed with a camera. Appears to be lesser, white armpits.
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Frigatebird above the end of tenth street in Del Mar. Been on it for about an hour (spotted while surfing), someone else just showed with a camera. Appears to be lesser, white armpits.
Kyle
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Yesterday afternoon Steven Nares reported a dark and light booby standing on a rock near the end of Zuniga Jetty at the mouth of San Diego Bay as he transited in and out of the bay on a fishing boat. Several of us went to the visitor center area at Cabrillo National Monument In the late afternoon and scoped the bird from great distance. Views are awful. It has been hanging out not quite at the end of the jetty next to a group of cormorants, under one of the warning signs. Steven reports that the bird is back again today, Tuesday. It's a young bird that will be very difficult to separate between the two species, and certainly one's views from Cabrillo at best show that it is one of those two. It has a warm dark brown head and back and is very white underneath. Steven also was able to get mediocre photos of what looks like a likely Manx Shearwater about 3 mi off Point Loma today.
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Date: 7/21/26 11:09 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] recent miscellanea
Today, the 21st, there are 3 Black Skimmers at the upper end of Sweetwater Reservoir, the second record for the lake and casual inland in the county. It is possible such birds may have arrived from the east from the Salton Sea/Gulf of California rather than "just" from the west from San Diego Bay. Still multiple Neotropic Cormorants there at dawn each morning. Yesterday morning, a three-hour seawatch at La Jolla produced a record-high summer from-shore tally of 21 southbound Cassin's Auklets. Not a big surprise given that small numbers have been passing there for a couple weeks now and Saturday's pelagic trip recorded good numbers in the first 10 miles from shore. Also a single southbound Common Murre and a Black Storm-Petrel. A Red-shouldered Hawk circling around the very tip of Point Loma at Cabrillo National Monument on 19 July was presumably an early post-breeding disperser that had gotten "stuck" there. A Northern Pintail at Lower Otay Lake on 14 July was probably a early-arriving post-breeding disperser. The first juvenile Willet on 17 July and juvenile Marbled Godwits on 21 July were right on time.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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> Paul Lehman posted on WhatsApp that an adult female Lesser Frigatebird was
> photographed near the intersection of Guizot and Devonshire along Sunset
> Cliffs in Point Loma sometime early this morning. It was incorrectly
> reported as a Magnificent Frigatebird:
> https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383052980 >
> On the topic of misidentified frigatebirds, the La Jolla seawatch
> individual seen Friday at dusk could speculatively be a juvenile Great
> Frigatebird, although the photos are poor and it is probably best left
> unidentified:
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S372947621 >
> Juvenile Great Frigatebirds are slightly smaller, with a black breast band
> and a golden hue to the head, so be sure to document any frigatebird
> carefully.
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> Another Magnificent Frigatebird reported around Moonlight Beach on
> Wednesday was not documented beyond frigatebird sp.
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> El Niño conditions in Costa Rica and Panama are already producing expected
> vagrants, including Inca Tern, Peruvian Booby, and Guanay Cormorant. It may
> therefore be a good summer and fall for Southern California vagrants from
> Mexican waters, perhaps including Blue-footed Booby or Wedge-tailed
> Shearwater, especially since current conditions rival those associated with
> the legendary ’98 big-year event:
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> https://www.integratedecosystemassessment.noaa.gov/regions/california-current/california-current-marine-heatwave-tracker-blobtracker >
> For those wishing to roll the dice, the full schedule of August and
> September pelagic trips departing from San Diego is available here:
> https://sandiegopelagics.com/ >
> Tom Ford-Hutchinson
> San Diego, CA
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Paul Lehman posted on WhatsApp that an adult female Lesser Frigatebird was
photographed near the intersection of Guizot and Devonshire along Sunset
Cliffs in Point Loma sometime early this morning. It was incorrectly
reported as a Magnificent Frigatebird:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383052980
On the topic of misidentified frigatebirds, the La Jolla seawatch
individual seen Friday at dusk could speculatively be a juvenile Great
Frigatebird, although the photos are poor and it is probably best left
unidentified:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S372947621
Juvenile Great Frigatebirds are slightly smaller, with a black breast band
and a golden hue to the head, so be sure to document any frigatebird
carefully.
Another Magnificent Frigatebird reported around Moonlight Beach on
Wednesday was not documented beyond frigatebird sp.
El Niño conditions in Costa Rica and Panama are already producing expected
vagrants, including Inca Tern, Peruvian Booby, and Guanay Cormorant. It may
therefore be a good summer and fall for Southern California vagrants from
Mexican waters, perhaps including Blue-footed Booby or Wedge-tailed
Shearwater, especially since current conditions rival those associated with
the legendary ’98 big-year event:
https://www.integratedecosystemassessment.noaa.gov/regions/california-current/california-current-marine-heatwave-tracker-blobtracker
For those wishing to roll the dice, the full schedule of August and
September pelagic trips departing from San Diego is available here:
https://sandiegopelagics.com/
Tom Ford-Hutchinson
San Diego, CA
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Date: 7/19/26 4:12 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] San Diego pelagic 18 Jul: 2 Cook's, 2 Laysans, 7 Guadalupes, Nazca, 4 Townsend's, 17 Black-footeds, 14 Craveri's
The San Diego pelagic trip on Saturday, July 18, aboard "Legacy" and sponsored by Buena Vista Audubon Society was excellent for quality species. The trip went out as far as the 30-Mile Bank and "The Corner." The top highlights included 2 Cook's Petrels, one at The Corner and one closer to shore than usual in the San Diego Trough only 18.4 mi WSW of the tip of Point Loma (32.606, -117.555). Two separate Laysan Albatrosses sat on the water near the boat, both at the 30-Mile Bank. The lofty total of seven Guadalupe Murrelets included the first two birds much closer to shore than usual at just 10.1 miles (32.709, -117.433) and 13.6 miles off Point Loma, and an amazing group of five birds on the return in the San Diego Trough (32.607, -117.584) comprised of two adults and three large fuzzy chicks. Most alcids raise only one or sometimes two young, so perhaps this group was comprised of individuals from two family groups or some sort of adoption? A sub-adult Nazca Booby flew right by the boat repeatedly inside the 9-Mile Bank. The total of 17 Black-footed Albatrosses ties the county high count set just six days earlier. Also, four Townsend's Storm-Petrels at the 30-Mile Bank, a total of 14 Craveri's Murrelets, and a single rare-in-July Scripps's Murrelet. Overall numbers of birds were unexceptional. Sea surface temperatures were a bit above average at 70-71 degrees.
Totals for the day once we were a mile offshore were as follows:
Also, Humpback Whale, N. Elephant Seal, Mola-Mola, California Flying Fish
Lots of photos will be added once the shared e-bird lists are available, likely on Monday.
Seven trips still remain this season, three in August, three in September, and one in October. For further information, see sandiegopelagics.com. Reservations made at sdwhale.com (look under "birdwatch trips").
--Paul Lehman, Bruce Rideout, Dan Jehl, Alex Abela, Adrian Hinkle, Matt Sadowski, Barbara Wise, San Diego
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Tomorrow's (Saturday) pelagic trip aboard "Legacy" out of Seaforth Sportfishing is full and is forecast to have good ocean conditions. There is also news that all the charter fishing boats at Seaforth will be out or heading out, which means extra-crowded parking. Please arrive a little extra early to find parking, as you may need to park farther away from the dock than you are used to.
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Date: 7/14/26 9:53 pm From: Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts July 15 - 22
Greetings,
We had a long main list last week. I wasn't able to contribute and was worried that many spots would be missed, but you all surprised me!
Glancing through the lists from the past week, I was delighted to see a photo taken by John Bruin of Surf Scoters out of the water on the sand along the Silver Strand!
Next week (starting Wednesday) we have an even bigger main list. Luckily, given the impending heat wave, many are coastal!
Hotspots nearing bar chart completion (number = weeks missing):
Hilleary Park - 2 San Pasqual Battlefield - 3 Santa Ysabel Mission - 3 La Bajada Field (restricted access) - 4 NAS North Island--O St. path, golf course, ponds (restricted access) - 4 Wilderness Gardens Preserve - 4 Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Clark Dry Lake - 5 Fleet Street Area (Carlsbad) - 5 Carmel Mission Park - 6 Eternal Hills Cemetery - 6 La Costa Canyon Park - 6 San Dieguito Dr. south end - 6 Borrego Springs--Mesquite Bosque - 7 Borrego Springs--Old Springs Road OSP - 7 Collier Park (Ramona) - 7 San Vicente Reservoir - 7 Warwick Ave riparian - 7 Valley Middle School Trail - 8 San Luis Rey Mission - 9 Tide Beach Park - 9 Appleton Preserve, Fallbrook, CA - 10 Borrego Springs--De Anza Country Club (private) - 10 Encinitas--Arden Dr. - 10 Hosp Grove Park--west of Monroe St - 10 Sunset Park (San Marcos) - 10
Hotspots with 3+ week bar chart gaps:
Warner Valley grasslands--general area I-8--Buckman Springs Rest Area Crest Drive (Encinitas) Mt. Woodson--east Rambla De Las Flores--Richardson Field to RSF Field (restricted access) Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Slot Canyon Ramona Airport Road Borrego Springs--The Palms at Indian Head Hotel Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Hellhole Canyon Montclair Park
Cheers,
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Date: 7/14/26 10:58 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] the infamous Mesa College nightjar = likely Common Poorwill
The celebrity nightjar at San Diego Mesa College since July 5th was, of course, thought to be a whip-poor-will of some sort or possibly Buff-collared Nightjar. Fairly early in the game the possibility of Common Poorwill was thought eliminated by the apparent longish tail visible as the bird roosted on the ground. While some plumage features seemed fine for these rare species, some other finer plumage points, especially the crown pattern, could not be matched by Mexican or Eastern Whip-poor-wills or by Buff-collared Nightjar. (Nightjars can be notoriously variable in some plumage features, thus the lack of a clear match was not initially a cause of excess concern.) Aging the bird was also discussed, and it was generally agreed that the bird was a juvenile, born fairly recently, which would seemingly narrow down the options as to species. A couple of us also endeavored to use the original photo of the bird roosting up against a wall to then return to the exact site and obtain measurements to get a better handle on the bird's length--which resulted in an approximate estimated length of 7-1/2 inches, a bit too short for either Whip but OK for the nightjar (and a poorwill).
On Sunday evening, nearby mini-canyons bordering the campus were found to contain Common Poorwills, so that species was again revisited. It was determined that the bird was often holding its wings below and partially hidden by the tail, thus making the tail indeed look long. But when one obtained photos showing the full wing length lined up with the tail tip, the tail tip appeared to stick out beyond that only by a small amount. Also, looking at photos of juvenile Common Poorwill were a match for the overall plumage details, including the crown. Here is a link to one such bird from L.A. County:
So, the general consensus is that this bird is likely a juvenile Common Poorwill--initially fooling local birders as well as a good selection of outside experts who were sent series of photos.
A sample of the bird's poop and a feather were obtained late on Saturday and now reside in a freezer--for potential DNA analysis in the future if it is deemed necessary. Any volunteers?
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 7/13/26 11:22 am From: John Nguyen via groups.io <j.nguyen32...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Whippoorwill- negative report
Am wondering if there is an official determination on the species of this bird. I saw that maybe it's a juvenile COPO? Will we hear results back from the poop samples?
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A Sunday boat trip on a private boat yesterday, July 12, out to the 9-Mile and 30-Mile Banks area produced moderate numbers of birds, with highlights being a Guadalupe Murrelet in the mid- San Diego Trough (with another intermediate bird at the 30-Mile Bank--either a hybrid or a Guadalupe from the San Benito Is. population which some look less "obvious"), a record-high count for San Diego waters of 17 Black-footed Albatrosses, a Townsend's Storm-Petrel at the 30-Mile Bank, 11 "Chapman's" Leach's Storm-Petrels and 5 Ashies, 4 Craveri's Murrelets, 4 Sabine's Gulls, and an offshore Greater Yellowlegs. A black-and-white booby (Masked/Nazca) was briefly seen at a great distance.
The scheduled pelagic trip this coming Saturday the 18th aboard "Legacy" out of Seaforth Sportfishing only had about three spaces remaining as of earlier this morning. The back-to-back trips on the weekend of August 8th and 9th both still have plenty of space available. The Sunday trip has even more spaces remaining than on Saturday; so those folks still planning on signing up might consider taking the Sunday trip to help spread the numbers around. For more information see sandiegopelagics.com, and make reservations via sdwhale.com or call Seaforth.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 7/12/26 8:09 am From: Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Whippoorwill- negative report
Sunday morning the bird has not been found. Reportedly irrigation watered heavily around sunrise which may have discouraged roosting on the ground.
Nancy Christensen
Ramona
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
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The Whippoorwill is still present and sleeping away at 12:50 p.m. Just so it's clear, this is currently a whippoorwill sp. But the rictal bristles look entirely dark and most important they look very long with the longest ones drooping down all the way to cover the upper breast and that may favor Mexican whippoorwill over Eastern. So perhaps we are leaning that direction as it being a Mexican, but still not definite.
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Date: 7/11/26 11:06 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Whippoorwill back at Mesa college!
The whippoorwill sp. found by a non-birder named Sally Boyer 6 days ago at Mesa College is back again today, Saturday, and refound at exactly the same spot, although instead of being up against the building, it's right across the walkway sitting in shady leaf litter right across from room k105. So find Building K in the middle of the campus. We will stay for a whil to keep tabs on it. Since I was on Highway 163, I entered the campus on Mesa College Drive and once inside campus one block I turned left at the light. I went down that road just past the tennis courts and parked along the road there and then walked North or Northwest to building k which is not too far. Parking on campus on weekends and before 7:00 a.m. And after 4:00 p.m. on weekdays is free.
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Date: 7/11/26 10:15 am From: Charles Jackson via groups.io <socalbirder8...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Inca dove, bird & butterfly garden
Continues today. Seen and heard from about 0940 to 1000.
It moved and quit singing, and we lost track of it. It was along the river edge, just west of the blue shed.
Charles
San Diego
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“It’s hard to comment on what’s going on without screenshots showing
exactly what Nancy is seeing, screenshots of app settings, as well as
information like what app version she’s using (though I can see her most
recent checklists are on iOS 3.6.12). I’d encourage Nancy to submit a Help
Center ticket with that information:
In any case, this year’s taxonomy update will be in October/November (and
will have lots of communications sent out beforehand and during) and is
unrelated to losing unsubmitted checklists. I would generally recommend
getting unsubmitted checklists submitted regularly.”
Justyn Stahl
North Park
On Wed, Jul 8, 2026 at 11:19 AM Nancy Christensen via groups.io
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> Heads up!
> Ebird did its annual taxonomic update last night or this morning. My
> mobile app ended up with NO packs downloaded - tough to do in the field.
> Also LOST all of the checklists that had not yet been submitted yet.
> Luckily this did not include a pelagic trip, which would be a nightmare to
> try to recreate. Usually there is a notification sent out in advance, but I
> did not get notified.
>
> If you have not submitted some lists, get them submitted!
>
>
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Date: 7/8/26 12:15 pm From: Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts July 8 - 14
Belated greetings,
Apologies for my tardiness - I simply spaced on this yesterday and just saw a reminder pop up now.
Last week we had a big main list, and understandably the more out of the way hotspots were missed, but we achieved quite good coverage!
By the way, I don't always have time to look through everyone else's results. If you have see something noteworthy while covering these hotspots, let me know and I can highlight it during this weekly update.
For me, highlights last week were:
San Dieguito Dr south - my first time birding here. I was delighted that this spot offers a view of the Least Tern nesting habitat from above!
Otay Lakes County Park - I expected this outing to be boring since I'd already been here several times, including just the week prior, but instead I was able to get three new ticks for the atlas (breeding confirmations new to the block for the species)! Right when I parked, I observed Northern Rough-winged Swallows feeding young on sticks facing the lake. Then I was able to find the Cassin's Kingbird nest that eluded us previously. And I saw a Western Bluebird carry food into a hollow. Plus two more confirmations redundant to the prior week - five in total this week - nine total over the past two weeks!
This week, we have an even bigger main list than last week! And for the first time this year, because of the size of the main list, and a minimum size of 10 for each list, the total target hotspot count is above 30 - at 32.
I am probably not going to be able to cover Otay Lakes County Park this week. Hopefully someone else can pick up the mantle! Please note - there's a $5 parking fee, and it's a popular place for picnics / parties. Earlier in the morning is better to avoid the human noise. Also note: although there is a new trail closure sign for the trail from the parking directly towards the dam, you can still get to that area via the trails from the picnic area.
Similarly, though I've covered Santa Ysabel Mission in past weeks, I likely won't have time this week. It's another hub of breeding activity and is a very small area to cover. You may also be able to spot Golden Eagles from the highway while driving toward it!
Thank you all for your continued contribution to this project!
Hotspots nearing bar chart completion (number = weeks missing):
Palomar Mtn.--Silvercrest Picnic Area and Trail - 2 NAS North Island--O St. path, golf course, ponds (restricted access) - 4 Santa Ysabel Mission - 4 Santa Ysabel OSP--west - 4 Wilderness Gardens Preserve - 4 La Bajada Field (restricted access) - 5 Otay Lakes County Park - 5 San Luis Rey River--Foussat to Douglas - 5 Swamis Seaside Park - 5 Fleet Street Area (Carlsbad) - 6 Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve--Carson's Crossing area - 6 Borrego Springs--Old Springs Road OSP - 7 Carmel Mission Park - 7 Eternal Hills Cemetery - 7 San Dieguito Dr. south end - 7 Beacon's Beach - 8 Delta Beach--north overlook - 8 San Bernardo Valley--east of I-15 - 8 Warwick Ave riparian - 8 Valley Middle School Trail - 9 Borrego Springs--De Anza Country Club (private) - 10 San Luis Rey Mission - 10
Hotspots with 3+ week bar chart gaps:
Encinitas--Arden Dr. ABDNHA Botanical Garden Poggi Creek greenbelt & residential Rambla De Las Flores--Richardson Field to RSF Field (restricted access) North Chollas Community Park Reama Park Nexus Center Dr. tipus Torrey Meadows Park Aston & Rutherford business area Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Blair Valley
Cheers,
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Date: 7/8/26 11:19 am From: Nancy Christensen via groups.io <nancy.r.christensen...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Ebird update
Heads up! Ebird did its annual taxonomic update last night or this morning. My mobile app ended up with NO packs downloaded - tough to do in the field. Also LOST all of the checklists that had not yet been submitted yet. Luckily this did not include a pelagic trip, which would be a nightmare to try to recreate. Usually there is a notification sent out in advance, but I did not get notified.
If you have not submitted some lists, get them submitted!
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Date: 7/6/26 9:14 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Inca Dove, p.s.
As a follow-up to the earlier post about the continuing Inca Dove at the Bird & Butterfly Garden, several observers watched the bird between around 7:45 and 8:15 a.m. this morning, Monday. It started out this morning at drip #1, flew a little southwest to the railing along the dirt road that goes to the equestrian parking. It even crossed south of that road briefly and then returned to the edge of the dirt road and then went back to drip 1, where it even went to the drip proper and took a drink and then flew up into the thick vegetation immediately above the drip and got lost. Eve and Rob had the bird yesterday also exactly right over drip 1. So that seems to be the place to mostly look. And then secondarily along the south edge of the garden along the adjacent road to the equestrian parking.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 7/6/26 8:05 am From: Geoff Veith via groups.io <veithlaw...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Inca Dove Re-found
Paul Labhart re-found the Inca dove originally found by Eve Martin. It’s currently at drip 1. Bird and Butterfly Garden. 8:04 AM
Geoff Veith
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Date: 7/5/26 11:45 am From: Eve Martin via groups.io <yvemartin...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Inca Dove at B & B
Hi there! Rob and I just had an Inca Dove at the Bird and Butterfly Garden in south county. It sang briefly and then we spotted it in some bare branches over the main drip, now nicely labeled #1, about here:
32.554151, -117.085741
~Eve
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Eve Martin
Del Mar, California
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Date: 7/1/26 11:23 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] recent miscellanea and summering loons
Some recent miscellanea include successful nesting by Redheads at Sweetwater Reservoir, likely the first county nesting record south of San Dieguito Lagoon, also successfully nesting Bald Eagles there, a continuing on-and-off Neotropic Cormorant, and a very rare inland Least Tern there on 29 Jun. It is interesting that Least Tern is very rare inland in South County, but it forages regularly inland in small numbers in North County to such sites as Whelan Lake, Guajome, Lake O'Neill, and possibly San Dieguito Reservoir and perhaps all the way to Lake San Marcos. About a dozen Wilson's Phalaropes continue on Pond 22 off the end of 13 Street at the Salt Works. A couple summering American Wigeon are at Lower Otay Lake. A Yellow-crowned Night-Heron fly-by at the La Jolla seawatch on 24 Jun was a pretty good "seawatch" bird. Also a couple Cocos Boobies, the first southbound Common Murres of the season, and a couple Cassin's Auklets on a couple different days. Flocks of post-breeding dispersing Tricolored Blackbirds (mostly males) seem a bit more common than normal, with groups at multiple sites at Lower Otay Lake, Upper Otay Lake, and Sweetwater Reservoir.
This morning (1 Jul), I had a total of 19 Common and 3 Pacific Loons in the ocean in a stretch bordered between off Buccaneer Park (Oceanside) and off the mouth of Agua Hedionda (Carlsbad). When you combine those with Steven Lima's 20+ Commons recently off Del Mar and Encinitas, that certainly results in a lot more than usual in summer (40+). A few other singles scattered in North County to add to the total, but which is typical, as are the few scattered singles in South County between La Jolla and the border--which is also typical, but not above average. Seems to be really just Commons that are common, as today's 3 Pacifics are the only ones in a month, and there haven't been any Red-throateds. And my gut impression is that the numbers of summering Western Grebes in the ocean are below normal. I had a grand total of only a single Surf Scoter this morning (off Oceanside Harbor). The only site with good numbers this summer is South San Diego Bay (Delta Beach area).
Somebody should do a "Loon Big Day" on a calm morning at some point in the next couple weeks from Oceanside down to Torrey Pines or points south and see what total they can get!
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Hotspots nearing bar chart completion (number = weeks missing):
San Diego Bay--Ballast Point - 3 Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Clark Dry Lake - 5 Lopez Ridge Park - 5 Santa Ysabel OSP--west - 5 La Bajada Field (restricted access) - 6 Otay Lakes County Park - 6 Paradise Canyon Open Space - 6 Borrego Springs--Old Springs Road OSP - 7 Collier Park (Ramona) - 7 Carmel Mission Park - 8 Carmel Valley Community Park - 8 Eternal Hills Cemetery - 8 Henshaw Scenic Vista - 8 San Dieguito Dr. south end - 8 Beacon's Beach - 9 Warwick Ave riparian - 9 Borrego Springs--De Anza Country Club (private) - 10 Horse Ranch Creek Open Space - 10
Hotspots with 3+ week bar chart gaps:
Alga Norte Community Park Nexus Center Dr. tipus Ross Lake Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Blair Valley Ramona Airport Road Borrego Springs--The Palms at Indian Head Hotel Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Hellhole Canyon Montclair Park Palomar Community College Butterfield Ranch Camp Pendleton--Macs Road Ponds (restricted access) Cuyamaca Rancho SP--Cold Stream Trail
Cheers,
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Date: 6/23/26 1:03 pm From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] (Rare) Bird ID group-think, questioning authority, and bird-finding abilities
A week ago, the monthly zoom meeting of San Diego Field Ornithologists was treated to a talk by Connecticut (and ex-UK) birder Julian Hough on "Phantasms and Fallacies--Problems and Pitfalls of Bird Identification." In this talk, Julian looks at the psychology of how we identify birds and discusses such topics as the need to question authority and to keep an open mind, how can both single and large groups of birders misidentify birds, and why do a small number of birders find an inordinate number of rare birds. (As program chair for SDFO, you are also forced to see a bit of me at the beginning and end.)
Many of the topics Julian addresses are important to all birders, especially those out looking for and chasing rare birds. The talk lasts one hour and has been recorded and saved as a YouTube video available to all. I recommend people take a look.
https://youtu.be/XIV8HZKrrDo?si=gqdCKfs9pctRSwJE On a personal note, as a San Diego eBird reviewer, author of a monthly rare-bird column, and keeper of San Diego County rare-bird data, I am keenly interested in the accuracy of reports and in the carefulness of observers.
--Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Date: 6/22/26 12:50 am From: Ruslan Balagansky via groups.io <ruslan...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Hotspots for eBird bar charts June 22 - 30
Greetings,
I'm happy to report that nearly all of the main list hotspots from the past week were completed. Now 7 more hotspots have 100% complete bar charts!
A highlight for us was the Santa Ysabel Mission, which featured one of the highest concentrations of breeding activity we've seen this year! Most notably, we saw a Hooded Oriole adding material to a nest - apparently the first confirmation within a 10km radius! 6 Confirmed codes in all for the mission, more than doubling the confirmations for that atlas block, plus one more at a brief stop along the 79.
Next week we have two hotspots that can be 100% completed (marked in bold + red), but otherwise we're back to a normal-ish sized main list.
Hotspots nearing bar chart completion (number = weeks missing):
*Colina Del Sol Park - 1Kimball Park - 1* Tijuana River Valley--campground - 3 La Bajada Field (restricted access) - 7 Otay Lakes County Park - 7 Paradise Canyon Open Space - 7 San Vicente Reservoir - 8 Agua Hedionda Lagoon--Harbor Dr. - 9 Delta Beach--north overlook - 9 Beacon's Beach - 10 Horse Ranch Creek Open Space - 10 Valley Middle School Trail - 10
Hotspots with 3+ week bar chart gaps:
Encinitas--Arden Dr. Poggi Creek greenbelt & residential Crest Drive (Encinitas) Lemon Grove Park Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Blair Valley Torrey Meadows Park Borrego Springs--The Palms at Indian Head Hotel Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Hellhole Canyon Montclair Park Leon Avenue & Berry Park Horsethief Canyon Trail Palomar Community College El Camino Country Club Pond -- Vista Way Butterfield Ranch Camp Pendleton--Macs Road Ponds (restricted access) Cuyamaca Rancho SP--Cold Stream Trail San Diego NWR--Hidden Valley Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Mountain Palm Springs
Cheers,
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