Field Trips

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Common Moorhen, Green Heron, Tricolored Blackbird, and Least Bell’s Vireo may be found near Kumeyaay Lake. In the grassland areas, we’ll look for White-tailed Kite, Lazuli Bunting, Western Meadowlark, Grasshopper Sparrow, Blue Grosbeak, swallows, and kingbirds.

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This field trip will occur in conjunction with other activities along the river as part of San Diego River Days. A this time of year it is possible to see Osprey, Least Terns, Little Blue Herons, and maybe even Clapper Rails.

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This field trip visits the northwest side of Lake Murray where participants will be taken to native and park associated habitats, including sage scrub, eucalyptus trees, willows and freshwater marsh along the lake. A mixture of bird species will be found such as Great Blue Heron and Snowy Egret, Osprey and Red-tailed Hawk, as well as migrant and resident land birds.

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Most people who visit Torrey Pines either go to the beach or to the portions of the park with cliffs that overlook the ocean. The part of the reserve that we will visit is in Del Mar. We’ll look for Greater Roadrunner, Rufous and Allen’s Hummingbirds, California Gnatcatchers, Yellow-breasted Chats, and other birds.

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Tecolote Canyon is one of several protected urban canyons in the San Diego area that support native plant communities and associated bird life. Birds that that are here for the entire year include hawks, Anna’s Hummingbird, California Thrasher, House Wren, Wrentit, and both California and Spotted Towhees.

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Palomar Mountain State Park is at an elevation of roughly 5,000 feet, it is one of the best places in the county to see high elevation birds of forests and clearings. These include Band-tailed Pigeons, Mountain Quails, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches, Western Tanager, Purple Martin, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Steller’s Jays.

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Otay Valley Regional Park extends 13 miles through the Otay Valley from west of I-5 along the Otay River to the Lower and Upper Otay Lakes. The trail from the Rios Avenue trailhead passes through coastal sage scrub and riparian woodland. Often seen birds are Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Mallard, Western Scrub-Jay, Song Sparrow, California Towhee, Spotted Towhee, and Bewick's Wren.

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Lindo Lake is an urban park in the town of Lakeside. The lake has a variety of ducks, song birds, and herons. Birds likely to be seen include Wood Duck, Eurasian Collared Dove, Western Bluebird, kingbirds, and nesting egrets.

Thomas Guide: 1268:F2   Map

Tecolote Canyon is one of several protected urban canyons in the San Diego area that support native plant communities and associated bird life. Birds that that are here for the entire year include hawks, Anna’s Hummingbird, California Thrasher, House Wren, Wrentit, and both California and Spotted Towhees.