September 2022 San Dieguito Lagoon Bird Survey Results
PDF document (opens in new window) with results for the September 2022 count. PDF document (opens in new window) with the detailed monthly results through September 2022.
PAS Lake Hodges Bird Walk Results 2019
Palomar Audubon Society Trip Leaders guide birders around different areas of Lake Hodges, like Del Dios Community Park, the Boat Dock, and Bernardo Bay, every year in spring and fall. The list of bird species seen is then posted on the PAS website. SDRP has compiled the lists since October 2013 into a PDF document. …
2014 – Learning lessons along the Coast to Crest Trail
2014 would provide some great learning opportunities within the San Dieguito River Valley. Our executive director at the time Dick Bobertz along with Poway City Councilman Jim Cunningham and San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy board member Bill Simmons were finishing the final segment of their more than 72-mile trek of the Coast to Crest Trail …
PAS Lake Hodges Bird Walk Results November 2018 Update
Palomar Audubon Society Trip Leaders guide birders around different areas of Lake Hodges, like Del Dios Community Park, the Boat Dock, and Bernardo Bay, every year in spring and fall. The list of bird species seen is then posted on the PAS website. SDRP has compiled the lists since October 2013 into a PDF document. …
Bird of the Month: Red-tailed Hawk
The red-tailed hawk occupies a wide range of habitats and altitudes including deserts, grasslands, coniferous and deciduous forests, agricultural fields, and urban areas. This is the most widespread and familiar large hawk in North America, bulky and broad-winged, designed for effortless soaring. An inhabitant of open country, it is commonly seen perched on roadside poles …
PAS Lake Hodges Bird Walk Results March 2018 Update
Palomar Audubon Society Trip Leaders guide birders around different areas of Lake Hodges, like Del Dios Community Park, the Boat Dock, and Bernardo Bay, every year in spring and fall. The list of bird species seen is then posted on the PAS website . SDRP has compiled the lists since October 2013 into a PDF …
PAS San Pasqual Valley Bird Walk Results 2018
The featured bird this month is the Brewer’s Blackbird The featured image of a Brewer’s Blackbird was taken by Brian Sullivan and was found on The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Birds of North America website. These birds are common year-round in San Diego County. Palomar Audubon Society Trip Leader Jim Beckman guides birders through San …
Visit the Osprey Family at the San Dieguito Lagoon
(Post Updated 3/22/17) In March 2014, the Del Mar Fairgrounds removed the three tall light poles from their paved parking lot. Osprey had built nests on two of those poles. The Fairgrounds installed two osprey nesting platforms near the San Dieguito Lagoon Boardwalk and their south overflow lot wetlands restoration project and transferred the nesting …
Killdeer Nest On Lagoon Trail A Success
The San Dieguito Lagoon is home to 4 new residents! On Saturday, April 11th, 4 killdeer chicks hatched from a nest in the middle of the Coast to Crest Trail. The nest was discovered (and almost run over by the park maintenance vehicle) by Park Ranger Bryan Ward on March 19th, and to protect the …
Two Rare Song Birds
A species of bird, which has been at Lake Hodges for thousands of years, could disappear without creating a connection to other habitat.By Jason Lopez, Resources and Trails Manager, San Dieguito River Park There are two important song birds that live, year round, along the Coast to Crest Trail. They live and breed just off …