July 15, 2009: Tijuana River Valley and Imperial Beach Birding (San Diego County, California)

After Melissa arrived in San Diego we took a quick tour of birding locations in the Tijuana River Valley. First it was back to the Tijuana River Estuary...

Least Tern

House Finch

Above and Below: (Large Billed) Savannah Sparrow

Willet

Least Tern

Osprey

Flying Double-Crested Cormorant

Above and Below: Western Sandpiper

Flying Elegant Tern

Above and Below: Piping Plovers

Savannah Sparrow

Heerman's Gull

Now some birding in Tijuana River Valley Park:

Allen' s Hummingbird

Black Phoebe

California Towhee

Pacific Slope Flycatcher

Anise Swallowtail

Common Raven

July 12, 2009: Tijuana River Beach and Mount Palomar (San Diego County, California)

Today I landed at the San Diego airport around noon and had some free time before getting ready for my ESRI conference. I met up with Mark Yacucci from Illinois and local birder BJ Stacy at Imperial Beach in San Diego for some birding along the Tijuana River Estuary. Here are some photos from that visit. We first made a quick stop at the end of 7th Street nearby:

Black-Necked Stilt

Black Skimmer

Now from Tijuana River Slough:

Elegant Tern

Gull-Billed Tern

Western Sandpiper

A view of Tijuana, Mexico (sports stadium)

Above and below: Flying Brown Pelicans

Least Tern

Piping Plover

Sanderling

Ruddy Turnstone

Semipalmated Plover

Double-Crested Cormorant

Marbled Godwit

A variety of shorebirds looking across the Tijauna River

Piping Plover

Gull Billed Tern

Next Mark Yacucci and I made a brief stop at Palomar Mountain, hoping for a Red Breasted Sapsucker. No such luck but we got a few photos ...

Acorn Woodpecker

Baby Common Moorhen