So I went to San Diego to go to a baseball game with my dad! Since San Diego is an incredible birding hotspot, we got in a lot of birding as well. On the way there, our plane stopped in San Jose where I had a quick glimpse at lifer Vaux's Swift out the window. Unfortunately, it didn't return so I couldn't get a picture. San Diego is such a beautiful town! First we went to a seafood restaurant and enjoyed the birds there. Yearbird Caspian Tern: Yearbird Western Grebe: Yearbird Snowy Egret: Yearbird Western Gull: Black-crowned Night Heron: Then we went to Balboa Park where lifer California Towhee was abundant: Also these prehistoric looking Great Basin Fence Lizards were everywhere: Bushtits were fairly common as well: Yearbird Orange-crowned Warbler: Crummy photos of yearbird Black-headed Grosbeak: Yearbird Anna's Hummingbird: Yearbird Western Bluebird: Pacific-Slope Flycatchers were abundant: Yearbird Black Phoebe: Yearbird Wilson's Warbler: Also I noticed some Kingbirds flying around, mostly Cassin's but a special surprise mixed in! I got photos of both later. Yearbird Red-shouldered Hawk: Lifer Allen's Hummingbird: The next day we went to the Midway Museum! It was pretty amazing: Yearbirds Barn and Northern Rough-winged Swallows were flying around the carrier, and yearbird Common Loon was hanging out in the water nearby: Then we headed up to Cabrillo National Monument. While looking over at the beautiful Pacific Ocean, I spotted lifer California Thrasher messing around in the bushes. Got a quick photo before it disappeared: Yearbird Brown Pelicans with yearbird Heermann's Gulls and yearbird Brandt's Cormorants in the back: The Pacific Ocean: California Towhee: Faraway shot of yearbird Great Egret: Overall view of San Diego: A cool Coast Range Fence Lizard: Another California Towhee: Then we went to a small reserve. Snowy Egrets: Yearbird Willet: Yearbird Black-necked Stilts:
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