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: Yearbirds Blue-winged Teal and Common Tern. Didn't get a picture of the yearbird Forester's Terns flying around: Yearbird Nothern Mockingbird: Anna's Hummer: Yearbird Greater Yellowlegs: Female Anna's Hummer on a nest: Yearbird Savannah Sparrow: After we were done there we hurried to the baseball game at Petco Park! We watched the Padres vs the Giants: Our hotel was right next to the airport: Next morning we went to Balboa Park again. Yearbird Western Tanager: Yearbird Hooded Oriole: Then we went to a reserve but there wasn't good access. Common Tern: Then we went to the San Diego river mudflats. Yearbirds Marbled Godwit and Western Sandpiper (the small ones). Also yearbird Semipalmated Plover is the small bird in the center with the ring around its neck: Yearbird Ruddy Duck: Western Grebe: Eared Grebe: Yearbird Brant: Male Ruddy Duck: Lifer Little Blue Heron: Lifers Elegant and Royal Terns (Elegants have slimmer oranger beaks, and Royals have heavier more reddish beaks). Also Yearbird American Avocet to the far right: Yearbird Whimbrel: Forster's Tern in front and more American Avocets in back: Spotted Sandpiper and Snowy Egret: Then we headed over to a friend's favorite spot and met up with him to bird. Heard lifer Bewick's Wren and saw lifer Nuttal's Woodpecker: Yearbird House Wren: Lifer Wrentit: Yearbird Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Lifer California Gnatcatchers could be heard throughout the area but no luck in getting a photo. Yearbird California Scrub-Jay: The Pacific Ocean: Savannah Sparrow: Marbled Godwit: Black Phoebe: Lifer Red-crowned Parrots: Yellow-rumped Warbler: Finally, the Kingbird surprise! Lifer Tropical Kingbird which I got some pretty nice photos of, and since I did (and didn't realize it was a Tropical at the time) I didn't get good photos of a Cassin's. Here's the one photo I got of a Cassin's: Western Bluebird: Then our flight was delayed so we spent a few more minutes hanging out in San Diego. We went to a park and got some good photos of a Black Phoebe and Northern Rough-winged Swallow: Hooded Oriole and Northern Mockingbird capped off the trip:
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