Along with the continuing Varied Thrush and Williamson’s Sapsucker, there is an adult male Hermit Warbler. Unusual for this time of year, it was feeding along the creek area near where I first spotted the female Varied Thrush. Approximate coordinates are:
32.862022,-116.435112.
Barbara Carlson
San Diego
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Late morning Tuesday I checked out Paul Chad's report from yesterday of an interesting empidonax flycatcher at Genesee Highlands HOA Park in UTC. I quickly found the bird frequenting the southeast extension of the park and it appears to be a Hammond's Flycatcher. I did not hear it call, but it looks to me like a typical winter Hammond's in all respects.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Burrowing owl north of NW baseball field, Tricolor Heron in same area. Snow Goose north of skate park
Mike Wittmer
Escondido
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On Tuesday morning, there is a Lucy's Warbler in the upper section of San Dieguito Park in inland Solana Beach, close to the Rancho Santa Fe boundary. This is the smaller, upper section of the park which has a $3 entrance fee if you drive in, however there are a bunch of free, dirt parking slots just outside the gate. On Highland Avenue just north of Lomas Santa Fe and just south of Sun Valley Road. The park officially opens at 9:00 a.m., and I have no idea if it ever opens early or not. The Lucy's is frequenting the large tipu trees, which are loaded with yellow rumps and orange crowns and Ruby crowns.
On private property nearby there's a continuing bullocks oriole and a western tanager. Yesterday, up in southern Carlsbad, I had two or three Bullock's Orioles on private property, and at least one of Tito's Mountain Bluebirds continues at the big horse pasture on the northeast side of Batiquitos Lagoon. Scope needed.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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Had a vocalizing Empidonax this afternoon at the Genesee Highlands tiny HOA park. My sight impression leaned toward Hammond's, but wing-primaries extension seemed very short…
Consulted vocal playback on internet, and call notes good for Dusky, no good for either Hammond's nor Pacific-slope.
This HOA park is of course technically private property, but seems open to the casual non-resident visitor.
Paul Chad
University City
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Expanding on what Rodney posted, the Varied Thrush materialized on the big clump of boulders right next to the pump house where it stayed out in the open for several minutes, flew up high into the surrounding pines for a bit, then dove back down into the creek where it started following it North moving from bush to bush. At one point it dove down into the creek bed and we didn't see it again so I can only assume it continued moving Northbound. I hope that is helpful if anyone else is looking for it. The female Williamson's Sapsucker showed up in some pines just southeast of the pump house right next to the barbed wire fence post, but disappeared almost as quickly as it appeared.
Also present was the persistent population of Cassin's Finches, the Red-breasted x Red-naped Sapsucker Hybrid that had been reported back in October by Lisa Ruby and Terry Hurst, as well as another Gray-headed Junco.
Purple Finches and Band-tailed Pigeons were in high numbers and when I first pulled into the parking lot a large group of birds flushed from the little center pine section, including what looked a lot like a Townsend's Solitaire to me, but I didn't get a clear enough view to confirm it.
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Andrew Newmark
Hillcrest, San Diego CA
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Travis Kemnitz
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Andrew Newmark refound the male Varied Thrush next to the pump house at around 9:30am. We spent a couple hours in that location before it showed up. Andrew also spotted the Williamson's Sapsucker after 10am in same general area. Desiree and I just missed it, missing a lifer. The usual mountain birds frequenting the water stream. List and photos to posted later.
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