Townsend’s solitaire etc Pt Loma 10-31-22
By – 4:43 pm
Elizabeth Copper and I birded several spots in Pt Loma this morning (10/31/22), but it was relatively quiet with most of the rarities of the previous weeks appearing to have moved on. Highlights included a Townsend’s solitaire moving tree to tree on the NW side of the intersection of Dudley & Silvergate around 10:15, a western tanager near the south end of Ft Rosecrans earlier, and a bright male Bullock’s oriole at Pt Loma Nazarene University south of the SE corner of the parking structure. We were unable to refind the Fiesta Island longspurs, raising the question if they’re moving back & forth to Crown Pt…(I also had 2 western tanagers last week in Tierrasanta: 1 in the Portofino area & 1 in eucs along the south edge of Farb Middle School sports fields/north edge of Roadrunner Park).R. PattonSan Diego, CA