Eastern Phoebe, Plumbeous, Summer, 900 swallows

The Eastern Phoebe back for its third winter, which Jonny Sperling keeps track of, continued first thing Sunday morning at the (southwest) corner of Jonel X Speyers in San Miguel Ranch. It had the amazing ability of hopping behind a wall and totally disappearing. At nearby Sweetwater Reservoir, there was an impressive concentration of 900+ swallows, involving a winter-record 250+ Barns, and 700+ Trees and one Rough winged. Surprisingly no Violet-greens. Continuing incubating Bald Eagle on nest. Much smaller numbers of the same swallows at Lower Otay Lake. And at Heritage Park in eastern Chula Vista there’s a continuing Plumbeous Vireo back for its third winter that especially likes the crescent of pines in the park, where also an especially large flock of 40 Chipping Sparrows; and to the north of the park along the paved walkway lined with tipu trees there is a continuing splotchy Summer Tanager.

Paul Lehman, San Diego