Rose-br Grosbeak, Summer Tanager, Reddish Egret, miscellanea

Thursday morning, the 24th, a so-so number of migrants in residential Point Loma included a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, on the move northward, near Silver Gate and Warner, and a singing SUMMER TANAGER on the PLNU campus. The "best" western migrant was a rather late male Black-throated Gray Warbler, which ties the late spring migrant date published in the SD Atlas. To give an idea of what's on the move now in late May, here are the other migrant totals:  W. Wood-Pewee: 3, Pac-slope Flycatcher: 1, Warbling Vireo: 4, Yellow Warbler: 10, Townsend's Warbler: 5, Wilson's Warbler: 5, Western Tanager: 5, Lazuli Bunting: 2 (getting a bit late).  Also today, there's a young REDDISH EGRET in the San Diego River channel adjacent to Sea World.

Brown Boobies continue to be seen in the early morning scoping offshore from the south end of Seacoast Dr. in Imperial Beach, where there were also a couple lingering Parasitic Jaegers a few days ago. At least 2, maybe 3, pairs of Yellow-crowned Night-Herons nesting in the I.B. Sports Park. A total of 70 W. Sandpipers yesterday at the saltworks pond at the end of 13th St. is a good total for this late in the month. Several Redheads at San Dieguito Lagoon in Del Mar are at the site where nesting has taken place several of the past years, but lower water levels this year due to inadequate rainfall may mean poor success. And speaking of "lingering" waterfowl…there aren't many! Some late stuff at scattered coastal sites the past week includes a single "Black" Brant, 1 Northern Shoveler, and several American Wigeon. There may still be a Bufflehead at Robb Field.  But not a good lingering duckie showing this season.

–Paul Lehman,  San Diego
Source: SanDiegoRegionBirding Latest Reports