California - Day 13 - 24/1/16

I started the day at Dana Headlands where I very quickly got my first lifer of the day, a California Gnatcatcher. Unfortunately from here on the day didn't produce much in the way of change from yesterday. I spent plenty of hours at two different sites for Tricoloured Blackbird without success that left me far from where I had intended to end the day near the coast. Also a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher site didn't produce the goods, though it hadn't been seen for a few days previous.

Despite this it was another lovely day, and with tomorrow being my last full day, I expect there will be a certain amount of laying on a beach somewhere, though the morning has plenty to offer still in the way of new birds. 

Night in Imperial Beach. 

Dana Point Headland

California Gnatcatcher - 2

California Thrasher - 1

Cooper's Hawk - 1 fem

Laguna Niguel State Park

Townsend's Warbler - 1

Wilson's Warbler - 1

Common Gallinule - 2

Common Yellowthroat - 3

Cedar Waxwing - 15

American Bushtit - 10

Western Grebe - 4

Tree Swallow - 2

Lindo Lake

Belted Kingfisher - 1

Osprey - 2

Savannah Sparrow - 15

Chipping Sparrow - 4

Wood Duck - 6

White-breasted Nuthatch - 1

Vermilion Flycatcher - 1 fem

Cassin's Kingbird - 2

Western Meadowlark - 5

Greater White-fronted Goose - 1

Red-winged Blackbird - 30

Lower Otay Reservoir

Clark's Grebe - 2

Osprey - 1

Brown-headed Cowbird - 75

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher - 1

Bufflehead - 10

Lesser Scaup - 2

 female Cooper's Hawk at Dana Headland

 Wood Duck - after a tense ten days of not seeing one of these, it was nice to catch up with a few

Chipping Sparrow at Lindo Lake