Site Report: San Diego Estuary

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Female

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Female

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Male

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Male

Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)

Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)

Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)

Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)

Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)

Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Female

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Male

Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)

Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)

Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)

Just south of the Mission Beach area is an estuary of sorts.

Visits

2007-04-11: During a visit to San Diego to see the Giants play the Padres, I stopped over here for a couple of hours in the afternoon.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (16 records)

Phylum: Chordates (16 records)

Class: Birds (16 records)

Order: Anseriformes (5 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Brant (Branta bernicla)
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)

Order: Pelicans (8 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Family: Herons
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
- Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)
- Family: Plovers
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Lifelists

Trips

No trip reports available.