Preserving and interpreting the natural and cultural resources of the San Dieguito River Valley
The San Dieguito Monthly Bird Count identified 116 species in December, with no new species. This leaves the cumulative species total at 243 after 10 full years of bird surveys. Click here for the PDF document with the detailed monthly results from January 2010 through December 2019. Bird Count Leader Jayne Lesley reported there were… Read More »
The San Dieguito Monthly Bird Count identified 100 species in November, with no new species. This leaves the cumulative species total at 243. Click here for the PDF document with the detailed monthly results through November 2019. Bird Count Leader Jayne Lesley reported that only a couple more duck species have arrived, along with a… Read More »
Palomar Audubon Society Trip Leaders guide birders around different areas of Lake Hodges, like Del Dios Community Park, the Boat Dock, and Bernardo Bay, every year in spring and fall. The list of bird species seen is then posted on the PAS website. SDRP has compiled the lists since October 2013 into a PDF document.… Read More »
Palomar Audubon Society Trip Leader Jim Beckman guides birders through San Pasqual Valley in early spring, and the list of bird species seen is posted on the PAS website. SDRP has compiled the lists from 2014-2019 into a PDF document. 45 bird species were seen this year, and 2 of them were new: Snowy Egret… Read More »
The San Dieguito Monthly Bird Count identified 93 species in October, which includes a new species to the list- the Common Tern! This brings the cumulative species total up to 243. Click here for the PDF document with the detailed monthly results through October 2019. Bird Count Leader Jayne Lesley reported that the little bit… Read More »
The San Dieguito Monthly Bird Count identified 95 species in August and 96 species in September. No new bird species were seen, so the cumulative species total remains at 242. Click here for the PDF document with the detailed monthly results through September 2019. Bird Count Leader Jayne Lesley reported that winter migrant shorebirds are… Read More »
2014 would provide some great learning opportunities within the San Dieguito River Valley. Our executive director at the time Dick Bobertz along with Poway City Councilman Jim Cunningham and San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy board member Bill Simmons were finishing the final segment of their more than 72-mile trek of the Coast to Crest Trail… Read More »
The San Dieguito Monthly Bird Count identified 95 species in July- which is another monthly record! Again, no new bird species were seen, so the cumulative species total remains at 242. Click here for the PDF document with the detailed monthly results through July 2019. Note: a Wilson’s Phalarope was also seen but was accidentally… Read More »
The San Dieguito Monthly Bird Count identified 101 species in May and 97 species in June- a record for the month of June! No new bird species were seen, so the cumulative species total remains at 242. Click here for the PDF document with the detailed monthly results through June 2019. According to Bird Count… Read More »
After fifteen years of planning and two years of waiting for multiple government agencies to issue dozens of permits, construction was finally scheduled to start on the San Dieguito Lagoon Wetland Restoration Project. As mitigation/compensation for the loss of fish eggs and larvae attributed to the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station 33 miles north, Southern… Read More »
