Preserving and interpreting the natural and cultural resources of the San Dieguito River Valley
The San Dieguito River Park’s Coast to Crest Trail received a big boost from the State Budget in support of the Osuna Segment of CTC Trail! Thanks to Senator Blakespear’s strong support and advocacy, the JPA was awarded $1.4 Million in State funds to close a long-standing gap in the CTC Trail – the Osuna… Read More »
The Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Osuna Segment of CTC Trail has been released for a 30-day public review and comment period from May 5 – June 5, 2023. Please submit any comments in writing by the due date of June 5, 2023 to Shawna Anderson, Executive Director at shawna@sdrp.org Project Information, the… Read More »
The SDRP’s very own Senior Supervising Ranger David Hekel was honored this year by BWR California with their kUDOs Award. Given to those who go above and beyond to bring a positive spirit to the BWR event (12th year in the San Dieguito River Park!) and who venture forth not for themselves but in service… Read More »
Currently we are 21 miles short of realizing the 71-mile vision of the Coast to Crest Trail from Del Mar to Julian: 49 miles completed and 1 mile slated for construction in 2023 8 miles in process or partnering with other organizations 13 miles – HELP CLOSE THE GAP to make the Coast to Crest… Read More »
Despite the sauna-like conditions, we still managed to tally 101 species, including one new species, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Area 3, bringing our cumulative total to 263. Great job, everyone! The featured bird this month is the Semipalmated Plover taken by Ranger Dave near the Grand Avenue Bridge area. Click here for the PDF document with results… Read More »
Species of note included a new one, Lesser Nighthawk in area 1. This brings the overall cumulative total to 261. In addition, we observed a Black-chinned Hummingbird in Area 1; as well as at least 1 Tricolored Blackbird, and two American Robins in Area 2, species we don’t see that often. The Neotropic Cormorant seen… Read More »
The summer doldrums are just about here, but we still managed to find 90 species this month, keeping the overall cumulative total at 260 with no new species. Interesting observations included Least Terns in several areas, including confirmed nests in Area 3. In addition, we had American Goldfinches feeding young in Area 2. Other interesting… Read More »
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s out there! We had lots of baby birds on this May count to help us celebrate. We tallied 121 species, and two new species in Area 4, bringing our cumulative total to 260. New species included a Swinhoe’s White-eye seen by Sue Smith and a Calliope Hummingbird found… Read More »
Well despite a few groups feeling as though this month’s count was a bit slow, we managed to see 106 species which is quite good for October. In addition, we had 4 new species! We had a Palm Warbler in the tomato fields of area 3, a Least Flycatcher in the dried up pond behind… Read More »
We had better coverage this time and we saw a total of 96 species, which is a good number for September, despite not seeing too many migrants. Our overall cumulative total stands steady at 251. We got to area 4 just as the sun was coming up and were rewarded with a Barn Owl over… Read More »
