We had two new species in September. Three Baird’s sandpipers in area#3 and a Tricolored Heron flying by the lagoon outlet. This brings our cumulative total species, over 10+ years of the count, to 248 species! Click here for the PDF document with results for the September 2020 count. Click here for the PDF document with the detailed monthly results through September… Read More »
May 2020 San Dieguito Lagoon Bird Survey Results
The San Dieguito Monthly Bird Count this month was not as spectacular as the April count but still very good. They had a total of 107 species, holding at 245 overall. Not so many migrants passing through. Not as much courtship associated singing. But summer breeders are settling in and are busy nesting and raising young.… Read More »
April 2020 San Dieguito Lagoon Bird Survey Results
The San Dieguito Monthly Bird count had a very good count for April despite, or perhaps because of, the COVID restrictions. They had a total of 122 species and high numbers of many species. For example, 129 Common Yellowthroats! Just goes to show you how happy nature is when all the humans are locked up… Read More »
San Dieguito River Park Turns 30! 2014 – Learning lessons along the Coast to Crest Trail
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 »
San Dieguito River Park Turns 30! 2003 – Building on the past for the Future!
2003 marked my third year working for the San Dieguito River Park. I started out in 2000 working as a contracted Ranger Aide/ Maintenance worker and progressed to a full time Ranger later that year. As the park continued to grow and purchase the land needed to build the Coast to Crest Trail, we were… Read More »
San Dieguito River Park Turns 30! 1992 – Working Together
As the idea of a San Dieguito Regional River Park was gaining speed in 1992 and lands on both ends of the park were being purchased, the reality of what was to unfold started sinking in. The areas around Lake Hodges were regarded as an important link between both the San Dieguito Regional River Park… Read More »
San Dieguito River Park Turns 30! The Beginning – 1989…
This year the San Dieguito River Park turns 30! To commemorate this milestone, River Park staff is writing a blog series – highlighting an exciting accomplishment (or maybe a challenging setback) for each year starting with 1989 when the San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority (JPA) was formed. I have the honor of kicking… Read More »
Coast to Crest Trail Awarded $285,140 Grant!
The California Natural Resources Agency awarded a $285,140 River Parkways Program grant to the San Dieguito River Park JPA to build the Pamo Valley segment of the Coast to Crest Trail. The funds will pay for materials, supplies, subcontractors, and other construction-related costs to build the 3-mile long segment of Coast to Crest Trail in… Read More »
Arroyo Toad
This post was originally published on an older version of sdrp.org in Fall 2004 by Shawna Anderson, SDRP Principal Planner. There are several threatened and endangered species that reside within the San Dieguito River Valley. One of them is the Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) listed as Endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Historically… Read More »
North County Lagoons profiled in Historical Ecology study
A fascinating study of the historical ecology of North San Diego County’s six coastal lagoons, including the San Dieguito Lagoon, was recently published (September 2014) and is available for free download. [UPDATE: The report is no longer available for free. Click the link for more information.] What was the San Dieguito Lagoon like in the… Read More »
