The San Dieguito Monthly Bird Count identified 110 species in March, with the sighting of a Mew Gull bringing the cumulative species total at 244. Click here for the PDF document with results for the March 2020 count. Click here for the PDF document with the detailed monthly results through March 2020.

Bird Count Leader Jayne Lesley reported that some of the highlights included a Eurasian Widgeon, lots of Redhead ducks, Hooded and Red-breasted Mergansers, an American White Pelican, Yellow-crowned Night-herons, and a Lawrence’s Goldfinch.

Best of all, we have a new species for our count – a Mew Gull, roosting among the other gulls on the recently restored mudflats off of Jimmy Durante Road.

The featured image of a was taken by SDRP Trails Manager off of the Jimmy Durante bridge on December 25, 2019. Happy to see that they are still being recorded in our area!

Click here for more information about the San Dieguito Lagoon Bird Surveys.