Preserving and interpreting the natural and cultural resources of the San Dieguito River Valley
If you have been to the park lately you might have noticed these beautiful plants blooming. Its scientific name is Hesperoyucca whipplei but it also goes by chaparral yucca, Quixote yucca, foothill yucca, Spanish dagger, and even Our Lords Candle (because of the beautiful glow when the sunlight was directly behind the blossoming plant). One… 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 »
Join the Friends of Sikes Adobe and San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association for a day of living history – Sunday, December 1, 2019, 11am to 3pm! Battle Day relives the events of the bloodiest battle fought in California during the Mexican-American War in 1846, and Festive Farmhouse recreates an 1880s pioneer farming family’s Christmas celebration.… Read More »
On October 8, 2011, the San Dieguito River Park celebrated the opening of a short trail with a long horizon – the Old Coach Trail – linking the Coast to Crest Trail in San Pasqual Valley to the City of Poway’s vast trail system including the regional Trans-County Trail. The 200 feet of new trail,… Read More »
San Dieguito River Park (SDRP) has transformed and evolved tremendously over the past almost 12 years since the devastating Witch Creek Fire engulfed the San Pasqual Valley, Lake Hodges, and Santa Fe Valley trail systems. The fire burned 247,800 acres and devastated wildlife habitat. At the start of 2008, all the trails in the burn… Read More »
As we celebrate the grand opening of the Pamo Valley segment of the Coast to Crest Trail this year, we look back 28 years to the very first newly constructed trails opened to the public in the San Dieguito River Park- the Clevenger Canyon North and South Trails. Back in 1986, 2,000 acres of land… Read More »
The Cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) has a white eye stripe just behind each eye extending to just before its upper back. Its throat and breast are heavily spotted dark brown and black, and its wings and tail are barred with black, white and brown feathers. Its overall appearance is a creamy colored brown bird with… 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 2014-2018 into a PDF document. 56 bird species were seen this year, and 7 of them were new: Rock Wren,… Read More »
Palomar Audubon Society Trip Leader Jim Beckman guides birders through San Pasqual Valley on the first Saturday in April, and the list of bird species seen is posted on the PAS website. SDRP has compiled the lists from 2014-2017 into a PDF document. 47 bird species were seen this year, and three of them were… Read More »
Palomar Audubon Society Trip Leader Jim Beckman guides birders through San Pasqual Valley on the first Saturday in April, and the list of bird species seen is posted on the PAS website. SDRP has compiled the lists from 2014-2016 into a PDF document that can be viewed by clicking here. A cumulative total of 76… Read More »
