Remsen, J.V. 1975 Journal Dec.19 and tamarisks which looks as if it may have Bell's Vireos in season. (count) Everywhere ORVs have caused damage, especially in the wet meadows bordering the river (flowing th Dec - all year?). The tamarisks around the lake look good for birds but are impenetrable. The thickets around the campground seem good for a variety of desert birds, Dec.20 San Diego area (Christmas Count), San Diego Co. Calif. Area: Tijuana River Estuary (0730-1000), Imperial Beach Pier (0635-0730) Silver Strand (1000 - 1715) Time: 0635 - 1715 (rain 0930-1030) Observers: Jon Berman, Gere Gurns Temp: 45-65 Wind: 0-2^5 Sky: overcast Species: Common Loon 9 Am. Avocet 25 Arctic Loon 1 Semipalmated Plover 6 Red-throated Loon 16 Killdeer 14 Loon (Cp) 38 Snowy Plover 36 Horned Grebe 74 Black-bellied Plover 125 Eared Grebe 40 Marbled Godwit 1250 Western Grebe 200 Whimbrel 2 Pied-billed Grebe 22 Long-billed Curlew 12 White Pelican 19 Great Yellowlegs 17 Brown Pelican 69 Willet 700 Double-crested Cormorant 390 Ruddy Turnstone 17 Brandt's Cormorant 2 Black Turnstone 3 Great Blue Heron 10 short-billed Dowitcher 500 Great Egret 7 Red Knot 270 Snowy Egret 93 Sanderling 269 45 Louisiana Heron 1 Western Sandpiper 1205 American Bittern 1 Least Sandpiper 25 Black Brant 100 Dunlin 300 American Brant 1 Pamaea Jaeger 1 N. Pintail 130 Glaucous-winged Gull 473 Green-winged Teal 30 Herring Gull 40 Am. Wigeon 14 Thayer's Gull 5 Lesser Scaup 6500 California Gull 1300 Common Goldeneye 34 Ring-billed Gull 800 Bufflehead 300 Mew Gull 3 Surf Scotr 14,000 Bonaparte's Gull 700 Ruddy Duck 100 Black-legged Kittiwake Red-breasted Merganser 235 Heermann's Gull 18 White-tailed Hite 1 Forster's Tern 570 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Common Tern 2 N. Marsh Harrier 2 Royal Tern 4 Am. Merstrel 4 Caspian Tern 9 Clapper Rail 15 Rock Dove 12 Virginia Rail 1 Mourning Dove 12 Sora 1 Belted Kingfisher 4 Common Flicker 1