Remsen, J.V. 1978 Apr. 29 [cont] Caso Picacho, Cuyamaca Mtns, San Diego Co., Calif. Area: walk around outskirts of campground Time: ~1 hr. Obs: same Wind: 5-10 SKy: p.c. Species: Red-tailed Hawk Band-tailed Pigeon Acorn Woodpecker Nutalls Woodpecker Ash-throated Flycatcher White-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Steller's Jay Mountain Chickadee Plain Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch Brown Creeper 1 5 5 4 1 1 1 10 3 2 2 3 1 Andrubons Warbler Townsend's Warbler Hermit Warbler Black-headed Grosbeak Purple Finch Rufous-sided Towhee Oregon Junco 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 Comments: Although time of day and weather conditions were nearly identical to those of 25 Apr., bird numbers were much reduced, almost certainly due to abundance of campers using the campground. +elsewhere Hwy 79: Turkey Vulture 1, Cooper's Hawk 1, Red-shouldered Hawk 1 (15 mins) + Santee Lakes, San Diego Co.: Cassin's Kingbird, Black Phoebe, Tricolored Blackbird (1 hr.) + Mission Dam: White-tailed Kite 1, Canyon Wren 1, Yellow-breasted Chat 2, Bells Vireo 2, Rufous-crowned Sparrow 2, Am. Goldfinch 2, Grasshopper Sparrow Brown Towhee 2. Point Loma, San Diego Co., Calif. Area: coast from Coast Guard lighthouse to nearly parking lot next to marine lab Time: 1610-1645 Tide: High Species: Arctic Loon Red-throated Loon Brown Pelican Black Storm-Petrel Brandt's Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant Surf Scoter Black Oystercatcher Black-bellied Plover Ruddy Turnstone Spotted Sandpiper Wandering Tattler 10 1 6 100 10 2 25 1 1 2 1 2 Parasitic Jaeger Western Gull Heermann's Gull Elegant Tern tern (sp) White-throated Swift Barn Swallow Cam. Baren Red-breasted Nuthatch Wrentit Hermit Thrush Ruby-crowned Kinglet Cedar Waxwing Townsend's Warbler Wilson's Warbler Hammond's Flycatcher West. Flycatcher 2 15 1 1 50 1 10 1 1 2 1 50 1 2 1 +brief stops @ Pt. Loma College, Cabritto Nat. Mon. +San Diego Rivermouth: Royal Tern 25, Least Tern 25, Caspian Tern 50, Caspian Tern 10 La Jolla, San Diego Co., Calif. Area: scanned ocean + rocks from Pt. La Jolla Time: ~30 min Tide: high Wind: 0-5 SKy: sunny, p.c. Observers: same Species: Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Brandt's Cormorant Black Turnstone Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger 1 3 2 1 10 20+ tern (sp) Western Gull Heermann's Gull 200 23 8