New Year's Day

Our second annual Sand-to-Sage San Diego County New Year's Day driving tour bagged an even 80 bird species, and a few cool mammals.  

How many places in the civilised portions of the northern hemisphere can two people in one car do that on a January 1st outing?  What a place we live in!

Canada Goose, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Redhead, Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Wild Turkey, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, American White Pelican, Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret, White-faced Ibis, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, American Coot, American Avocet, Willet, Whimbrel, Marbled Godwit, Heermann's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Western Gull, California Gull, Rock Pigeon, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Greater Roadrunner, Barn Owl, Anna's Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Acorn Woodpecker, American Kestrel, Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, Cassin's Kingbird, Western Scrub-Jay, American Crow, Common Raven, Verdin, Bushtit, Rock Wren, Bewick's Wren, Cactus Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, California Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Western Bluebird, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Phainopepla, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, California Towhee, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Tricolored Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brewer's Blackbird, Purple Finch, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch.