My thanks to the many people who offered ideas for birding in S. California.
We had a wonderful week (Jan 8-15) from San Diego to L.A., Palm Springs
area, Salton Sea, Borrego Springs and back to San Diego. The desert was cold
but the Indian Canyons offered some good birding and interesting habitat.
The San Diego Zoo was awesome and by the end of the week the temp was 70
degrees and perfect weather!



We logged 76 species and 6 life birds:

.         Bean Goose (looks like Greater White-fronted Goose with an orange
band on a dark bill)

.         Oak Titmouse

.         Common Ground Dove

.         Scott's Oriole

.         Brant

.         Clark's Grebe



We took some nice pictures and I have posted a sample of them at
http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/CaliforniaBirds#.



Regards,



Matt Valencic

Chagrin Falls, OH


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