Birds of San Diego, 100510

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From VV's garden, I could see this tree which seemed to have

HOUSE SPARROWS

instead of leaves...






A common bird around San Diego is the

CALIFORNIA TOWHEE




I got what Mary Dueren of the St.Louis Audubon Society has provisionally id'd for me as the

CACTUS WREN

Update...Mary says this is the Bewick's Wren.

Here's one, sitting on a Torrey Pine:




and its closeup:




I got it singing beautifully:

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I saw this Hawk, and I am waiting for word on whether it's a Cooper's (more likely!) or a Sharp-shinned Hawk:




This

WRENTIT

cocked its white eye at me from some bushes:




I've not yet been able to id this bird: Update, Mary Dueren of the St.Louis Audubon Society says her group has finally decided it's a

CANYON TOWHEE




waiting for the Audubon Society response....

Earlier, I had got quick shot of this

FIELD SPARROW:




the HOUSEFINCH looked a little different from the ones that tried to nest at home:




This

BLACK PHOEBE was busy eating:




The BROWN PELICAN and the DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT are in

this post about La Jolla