Every holiday season I lead a few bird walks along the Pacific Beach portion of Rose Creek. This time of year is full of winter visitors as well as our local birds. The winter visitors come down from Alaska and Canada to spent a few months in beautiful Pacific Beach. Can you blame them? At any rate, this year in addition to the local Osprey, Great Blue Heron’s, Great Egrets, and Snowy Egrets, we spotted Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, and a bird I have not yet been able to identify. It looks a bit like the Northern Pintail, but has a white band around it’s head from top to bottom. I haven’t gotten a good photo of it yet, but there’s still time.
Enjoy this photo of a Northern Pintail pair (and no I did no take this photo).
Northern Pintails (Male and Female)
World Wetlands Day takes place on Saturday, February 2 and in San Diego we will be celebrating Love Your Wetlands Day along Rose Creek and in the Kendal-Frost Marsh. Please come out and see these birds for yourself.
