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The plan is to depart from the parking lot of the Best Western Americana Inn 815 W San Ysidro Boulevard San Ysidro California 877-504-0184 At 7:30 a.m. on Saturday 1/17/26.

We will first stop at several points along the San Diego River then work our way down the Point Loma peninsula, stopping at the Fort Rosecrans Cemetery, then down to the Cabrillo National Monument. This area is quite the migrant stop over. Just about anything is possible. When done, we will work our way back up the peninsula, stopping at Famosa Slough, then on to the Tijuana Estuary. That will probably be where we will eat lunch. There have been sightings of Little Blue Herons, Yellow-crowned Night Herons and Reddish Egrets there. Time permitting, we will try some of the fields in the Hollister-Dairy Mart-Monument Road area. We will return to the Best Western Americana Inn for the traditional wine and cheese party and rehydration event.

Sunday, depending on traffic, we might try the La Jolla cliffs early (before the traffic) looking for oystercatchers and the like, then on to Mission Trails Regional Park. Mission Trails Regional Park is a chaparral type park, but with a fair bit of water. This stop may change depending on the water supply. I will know more after my scouting run.

I may tweak the route a little after I make a scouting run, so watch the website for any changes.

Bring: Figure on two sack lunches, the usual bird watching stuff and some sun screen. As with all of our wine and cheese parties, creativity is in order. Scopes will be a definite plus.

Trip Leader:  Jay Oberholtzer. Let me know if you plan to attend. Please either email me at tvulture@earthlink.net or telephone my office at 562-945- 2839.