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Birding along Rose Creek

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).

Photo Northern Pintails (Male and Female)

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.

By Karin, ago

City Nature Challenge April 27-30

City Nature Challenge, which takes place from April 27-30, 2018, is a worldwide competition to see which city can make the most observations of their local plants and animals over a 4-day period. And San Diego composes part of one of only 35 biodiversity hotspots in the world, so we should have this in the bag!City Nature Challenge Graphic

The global event is organized by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and California Academy of Sciences, and The Nat is spearheading our local effort. The goal is to document as many species as possible via your smartphone. The event begins Friday, April 27 at 12 AM PT and ends Monday, April 30 at 11:59 PM PT.

The Friends of Rose Creek is hosting a BioBlitz o Sunday, April 29 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.  The more people participate and the more observations each of you makes, the more likely we are to elevate the biodiversity information on Rose Creek.

For more information on the City Nature Challenge, click here. If you are interested in attending the Rose Creek BioBlitz, click here.

#CNC2018SD

By Karin, ago

San Diego Says No to Off-Shore Oil Drilling

Speakers included democrats and republicans talking about why they oppose off-shore oil wells. A huge thank you to Oceana, san Diego 350, San Diego Sierra Club and all the volunteers who made signs, etc. #protectouroceans

By Karin, ago

Women’s March 2018

Great day in San Diego with 37,000 plus people. I drummed with the women’s drum group. #WomensMarch2018.

By Karin, ago