SDBG 1

With NE spring warbler migration mostly (entirely?) over, it’s time to head back in time a few months to a great outing in March to the rather amazing San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas, California. Lots of plants, & lots of birds enjoying the plants!

Bushtit
Map to garden adventures
Song Sparrow
Bushtit II
Bottle Tree (Brachychiton rupestris)
California Towhee
Bushtit III
Elevated view of gardens (foreground) and nearby neighborhoods (background)
California Towhee II
Spotted Towhee
Elephant Foot Tree (Beaucarnea recurvata)
Orange-crowned Warbler
California Towhee III
Toni’s Tree House
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Maiden’s Quiver Tree (Aloe ramosissima), foreground
California Towhee IV
Northern Mockingbird
Candelabra Tree (Euphorbia ingens) or similar
Common Raven
Bushtit IV
View of gardens
Spotted Towhee II
Northern Mockingbird II
Blooming Elephant Foot Tree
Orange-crowned Warbler II
Orange-crowned Warbler III
Heading into the rainforest

What’s great about San Diego Botanic Garden is the (i) variety/diversity of plants and (ii) it’s been around (first private and then public) for 80+ years = many magnificent mature specimens.

Bonus section (re-post?) of Orange-crowned Warbler at a nearby location in San Diego County, same date, better showing the orange crown:

Coming up next time, more at SDBG, including lots of hummingbirds! (Yay!)

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