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Elegant Tern

2019-09-06 – Friday at Border Field
2019-09-06 – Friday at Border Field

Earlier I wrote about the first two stops I made on my tour through some of my favorite locations between the San Diego Bay and the Mexican border. This episode…

2012-09-08 Equestrians at Border Field
2012-09-08 Equestrians at Border Field

I headed south on a Saturday morning to the beach at Border Field. One cannot go further south along the Pacific Coast unless one wants to go into Mexico. When…

2013-08-23 J-Street and Border Field
2013-08-23 J-Street and Border Field

Two locations well worth visiting any time I’m in South San Diego Bay region are J-Street by Chula Vista’s Bayfront Park, and Border Field near the Mexican border. I spent…

2013-08-02 Border Field Again
2013-08-02 Border Field Again

I took a direct route to Border Field this early August Friday morning. I passed the Bird and Butterfly Gardens on my way. I ignored the Dairy Mart Ponds as…

2015-08-05 Saltworks
2015-08-05 Saltworks

Having spent way too much time of late at the computer rebuilding my website, it was important that I get out to the field. Since Wednesday was a Saltworks day,…

2015-07-08 Saltworks
2015-07-08 Saltworks

It’s always a pleasure to hang with the science team when they march through the levees at the Saltworks to survey the terns and skimmers nesting there. I’ve been lucky…

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