Sunday highlights of the San Diego Bird Festival 2014

Today was the last day of the 2014 San Diego Bird Festival.  It was pretty stormy throughout the entire event, pretty much.  Some days were better than others and most events happened regardless of the weather.  It even rained today, but we had some sun, too.  Today was Family Fun Day which means all events are free and open to the public.  I checked out the Big Sit, the Expo and a lecture on local parrots.

The "Big Sit" circle

The Big Sit list as of about 11:30 a.m.

The Big Sit list 2 hours later

The river was a bit high, covering the roosting spots.  It lowered, later in the day:

Spotted sandpiper with a small crab near the "Big Sit":

Greater scaup in same area:

A pair of red-breasted mergansers outside the Expo in the marina:

Inside the expo, Project Wildlife was there with a barn owl named Boo:

They had something new this year:  SoCal Parrots.  They were advocating for the wild parrots in our area.  These are conures in this cage.

Rose-Ring Parakeet flock in College Area

There is a flock of what I suspect to be rose-ring parakeets flying around the College Area of San Diego. I hear that there was a colony on SDSU and the trees or habitat they used was destroyed. The people who had removed the habitat say that the birds haven't been there in 14 years. Well, I've been hearing the flock flying around for the last week or two. I even saw them at the College Grove shopping center.

If you've seen the birds and have video and/or photographs, please let me know. If you get photos before I do, I will post them here with credit to you.

Thanks!