Photos

Views of the river valley

An early June morning view of the San Dieguito River where a new, 160-ft bridge will link the Osuna segment of the Coast to Crest Trail to the western portion of the popular hiking, biking, and riding trail / Photo: Jeff Carmel
Sunset over the Del Mar Lagoon / Photo: John Weare

Birds and other creatures of the river Valley

Diving Forster’s Tern / Photo: John Weare
Forster’s Tern with catch / Photo: John Weare
Spotted Sandpiper and Pacific Oysters in the San Dieguito Lagoon / Photo: John Weare
Cliff swallows along the riverbank / Photo: John Weare
Cliff swallow / Photo: John Weare
Cliff swallows gathering mud for nests under the I-5 overpass above the San Dieguito River / Photo: John Weare
Juvenile Osprey / Photo: Paul Haydu
Red-winged blackbird / Photo: John Weare
Great Blue Heron fledglings awating dinner / Photo: John Weare
Osprey chicks ready for flight training above the Coast to Crest Trail in Del Mar / Photo: John Weare
Juvenile Northern Rough-winged Swallow flying amongst Cliff Swallows near the I-5 overpass / Photo: John Weare
Black Phoebe on final approach / Photo: John Weare
Black Phoebe resting on a rock along the river / Photo: John Weare
Cliff Swallows constructing mud nests on concrete buttress of I-5 overpass in Del Mar / Photo: John Weare
Cliff Swallows at mealtime / Photo: John Weare
Perched Anna’s Hummingbird along the San Dieguito River / Photo: John Weare
Great Egret fledglings roughhouse in their nest before going back to sleep. Such aggression is common and large chicks often kill their smaller siblings – a behavior known as siblicide / Photo: John Weare
Juvenile Egrets scanning the sky / Photo: John Weare
Confusion in the nest as three juvenile Great Egrets jockey for position / Photo: John Weare
Fledgling Egret launches – on a wing and a prayer / Photo: John Weare
Fledgling Egret tests wings in pre-flight / Photo: John Weare
Great Egret, symbol of the National Audubon Society, on final approach / Photo: John Weare
Great Egret feeding young / Photo: John Weare
A male Anna’s Hummingird hovers for a drink from a Bladderpod bush near the Del Mar Lagoon / Photo: John Weare
A hungry Double-crested Cormorant, with its distinctive orange throat patch, nabs a Diamond Turbot in the San Dieguito Lagoon / Photo: John Weare
Double-crested Cormorant and Diamond Turbot down the gullet / Photo: John Weare
Killdeer gathering bugs along the river bank / Photo: John Weare
Feeding time for Cliff Swallows nesting beneath the I-5 overpass / Photo: John Weare
A flight of Cliff swallows over the San Dieguito River / Photo: John Weare
Juvenile Egrets in their Torrey Pine tree nest / Photo: John Weare
Male House finch among the grasses and weeds along the river / Photo: John Weare
A charm of House finches catching up on the latest news / Photo: John Weare
Monarch butterfly along the riverbank / Photo: John Weare