We left Dana Point after a great nights sleep and breakfast for our return trip to San Diego. Deciding to hug the coast down Hwy. 1 to La Hoya, where the Museum of Contemporary Art is located. Sue wanted to take a look and it gave me an opportunity to check out the local shoreline.
Least Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Black Turnstone
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Semi-palmated Sandpiper
I just can’t remember (senior discount/senior moments), the sequence of events but over the next day and a half, we stopped, wherever with thought looked good. Below are some of the better photos.
Western Fence Lizard
Black Phoebe
Scaly-breasted Munia
Egyptian Goose Chick
Orange Bishop
Green Darner
Blue Dasher
Clark’s Grebe
Green Darner 2
Fence Lizard
Fence Lizard Growing a New Tail – Thanks Dan
Arriving back in San Diego that night, I did the tourist thing for a few day’s with Sue.
Ciao for now
BIRDQUEST2004 
Another successful trip, Paul! A few ID assists for you. The dragonfly is a male Blue Dasher, the lizards look to be all Western Fence (one with a regenerated tail) and the second tern from top here is actually an Elegant Tern, note the long thin bill opposed to the first tern (Royal) with the thicker bill with the slight bulge of the lower mandible. Ciao to you! dan b.
Thanks Dan
Yet another wonderful and successful trip. I love the Orange Bishop and the dragonflies.
Thanks Cindy