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Coastal SageScrub Stays Alive and Migrant Birds Return

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North Couny Beaches Lose Sand, Santa Ana Season Arrives

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Equal days and nights, Jupiter's closest opposition in 70 years

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Sunset Time Changes Rapidly, Extreme Tides This Week

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Coastal SageScrub Stays Alive and Migrant Birds Return

San Diego’s Coastal SageScrub Vegetation is now at the very nadir of its growth cycle. But the late-summer rain we had a few weeks ago shattered the usual summer drought, ...

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North Couny Beaches Lose Sand, Santa Ana Season Arrives

As the Beach Season Winds Down, San Diego County’s coastline is padded by what are likely the deepest and widest accumulations of sand we’ll see this year. Many stretches of ...

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Equal days and nights, Jupiter's closest opposition in 70 years

Fall Officially Begins at 8:09 pm local time on Wednesday, September 22 — a good excuse to throw an impromptu evening party to celebrate the occasion. At equinox, the sun ...

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Sunset Time Changes Rapidly, Extreme Tides This Week

The Time of Sunset changes most rapidly this time of the year. This is mainly because the sun is swinging rapidly south along the ecliptic (its apparent path through the ...

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Chaparral Hangs Around and Warm Water Peaks

The Chaparral, the tangled assortment of low-growing, drought-resistant, native shrubs covering most of San Diego County’s lower mountain slopes, has managed to remain fairly attractive this summer. Unlike many of the scrubby natives near the ...

August 29, 2022

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Shorebird Migration Begins and Wafting Jasmine

Shore Birds migrating southward are beginning to arrive in San Diego County. Through fall and winter, various ducks, sandpipers, and plovers will be spotted in increased numbers in the county’s coastal wetlands. Best bird-watching spots ...

August 22, 2022

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August 15, 2022

Thunderstorms in the East and Resident Hummingbirds

Towering Thunderstorms have visited parts of the back country, and prompted flash flood warnings, but gentle showers fell along the coast. Mt. Laguna and Pine Valley both received well over an inch of rain, but ...

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August 8, 2022

Extreme Low Tides for Sanderlings and Willets

Sandpipers are now being seen in considerable numbers within San Diego County’s coastal wetland habitats and along the ocean beaches. Some have just arrived from the north; others are juveniles that have bred locally. You’ll ...

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August 1, 2022

The Dog Days are upon us

San Diego’s Warmest Weather, on average, should occur in August through early September, according to statistics compiled from several decades of measurements taken near the San Diego International Airport. In an average year, coastal residents ...

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July 25, 2022

Orioles moved from sycamores to potted palms

Orioles, the bright yellow or yellow-orange-and-black birds sometimes seen flitting among the palm trees, are summer residents of San Diego County’s coastal areas. A century ago, the orioles preferred to nest in sycamore trees, which ...

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July 18, 2022

Look for California gulls, American avocets, brown pelicans, snowy egrets

Birdwatchers need not despair now that the winter migrants are gone. Plenty of shore birds can be found on summer evenings in the natural coastal wetland areas of San Diego County. From south to north ...

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Coastal SageScrub Stays Alive and Migrant Birds Return

North Couny Beaches Lose Sand, Santa Ana Season Arrives

Equal days and nights, Jupiter's closest opposition in 70 years

Sunset Time Changes Rapidly, Extreme Tides This Week

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