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Ballona Crystal Ball: Full Tidal Restoration at San Dieguito Wetlands Continues to Enrich Birds

Bird Species Counts Have Increased Every Year Since Restoration Completion

A glimpse of what Full Tidal Restoration will produce at Ballona. See the link below.

The San Dieguito Monthly Bird Count identified 94 species in September, including the Cassin’s Vireo, which is a new species! This brings the cumulative total to 235. Click here for the PDF document with the detailed monthly results through September 2017. Yes, this Restoration was accomplished with large scale mechanized excavation and grading (bulldozers, scrapers and excavators). Alternative 1 of the Ballona EIR is functionally identical. Let’s do it again.

http://www.sdrp.org/wordpress/2017/09/september-2017-san-dieguito-lagoon-bird-survey-results-new-species/

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