Birding Outing: South San Diego Bay Wildlife Refuge and the SoCal Salt Works

Sunday, November 24, 2024, 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM
South San Diego Bay Wildlife Refuge and the SoCal Salt Works
Google Maps: South Bay Salt Works, GPS: 32.5998, -117.0921
Leaders: Peter Thomas, and others

The SoCal Salt Works and the South Bay Wildlife Refuge consists of a series of salt ponds used to extract salt from seawater by evaporation. This area is normally closed to the public, except for once-per-month guided walks led by San Diego Bird Alliance docents during the bird non-breeding fall and winter months. We will discuss the history of the salt works and the process of obtaining salt from nature, while seeking returning winter shorebirds (Pacific Golden Plovers, Little Stint?), gulls, terns, and duck species. No restrooms. Capped at 16 participants.

Directions: Take Highway 5 to Chula Vista and exit on Palomar St. Go west to the T- intersection at Bay Blvd. and turn left. Drive 0.3 miles and park on the right outside the gated fence and the tall, more than a century old SoCal Salt Works building.