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Batiquitos Lagoon

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Lake name:
Batiquitos Lagoon
Location:
California
Surface area (km2):
2.3
Basin type:
non-reservoir
Motor restrictions:
partial
Motor restrictions notes:
No fishing, boating nor swimming
Primary emergent vegetation:
Cattails California cord grass (Spartina foliosa) bulrushes spiny rush sedges
Management agency:
City of Carlsbad, California Department of Fish and Wildlife; Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation (BLF)
Region associations:
San Diego County; Southern California; San Marcos Creek; Encinitas Creek
Comments:
Batiquitos Lagoon is a coastal wetland in the San Diego metropolitan area. It is an Ecological Reservr that includes salt marsh, willow forest, intertidal mudflats, and brackish marsh. Ranching and recreation were previous uses of the area. It is one of the few estuarine coastal wetlands remaining in southern California.

Summary of Surveys (1)

Survey Citation:
Unitt, P. 2004. San Diego County Bird Atlas. In Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 39:i–vii, 1–639. Available: http://sdplantatlas.org/BirdAtlas/BirdPages.aspx.

  • Time period
    17 May 1997
  • Source
    Website
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 presence 1997
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 presence 1997
Max Nests N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Nests N/A N/A N/A
Max Chicks 1 to 100 presence 1997
Most Recent Chicks 1 to 100 presence 1997

Comments:

Species account of Western and Clark's breeding in San Diego County. Only Clark's grebe was observed nesting at this site (M. Baumgartel).

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