I walked from Rocky Nook Park to the Botanic Garden and back this morning. While birding activity wasn't high, I had singing Orange-crowned and Yellow Warblers in Rocky Nook and singing OC Warblers all along Mission Canyon Road.
The same was true at the Botanic Garden. A Garden staff member who is a birder told me that the juvenile OCs had been singing up a storm, and that certainly was the case when I got there. I had 2 Yellow Warblers near the Campbell bridge (adult female and a young bird, probably from this year's nesting), and a Wilson's Warbler on the Pritchett Trail. There was no sign of a Lucy's Warbler at the location indicated in the eBird report from Aug. 8, but again, similar-sounding Orange-crowned were active and singing in the vicinity.
Though the creek is very dry, I think the Garden itself will be worth checking as we transition into fall migration. A lot of the Catalina Cherry bushes are in full fruit and I noted that the Summer Holly shrubs on the east side of the Meadow are loaded with ripe red berries. Both of these are attractive to birds. I didn't notice grapes yet--they ripen later but again are popular with lots of species.
Florence Sanchez