Hi Everyone,

On Saturday June 8, eleven birders walked the trail along Agua Dulce Creek in the Laguna Mountains. The weather was perfect. Although we didn’t find a lot of birds, everybody enjoyed the beautiful mountain location and the cool high-altitude breeze. Lots of fun at the after-walk picnic lunch.  We found (or heard) 29 bird species. Here is our list:

Mountain Quail
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Band-tailed Pigeon
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-pewee
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Steller’s Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
House Wren
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch

JIM BECKMAN trip leader