Hi Friends,
This morning, Saturday May 9th, fourteen birders walked around Wilderness Gardens Preserve and we found 47 bird species. The weather was perfect – really cool and overcast most of the time. I think this location should also be called “Phainopepla City”. They were everywhere!
Here’s our list:
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
White-throated Swift
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Western Bluebird
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Warbler sp.
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
JIM BECKMAN, leader
