Hi Birders,

This morning thirty birders met up for a leisurely walk around Lake Murray. The weather was almost perfect – really cool for a July 11 field trip.  We found 46 bird species with great looks at the Scaly-breasted Munia, California Gnatcatcher, and both Orioles.

Here’s our list:

Canada Goose
Mallard
California Quail
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
American Coot
Killdeer
California Gull
Western Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red/Lilac-crowned Parrot
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Kingbird
American Crow
Cliff Swallow
Bewick’s Wren
California Gnatcatcher
Western Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
California Thrasher
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Scaly-breasted Munia

JIM BECKMAN, trip leader