Today was a cool, partially overcast, but comfortable day as our large bunch of PAS birders, together with several Buena Vista tag-alongs, explored the Eastern shores of Whelan Lake and points beyond. We split into three groups and with about 70+ eyes we located 70 species (one bird per eye).
Here is the list:
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Sora
Common Gallinule (Moorhen)
American Coot
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Mourning Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Great Horned Owl
Anna’s Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Bell’s Vireo
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bushtit
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
California Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Hooded Oriole
House-Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
House-Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Flying high, as always,
Doug Walkley
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