Hi Friends,

Yesterday, April 5, twenty-three birders walked a portion of the San Pasqual Agricultural Trail. The morning weather was cool and I think everybody had a great time. We found 56 bird species. We had good looks at the Cedar Waxwings, lots of White-faced Ibis, and the male Hooded and Bullock’s Orioles were stunning in their beautiful breeding plumage.

Here’s our list:

California Quail

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Cattle Egret

White-faced Ibis

Turkey Vulture

White-tailed Kite

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper’s Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Greater Roadrunner

Anna’s Hummingbird

Acorn Woodpecker

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Black Phoebe

Say’s Phoebe

Cassin’s Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Bell’s Vireo

American Crow

Common Raven

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Bushtit

Bewick’s Wren

House Wren

Western Bluebird

Wrentit

Northern Mockingbird

California Thrasher

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Phainopepla

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler

Spotted Towhee

California Towhee

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Black-headed Grosbeak

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Brown-headed Cowbird

Hooded Oriole

Bullock’s Oriole

House Finch

Lesser Goldfinch

JIM BECKMAN,  trip leader