Hi Friends,

Yesterday, July 5, sixteen birders walked around Lake Murray on a very warm holiday Saturday morning. We checked out the north side of the lake as well as the southern Kiowa Drive area. I think everybody had a great time as we managed to walk at a slow pace and stay in the shade as much as possible. We found 47 bird species and here’s our list:

Canada Goose

Gadwall

Mallard

Ring-necked Duck

Pied-billed Grebe

Western Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Snowy Egret

Osprey

American Kestrel

American Coot

Western Gull

Caspian Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Anna’s Hummingbird

Allen’s Hummingbird

Rufous/Allen’s Hummingbird

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Black Phoebe

Cassin’s Kingbird

Western Kingbird

American Crow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Bushtit

Bewick’s Wren

House Wren

Western Bluebird

Northern Mockingbird

California Thrasher

European Starling

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

California Towhee

Song Sparrow

Black-headed Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Red-winged Blackbird

Tricolored Blackbird

Brewer’s Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Hooded Oriole

House Finch

Lesser Goldfinch

House Sparrow

JIM BECKMAN,  trip leader