Hi Friends,

Today, twenty birders hiked around Palomar Mountain State Park.The weather was comfortably cool, but the flying bugs were a nuisance!  We found 37 bird species. Many Dark-eyed Juncos, House Wrens, and Violet-green Swallows.

Here’s our list:

Gadwall
Mallard
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Band-tailed Pigeon
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western-Wood Pewee
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Steller’s Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Purple Martin
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Western Bluebird
Wrentit
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

JIM BECKMAN, trip leader