Hi All,

Yesterday October 31, fifteen birders walked around Daley Ranch on a warm Saturday morning. Our group was about half regular PAS birders and half new people, both locals and out of town birders. We all had a great time socializing while birding. Finding the birds was challenging, most likely because of the heat. We found 31 bird species. Lots of Yellow-rumps and Ruby-crowned Kinglets.

Here’s our list:

Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

JIM BECKMAN trip leader