Here is the list. A quiet day bird-wise, no wind, no rain, a few new participants, as usual a chatty group.
Highlights for most of us: the very cooperative Red-breasted sapsucker and the American white pelicans.
As usual, email me with any additions, corrections, or other.
Here is to a happy new year of birding!!!
sally and scopeman
Jan 7, 2017 8:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: This was a Palomar Audubon sponsored walk. The object was not a bird count. The air was still, many fishermen on and around the lake. The coastal sage scrub/chaparral habitats were quiet. The picnic areas and riparian areas were the birdiest locations.
38 species
Gadwall (Anas strepera) 2
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 4
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 75
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 6
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 12
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 6
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) 2
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 1
American Coot (Red-shielded) (Fulica americana (Red-shielded)) 75
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 2
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 6
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) 12
Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 3
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) 2
Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) 1
Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 4
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) 4
California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 3
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 2
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) 2
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 2
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) 20
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 6
California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) 2 heard only
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 20
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 12
California Towhee (Melozone crissalis) 6
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 6
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) 6
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
