Everyone enjoyed the clear sunny sky today after a rainy week. The water level in the river was the highest I’ve seen. There was much more trash and several “shanty towns’ on the walk. Thirteen birders saw 54 species. Please email any good photos from the walk to palomaraudubon@gmail.com.

Species: 54
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ridgway’s Rail (Heard Only)
American Coot
Killdeer
Marbled Godwit
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Bushtit
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
House Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
California Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Wrentit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
California Towhee
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

Leader: Jeff Ebright