Hi Birders,

Twenty-five birders walked around Wilderness Gardens Preserve this morning, Saturday April 21.  The weather was perfect for a fun day of birding, We found 52 bird species.

The target bird at this location is always the Canyon Wren which found right away. Later in the same area, a Great Horned Owl was located. A Common Raven was constantly harassing the owl. Other good sightings were the orioles, woodpeckers, and a really cool Ash-throated Flycatcher.Here’s our species list:

Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
White-throated Swift
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Kingbird
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Wrentit
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Phainopepla
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Lark Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

JIM BECKMAN  trip leader