Hi Friends,

On Saturday Sept 8, twenty-one birders met for a really fun walk around Oak Hill Memorial Park.
The weather was comfortable early on, but the heat became more apparent as we finished-up.
The best birds of the day were the Cedar Waxwings, the juvenile Osprey, the Greater Roadrunner,
and of course, the well-hidden Barn Owl. We found 34 bird species. Here’s our list:

Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Greater Roadrunner
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Western Wood-Pewee
Pacific slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Western Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
California Towhee
Lark Sparrow
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch

JIM BECKMAN trip leader