Hi Friends,

On Saturday February 2, seventeen birders walked around Oak Hill Memorial Park in Escondido. The weather was cool and we managed to complete the field trip before the rain showed up. The bird activity was sparse and we only found 33 bird species. 

Here’s our bird list:

American Wigeon
Double-crested Cormorant
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Merlin
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Oak Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
California Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Meadowlark
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

Jim Beckman  trip leader