35+ birders enjoyed a very pleasant day at Lake Hodges.  We found 54 species including 2 active bushtit nests!  Here is the list:

 

Mallard

American Wigeon

Mallard

California quail

Eared Grebe

Western grebe

Clark’s grebe

American White Pelican

Double crested cormorant

Great blue heron

Great egret

Snowy egret

Black-crowned Night-heron

Cooper’s Hawk

Red-shouldered hawk

Red-tailed hawk

American kestrel

American coot

Spotted sandpiper

Ring-billed gull

Mourning dove

Anna’s hummingbird

Allen’s hummingbird

Acorn woodpecker

Nuttal’s woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Black phoebe

Cassin’s kingbird

California scrub jay

American crow

Common Raven

Tree Swallow

Oak Titmouse

Bushtit

White-breasted nuthatch

Bewick’s Wren

House Wren

Ruby-crowned kinglet

California Gnatcatcher

Western bluebird

Wrentit

Northern mockingbird

European starling

Phainopepela

Orange-crowned warbler

Yellow-rumped warbler

Spotted towhee

California towhee

Song sparrow

White-crowned sparrow

Red-winged blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

House finch

Lesser Goldfinch

House Sparrow

 

Leader:  Hal Benham