17 birders, in 7 cars, traveled to 6 locations to see 56 bird species. Steve Ellis did a great job of keeping the group together and leading to the various destinations. These were: Aguanga (12 species), .the Kwikset Meadow in Idyllwild(12), the Idyllwild Nature Center (10 species), Hemet Lake(6 species), an unexpected roadside stop for the Pinyon Jay in Garner Valley where we also saw our third White headed woodpecker of the day happily munching on a pine cone (3species) a quick stop on the Ramona trail (2species), and finally Riverside Lake Estates.(20 species) The list of birds follows:

8 Canada Geese
4 Mallards
2 Redhead
2 Ringneck duck
4 Ruddy duck
2 California Quail
2 Pied-Bill Grebe
5 Western Grebe
1 Double-crested Cormorant
18 White Pelicans
1 Great Blue Heron
3 Turkey Volture
1 Osprey
1 Northern Barrier
1 Red-shoulder Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawk
65 American Colts
2 Ring-billed gulls
3 Eurasian Collared-dove
2 Mourning Dove
14 Acorn Woodpeckers
3 Nuttal’s Woodpecker
3 White-headed Woodpecker
2 Cassins Kingbird
2 Western Kingbird
30 Pinyon Jay
25 Seller’s Jay
3 California Scrub Jay
2 American Crow
18 Common Ravens
3 Violet-green Swallow
25 Mountain Chickadee
1 Oak Titmouse
5 White-breasted Nuthatch
6 Pygmy Nuthatch
1 House Wren
16 Western Bluebirds
1 California Thrasher
2 European Starlings
30 Cedar Waxwings
5 Yellow-trumped warbler
2 Spotted towhee
2 California Towhee
3 Song Sparrow
7 Dark-eyed Junco
5 Red wing Blackbirds
60 Tricolored Blackbirds
6 Brewers Blackbirds
8 Great-tailed Grackle
1 Hooded Oriole
1 Bullocks Oriole
2 House Finch
1 Cassins Finch
2 Lawrence’s Goldfinch
2 Meadow Lark
8 American Robin

Reported by Diane Walkley