On a beautiful January 18th day, 30 birders walked around Dos Picos County Park and Rangeland Road We found 61 species. Lots of Ferruginous Hawks, including one nice dark morph. Good views of bald eagles and a long distance shot of a golden. Here is our list:

Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
American Wigeon
Bufflehead
Green Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-Tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Hutton’s Vireo
California Scrub Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Rock Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Tricolored Blackbird
American Robin
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
California Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Meadowlark
Brewer’s Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

Leader: Hal Benham

Mountain Bluebird – Michelle Haglund