Hi Birders,
This morning February 12, thirty-six birders walked around Oak Hill Memorial Park in Escondido. The weather was warm but pleasant, as we managed to stay in the shade most of the time. Lots of old trees.
We found 37 bird species. The best birds were a small flock of Pine Siskins as well as our always reliable sighting, the Great Horned Owl. We also saw saw a small flock of unexpected Wild Turkeys.
Here’s our bird species list:
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Wild Turkey
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Lark Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Meadowlark
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
JIM BECKMAN trip leader
