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
Hi Birders,