Hi Good Friends,

On Saturday June 11, ten birders walked around Cuyamaca SP Paso Picacho Campground where we found 44 bird species.

The weather was very hot and we had to put up with a lot of flying insects. We found lots of Acorn Woodpeckers, Violet-green Swallows, House Wrens, and Spotted Towhees.

Many thanks go out to Mary Jo Hayes and Tsaiwei Olee for taking some nice photos. Checkout Mary Jo’s eBird checklist:

https://ebird.org/checklist/S112728570

Here’s our bird species list:

California Quail
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Steller’s Jay
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
House Wren
Wrentit
Western Bluebird
American Robin
California Thrasher
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Black-chinned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Bullock’s Oriole
House Finch
Purple Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence’s Goldfinch

JIM BECKMAN Trip Leader