On a beautiful sunny, breezy day in the mountains, 13 birders identified 48 species, highlighted by Purple Finch, Lazuli Bunting and Brown Creeper. Here’s the list:
Wild Turkey
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Western Wood-Pewee
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Pac Slope Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Steller’s Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Violet-green Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Wrentit
California Thrasher
European Starling
Phainopepla
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Bullock’s Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
Trip Leader: Hal Benham