Yesterday, May 7th, sixteen birders enjoyed a hike through Daley Ranch. We started off with cool, overcast weather and a nice breeze kept the walk enjoyable even when the sun came out and it warmed up later in the morning. We got to check out the new “drip” water feature that PAS installed up near the old ranch house and enjoy the birds that came in to that; it gave us good views of bathing Grosbeaks.
We logged a pretty substantial 52 species. We found several good migrants moving through, including good views of Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler, and some very nice views of some colorful Violet-green Swallows. Unfortunately, one of the best birds of the day, a singing Black-chinned Sparrow, was only seen by a few of us. We also got to hear a rare instance of a White-throated Swift singing.
Our list is as follows:
Mallard California Quail Pied-billed Grebe Mourning Dove White-throated Swift Anna’s Hummingbird Costa’s Hummingbird Allen’s Hummingbird Great Blue Heron Great Egret Turkey Vulture Cooper’s Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Acorn Woodpecker Nuttall’s Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pacific-slope Flycatcher Black Phoebe Ash-throated Flycatcher Hutton’s Vireo Warbling Vireo California Scrub-Jay American Crow Common Raven Oak Titmouse Violet-green Swallow Cliff Swallow Bushtit Wrentit White-breasted Nuthatch Blue-gray Gnatcatcher House Wren Bewick’s Wren California Thrasher Northern Mockingbird Phainopepla House Finch Lesser Goldfinch Black-chinned Sparrow Song Sparrow California Towhee Spotted Towhee Hooded Oriole Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Orange-crowned Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Wilson’s Warbler Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak
You can check out our eBird checklist and see some of the photos here:
