Hi Birders,

Twelve birders walked around Dixon Lake this morning and we found 41 bird species. I expected a larger number of species and I think the recent really cold mornings had a lot to do with it.   The best birds of the day were a beautiful male Red-breasted Sapsucker and an American Robin.

Here’s our list of birds:

American Wigeon
Mallard
Ring-billed Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
California Quail
Eared Grebe
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Wrentit
California Thrasher
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
House Finch

JIM BECKMAN