Hi Everyone,

Yesterday, January 23, thirty birders walked around Dos Picos County Park and Rangeland Road in Ramona and found 55 different bird species. Afterward a group of us went to Collier Park in Ramona and added 3 more, including the Yellow-breasted Sapsucker for a total of 58 birds. Dos Picos was really crowded with a giant family camp-outing, so we probably missed a few species that don’t cotton to screaming kids.

Here’s the list:

Canada Goose
Snow Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
American Wigeon
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-Shinned Howk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-Tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Kildeer
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Nuttal’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Scrub Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Rock Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
California Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-Crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Tricolored Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer’s Blackbird
House Finch
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Hal Benham