San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside, California, US

Mar 7, 2020 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling  5.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     This was a Palomar Audubon sponsored bird walk. A cool and overcast morning turned sunny and warm by mid-morning.

 

57 species (+2 other taxa)

Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)  1
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)  30
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)  200
Gadwall (Mareca strepera)  30
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  7
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)  20
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)  25
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)  1
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  6
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  100
California Quail (Callipepla californica)  X
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)  2
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)  1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  20
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)  1
Sora (Porzana carolina)  4
American Coot (Fulica americana)  800
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)  6
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)  2
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  6
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)  5
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)  60
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus/scolopaceus)  15
Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata)  1
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)  3
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  1
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  10
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)  1
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)  20
White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)  100
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  1
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)  4
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  10
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)  1
woodpecker sp. (Picidae sp.)  1
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)  2
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)  5
Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya)  2
Cassin’s Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)  1
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)  2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  4
Common Raven (Corvus corax)  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)  3
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  100
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  25
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)  10     Mostly heard. Two birds found on nest in the cattails.
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  3
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  1
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  5
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s) (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)  1
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)  3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  3
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)  1
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  100
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) (Setophaga coronata auduboni)  5