Hi Birders,
Last Saturday (7/6), eighteen friends walked around Lake Murray on a beautiful July morning and we found 43 different bird species. Here’s our list:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Green Heron
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Western Gull
Forster’s Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
Cliff Swallow
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Nutmeg Mannikin

JIM BECKMAN

Photos:  Lake Murray