Hi Friends,

This morning May 7, fourteen birders walked around Wilderness Gardens Preserve and we found 48 bird species. This location is always a fan favorite.  The weather was cool and overcast which made it a great day for birding. The best bird of the day was a very vocal Canyon Wren. We saw lots of Phainopeplas, a Spotted Sandpiper, and a unexpected Belted Kingfisher made a quick surprise appearance.

Here’s our bird species list:

Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Spotted Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
White-throated Swift
Anna’s Hummingbird (on nest)
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Black Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick’s Wren
American Robin
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Common Yellowthroat
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
House Finch

JIM BECKMAN, trip leader