Hi Everyone,

On Saturday morning , June 7, ten birders walked around Wm Heise County Park and later met up for a picnic lunch at Santa Ysabel Mission. The weather was perfect with a cool breeze present most of the day. We had real good looks at the Black-chinned Sparrow, Purple Martins, both Orioles, and Western Kingbirds. We found 55 species at the two locations. Here’s our list of bird species:

Wild Turkey

Turkey Vulture

White-tailed Kite

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Band-tailed Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

White-throated Swift

Anna’s Hummingbird

Acorn Woodpecker

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Western Wood-Pewee

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Black Phoebe

Say’s Phoebe

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Cassin’s Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Steller’s Jay

Western Scrub-Jay

American Crow

Common Raven

Purple Martin

Violet-green Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Mountain Chickadee

Oak Titmouse

Bushtit

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

House Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Western Bluebird

American Robin

Wrentit

European Starling

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Spotted Towhee

California Towhee

Black-chinned Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Black-headed Grosbeak

Brewer’s Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Hooded Oriole

Bullock’s Oriole

Purple Finch

House Finch

Lesser Goldfinch

House Sparrow

JIM BECKMAN, trip leader