A beautiful day as 22 PAS birders, age nine to ??? set out canvas Guajome Park. This trip included our two youthful birding experts whom the club is sponsoring to the Summer birding camp this summer in Colorado. With such talent we were locatged 57 species. Of particular interest were both the Red-naped Sapsucker and the Red-breasted Sapsucker. Seeing them so close together gave each of us a clear understanding of their distiguishing difference. The Allan’s Hummingbird sat close, long, and proud allowing us to see clearly its bill that curves down slightly at the end, as well to view all of its rufous coloration shining in the sun. We all enjoyed picking out the several Black-crowned Night-Herons hiding in the rushes all around the lake.
All in all a good time. We, of course, missed Dave Mathis, who always does an excellent job of leading this out, but I did enjoy filling in. Here is the list:
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Ruddy Duck
Ruddy Duck
California Quail
Pied-billed Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Common Gallinule (Moorhen)
American Coot
American Coot
Western Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Mourning Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Anna’s Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummngbird
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Bushtit
Bushtit
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-grey Knatcatcher
Western Bluebird
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Western Bluebird
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
House-Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
House-Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Flying high, as always,
Doug Walkey
