On a warm (turning to hot) day at Paso Picacho, 17 birders found a total of 39 species, down a bit from last year. Nice views of lazuli buntings and violet-green swallows. We had a nice picnic afterwards.

California Quail
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Steller’s Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Wrentit
Phainopepla
Orange-crowned Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Black-chinned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock’s Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Lawrence’s Goldfinch

Trip Leader: Hal Benham