Hi Friends,

On Saturday August 26, twenty-one birders walked around Kit Carson Park and we found 41 bird species. The morning was overcast which made for a very comfortable hike. However, at the end the sun was out and it was quite warm.  Lots of Mallards on Sand Lake. The best birds of the day were a couple of California Gnatcatchers that gave us an up-close sighting.

Here’s our list of birds:
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Coot
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Bewick’s Wren
California Gnatcatcher
Wrentit
Western Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Great-tailed Grackle
Hooded Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Scaly-breasted Munia

JIM BECKMAN trip leader