Hi Friends,

This morning, Saturday Dec 12, twenty-four birders checked-out Lake Elsinore. Many thanks to Julie Szabo for showing us the way.
It was sunny, but a strong cold wind blowing of the water made for some uncomfortable moments.

We found 61 bird species. The best birds were the Bald Eagle, Snow Geese, and a Peregrine Falcon.
There were also hundreds of Northern Shovelers, some in small groups swimming in their characteristic circular motion, looking for something to eat.

Here’s our bird list:

Snow Goose
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Forster’s Tern
Rock Pigeon
Anna’s Hummingbird
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
European Starling
American Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
House Finch
House Sparrow

JIM BECKMAN