Hi Birders,

On Saturday morning June 30, twenty-three birders checked-out Lake Murray. For the most part, the weather was perfect for our leisurely walk. We found 42 bird species. Great looks at several young Cooper’s Hawks, a large covey of California Quail, and nesting Scaly-breasted Munia.

Here’s our species list:

Canada Goose
Mallard
California Quail
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Western Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
House Wren
California Gnatcatcher
Wrentit
Western Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Tricolored Blackbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Scaly-breasted Munia

JIM BECKMAN trip leader