Hi Good Friends,

On Saturday, September 10, nine birders walked around Oak Hill Memorial Park in Escondido. The weather was very humid with a few sprinkles at the start of the field trip. We found 30 bird species. There were lots of Acorn Woodpeckers, House Finches, European Starlings, and Mourning Doves.

The best bird of the day was the Willow Flycatcher, found and photographed by Tsaiwei Olee.

Thanks go out to Tracy Henchbarger for putting together our eBird list, and also thanks go out to Tsaiwei, for capturing the nice photos!

See:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S118448718

Here is our bird species list:

Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Eurasian Collard-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Western Tanager
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Scaly-breasted Munia

JIM BECKMAN, trip leader