15 birders braved threatening skies, bracing breezes and cold weather to tally 63 species. Highlights included White-throated sparrow(seen by early birds Michael and Sonja only), Golden-crowned sparrow, 8 Hooded mergansers(1 male with 7 females (is he a lucky or unlucky guy??)), Ferruginous hawk (both light and dark morph), and 2 adult Bald eagles. List follows: Good birding, Michael

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove*
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
California Scrub Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Rock Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow**
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer’s Blackbird
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

Leader: Michael Beeve