Hi Everyone,

On Saturday February 20, twelve birders walked around the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine. The weather was perfect and we found 52 bird species.
We had great looks at a Rufous Hummingbird, and this is always a good location for Tree Swallows. The swallows were numerous in flight as well as giving us a chance to see up-close, several birds perched in a tree.

Here’s our list:

Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrentit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Scaly-breasted Munia

Jim Beckman trip leader