Hi Birders,

This morning, March 8, twenty-eight birders enjoyed a nice walk around Santee Lakes. The weather was perfect and we found 61 bird species. Fan-favorites today included the many beautiful Wood Ducks, the Spotted Sandpiper, Western Bluebirds, the American Robin, Cedar Waxwings, and the nice bright male Hooded Oriole.

Here’s our list:

Wood Duck

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Ring-necked Duck

Bufflehead

Ruddy Duck

Pied-billed Grebe

Western Grebe

American White Pelican

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Cooper’s Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Spotted Sandpiper

Ring-billed Gull

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Anna’s Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Acorn Woodpecker

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Black Phoebe

Cassin’s Kingbird

Western Scrub-Jay

American Crow

Common Raven

Tree Swallow

Bushtit

Bewick’s Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Western Bluebird

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Spotted Towhee

California Towhee

Song Sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Brewer’s Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Hooded Oriole

House Finch

Lesser Goldfinch

House Finch

JIM BECKMAN