Hi Friends,

On Saturday morning February 26, twenty-three birders walked around Santee Lakes. Excellent weather, and we found 60 bird species. As with previous field trips at Santee Lakes, we found lots of American Coots, Mallards, Canada Geese, Northern Shovelers, and Wood Ducks. A rare Greater Scaup was also found.

To see some nice bird photo’s of some of the birds we found, checkout Trysten Loefke’s eBird report:
 https://ebird.org/checklist/S103784381

Here is our bird species list:

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Eurasian Collard-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bewick’s Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Scaly-breasted Munia
House Sparrow
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Lark Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Trip leader, Tom Trowbridge