Hi Friends,

On Saturday January 11, twenty-three birders walked along the Sweetwater River trail west from the Bonita Plaza Shopping Center.  The weather was perfect, and aside from dodging the frequent bikers, we all had a great time. We found 48 bird species.

Here is our bird species list:

American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
California Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
American Crow
Bushtit
Bewick’s Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
California Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

JIM BECKMAN trip leader