Good morning.
Braving strong winds which created great visibility 30 birders found 74 species. The highlights were very long and good looks at the Nelsons’ sparrow, a female Common goldeneye, 2 Yellow-crowned Night-herons and 4 Little blue herons.

The following is the complete list;

Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Clapper Rail
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Forster’s Tern
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove*
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Bushtit
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow**
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Meadowlark
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Trip Leader: Michael Beeve