Good afternooon,
16 birders braved cold, clear skies, which eventually clouded over, instead of the long lines to department stores to find a total of 51 species. Highlights incl American goldfinch, Horned lark, Fox sparrow and Loggerhead shrike(see list below). Merry Christmas to all!!
| Mallard |
| Lesser Scaup |
| Bufflehead |
| Common Merganser |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
| American White Pelican |
| Brown Pelican |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Great Egret |
| Snowy Egret |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
| Turkey Vulture |
| Osprey |
| Northern Harrier |
| Cooper’s Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| American Kestrel |
| Ridgway’s Rail |
| Black-bellied Plover |
| Killdeer |
| Whimbrel |
| Long-billed Curlew |
| Western Gull |
| Elegant Tern |
| Rock Pigeon |
| Eurasian Collared Dove* |
| Mourning Dove |
| Anna’s Hummingbird |
| Black Phoebe |
| Say’s Phoebe |
| Cassin’s Kingbird |
| Loggerhead Shrike |
| Western Scrub Jay |
| American Crow |
| Horned Lark |
| Bewick’s Wren |
| Hermit Thrush |
| European Starling |
| American Pipit |
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| California Towhee |
| Savannah Sparrow |
| Fox Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
| Western Meadowlark |
| House Finch |
| American Goldfinch |
| House Sparrow |
Leader: Michael Beeve
For the photographers on the walk, please send photos you are willing to share to palomaraudubon@gmail.com……Thanks, Webmaster
