Thanks to the 18 souls for attending the Palomar Audubon chapter’s field trip to Mission Trails on Saturday, 4/9.

Here’s the bird tally from our walk.

Mission Trails Regional Park–northeast region, San Diego, California, US Apr 9, 2016 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s)

Comments: Palomar Audubon Society

45 species (+1 other taxon)

Mallard
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk   Adult feeding two chicks in a nest on the cliff face after the iron bridge.
American Coot
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen’s Hummingbird
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Bell’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Bushtit
Rock Wren
House Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Wrentit
Western Bluebird
Phainopepla
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Lark Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Black-headed Grosbeak
Western Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
House Finch
Pine Siskin   Small flock seen in sycamore trees at the dam parking lot.
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch

Leader: Jack Friery