On Saturday, April 23, fifteen birders walked around Wilderness Gardens Preserve at Pala. The weather was very pleasant for most of the hike, but as usual, it was quite warm when we finished. Everyone enjoyed the walk at this little-known and really “birdy” SD County park. We found 58 bird species. Checkout Steve Gabbert’s excellent eBird list for the actual number of every bird species found, and also, some really cool photos: https://ebird.org/checklist/S107809089
Here is our bird species list:
Mallard Pied-billed Grebe Green Heron Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Eurasian Collard-Dove White-winged Dove Mourning Dove White-throated Swift Anna’s Hummingbird Allen’s Hummingbird Acorn Woodpecker Nuttall’s Woodpecker Northern Flicker Olive-sided Flycatcher Western Wood-Pewee Black Phoebe Ash-throated Flycatcher Cassin’s Kingbird Hutton’s Vireo Warbling Vireo California Scrub-Jay American Crow Common Raven Rough-winged Swallow Violet-green Swallow Oak Titmouse Bushtit Rock Wren Canyon Wren House Wren Bewick’s Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Wrentit Western Bluebird Northern Mockingbird European Starling Phainopepla Common Yellowthroat Yellow-rumped Warbler Spotted Towhee Rufous-crowned Sparrow California Towhee Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak Red-winged Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Hooded Oriole Bullock’s Oriole House Finch Lesser Goldfinch
