The weather was very comfortable with partly cloudy skies. Fifteen birders joined the walk. The highlights were an outstanding view of a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers and singing male Black-headed Grosbeaks. Many of the birds seen were going to nest holes.

At The Mission, we had to contend with noisy gardeners, but did a have a very cooperative Hooded Oriole. Between the two locations, we saw 42 species.

William Heise
Species: 33
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Band-tailed Pigeon
Anna’s Hummingbird
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Acorn Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Steller’s Jay
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Wrentit
Western Bluebird
American Robin
California Thrasher
Phainopepla
House Finch
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
Spotted Towhee
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-headed Grosbeak

Santa Ysabel Mission
Species: 14
Anna’s Hummingbird
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Acorn Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Say’s Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Cliff Swallow
Western Bluebird
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
Western Meadowlark
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Brewer’s Blackbird

Leader: Jeff Ebright

Photos from Julie Zhou