Sunday April 25, 2010
On our walk at Garin Park, led by Jerry Steenhoven, we were greeted by a chorus of spring bird song. Our list totaled 44 species in 21/2 hours.
chickadee
Ca. Towhee
black phoebe
spotted towhee
Am. robin
oak titmouse
red-tailed
hawk bushtit
red-shouldered hawk
Bullock's oriole
turkey vulture
lazuli buntung
wild turkey
yellow-rumped warbler
CA quail
house wren
acorn woodpecker
Bewick's wren
Nuttal's woodpecker
song sparrow
cedar waxwing
tree swallow
Anna's hummingbird
barn swallow
Allen's hummingbird
Am. coot
scrub jay
mallard
Stellar's jay
pied billed grebe
W. bluebird
Canada goose
mourning dove
band-tailed pigeon
ash-throated flycatcher
N. mockingbird
Pacific-slope flycatcher
Am. starling
W. kingbird
Brewer's blackbird
lesser goldfinch
red-winged blackbird
Am. goldfinch
house finch
Saturday February 21, 2009
Big Break and Marsh Creek Trail, Oakley
Starting from intersection of Fetzer Lane and Jordan Lane.
Highlights: pair of Northern Harriers in apparent prenuptial flight, Say's Phoebe and Bonaparte's Gulls.
Western Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Canada Goose
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Marbled Godwit
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon (I)
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker, red-shafted
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
April 2008
Sunday April 6, 2008
Coyote Hills EBRP: Area around visitor‚s center and Bay View Trail from Quarry Staging Area to No Name Trail, returning to the Butterfly Garden at the Visitor‚s Center.
It was a cool and overcast day with a bit of sun late in the morning.
We started around 9 and finished around noon. We had more ducks than expected, including all three teals and a lot of Northern Shovelers; there were female Bufflehead but no males. We saw a White-tailed Kite sparring with a Northern Harrier and a pair of Red-tailed Hawks building a nest in one of the large pines up the hill in back of the Visitor's Center.
51 Species seen:
Clark's Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Northern Flicker, red-shafted
Black Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Marsh Wren
American Robin
European Starling (I)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
kathy jarrett
March 2008
Rodeo Lagoon on Saturday, March 22nd 2008, led by Lisa Hug.
50 species:
Red-throated Loon (both winter & summer plumage)
Western Grebe
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
California Quail (heard only)
Virginia Rail (heard only)
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Wilson's Snipe
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Western Scrub-Jay
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit (collecting nest material)
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren (collecting nest material)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Wrentit
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson Warbler
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (Nuttall's race)
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch (feathers wearing to summer plumage)