Hello everyone,

It was a relatively slow late fall morning, but as always, we saw some interesting birds. We had our first Northern Shoveler of the season in the east lagoon. Our Golden-crowned Kinglets are still around in pretty good numbers and we were happy to see two juvenile Black-crowned Night Herons roosting on the shore.

The birds were feisty today; a murder of American Crows was chasing a Cooper’s hawk and an American Kestrel was chasing a Red-tailed Hawk.

Raccoons were sleeping in the sun in both known raccoon tree cavities. The highlight of the day was the sighting of five Eastern Bluebirds in the soccer field. We haven’t seen bluebirds in some time so it was great fun to watch them.

BIRDERS: Eric, Mike, Kristin, Jennie, Luther, Paul, Cheryl, David, Jesse, Peter, Leslie, Roger, Daniela, Mark, Pam, Jan, Renate, Jill and welcome to Fiona, who just moved here from Las Vegas so most of our birds are new to her, and to Wenlu and Janet, both first time birders!

TIME: 8:00am to 11:00am     

WEATHER: Partly sunny, low 50s

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographers: Eric and Paul

1. Cackling Goose   Number observed: 1

2. Canada Goose   Number observed: 334

3. Wood Duck  Number observed: 9

4. Northern Shoveler   Number observed: 1

5. Mallard   Number observed: 11

6. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 5

7. American Herring Gull   Number observed: 1

8. Black-crowned Night Heron   Number observed: 2

9. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 5

10. Red-tailed Hawk   Number observed: 1

11. Belted Kingfisher   Number observed: 1

12. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 5

13. Hairy Woodpecker   Number observed: 1

14. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 4

15. American Kestrel   Number observed: 1

16. American Crow   Number observed: 14

17. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 16

18. Golden-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 12

19. White-breasted Nuthatch   Number observed: 1

20. European Starling   Number observed: 28

21. Eastern Bluebird   Number observed: 5

22. American Robin   Number observed: 8

23. House Sparrow   Number observed: 3

24. House Finch   Number observed: 1

25. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 8

26. Dark-eyed Junco   Number observed: 1

27. White-throated Sparrow   Number observed: 5

28. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 5

29. passerine sp.   Number observed: 6

If you’d like more information about a bird, check out the All About Birds ID guide:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/

Corrections, additions and comments are welcome.

Good birding everyone,

Jennie

Photo: White-crowned-Sparrow by Geri Kodey