Photo credit: Mick Thompson

Hello everyone,

Well, we managed to get in an hour and 45 minutes of birding before the rain started, but it rained pretty hard so we only walked to the south end of the island and back before running home for cover.

We found some nice birds in our short time out, however. Some swallows were mercilessly harassing a Cooper’s Hawk. We had a surprisingly large flock of 23 House Finches in the dead tree outside the Osaka Garden. The Heron trifecta plus Egret was present, with the Green Heron showing off its balancing skills on the lily pads. The Eastern Kingbirds didn’t seem to be bothered by the rain and they were flying about as usual. All in all, it was a pretty good walk, short but good. Let’s hope for drier weather this Saturday.

BIRDERS: Madhu, Caterina, Leslie, Jeff, Gary, Cheryl, Marian, Jennie, Mike, Luther, Lucy, Eric, Katie, Traci, Howard, Karen, and welcome to Kim.

TIME: 8:00am to 9:45am

WEATHER: 73 degrees, cloudy, then rain

Compiler: Cheryl

1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 4

2. Wood Duck   Number observed: 5

3. Mallard   Number observed: 2

4. Chimney Swift   Number observed: 9

5. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 3

6. Double-crested Cormorant   Number observed: 2

7. Black-crowned Night Heron   Number observed: 1

8. Green Heron   Number observed: 1

9. Great Egret   Number observed: 2

10. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 4

11. Cooper's Hawk   Number observed: 1

12. Red-tailed Hawk   Number observed: 1

13. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 1

14. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 2

15. Eastern Wood-Pewee   Number observed: 1

16. Eastern Phoebe   Number observed: 1

17. Eastern Kingbird   Number observed: 3

18. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 5

19. Purple Martin   Number observed: 1

20. Barn Swallow   Number observed: 25

21. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Number observed: 3

22. European Starling   Number observed: 8

23. Gray Catbird   Number observed: 2

24. American Robin   Number observed: 7

25. Cedar Waxwing   Number observed: 12

26. House Finch   Number observed: 23

27. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 8

28. Song Sparrow   Number observed: 1

29. Baltimore Oriole   Number observed: 1

30. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 3

31. Indigo Bunting   Number observed: 1

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