I typically don't post entire lists from outings, I usually find them annoying. However, before long we noticed we were amassing a little bit of a day list. If nothing else, one can get a good grasp on what's common in our area. So here are our 70 species from this afternoon:
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Cinnamon Teal
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Wilson's Snipe
California Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Western Scrub-Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Wrentit
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
Lincoln's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch
I didn't take many pictures of birds (dragonflies took most of my attention). However, I did capture a couple of species.
First up is this COMMON GALLINULE along with a PIED-BILLED GREBE:
Next, we have a HERMIT THRUSH:
Last but not least, there were a couple of PURPLE FINCHES in an Ash tree. Here is one:
