Claremont Canyon (riparian area)- Sept 6

Claremont Canyon (riparian area), 5:30pm

* CA Quail
* Red-tailed Hawk
* Mourning Dove
* Great Horned Owl (h)
* Anna's Hummingbird
* Northern Flicker (h)
* Olive-sided Flycatcher
* Pacific Slope Flycatcher
* Hutton's Vireo
* Oak Titmouse
* Bushtit
* Bewick's Wren
* American Robin
* Wrentit
* Townsend's Warbler
* Spotted Towhee
* Song Sparrow
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Purple Finch

Location was in SE Canyon, the Environmental Study area, in the riparian area.  Up the canyon about 1/2 mile to the south of a grove of redwoods, was the 'birdiest' area we've experienced to date. 

Claremont Canyon / Strawberry Canyon - Sept 5

Claremont Canyon

* Pygmy Nuthatch
* Red Breasted Nuthatch (h)
* Northern Flicker
* Hairy Woodpecker
* CA Thrasher (h)
* Bewick's Wren (h)
* Wrentit (h)
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Red-tailed Hawk

Strawberry Canyon

* Hutton's Vireo
* Red Breasted Nuthatch
* Bewick's Wren (h)
* Wrentit (h)
* Red-shouldered Hawk


Unless noted otherwise, the following birds are seen on every
Claremont Canyon / Strawberry canyon outing:

CA Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow

Sept 1 - Claremont / Strawberry Canyon

Claremont Canyon

* Red Breasted Nuthatches (heard and seen)
* Pygmy Nuthatches (multiple and 3 popping in/out of a snag hole.)  Location: once on the ridge trail heading East, at the top of 1st steep hill just beyond trail that leads down into Strawberry Canyon
* Nuttall's Woodpecker
* Song Sparrow
* Spotted Towhee
* Bewick's Wren
* Wrentit

Strawberry Canyon
* too hot.

August 29 - Claremont / Strawberry Canyon

Claremont Canyon
* CA Thrasher
* Junco (numerous)
* California Towhee
* Salmon crested Cockatoo (on someone's arm)


Strawberry Canyon
* Townsend's Warblers (1st of season)
* Red breasted nuthatch (H)
* Brown Creeper
* Song Sparrow
* Bushtits
* Bewick's Wren
* Wrentit
* Anna's Hummingbird
* California Towhee
* Spotted California Towhee
* Chestnut -backed Chickadee
* white underparts, yellow head

July 1-2 - Claremont / Strawberry Canyon

July 1-2 - Claremont / Strawberry Canyon

Claremont Canyon

* House Wren
* Song Sparrow
* Spotted Towhee
* California Towhee
* Pygmy Nuthatch
* Bushtit
* Wilson's Warbler
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher (H)
* Northern Flicker
* Brown Creeper
* Bewick's Wren
* Wilson's Warbler
* Stellar's Jay
* Scrub Jay
* California Quail (H)

Strawberry Canyon

* Hutton's Vireo
* Wilson's Warbler
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee
* Orange-crowned Warbler
* Wrentit
* Bewick's Wren
* Swainson's Thrush (singing!)
* Spotted Towhee
* California Towhee
* Dark-eyed Junco (w/young)
* Song Sparrow
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher
* Pygmy Nuthatch
* Stellar's Jay
* Scrub Jay
* Red-shouldered Hawk (H)