5/16 - Hayward Shoreline (West Winton)

5/16 - Hayward Shoreline (West Winton)

Black Phoebe
House Finch
Gadwall (pair)
CA Towhee
Yellow Rumped Warlber (myrtle)
Raven
Yellow-breasted Chat (h)
Swainson's Thrush
Bushtit
White Pelican (flock of 14)
Red-tailed hawk
Song Sparrow
Red-winged blackbird
Anna's hummingbird
Allen's hummingbird
European Starling
Western Kingbird
Mallard (pair)
Lesser Goldfinch
Cedar Waxwings
Egret
Canadian Geese

*** Hare! ***

May 9th - 10th

Sunday, May 9 Shepard Canyon


* Black-headed Grosbeak (pair)
* Brown Creeper (pair)
* Pacific Slope Flycatcher
* Junco - fledgling

Monday, May 10 Claremont / Strawberry Canyon

* McGillivray's Warbler (just down the 'bunny trail')
* Chickadee nest with fecal sac removal (also seen 5/8)
* Hutton's Vireo
* Pygmy Nuthatch
* Wilson Warblers

Claremont Canyon Bird Walk, May 1, 2010

Claremont Canyon Bird Walk, May 1, 2010

5am 7am 41 SPECIES

      x Turkey Vulture
      x Red-tailed Hawk
   x x California Quail
      x Mourning Dove
      x Band-tailed Pigeon
   x    Great Horned Owl
      x Allen’s Hummingbird
      x Anna’s Hummingbird
      x Downy Woodpecker
      x Northern Flicker
    x x Olive-sided Flycatcher
    x x Pacific-slope Flycatcher
       x Western Wood-Pewee
    x x Steller’s Jay
       x Western Scrub-Jay
       x American Crow
       x Common Raven
       x Warbling Vireo
       x Cedar Waxwing
    x x American Robin
       x California Thrasher
       x Brown Creeper
    x x Bewick’s Wren
       x Bushtit
       x Swallow (sp.)
    x x Wrentit
       x Chestnut-backed Chickadee
       x Lesser Goldfinch
       x American Goldfinch
       x House Finch
       x Purple Finch
       x Wilson’s Warbler
       x Song Sparrow
       x White-throated Sparrow - very late in the year for this uncommon species
       x Golden-crowned Sparrow
    x x Dark-eyed Junco
    x x California Towhee
    x x Spotted Towhee
    x    Western Tanager
       x Black-headed Grosbeak - singing, carrying nesting material
       x Lazuli Bunting

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Recent Sightings

Tuesday, April 28 Claremont CanyonCalifornia Thrasher singing (seen and heard on multiple occasions over the past month)Also seen over the past month at Claremont CanyonPygmy Nuthatches nesting in pine groveWilson's WarblersFox SparrowsRed-breasted Nuthatches (heard daily)Allen's/Rufous HummingbirdMonday, April 27 Claremont CanyonMcGillivray's Warbler (pair) just west of the house at the top of PanoramicAsh-throated Flycatcher (pair) in Monterey Pine at top of Panoramic past house on east sideSunday, April 26 SibleyLazuli Bunting (pair)Black-headed Grosbeak (pair)Orange-crowned WarblerOlive-sided Flycatcher (pair)House Wren (several)Brown Creeper (pair) Hairy WoodpeckerWestern Ribbon Snake (pair)Friday, April 23, TildenSwainson's Thrush

Week of March 15th

Monday

* Red Breasted Sapsuckers (2) - Starview

Wednesday

* CA Thrasher - top of Panoramic trellis
* Fox sparrow - top of Panoramic trellis
* Selasphorous (allens?) hummingbird  (green back / orange)
* Nuttals Woodpecker - woodpecker grove
* Pygmy Nuthatches - woodpecker grov
* Purple Finch - top of lung buster hill (above nuthatch corner)
* Golden Crown Kinglet - bottom of bunny trail / intersection
* Wilsons Warbler - - bottom of bunny trail / intersection

Friday

* Wilsons Warbler  (male!) - bottom of bunny trail / intersection
* Ruby crown! on RKC - bottom of bunny trail / intersection