Began the day with a field trip at North Mountain Park for my OLLI classes.  Twenty-five of us followed the birds and bird slong around the park.  Chat were heard in three locations.  Sightings: zero.

Both Bullock’s Oriole and Western Tanager were bold and beheld.  As were a couple of singing Yellow Warblers.  The large, medium and small flycatchers were prominently perched.  Wood-Pewee in a treetop next to Bear Creek.  A mated pair of Black Phoebe in a willow just above the creek surface. They apparently have nest under cement bridge near the power plant at North Mountain.  The Western Kkingbird ;pair were first seen playing deep Left Field on the main ball diamond, then moved up onto the power lines and utility poles.

House Finches, Tree Swallows, the blackbirds, a Warbling Vireo, Killdeer were all visible. The finches are still singing frequently.  For awhile the Waxwings shared a tree with tanager and Yellow Warbler.

WHITEY –Mourning Dove in our garden with a prominent white tail feather, see him compared to normal plumage dove:

 

 

 

 

 

And here’s the Granite Street Screech-Owl at mid-day.  Sunlight makes him cross-eyed.

Location:     North Mountain Park
Observation date:     5/20/09
Number of species:     34

Mallard     2
Turkey Vulture     1
Red-tailed Hawk     2
Killdeer     2
Rock Pigeon     3
Band-tailed Pigeon     1
Mourning Dove     4
Anna’s Hummingbird     1
Acorn Woodpecker     4
Downy Woodpecker     1
Western Wood-Pewee     1
Black Phoebe     2
Western Kingbird     2
Warbling Vireo     1
Western Scrub-Jay     1
American Crow     1
Common Raven     3
Tree Swallow     30
American Robin     3
European Starling     8
Cedar Waxwing     25
Yellow Warbler     6
Wilson’s Warbler     2
Yellow-breasted Chat     4
Western Tanager     3
Spotted Towhee     1
Song Sparrow     4
Black-headed Grosbeak     4
Red-winged Blackbird     6
Brewer’s Blackbird     16

Brown-headed Cowbird     4
Bullock’s Oriole     8
House Finch     5
Lesser Goldfinch     3