Friday, November 27, 2009

Patterson Pass - Gate two Wind turbine site

Location: Gate two Wind turbine site
Observation date: 11/26/09
Notes: The Mt. Blue Bird is a " un-common" spcies, but it does occur almost every winter on Patterson Pass Rd.
Number of species: 7

Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1
Barn Owl 1
Say's Phoebe 1
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Common Raven 2
Mountain Bluebird 21
Western Meadowlark 9

HY5 & Thornton Rd.

Location: Thornton Rd.
Observation date: 11/23/09
Number of species: 1

Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) 1

Martis Peak Trail

Location: Martis Peak summit trail
Observation date: 11/25/09
Number of species: 4

sapsucker sp. 1
Steller's Jay 1
Mountain Chickadee 4
Oak Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1

HY 49 - Corral

Location: Corral
Observation date: 11/24/09
Notes: The Magpies were feeding on the outside of the large wooden Corral and also on the telephone lines.
Number of species: 1

Black-billed Magpie 55

Loyalton WTP

Location: Loyalton WTP
Observation date: 11/24/09
Number of species: 5

Ferruginous Hawk 1
Merlin (Taiga) 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
European Starling 5

HY 49 Loyalton Main St

Location: Loyalton Main St
Observation date: 11/24/09
Notes: The wintering flock is to be seen in the large Willow bush in front of 100 Main St. The weather was sunny and in the 50"s.
Number of species: 1

House Sparrow 250

Sierra Valley--Marble Hot Springs Rd.

Location: Sierra Valley--Marble Hot Springs Rd.
Observation date: 11/24/09
Notes: The rivers are frozen. there was little bird activity.
Number of species: 5

Northern Harrier 3
Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 3
Ferruginous Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Horned Lark 1

Flood Rd. & Waverly Roads

Location: Flood Rd.
Observation date: 11/21/09
Notes: this trip was a CVBS trip lead by world famious Raptor researcher and Peterson Guide Author Bill Williams.
Number of species: 9

Northern Harrier 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 4
Ferruginous Hawk 5
American Kestrel 2
Merlin (Taiga) 1
Burrowing Owl 2
Say's Phoebe 1
Horned Lark 15

Harlan's Hawk site

Location: Thornton Rd.
Observation date: 11/21/09
Notes: This trip was a CVBS trip lead by world famious a raptor researcher and Peterson Guide Author Bill Williams,
Number of species: 2

Red-tailed Hawk 1 Bill Williams the researcher and author, expert on Red Tail Hawks .
Show me this bird as a true Harlan's Hawk.
Sandhill Crane 20

Woodbridge Rd. - A CVBS Tour

Location: Woodbridge Rd.
Observation date: 11/21/09
Notes: THIS TRIP WAS PART OF THE CVBS.
I need to rename this site to Woodbridge Ecological Area managed by Cal. State Fish and Game.
Number of species: 17

Greater White-fronted Goose 2300
Tundra Swan 50
Gadwall 20
American Wigeon 100
Mallard 40
Northern Shoveler 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Snowy Egret 1
Northern Harrier 3
Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 5
Ferruginous Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
American Coot 200
Sandhill Crane 210
peep sp. 25
Say's Phoebe 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Milton Rd. - San Joaquin County

Location: Milton Rd.
Observation date: 11/20/09
Notes: this trip is a CVBS.
Number of species: 2

Golden Eagle 1 not sure of sex
blackbird sp. 100 a mix flocked of BB's
House Sparrow 6

Woodward Reservoir - San Joaquin County

Location: Woodward Reservoir
Observation date: 11/20/09
Notes: THIS was a CVBS trip.
Number of species: 23

Mallard 20
Bufflehead 5
Ruddy Duck 20
Eared Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 1
Northern Harrier 1
American Coot 8
Killdeer 10
Long-billed Curlew 4
Dunlin 12
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 1
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 3
Fox Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 16
Golden-crowned Sparrow 4
House Finch 9
Lesser Goldfinch 4

HY120 - Knights Ferry Recreation Area

Location: Knights Ferry Recreation Area
Observation date: 11/20/09
Notes: this trip was a CVBS
Number of species: 19

Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 12
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 2
American Kestrel 1
White-throated Swift 16
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1
Black Phoebe 1
Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2
American Crow 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Canyon Wren 1
Cedar Waxwing 20
Phainopepla 2
White-crowned Sparrow 3

Crabtree Rd. -San Joaquin County

Location: Crabtree Rd.
Observation date: 11/20/09
Notes: THIS TRIP WAS A CVBS trip
Number of species: 17

Turkey Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 5
Ferruginous Hawk 6
Rough-legged Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Burrowing Owl 1
Say's Phoebe 1
Common Raven 4
Horned Lark 15
Western Bluebird 3
Savannah Sparrow 30
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1
Western Meadowlark 20
Brewer's Blackbird 5
Lesser Goldfinch 9
House Sparrow 5

Dawson Lake -San Joaquin County

Location: Dawson Lake
Observation date: 11/20/09
Notes: this was a CVBS trip
Number of species: 27

Canada Goose (Large) 30
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 5
Mallard 4
Bufflehead 2
Hooded Merganser 1
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 3
American Kestrel 1
American Coot 12
Killdeer 12
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Dunlin 25
Long-billed Dowitcher 9
Wilson's Snipe 10
Herring Gull (American) 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Western Bluebird 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Golden-crowned Sparrow 4
Western Meadowlark 5
Lesser Goldfinch 3

Joe Domecq Wilderness Area -a CVBS tour

Location: Joe Domecq Wilderness Area
Observation date: 11/20/09
Notes: THIS IS A CVBS trip
Number of species: 29

Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 6
Mallard 6
Bufflehead 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1
American Kestrel 1
Virginia Rail 1
Sora 1
Common Moorhen 1
American Coot 15
Wilson's Snipe 1
Anna's Hummingbird 1
Acorn Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 2
Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 10
American Crow 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Phainopepla 2
Spotted Towhee 5
Song Sparrow 1
Western Meadowlark 4
House Finch 10

Turlock Lake--Davis Rd. San Joaquin County

Location: Turlock Lake--Davis Rd.
Observation date: 11/20/09
Notes: THIS TRIP WAS PART OF THE CVBS.
Number of species: 23

Canada Goose (Large) 40
Gadwall 2
Mallard 4
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Eared Grebe 6
Western Grebe 20
Clark's Grebe 10
American White Pelican 24
Double-crested Cormorant 24
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Killdeer 10
California Gull 30
Herring Gull (American) 2
Nuttall's Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2
Black Phoebe 1
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4
American Crow 2
Western Bluebird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Pipit 1

AltmontPassWindResourcePlanning Area - Tour

Location: AltmontPassWindResourcePlanning Area - Tour
Observation date: 11/16/09
Notes: Today I tour the closed to public Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area.
I am on the stakeholder planning board to resolve the raptor mortality issues by the wind turbines. We toured today with the new Cal.F&G and California Energy Commission Independent Scientific Review Committee. The land birds were everywhere and in good numbers. Weather was warm and no wind. Blackbirds and Starling were on the wires, grassland birds were seen in various size flocks as we drove along the gravel roads within the wind resource area.
Number of species: 28

Turkey Vulture 27
White-tailed Kite 2
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 7
Ferruginous Hawk 1
Golden Eagle 1
Killdeer 3
Ring-billed Gull 8
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
Band-tailed Pigeon 27
Mourning Dove 30
Burrowing Owl 7
Northern Flicker 1
Black Phoebe 1
Loggerhead Shrike 9
Common Raven 4
Horned Lark 280
Rock Wren 1
Western Bluebird 2
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 350
American Pipit 213
Savannah Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Western Meadowlark 150
Brewer's Blackbird 300
House Finch 15

Shadow Cliffs Regional Park

Location: Shadow Cliffs Regional Park
Observation date: 11/7/09
Notes: Wintering Raptor field class.
Number of species: 33

Canada Goose (Large) 15
Gadwall 18
Mallard 6
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 25
Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Merlin (Black) 1
Common Moorhen 2
American Coot 40
Killdeer 2
California Gull 9
Anna's Hummingbird 3
Nuttall's Woodpecker 1
Black Phoebe 3
Western Scrub-Jay 12
American Crow 9
Common Raven 2
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 9
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Bewick's Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9
Western Bluebird 2
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
California Towhee 1
White-crowned Sparrow 25
Western Meadowlark 2
Brewer's Blackbird 5
House Finch 3
Lesser Goldfinch 6

New Barryport - Parker River NWR

Location: Parker River NWR--Lot 1
Observation date: 11/1/96
Notes: ENTERING HISTORICAL DATA Nov 3 '09
Number of species: 20

Brant (Atlantic) 14
Harlequin Duck 14
Long-tailed Duck 12
Common Loon 6
Northern Gannet 4
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 2
Laughing Gull 30
Herring Gull (American) 4
Iceland Gull (Kumlien's) 1
Great Black-backed Gull 100
American Crow 20
American Robin 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Atlantic Coast) 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 12
Northern Cardinal 3
Common Grackle 30
House Finch 2

Le Conte's Thrasher

Location: Ridgecrest--area w/in Ward Ave.-Downs St.-Las Flores Ave.-Mahan St.
Observation date: 5/21/04
Notes: Bob Barnes POINTED ME TO THIS LOCATION. Bob lives in the same town.Directions HY395 to HY14 to Peliter to ADS to Lorene Rd.
760-377-5192 Terri
Number of species: 1

Le Conte's Thrasher 2

Tolay Regional Park

Location: Tolay Regional Park
Observation date: 10/31/09
Notes: Joni and I first visit.
Number of species: 28

Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 4
White-tailed Kite 5
Northern Harrier 10
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 4
American Kestrel 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Mourning Dove 5
Barn Owl 1
Anna's Hummingbird 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Say's Phoebe 4
Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 6
Western Bluebird 15
American Robin 5
Savannah Sparrow 75
White-crowned Sparrow 25
Golden-crowned Sparrow 20
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 3
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Western Meadowlark 15
Brewer's Blackbird 18
House Finch 9
Lesser Goldfinch 6

Hwy 37--Napa/Sonoma marshes

Location: Hwy 37--Napa/Sonoma marshes
Observation date: 10/31/09
Notes: Saturday great weather.
Number of species: 12

Northern Shoveler 200
American White Pelican 35
Snowy Egret 25
White-tailed Kite 2
Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1
American Kestrel 1
Black-necked Stilt 90
American Avocet 100
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Willet 2
Long-billed Dowitcher 3500
Ring-billed Gull 1

Marin County - Hawk Hill

Location: Hawk Hill
Observation date: 10/17/09
Notes: Ohlone Audubon field trip
Number of species: 25

Greater White-fronted Goose 250
California Quail 1
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk 30
Cooper's Hawk 20
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 4
Red-tailed Hawk 20
American Kestrel 9
Merlin 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
Rock Pigeon 13
Northern Flicker 3
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
Black Phoebe 1
Common Raven 4
Pygmy Nuthatch 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 3
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Townsend's Warbler 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 3
Lesser Goldfinch 6

Marin County - Hawk Hill

Location: Hawk Hill
Observation date: 11/1/09
Notes: Adam's birthday gift - his first visit. Perfect weather.H eenjoyed him self.
Number of species: 8

Turkey Vulture 4
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper's Hawk 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2
Red-tailed Hawk 12
American Kestrel 2

Palo Alto Bay Lands

Location: Palo Alto Baylands
Observation date: 11/3/09
Notes: High tide of 9 feet 6 inches - there has been sightings of two Nelson's Sharptailed Sparrows. They did not appear today.
Number of species: 30

Canada Goose (Large) 12
Mallard 7
Cinnamon Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 25
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron 10
Turkey Vulture 2
Northern Harrier 5
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Virginia Rail 4
American Coot 1
American Avocet 50
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Willet 8
Long-billed Curlew 5
Western Sandpiper 35
Short-billed Dowitcher (Pacific) 50
Long-billed Dowitcher 100
Bonaparte's Gull 200
Ring-billed Gull 5
California Gull 15
Black Phoebe 2
Common Raven 2
Marsh Wren 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 5
Song Sparrow 45
White-crowned Sparrow 15

Patterson Pass road marker 6.21

Location: Patterson Pass road marker 6.21
Observation date: 10/17/09
Notes: This is my 1st trip out with my Livermore Adult Hawk Watching Class.
Great waether and a good curious class.
Number of species: 16

Turkey Vulture 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 2
Mourning Dove 2
Anna's Hummingbird 4
Say's Phoebe 2
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Horned Lark 8
Rock Wren 2
Spotted Towhee 1
California Towhee 2
Lark Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Western Meadowlark 6
Brewer's Blackbird 10
Lesser Goldfinch 3

Pleasanton Birds

Location: 94566, Pleasanton, Alameda County, CA, US
Observation date: 8/24/09
Notes: a fly over making it's clicking call.
Number of species: 1

Barn Owl 1

Rio Grande Valley State Park

Location: Rio Grande Valley State Park
Observation date: 8/23/09
Notes: These WCSP were of the Inter-mountain west sub-species with the dark lores.
The Warbler "Vermivora" Nashville was feeding low in green grasses.
I was sure it was Nashville. But once in the nature center on the sighting posting borad a MacGillivray's warbler had been posted, so I X both birds.
Number of species: 38

Canada Goose 30
Wood Duck 12
Mallard 10
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Great Blue Heron 2
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Killdeer 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 5
White-winged Dove 7
Mourning Dove 5
Black-chinned Hummingbird 20
Calliope Hummingbird 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 15
Rufous Hummingbird 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3
Hammond's Flycatcher 1
Cordilleran Flycatcher 1
Black Phoebe 1
Say's Phoebe 1
Western Kingbird 1
Plumbeous Vireo 1
Bank Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Bushtit 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 1
Nashville Warbler X
Virginia's Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
MacGillivray's Warbler X
White-crowned Sparrow 5
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Bullock's Oriole 1
House Finch 9
Pine Siskin 5
Lesser Goldfinch 2

Santa Fe - Audubon Center

Location: Randall Davey Audubon Center
Observation date: 8/22/09
Notes: Wow, we hit the ranch just right at 7:30AM. It was cool maybe mid50's. clear sky. Pine Siskins and Hummingbirds were all over the feeders.
Soon after we started up the Bear Valley trail a Vaux's Swift flew by never to return. Ten minutes up the trail we spotted Chipping Sparrows. With the sparrow's was the first of two Black and White Warbler's we tracked the warbler for 15 minutes. Then I heard the Pinyon Jays, then the Townsend Warbler was spotted on a tall pine tree. A Grace's Warbler pushed off the high spot on the pine. The Willow Flycatcher (SP?) was in the dieing fruit tree Orchard. Quail were calling all over the mountain. The second of the Black and White Warbler's was found near the bottom of the trail near the back of the nature center near the water channel. It was great birding, cool, fast and with many different species popping up.

Number of species: 36

Gambel's Quail X
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3
White-winged Dove 5
Great Horned Owl 1
Vaux's Swift 1
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 15
Rufous Hummingbird 9
Willow Flycatcher X
Cordilleran Flycatcher 1
Plumbeous Vireo 1
Steller's Jay 2
Pinyon Jay 27
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Bushtit 14
Pygmy Nuthatch 1
Western Bluebird 5
Mountain Bluebird 2
Townsend's Solitaire 1
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Grace's Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Spotted Towhee 2
Canyon Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco (Red-backed) 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Cassin's Finch 3
House Finch 20
Pine Siskin 50
Lesser Goldfinch 30
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 5

New Mexico - Azure wetland

Location: Azure wetland, Carson Nat'l Forest
Observation date: 8/21/09
Notes: The wetlands are filled with cattails, little open water.
Number of species: 1

Williamson's Sapsucker 1

New Mexico - Eagle's Nest

Location: Eagle Nest State Park
Observation date: 8/21/09
Number of species: 13

Canada Goose 100
Mallard 50
American White Pelican 75
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Kestrel 1
White-winged Dove 2
Western Kingbird 2
Mountain Bluebird 20
American Robin 2
Western Meadowlark 1
meadowlark sp. X
Lesser Goldfinch 3

New Mexico - Red River Trailer Park

Location: Red River - RoadRunner Trailer Park
Observation date: 8/21/09
Notes: The Evening Grosbecks and Pine Siskins can be found at a feeder across the road from the Trailer Pk entrance Ask for permission to bird the park the best spot id on the river by the two cabins.
Number of species: 28

Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Calliope Hummingbird 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 6
Dusky Flycatcher 1
Cordilleran Flycatcher 1
Black Phoebe 1
Plumbeous Vireo 1
Steller's Jay 2
Common Raven 4
Violet-green Swallow 2
Mountain Chickadee 3
Bushtit 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Mountain Bluebird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 2
Western Tanager 1
Chipping Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Cassin's Finch 4
Pine Siskin 20
Evening Grosbeak 8

Taos area restaurant rear parking lot

Location: Restaurant w/Juice Margarita sign
Observation date: 8/21/09
Notes: Follow the drive way into the rear parking pot. There is an a large lush pasture and row crop garden in the rear. The Violet Greens were sitting on the phone line.
Number of species: 12

American Kestrel 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2
Western Kingbird 2
Black-billed Magpie 2
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 10
Violet-green Swallow 180
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
European Starling 10
Yellow Warbler 1
Bullock's Oriole 1
Pine Siskin 5

Taos road HY64

Location: HY 64 & Los Colonias Rd
Observation date: 8/21/09
Notes: The Burrowing Owls were in the field on the northeast corner of HY64 & Colonias Rd. sitting near the power line pole in the pasture.
Number of species: 9

Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 2
Burrowing Owl 2
Say's Phoebe 1
Western Kingbird 2
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Bullock's Oriole 1

Rio Grande Geoge Bridge

Location: Rio Grande Geoge Bridge viewing
Observation date: 8/20/09
Notes: There was also 9 Rocky Mtn. Big Horn Sheep on the trail, easily seen from the bridge.
Number of species: 11

White-throated Swift 200
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Common Raven 5
Violet-green Swallow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 13
swallow sp. 100
Brewer's Sparrow 2
Lark Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 1
House Finch 3
House Sparrow 2

Arroyo Honda Valley

Location: Arroyo Honda Valley
Observation date: 8/20/09
Notes: These sightings were along HY230.
Number of species: 11

Mallard 1
Swainson's Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 4
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher 1
Tree Swallow 5
Violet-green Swallow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brewer's Blackbird 9

Taos Ski Area

Location: Taos Ski area parking lot
Observation date: 8/20/09
Notes: Great weather at 9400ft but only a few birds where seen.
Number of species: 7

Steller's Jay 2
Mountain Chickadee 1
Pygmy Nuthatch 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 1
Western Tanager 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1

Paseo del Pueblo Norte shop

Location: Paseo del Pueblo Norte -Sheep Skin shop
Observation date: 8/20/09
Notes: Behind the Sheep Skin Clothing shop is a wonderful garden with Aspens and Apple Orchard. There is also a Israeli resturant with out door sitting. Sit here and watch the birds come into the Apple Orchard to fee on ripe apples , a great show. + The food was very good.
Number of species: 27

Turkey Vulture 4
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3
Common Nighthawk 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Black-billed Magpie 3
American Crow 2
Common Raven 4
Barn Swallow 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Western Bluebird 10
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 30
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 1
Western Tanager 4
Chipping Sparrow 1
Lark Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Brewer's Blackbird 5
Lesser Goldfinch 6
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 9

Taos Pubelo entrance road

Location: 1020 Taos Pueblo Road
Observation date: 8/20/09
Notes: Behind the home and used autos at 1020 ( marked on a electrical box in front of the home) are of Italian Populars and dead fruit trees this is where the Flickers were seen. The big cottonwoods in fron to f the home had the Williamson SP. There a number of large chokecherrys brushes in front of the home.
Number of species: 10

Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 4
Rufous Hummingbird 2
Williamson's Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 7
Black-billed Magpie 9
Common Raven 2
American Robin 10
European Starling 15
House Finch 3

Taos Pueblo parking lot

Location: Taos Pueblo parking lot
Observation date: 8/19/09
Notes: This spot is against the back fence line in the Taos Pueblo visitors parking lot.
There appeared to be a fly by Lewis WP. It was fleeting look as so many good birds were active.
Number of species: 15

Turkey Vulture 3
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 3
Lewis's Woodpecker X
Red-naped Sapsucker 1 In dieing Cottonwood tree
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 In dieing Cottonwood tree
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 In dieing cottonwood tree
Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher 1 In Aspen Tree next to dieing Cottonwood tree
Black-billed Magpie 1
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 1
House Wren 1
Summer Tanager 1 In dieing cottonwood tree.
Western Tanager 3 In Aspen Tree
Evening Grosbeak 3 In Aspen Tree
House Sparrow 3 Nest hole in a fruit tree which appeared to be dieing also.

August Bodega Bay

Location: Bodega Bay
Observation date: 8/15/09
Notes: with Joni Garden and Jeff Miller
Number of species: 35

Surf Scoter 1
Pacific Loon 4
Common Loon 1
American White Pelican 4
Brown Pelican 30
Brandt's Cormorant 4
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 4
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 4
Northern Harrier 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Black Oystercatcher 4
Wandering Tattler 3
Willet 3
Whimbrel (American) 4
Marbled Godwit 65
Black Turnstone 5
Western Sandpiper X
Heermann's Gull 1
Western Gull 100
Caspian Tern 2
Pigeon Guillemot 3
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher 2
Black Phoebe 1
Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 3
Common Raven 2
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
White-crowned Sparrow 5
Brewer's Blackbird 10
Lesser Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X