[EBB Sightings] Friday field trip--

Dear Birders:

Today's scheduled GGA field trip to Jewel Lake yielded up no rarities
but a good number of winter and resident species and 12 enthusiastic
participants.  After another cold night the welcome sun produced lots
of avian activity including a large group of band-tailed pigeons that
settled in the upper branches of the conifers at the end of the lake. 
On the lake itself were a pair of buffleheads (Bethany Facendini, the
park naturalists who leads the weekly "Tuesday for the Birds" trip
reported that a group of Common Mergansers were recent visitors). 
Probably the most active and abundant species was the Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, everywhere scoldinge and once revealing his bright red crown. 
The Varied Thrushes were more abundant than usual.

Here is the list of 27 species seen/or heard.  

Red-shouldered Hawk
Two accipiters -- probably Cooper's Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Bufflehead
Band-tailed Pigeon
Northern Flicker
Harris Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Steller's Jay
Scrub Jay
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Wren-tit
Winter Wren
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Townsend's Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow

-- Phila Rogers



 
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