This morning my friend Rick Skillin and I birded Barka Slough on the east side. Birds we saw and heard are as follows: Yellow-breasted Chats Red-tailed Hawks American Kestrel California Scrub Jay California Quail California Towhee Spotted Towhee Song Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Lark Sparrow (a pair, mating) House Finch American Goldfinch Lesser Goldfinch Cassin's Kingbird Ash-throated Flycatcher Yellow Warbler Wilson's Warbler Anna's Hummingbird Pacific-slope Flycatcher Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Bewick's Wren Blue Grosbeak Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Mourning Dove Eurasian Collared Dove European Starling Red-winged Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Bushtit Wrentit Purple Finch Swainson's Thrush Western Bluebird I have heard and read that Bell's Sparrows are sometimes seen out there and I have yet to see one. There may be more birds than I have listed here. Happy Birding! Lisa -- Lisa D Walker-Roseman, Fort Bragg, CA (In Lompoc for the duration) |
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