[SBB] SBC - Foothills Park

[Nancy Teater <[[email protected]]>]

Hello Lester and all,
On Saturday, two of us surveyed and counted birds at Foothills Park for the 
Palo Alto Summer Bird Count. We birded for more than 6 hours and saw or 
heard 49 species. In addition to the Usual Suspects, we saw two juvenile 
Brown Creepers, one Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, several juvenile Pied-billed 
Grebes, lots of begging Chestnut-back Chickadees, and two Purple Finches.

Here's a complete list:

2 Ruddy Duck
2 California Quail
7 Pied-billed Grebe, 4 young
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
2 White-tailed Kite
2 Cooper's Hawk
4 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
9 American Coot, several young
10 Band-tailed Pigeon
5 Anna's Hummingbird
1 Allen's Hummingbird
1 Acorn Woodpecker
3 Nuttall's Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
4 Black Phoebe, 1 fledgling
2 Ash-throated Flycatcher
1 Hutton's Vireo
2 Warbling Vireo
8 Steller's Jay
8 Western Scrub-Jay
2 Common Raven
7 Violet-green Swallow, one confirmed on nest
42 Cliff Swallow, many on nest at Interpretive Center
7 Barn Swallow, feeding young
24 Chestnut-backed Chickadee, begging young and feeding young
3 Oak Titmouse
20 Bushtit
2 Brown Creeper young
2 Bewick's Wren
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcheer
5 Western Bluebird, carrying food to nest box
6 American Robin, 3 young
7 Wrentit
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
4 Wilson's Warbler
9 Spotted Towhee
6 California Towhee
9 Song Sparrow
62 Dark-eyed Junco, begging young and feeding young
6 Black-headed Grosbeak
18 Red-winged Blackbird, visiting nest
1 Bullock's Oriole
2 Purple Finch
28 House Finch
6 Lesser Goldfinch

--
Nancy R. Teater, Hamilton Communications
[[email protected]]
phone 650.321.0252  fax 650.491.3878


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