Hi all!
Today, I birded Anderson and Coyote Reservoirs. Interesting
birds that I saw are as follows:
Anderson Reservoir 9am to noon:
- Osprey
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow (with a
flock of White and Golden-crowneds) - interesting here is that one was
begging by making an array of fast high-pitched notes to attract parent,
who flew in and fed juvenile (which looked to be fully grown). Seems
kind of late…
- Mystery bird - looked like Say’s
Phoebe in my nanosecond 50 yd. view and flew like flycatcher as if left and
returned to mid-tree perch but was making the phitz, beew call. I
can’t recall who makes this song and my book doesn’t specify
this song for any of the Flycatchers. Can anyone clarify for me?
Thanks!
- Band-tailed pidgeons - 16
- California
Thrasher
- Warbling Vireo - song only and
I could be wrong
- Cecar Waxwings
- Purple Finch
- Belted Kingfisher
- Hutton’s Vireo - many
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - many
- Townsend’s Warbler - 2
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 +
- Northern Harrier
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Western Meadowlark (at the Malaguerra Ave.
entrance to Coyote
Creek Park)
Coyote Reservoir 12:45pm to 2:45pm
- California Gull -
1
- Black-necked Stilt - 27+
- Long-billed Dowitcher - 154 +
- Dunlin - 1
- Least Sandpiper - 10+
- Wilson’s Snipe - 6+
- Ruddy Duck - 6
- Gadwall - 2
- Merlin - 1
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Rock Wren - 2 - They were happy
to see me and followed me all along the damn as I poked my way
along. I had many close-up views!
Had a day total of 60 species in 5.5 hours which tells me
fall is in full swing… Happy Birding!
Jean Myers