[SBB] Rufous-crowned Sparrow

[Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]>]

I ran into Ann Verdi at Quicksilver Co. Park/ Mockingbird Hill entrance 
this morning. We spotted a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers finishing 
their beautiful lichen covered nest on the Hacienda Trail. Later I found 
a tree full of Yellow-rumped Warblers singing in unison. I heard this 
same phenomenon at Guadalupe Oak Grove Park this week and reported it 
last spring as well.

Birding along the Los Alamitos Creek trail this afternoon, I heard what 
I thought was a singing House Wren. Instead, I found was a singing 
Rufous-crowned Sparrow near exercise station # 13. This has always been 
a lucky spot for me. Several Hooded and Bullocks (male) Orioles were 
seen in the same vicinity. I was thrilled to see Mallard ducklings 
following their parents along the creek.

As I was watching a male Downy Woodpecker in a Sycamore tree on 
Crossview Court, a Coopers Hawk swooped in and clawed at the underside 
of the tree branch, missing the Downy. I often see COHA hunting woodpeckers.

A female Hooded Oriole has joined its mate at my backyard Oriole feeder. 
The Sharp-shinned Hawk continues to visit, scattering feeding sparrows, 
doves and finches.

Janna Pauser

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