[SBB] Santa Teresa Park

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

Phyllis Swanson and I enjoyed a beautiful day birding and finding 
wildflowers in Santa Teresa park this morning. The Stile Ranch trail 
provided great looks at our first singing male LAZULI BUNTING. Four more 
were seen throughout the morning, including two males in a territorial 
dispute. A selasphorus hummingbird made a brief appearance but could not 
be found again. A pair of RUFOUS CROWNED SPARROWS perched in the open 
provided great looks. I heard HORNED LARKS singing in the grass near the 
top of the first hill again today. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was heard in 
the meadow, then perched on a fence on IBM property. VIOLET GREEN 
SWALLOWS were swarming around a big Valley Oak tree that had many 
suitable nest cavities. BARN SWALLOWS, AM. KESTREL, RED SHOULDERED AND 
RED TAILED HAWK, COOPERS HAWK, CO. RAVEN and AM. CROW were seen overhead.

Walking to the Pueblo picnic area we saw the first of three ASH THROATED 
FLYCATCHERS, and got terrific looks of a second GRSP. singing from a 
rock. This bird was much paler than the first. HOODED and BULLOCKS 
ORIOLES, WESTERN BLUEBIRD were seen during lunch. WILD TURKEYS were 
displaying on the hill as we returned along the Fortini Trail. WRENTITS, 
more RCSP and many strange looking molting GOLDEN CROWNED SP. were in 
the chaparral.

Along the creek, we had singing WARBLING VIREO, WILSON'S WARBLER and 
ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER. Phyllis spotted our only CAL. THRASHER dashing 
across a residents lawn. Four noisy WESTERN KINGBIRDS also seen here. A 
YELLOW BILLED MAGPIE, WESTERN MEADOWLARK pair and another kingbird were 
spotted on our drive out. Many birds were carrying nesting material or 
food for young. BUSHTIT fledglings perched all in a row on a branch were 
also memorable.

Janna Pauser

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