Morning Birding Species List | June 20, 2017

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Tuesday, June 20, 2017, 6:00AM – 9:00AM

Species Identified
Canada Goose Mallard Great Blue Heron Killdeer Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Broad-tailed Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Western Wood-Peewee Cordilleran Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Steller’s Jay		Black-billed Magpie American Crow Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet Mountain Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird		European Starling Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Green-tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee Song Sparro Black-headed Grosbeak Red-winged Blackbird (pictured above) Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock’s Oriole American Goldfinch

Comments:

An abundance of bird activity provided many opportunities for observing interesting species and behaviors. A Gray Catbird gave us a rare, long look as it sang from a prominent perch. We also had excellent looks at Western Wood-Peewees and Black-headed Grosbeaks, as well as a chance to study a Black-chinned Hummingbird. Many fledglings were on the move and being fed by parents, including Mountain Bluebirds and Red-winged Blackbirds. The heronry was full of activity with young birds exercising their wings while jumping from edge to edge of their nests. We compared field marks for juvenile and adult herons side-by-side.

~ Rebecca Weiss, ACES Bird Guide 

 

Photo by Dale Armstrong