eruther
May 10, 2014
Tilden Regional Park–Inspiration Pt.
Traveling
2.2 miles
166 Minutes
Observers: 2
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.1
12 California Quail
4 Wild Turkey
4 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Turkey Vulture
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Mourning Dove
2 White-throated Swift
10 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Allen’s Hummingbird
3 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
1 Olive-sided Flycatcher
6 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
6 Hutton’s Vireo
6 Warbling Vireo
6 Steller’s Jay
7 Western Scrub-Jay
4 Violet-green Swallow
1 Barn Swallow
20 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
2 Oak Titmouse
39 Bushtit
4 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 Pygmy Nuthatch
3 Bewick’s Wren
2 House Wren
14 Wrentit
9 Western Bluebird
6 Swainson’s Thrush
2 American Robin
3 California Thrasher
12 Cedar Waxwing
4 Orange-crowned Warbler
9 Wilson’s Warbler
14 Spotted Towhee
10 Song Sparrow
16 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
10 Lazuli Bunting
8 Purple Finch
5 House Finch
27 Lesser Goldfinch
8 American Goldfinch

House Wren

Crimson Spot Rock Rose

eruther
May 9, 2014
Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Traveling
3.8 miles
145 Minutes
Observers: 2
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.1
1 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Turkey Vulture
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Mourning Dove
3 White-throated Swift
9 Anna’s Hummingbird
5 Allen’s Hummingbird
1 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker — Parent plus hearing at least two chicks 1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
3 Steller’s Jay
1 Western Scrub-Jay
5 American Crow
1 Common Raven
1 swallow sp.
20 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
1 Oak Titmouse
12 Bushtit
3 Brown Creeper
2 Bewick’s Wren
4 House Wren
11 Wrentit
6 American Robin
4 California Thrasher
7 Orange-crowned Warbler — Parent with 3 fledges or 2+ 2, plus others heard 5 Wilson’s Warbler
7 Spotted Towhee
6 California Towhee
6 Song Sparrow
17 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
4 Lazuli Bunting
4 Purple Finch
3 House Finch
14 Lesser Goldfinch

eruther
May 7, 2014
Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Traveling
3.75 miles
134 Minutes
Observers: 2
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.1
1 Red-shouldered Hawk (California)
7 Mourning Dove
1 Great Horned Owl
12 Anna’s Hummingbird
6 Allen’s Hummingbird
2 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker — Heard at least two young from inside cavity, did not see parents 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher
1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
2 Hutton’s Vireo
8 Steller’s Jay
7 Western Scrub-Jay
8 American Crow
2 Common Raven
16 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
2 Oak Titmouse
14 Bushtit
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
4 Pygmy Nuthatch
2 Brown Creeper
4 Bewick’s Wren
3 House Wren
7 Wrentit
7 American Robin
4 California Thrasher
3 Orange-crowned Warbler
4 Wilson’s Warbler
7 Spotted Towhee
6 California Towhee
4 Song Sparrow
20 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
4 Lazuli Bunting
4 Purple Finch
15 Lesser Goldfinch

eruther
May 6, 2014
Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Traveling
2.8 miles
126 Minutes
Observers: 2
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.1
1 Cooper’s Hawk — On wire above Russell Street and Claremont Avenue 1 Red-tailed Hawk (Western)
1 Band-tailed Pigeon
7 Mourning Dove
8 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Allen’s Hummingbird
2 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
5 Steller’s Jay
5 Western Scrub-Jay
8 American Crow
1 Violet-green Swallow
8 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
1 Oak Titmouse
4 Bushtit
2 Bewick’s Wren
3 House Wren
9 Wrentit
3 American Robin
1 California Thrasher
2 Orange-crowned Warbler — Parent feeding young
3 Wilson’s Warbler
5 Spotted Towhee
8 California Towhee — Mating
4 Song Sparrow
19 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
1 Black-headed Grosbeak
3 Lazuli Bunting
1 Purple Finch
12 Lesser Goldfinch

Video clips

Mount Diablo globelily, Mt. Diablo fairy lantern (LILIACEAE Calochortus pulchellus)

Western Bluebird (TURDIDAE Sialia mexicana)

mariposa lily, mariposa LILIACEAE Calochortus venustus

mariposa lily, mariposa LILIACEAE Calochortus venustus

mariposa lily, mariposa LILIACEAE Calochortus venustus

Wind Poppy (PAPAVERACEAE Papaver heterophyllum) (Poppy Family)

May 4, 2014
Mt. Diablo SP
Traveling
4.5 miles
408 Minutes
Observers: 2
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.1
5 California Quail
6 Turkey Vulture
2 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Killdeer
X White-throated Swift
3 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Olive-sided Flycatcher
1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
7 Ash-throated Flycatcher
3 Western Kingbird
2 Steller’s Jay
4 Western Scrub-Jay
X Violet-green Swallow
X Cliff Swallow
5 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
3 Oak Titmouse
7 Bushtit
2 House Wren
2 Pacific Wren
10 Western Bluebird
2 European Starling
2 Orange-crowned Warbler
2 Wilson’s Warbler
5 Spotted Towhee
2 California Towhee
2 Lark Sparrow
13 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
1 Black-headed Grosbeak
8 Lazuli Bunting
8 Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
3 Purple Finch
5 House Finch
19 Lesser Goldfinch

WEGUxGLWI  Grebes
May 3, 2014
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
Traveling
1.8 miles
142 Minutes
Observers: 3
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.1
60 Eared Grebe — Large tight raft just offshore, diving and resurfacing in unison X Brandt’s Cormorant
X Double-crested Cormorant
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
6 Black Oystercatcher
2 Black Turnstone
2 Western Gull
1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) — 1st year
4 California Gull
3 Band-tailed Pigeon
X Anna’s Hummingbird
X Allen’s Hummingbird
2 Western Scrub-Jay
X American Crow
1 Common Raven
X Chestnut-backed Chickadee
X Pygmy Nuthatch
X European Starling
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
X Wilson’s Warbler
2 California Towhee
X Song Sparrow
2 White-crowned Sparrow
1 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
X Brewer’s Blackbird
X Purple Finch
X House Finch
X Lesser Goldfinch
X American Goldfinch

Common Murre video (with BRCO nest)

Rock Wren

Rock Wren

May 3, 2014
Devil’s Slide Trail County Park
Traveling
2.75 miles
200 Minutes
Observers: 3
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: big day birthday bird walk with John and sister Margaret. Biologist monitor on site reported there are 1400 Common Murre on the rock.  [Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.1]
X Surf Scoter
X Ruddy Duck
1 Western/Clark’s Grebe
X Brandt’s Cormorant
X Pelagic Cormorant
X Brown Pelican
1 Peregrine Falcon
X Western Gull
X Common Murre
X Pigeon Guillemot
X Anna’s Hummingbird
X Common Raven
X swallow sp.
X Bushtit
1 Rock Wren
X Bewick’s Wren
1 Pacific Wren
X Wrentit
1 Swainson’s Thrush
2 Orange-crowned Warbler
1 Wilson’s Warbler
X Spotted Towhee
X Song Sparrow
X White-crowned Sparrow
2 Purple Finch
7 House Finch

eruther
May 1, 2014
Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Traveling
3.3 miles
100 Minutes
Observers: 2
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.1
1 Cooper’s Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
6 Mourning Dove
7 Anna’s Hummingbird
3 Allen’s Hummingbird
2 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
2 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
1 Hutton’s Vireo
4 Steller’s Jay
4 Western Scrub-Jay
1 American Crow
10 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
1 Oak Titmouse
8 Bushtit
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Pygmy Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
5 Bewick’s Wren
2 House Wren
12 Wrentit
9 American Robin — One on nest carrying material to nest site 1 California Thrasher
60 Cedar Waxwing
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
3 Spotted Towhee
5 California Towhee
4 Song Sparrow
15 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
3 Lazuli Bunting
4 Purple Finch
5 House Finch
9 Lesser Goldfinch