Natural Bridges SB–Moore Creek Trail
Sep 10, 2016
1:13 PM
Traveling
2.00 miles
60 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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10 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Killdeer
2 Heermann’s Gull
20 Western Gull
1 Mourning Dove
5 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Black Phoebe
1 California Scrub-Jay
7 American Crow
6 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
4 Pygmy Nuthatch
1 Bewick’s Wren
1 Wrentit
17 European Starling
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
3 Song Sparrow
3 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 22

Chondestes grammacus

Chondestes grammacus

Antonelli Pond
Sep 10, 2016
12:00 PM
Traveling
1.20 miles
65 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 Mallard
1 Pied-billed Grebe
3 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Cooper’s Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
5 American Coot
1 Killdeer
35 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
3 Black Phoebe
1 Western Kingbird
3 Steller’s Jay
4 California Scrub-Jay
20 American Crow
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1 Violet-green Swallow
1 Barn Swallow
3 Northern Mockingbird
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Lark Sparrow — Seeming juvenile, flew on and briefly perched in tree before dropping to ground to forage. Pic attached. 3 Song Sparrow
14 California Towhee
1 Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)

Number of Taxa: 22

Passerella iliaca

Passerella iliaca

Tilden Regional Park–Vollmer Peak

Ned and Nancy H
Sep 7, 2016
6:30 PM
Traveling
1.45 miles
80 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 California Quail
2 Great Horned Owl
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
11 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
3 Red-breasted Nuthatch
4 Pygmy Nuthatch
5 Brown Creeper
1 Bewick’s Wren
2 Wrentit
1 MacGillivray’s Warbler
1 Wilson’s Warbler
2 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) — Mostly chocolate colored sparrow with streaking on white breast, foraging/kicking along side of trail. Another digging just downslope and making chip note/smack sound. 13 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
3 Song Sparrow
3 California Towhee
7 Spotted Towhee

Number of Taxa: 17

Callipepla californica

Callipepla californica

Callipepla californica

Callipepla californica

Callipepla californica

Callipepla californica

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Sep 6, 2016
6:00 PM
Traveling
3.30 miles
93 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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12 California Quail
3 Mourning Dove
9 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Rufous/Allen’s Hummingbird
2 Acorn Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
6 Steller’s Jay
4 California Scrub-Jay
9 American Crow
2 Common Raven
12 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
8 Bushtit
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
6 Pygmy Nuthatch
6 Brown Creeper
2 Bewick’s Wren
4 Wrentit
137 American Robin
1 Townsend’s Warbler
13 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
1 Song Sparrow
12 California Towhee
3 Spotted Towhee

Number of Taxa: 23

Sitta carolinensis

Sitta carolinensis

Contopus sordidulus

Contopus sordidulus

Contopus sordidulus

Orinda Connector Trail
Sep 5, 2016
2:34 PM
Traveling
3.50 miles
200 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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6 Canada Goose
4 Wood Duck
1 Double-crested Cormorant
7 American White Pelican
5 Turkey Vulture
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 California Gull
2 Caspian Tern
1 Band-tailed Pigeon
2 Mourning Dove
5 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
14 Acorn Woodpecker
1 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
3 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
1 Western Wood-Pewee
5 Black Phoebe
7 Hutton’s Vireo
1 Warbling Vireo
4 Steller’s Jay
3 California Scrub-Jay
2 Violet-green Swallow
3 Barn Swallow
30 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
5 Oak Titmouse
41 Bushtit
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
6 White-breasted Nuthatch
8 Pygmy Nuthatch
8 Brown Creeper — Limit it is too low
2 Bewick’s Wren
3 European Starling
2 Townsend’s Warbler
11 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
3 Song Sparrow
5 Spotted Towhee
33 Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)
1 House Finch
3 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 40

Tilden Regional Park–Inspiration Pt.
Sep 4, 2016
3:40 PM
Traveling
3.80 miles
96 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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7 California Quail
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Band-tailed Pigeon
1 White-throated Swift
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Steller’s Jay
4 California Scrub-Jay
1 American Crow
3 Common Raven
13 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
1 Bushtit
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 Pygmy Nuthatch
4 Wrentit
1 California Thrasher
1 Wilson’s Warbler
10 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
5 Song Sparrow
2 California Towhee
2 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 22

Waterfront Rd, Martinez, CA

Tringa melanoleuca

Tringa melanoleuca

1 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Killdeer

Bay Point Regional Shoreline
Sep 3, 2016
1:40 PM
Traveling
0.80 miles
55 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Northern Harrier
2 Virginia Rail
10 Eurasian Collared-Dove
4 Black Phoebe
5 Barn Swallow
1 Common Yellowthroat
3 Yellow Warbler
7 Song Sparrow
X Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)
6 House Finch
X House Sparrow

Number of Taxa: 12

Bombycilla cedrorum

North American river otter

Passerina amoena

Lanius ludovicianus

Buteo swainsoni

Buteo swainsoni

Passerculus sandwichensis

Dow Wetlands Preserve

Dow Wetlands Preserve
Sep 3, 2016
8:00 AM
Traveling
3.20 miles
260 Minutes
Notes:
* Swainson’s hawks were sitting together, low in a tree, one hunted on the ground; long pointed wings in flight, pale on leading edge, dark on trailing edge, face sweeter than red-tail
* Yellow warbler – kissing vocalization
* VA rail – responds to clapping
* Black chinned HU — longer body
* Stop for Fennel and watch
* a flycather would not face *into* the brush
* LAZB spit call; LAZB hanging out with HOFI
* Explore (during work hours only) Mt View Sanitary District, Martinez

29 Canada Goose
7 Mallard
15 Double-crested Cormorant
2 American White Pelican
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
46 Snowy Egret
1 Green Heron
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron
5 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey
4 White-tailed Kite
2 Northern Harrier
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Swainson’s Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Virginia Rail
4 Sora
5 Killdeer
1 Ring-billed Gull
1 California Gull
X Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
14 Eurasian Collared-Dove
3 Mourning Dove
7 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Belted Kingfisher
2 American Kestrel
6 Black Phoebe
1 Loggerhead Shrike
5 California Scrub-Jay
2 American Crow
12 Barn Swallow
7 Marsh Wren
12 Northern Mockingbird
3 European Starling
1 Cedar Waxwing
7 Common Yellowthroat
6 Yellow Warbler
1 Savannah Sparrow
8 Song Sparrow
1 Lazuli Bunting
X Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)
2 Western Meadowlark
6 House Finch

Number of Taxa: 44

Redwood Regional Park–Skyline Gate area
Sep 2, 2016
6:30 PM
Traveling
3.50 miles
81 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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3 California Quail
1 Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Band-tailed Pigeon
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
4 Steller’s Jay
1 Common Raven
7 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
11 Bushtit
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 Brown Creeper
6 Bewick’s Wren
4 Wrentit
3 Western Bluebird
3 Swainson’s Thrush
10 American Robin
4 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
2 Song Sparrow
12 California Towhee
15 Spotted Towhee
2 House Finch

Number of Taxa: 22