Claremont Canyon (above Stonewall) 7:30pm

* CA Quail
* Mourning Dove
* Great Horned Owl (2) + loud Haaarnks
* Bushtit
* Bewick’s Wren
* American Robin
* Wrentit
* Spotted Towhee
* Song Sparrow
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Purple Finch
* Dark-eyed Junco – Oregon ssp. (swarms)

Claremont Canyon (above Stonewall)

* Great Horned Owl (h)
* Northern Flicker
* Bewick's Wren
* Wrentit
* Song Sparrow

Claremont Canyon (riparian area) 7:30pm

* CA Quail
* Red-tailed Hawk
* Mourning Dove
* Great Horned Owl (h)
* Anna's Hummingbird
* Northern Flicker
* Bushtit
* Bewick's Wren
* American Robin
* Wrentit
* Spotted Towhee
* Song Sparrow
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Purple Finch

Claremont Canyon (above Stonewall)

* Red-tailed Hawk
* Mourning Dove
* Great Horned Owl (2 seen)
* Northern Flicker (h)
* Bewick’s Wren
* Wrentit
* Song Sparrow
* Lesser Goldfinch

Claremont Canyon (riparian area), 5:30pm

* CA Quail
* Red-tailed Hawk
* Mourning Dove
* Great Horned Owl (h)
* Anna’s Hummingbird
* Northern Flicker (h)
* Olive-sided Flycatcher
* Pacific Slope Flycatcher
* Hutton’s Vireo
* Oak Titmouse
* Bushtit
* Bewick’s Wren
* American Robin
* Wrentit
* Townsend’s Warbler
* Spotted Towhee
* Song Sparrow
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Purple Finch

Location was in SE Canyon, the Environmental Study area, in the riparian area.  Up the canyon about 1/2 mile to the south of a grove of redwoods, was the ‘birdiest’ area we’ve experienced to date. 

Claremont Canyon

* Pygmy Nuthatch
* Red Breasted Nuthatch (h)
* Northern Flicker
* Hairy Woodpecker
* CA Thrasher (h)
* Bewick’s Wren (h)
* Wrentit (h)
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Red-tailed Hawk

Strawberry Canyon

* Hutton’s Vireo
* Red Breasted Nuthatch
* Bewick’s Wren (h)
* Wrentit (h)
* Red-shouldered Hawk

Unless noted otherwise, the following birds are seen on every
Claremont Canyon / Strawberry canyon outing:

CA Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow

Claremont Canyon

* Red Breasted Nuthatches (heard and seen)
* Pygmy Nuthatches (multiple and 3 popping in/out of a snag hole.)  Location: once on the ridge trail heading East, at the top of 1st steep hill just beyond trail that leads down into Strawberry Canyon
* Nuttall’s Woodpecker
* Song Sparrow
* Spotted Towhee
* Bewick’s Wren
* Wrentit

Strawberry Canyon
* too hot.

Claremont Canyon
* CA Thrasher
* Junco (numerous)
* California Towhee
* Salmon crested Cockatoo (on someone’s arm)

Strawberry Canyon
* Townsend’s Warblers (1st of season)
* Red breasted nuthatch (H)
* Brown Creeper
* Song Sparrow
* Bushtits
* Bewick’s Wren
* Wrentit
* Anna’s Hummingbird
* California Towhee
* Spotted California Towhee
* Chestnut -backed Chickadee
* white underparts, yellow head

Valle Vista – August 14

White Breasted Nuthatch
CA Quail
Black Phoebe
Hermit Thrush
Acorn Woodpecker
European Starling
Black Headed Grosbeak (female)
White Pelican
Red Shouldered Hawk
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Pacific Slope Flycatcher
Belted Kingfisher
Orange Crowned Warbler
Chestnut Backed Chickadee

August 1 – Briones Lafayette

Panorama Rd. trailhead (off Upper Happy Valley)
on Mariposa trail.

Blue Gray Gnatcatcher (1st ever!)

July 3,5 – San Pablo Reservoir, Inspiration Point/Nimitz

* Clarke’s Grebe
* White Pelicans
* Lazuli Bunting
* Hairy Woodpecker
* Nuttall’s Woodpecker
* Oak Titmouse
* Spotted Towhee
* Dark-eyed Junco
* Bushtit
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher (H)
* Northern Flicker
* Bewick’s Wren
* California Quail