Red-shouldered Hawk on next door neighbor’s roof – no doubt attracted by activity around several seed feeders in the vicinity.

July 1-2 – Claremont / Strawberry Canyon

Claremont Canyon

* House Wren
* Song Sparrow
* Spotted Towhee
* California Towhee
* Pygmy Nuthatch
* Bushtit
* Wilson’s Warbler
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher (H)
* Northern Flicker
* Brown Creeper
* Bewick’s Wren
* Wilson’s Warbler
* Stellar’s Jay
* Scrub Jay
* California Quail (H)

Strawberry Canyon

* Hutton’s Vireo
* Wilson’s Warbler
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee
* Orange-crowned Warbler
* Wrentit
* Bewick’s Wren
* Swainson’s Thrush (singing!)
* Spotted Towhee
* California Towhee
* Dark-eyed Junco (w/young)
* Song Sparrow
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher
* Pygmy Nuthatch
* Stellar’s Jay
* Scrub Jay
* Red-shouldered Hawk (H)

* Rattlesnake seen 6-29 and 6-30
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Claremont Canyon June 26

* Hooded Oriole

* Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Note: Except for June 13th, we saw the male Indigo Bunting daily from June 9th to June 15th.

June 7-10, 2010 – Claremont / Strawberry Canyon

Claremont Canyon

* Indigo Bunting (pair; 1st seen 6/9/10)
* Red-tailed Hawk
* CA Thrasher
* Song Sparrow
* Spotted Towhee
* Pygmy Nuthatch
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Chickadees
* Bushtit
* Allen's hummingbird
* Anna's hummingbird
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Wilson's Warbler
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher (H)
* Oak Titmouse
* Northern Flicker
* Brown Creeper
* Bewick's Wren

Strawberry Canyon

* Lesser Goldfinch
* Hutton's Vireo
* American Goldfinch
* Wilson's Warbler
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee
* Orange-crowned Warbler
* Northern Flicker
* Wrentit
* Swainson's Thrush (singing!)
* Spotted Towhee
* Dark-eyed Junco (w/young)
* Song Sparrow
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher
* Oak Titmouse
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Brown Creeper
* Red-breasted Nuthatch (H)

Muir Heritage Land Trust – Fernandez Ranch

* Black Phoebe
* Anna’s Hummingbird
* Nuttall’s Woodpecker
* Acorn Woodpecker (!)
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher (H)
* Ash-throated Flycatcher (2 hanging out together)
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee
* Oak Titmouse (3 hanging out together)
* Western Bluebird (w/ 2 young)
* Lark Sparrow (!)
* Red-winged Blackbird
* Lesser Goldfinch
* House Finch
* Wrentit (H)

June 3 – Claremont / Strawberry Canyon

Claremont Canyon

* CA Thrasher
* Song Sparrow
* Pygmy Nuthatch (three in and out of their snag nest)
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Chickadees
* Bushtit
* Allen’s hummingbird
* Anna’s hummingbird
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Wilson’s Warbler
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee (w/young)
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher (H)
* Oak Titmouse (H)

Strawberry Canyon

* Lesser Goldfinch
* Wilson’s Warbler
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee (w/young)
* Orange-crowned Warbler
* Northern Flicker
* Wrentit (H)
* Swainson’s Thrush (singing!)
* Spotted Towhee
* Dark-eyed Junco (w/young)
* Song Sparrow
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher (H)
* Oak Titmouse (H)

June 2 – Claremont / Strawberry Canyon

Claremont Canyon

* CA Thrasher
* Song Sparrow
* Oak Titmouse (w/young)
* Pygmy Nuthatch (three in and out of their snag nest)
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Chicadees
* Bushtit
* Allen's hummingbird
* Ana's hummingbird
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Wilson's Warbler
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee (w/young)

Strawberry Canyon

* Lesser Goldfinch
* Wilson's Warbler
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee (w/young)
* Orange Crowned Warbler
* Wrentit (H)
* Swainson's Thrush (2 singing!)
* McGillivray's Warbler
* Spotted Towhee
* Dark-eyed Junco (w/young)
* Song Sparrow
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher (seen!)

June 1 – Claremont / Strawberry Canyon

To check (remove when done)-
– Pygmy Nuthatch maturation cycle
– Red Shouldered and Red Tailed vocalization
– Oak Titmouse vocalization
– Lazuli Bunting vocalization

Claremont Canyon

* Lazuli Bunting
* CA Thrasher (H)
* Northern Flicker (flyover)
* Song Sparrow
* Oak Titmouse (H)
* Pygmy Nuthatch (three in and out of their snag nest)
* Red-shouldered Hawk (during the past week, a RSH hawk has been sitting on the top of a 30 foot snag at the top of Panoramic Way)
* Downy Woodpecker
* Great Horned Owl (sitting on a rock about 4′ in diameter)
* Brown Creeper

Strawberry Canyon

* Lesser Goldfinch
* Wilson’s Warbler
* Red-breasted Nuthatch (H)
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee (w/young)
* Wrentit (H)
* Swainson’s Thrush (H)
* Spotted Towhee
* Dark-eyed Junco (w/young)
* Song Sparrow
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher (H)

May 30 – Inspiration Point

At the end of the walk, just inside the entrance, Wilson Warblers, Orange-crowned Warblers, Bewick’s Wrens, Chickadees, and Oak Titmice began vocalizing excitedly and hovering around a 18 -24 inch spotted snake that had climbed partway into the Coyote Brush.  The birds all joined in the attempt to scare off the intruder. An Anna’s Hummingbird even stopped by to see what all the fuss was about. The birds eventually moved off – but not until after a good long stand-off. The snake eventually backed down to the ground.