Birding in Chico

Birds seen at the Oxidation Ponds on 1/31/06:

Great Egret, Canada Goose, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Lesser Scaup, Northern Pintail, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Northern Harrier, Cooper’s Hawk (imm), Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Ring-necked Pheasant, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least SandPiper, Belted Kingfisher, Loggerhead Shrike, Yellow-Billed Magpie, Great Horned Owl, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, European Starling, American Pipit, California Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Savannah Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden Crowned Sparrow, Brewer’s Blackbird

Birds sighted at Llano Seco on 7 Mile Ln. The Golden Eagle was a real treat.

Great Egret, Turkey Vulture, Canada Goose, Tundra Swan, Gadwal,l American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red Shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Golden Eagle, American Kestrel, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Killdeer, Long-billed Curlew, Least SandPiper, Mourning Dove, California Gull, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Black Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, American Crow, Marsh Wren, American Pipit, European Starling, White-crowned Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brewer’s Blackbird