Birding in Chico

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Turkey Vulture

Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow Goose

Canada Goose

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Bufflehead

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

California Quail

American Coot

Sandhill Crane

Killdeer

Greater Yellowlegs

Eurasian Collared Dove *

Black Phoebe

Northern Shrike

Western Scrub Jay

Yellow-Billed Magpie

American Crow

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

American Pipit

Savannah Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Brewer’s Blackbird

Lesser Goldfinch

*Note This is my 3^rd sighting of an Eurasian Collared Dove in the last 2 months.

Birds sighted at Indian Fisheries, 10/22/09

Pied-billed Grebe

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Turkey Vulture

Cooper’s Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

California Quail

Rock Dove

Acorn Woodpecker

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Black Phoebe

Western Scrub Jay

Yellow-Billed Magpie

American Crow

Oak Titmouse

Bush Tit

White-breasted Nuthatch

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxing

Yellow Warbler

Spotted Towhee

California Towhee

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

House Finch

Good outing to Horseshoe Lake. Birds sighted were:

Great Blue Heron

Turkey Vulture

Mallard

American Kestrel

Rock Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Acorn Woodpecker

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Black Phoebe

Hutton’s Vireo

Western Scrub-Jay

American Crow

Oak Titmouse

Ruby Crowned Kinglet

Western Bluebird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow Warbler

Spotted Towhee

California Towhee

Golden Crowned Sparrow

Oregon Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Brewer’s Blackbird

On Sunday August 23rd I spotted a Greater Roadrunner at the airport. It was about  7:30 a.m., the weather was clear, warm and no wind. I was going West on Ryan Ave. toward Cohasset Road on a bike ride with two others when a Greater Road Runner crossed the road about 20 yards ahead of us. It did not seem to be bothered by the bikes, and paused at the edge of the road as we went passed. I was about 10 feet from it and had an excellent look. The Greater Roadrunner is a large bird, about 23 in. long.

The Greater Roadrunner has been seen at the airport before but this was my first sighting there. The Greater Roadrunner is a permanent resident of Butte County but sightings are fairly rare because of the few number of individuals. This is only my second sighting of a Roadrunner in the last 20 years in Butte County. Keep your eyes open!

Carl

Turkey Vulture
Great Egret
Mallard
Northern Pintail?
Red-shouldered Hawk
Killdeer
Rock Dove
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Violet Green Swallow
Oak Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Northern Mockingbird
Brewer’s Blackbird