I have two lists for you. The first one, a list of the birds we saw on Tuesday 12/13/05 in Willows.
The second is a list of all the birds we saw in the four outings this semester.
Birds sighted at Sacramento National Wild Life Refuge (60)
Belted Kingfisher, Western Meadowlark, American Crow, Yellow-billed Magpie, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night-heron, American Bittern, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Black Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Ring-necked Pheasant, Gadwall, Pied-billed Grebe, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Eurasian Wigeon, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Ruddy Duck, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Least SandPiper, American White Pelican, Killdeer, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, Prairie Falcon, Bald Eagle, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red-winged Blackbird, Brewer’s Blackbird, Northern Mockingbird, Sandhill Crane, Ross’s Goose, Snow Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Canada Goose, Tundra Swan, Black-necked Stilt, Western Scrub Jay, Turkey Vulture, Northern Flicker, Golden-crowned Sparrow s, White-crowned Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, American Pipit, Marsh Wren, Yellow-rumped Warbler, House Finch, Purple Finch, gull
Total Birds seen Fall Semester 2005 (80)
Pied-billed Grebe, American White Pelican, American Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret, Black-crowned Night-heron, White-faced Ibis, Turkey Vulture, Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Ross’s Goose, Canada Goose, Tundra Swan, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Northern Goshawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Golden Eagle (immature), American Kestrel, Merlin, Prairie Falcon, Ring-necked Pheasant, California Quail, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, Greater Yellowlegs, Long-billed Curlew, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, A variety of Gulls, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove, Anna’s Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Downey Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Black Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Western Scrub Jay, Yellow-Billed Magpie, American Crow, Common, Raven, Tree Swallow, Bewick’s Wren, Marsh Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, American Pipit, Yellow-rumped Warbler, California Towhee, Savannah Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden Crowned, Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brewer’s Blackbird, Purple Finch, House Finch, House Sparrow
Even with two outings canceled because of rain, we saw some great birds. The Bittern, Black -crowned Night Heron and Lesser Scaup were a first for Prime Timer Classes.
Carl
