Birding in Chico

Feather River Parkway
Oroville 2/8/07 List of birds

Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Turkey Vulture
Wood Duck
Mallard
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Americsan Coot
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-brested Sapsucker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downey Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Western Scrub Jay
Yellow-Billed Magpie
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Nothern Mockingbird
European Starling
Phainopepla
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden Crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Lesser Goldfinch

Birds seen at Indian fishery

February 1, 2007

Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Mallard
Red Shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Greater Yellow Legs
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downey Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Western Scrub Jay
Yellow-Billed Magpie
American Crow
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted (Rufous Sided) Towhee
California Towhee
Orange Crowned Warbler
House Finch

Seven Mile Lane

January 25, 2007

Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Turkey Vulture
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
California Gull
Rock Dove
Black Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Western Scrub Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer’s Blackbird
Green-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
White-crowned Sparrow
We meet tomorrow at Indian Fisheries at 9 A.M.

Carl

This class meets every Thursday starting January 25, 2007 to March 1, 2007. All outings start at 9:00 A.M. unless noted otherwise, and most will be over by 11:00 A.M.

January 25
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge,
Llano Seco, 7 Mile Lane.
Meet at the viewing stand

February 1
Bidwell River State Park (Indian Fisheries)
Meet at Indian Fisheries

February 8
Upper Bidwell Park
Meet at the new parking lot above Horseshoe Lake

February 15
Feather River Parkway, Oroville
Meet at Park and Ride, Lot #2 at 9 A.M. Will be back around 12.00 P.M.

February 22
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge
Pine Creek Unit
Meet at Albertson’s Parking lot on East Ave.

March 1
Black Butte Lake
Meet at Park & Ride, Lot #2 at 8:30 A.M.
We will return to Chico around 12:30
*Note, Bring your small radio if you have one.

Note: Rain will cancel our outing. I will contact you by e-mail before 8:30 a.m. if we have to cancel

Saw at least two different male black-chinned hummingbirds at the feeder this weekend. One was noticeably smaller, with a very distinct white band.