Morning Birding Species List | June 16, 2015

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 6AM – 9AM
Weather: Partly cloudy
Location: Rock Bottom Ranch

Species Identified
Canada Goose Mallard Great Blue Heron Wilson’s Snipe Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-dove Mourning Cove Broad-tailed Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird Lewis’s Woodpecker American Kestrel		Western Wood-pewee Cordilleran Flycatcher Western Kingbird Warbling Vireo Black-billed Magpie American Crow Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Black-capped Chickadee House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet		American Robin Gray Catbird European Starling Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Song Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bullocks Oriole American Goldfinch (pictured above)

Comments: The birds were particularly active on this cloudy morning, especially flycatchers, wrens, and swallows. We studied violet-green and tree swallows as they foraged on insects low to the ground, with good looks at their iridescent colors on their backs. Two snipes gave us a brief look in the open field of rushes. Large baby herons were standing in nests in the heronry; at least 13 were observed. We found a cedar waxwing nest with both parents bringing nesting material. It was a wonderful morning of excellent bird sightings!

~ Rebecca Weiss, ACES Bird Guide