Morning Birding Species List | June 17, 2014

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 6AM – 9AM
Weather: warm and breezy with clear skies. Gusty wind at times may have kept some birds under cover, but we saw a good number of species, some wonderful behavior and active nests.  
Location: Rock Bottom Ranch

Species Identified
Canada Goose Mallard Common Merganser Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel		Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-dove Belted Kingfisher Lewis’ Woodpecker Northern Flicker Western Wood-peewee Cordilleran Flycatcher		Black-billed Magpie American Crow Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow House Wren American Robin Yellow Warbler		Song Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock’s Oriole Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch

 

Comments: A highlight was a yellow-headed blackbird. The heronry is active with young observed standing in nests.  A yellow warbler nest was observed accidentally at close range; our group stood next to it while the male perched around us, singing through a beak full of insects.  When we realized that its nest was about 3 feet from us, we moved away immediately to give the warblers space.  As always, the birding at RBR is excellent, and breeding birds are in full swing.

~Rebecca Weiss, ACES Naturalist