4-6 July Yosemite
and Mono County
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (male) at
Tom's Place (Jul 05)
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (adult male) at Green Bridge (Jul 06)
LEWIS'S WOODPECKER CO-NY at Jeffrey Pines on 120 (Jul 05)
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER CO-NY at Wild Rose Canyon (Jul 05)
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER (1 male, 1 female type, location on request
(Jul 06)
DUSKY FLYCATCHER CO-NB at Wild Rose Canyon (Jul 05)
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER CO-ON at Frazier Canyon (Jul 05)
GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH 5 one banded (L yellow over pink, R silver
over yellow) at Ellery Lake Spillway (Jul 06)
79 species seen:
Canada Goose (15)
Osprey (16)
Red-tailed Hawk (11)
American Kestrel (15)
Mountain Quail (3)
California Quail (9)
American Coot (9)
Killdeer (15)
American Avocet (15)
Wilson's Snipe (15)
Wilson's Phalarope (15)
California Gull (6)
Common Nighthawk (15)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (13)
Calliope Hummingbird (7)
Rufous Hummingbird (19)
Lewis's Woodpecker (14)
Williamson's Sapsucker (3)
Red-breasted Sapsucker (7)
Hairy Woodpecker (7)
White-headed Woodpecker (2)
Black-backed Woodpecker (location on request)
Northern Flicker (2)
Pileated Woodpecker (2)
Western Wood-Pewee (3)
Hammond's Flycatcher (2)
Gray Flycatcher (17)
Dusky Flycatcher (7)
Western Kingbird (1, 11)
Loggerhead Shrike (11)
Plumbeous Vireo (8)
Warbling Vireo (2)
Western Scrub-Jay (15)
Clark's Nutcracker (7)
Black-billed Magpie (6)
Yellow-billed Magpie (1)
Common Raven (2)
Tree Swallow (12)
Violet-green Swallow (12)
Cliff Swallow (12)
Barn Swallow (12)
Mountain Chickadee (4)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (3)
White-breasted Nuthatch (17)
Pygmy Nuthatch (14)
Brown Creeper (7)
Rock Wren (8)
House Wren (7)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (8)
Mountain Bluebird (18)
Townsend's Solitaire (6)
Hermit Thrush (3)
Sage Thrasher (16)
Nashville Warbler (3)
Yellow Warbler (15)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (2)
Common Yellowthroat (9)
Western Tanager (2)
Green-tailed Towhee (8)
Chipping Sparrow (17)
Brewer's Sparrow (15)
Lark Sparrow (7)
Black-throated Sparrow (10)
Sage Sparrow (15)
Fox Sparrow (2)
Song Sparrow (15)
Lincoln's Sparrow (2)
White-crowned Sparrow (21)
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Black-headed Grosbeak (7)
Red-winged Blackbird (15)
Western Meadowlark (1)
Brewer's Blackbird (12)
Great-tailed Grackle (9)
Bullock's Oriole (15)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (20)
Pine Grosbeak (3)
Cassin's Finch (5)
Lesser Goldfinch (18)
Locations:
1) Hwy 120 (Jul 04)
2) Crane Flat (Jul 04)
3) Siesta Lake (Jul 04)
4) Tioga Pass (Jul 04)
5) Green Bridge (Jul 04)
6) Hwy 395 (Jul 05)
7) Wild Rose Canyon (Jul 05)
8) Frazier Canyon (Jul 05)
9) Benton Hot Springs (Jul 05)
10) Red Rock Canyon (Jul 05)
11) Fish Slough (Jul 05)
12) Date and/or location not noted
13) Tom's Place (Jul 05)
14) Jeffrey Pines on 120 (Jul 05)
15) Mono County Park (Jul 05)
16) Navy Beach (Jul 06)
17) Burn Area (Jul 06)
18) Upper Rush Creek (Jul 06)
19) Green Bridge (Jul 06)
20) Ellery Lake Spillway (Jul 06)
21) Dana-Gibbs Overlook (Jul 06)
7.17 Gray Flycatcher Identification
Just about everything sounds OK for Dusky Flycatcher, which is
by far
the most likely in that area. The pale bill can show up when
light is
going thought it, as it would be if open, and the DUFL is more
likely to
show paleness than GRFL which has a very dark tip vs. the not
so dark
and solid color on the under mandible of DUFL. GRFL are regular
breeders in Sierra Co., but I've only seen them in the east side
pine
with bitter brush, sagebrush, etc. I've not found them breeding
where
manzanita or tobacco brush are major components. That is the
realm of
Dusky.
Original field notes here.
7.20 Cordell Bank
LAYSAN ALBATROSS 2
26 species seen:
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Pink-footed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Ashy Storm-Petrel
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Red-necked Phalarope
South Polar Skua
Long-tailed Jaeger
Heermann's Gull
California Gull
Western Gull
Sabine's Gull
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Cassin's Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Steller's Sea Lion
Dall's Porpoise
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Blue Whale
Humpback Whale
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