December 2006 Field Journal 12.23 SF Birds
Not much around, but there were at least 2 VARIED THRUSHes at Kobbe and Upton and there was what appeared to be a pure NORTHERN "Yellow-shafted" FLICKER at Lobos Dunes.12.24 - 29 Anza Borrego and environs
RED-TAILED HAWK "Fuertes" at Mountain Palms Campground (Dec 27)75 species seen:
Snow Goose (13)
Mallard (5)
Northern Shoveler (12)
Northern Pintail (12)
Green-winged Teal (12)
California Quail (8)
Gambel's Quail (13)
Eared Grebe (12)
American White Pelican (12)
Brown Pelican (12)
Double-crested Cormorant (1, 17)
Great Egret (1, 14)
Cattle Egret (14)
White-faced Ibis (15, 16)
Northern Harrier (12)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (6)
Cooper's Hawk (8)
Red-tailed Hawk (1, 8)
American Kestrel (1, 12)
Prairie Falcon (1)
American Coot (1, 12)
Black-bellied Plover (12)
Semipalmated Plover (12)
Killdeer (12)
Black-necked Stilt (12)
American Avocet (12)
Greater Yellowlegs (14)
Willet (12)
Long-billed Curlew (14)
Marbled Godwit (12)
Least Sandpiper (12, 14)
Dunlin (12)
Long-billed Dowitcher (12)
Ring-billed Gull (12)
California Gull (12)
Herring Gull (12)
Yellow-footed Gull (12)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (9)
White-winged Dove (7)
Mourning Dove (6)
Inca Dove (18)
Greater Roadrunner (19)
Barn Owl (2)
Anna's Hummingbird (19)
Costa's Hummingbird (4)
Belted Kingfisher (14)
Say's Phoebe (4)
Loggerhead Shrike (14)
Common Raven (1)
Horned Lark (16)
Tree Swallow (12)
Barn Swallow (12)
Verdin (4, 5)
Canyon Wren (19)
Bewick's Wren (8)
Marsh Wren (5)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (5)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (5)
Western Bluebird (5, 7, 8, 19)
Crissal Thrasher (5)
American Pipit (14, 16)
Phainopepla (5, 7, 8)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (3, 4, 5)
Abert's Towhee (13)
Vesper Sparrow (5)
Lark Sparrow (6)
Sage Sparrow (5)
Savannah Sparrow (5, 16)
Lincoln's Sparrow (5)
White-crowned Sparrow (5)
Western Meadowlark (1, 14)
Great-tailed Grackle (10, 14)
House Finch (1, 4, 19)
Coyote (11)
Big Horn Sheep (19)Locations:
1) I5 (Dec 24)
2) Warner Springs (Dec 24)
3) Borrego Springs (Dec 24)
4) Anza-Borrego Visitor Center (Dec 25)
5) Anza-Borrego Settling Ponds (Dec 26)
6) Borrego Springs (Dec 27)
7) Yaqui Wells (Dec 27)
8) Mountain Palms Campground (Dec 27)
9) Ocotillo (Dec 27)
10) Hwy 86 (Dec 27)
11) Anza Borrego (Dec 28)
12) Red Hill Marina (Dec 28)
13) NWR Headquarters (Dec 28)
14) Obsidian Butte (Dec 28)
15) Kendall Rd. (Dec 28)
16) Sinclair and Blair (Dec 28)
17) Ramer Lake (Dec 28)
18) Brawley (Dec 28)
19) Palm Canyon, Anza Borrego (Dec 29)
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