9.1-3 Yosemite
and Mono County
WHITE-FACED IBIS (notable) at Owens
Lake (Sep 03)
OSPREY (notable) at Lundy Canyon (Sep 02)
BALD EAGLE (notable) at Lundy Canyon (Sep 02)
LEWIS'S WOODPECKER (juvenile) at Hwy 120 East (Sep 03)
PINYON JAY (100s) at Tom's Place (Sep 03)
65 species seen:
Canada Goose (13)
Gadwall (7, 13)
Mallard (13)
Eared Grebe (5, 10, 12)
American White Pelican (12)
White-faced Ibis (12)
Turkey Vulture (12)
Osprey (8)
Bald Eagle (8)
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
American Kestrel (7)
American Coot (7)
American Avocet (12)
Willet (12)
Marbled Godwit (12)
Wilson's Phalarope (10)
Red-necked Phalarope (5, 10, 12)
California Gull (5, 10, 12)
Forster's Tern (12)
Rufous Hummingbird (9)
Lewis's Woodpecker (11)
Hairy Woodpecker (11)
White-headed Woodpecker (1)
Northern Flicker (5, 7)
Gray Flycatcher (6)
Dusky Flycatcher (11)
Cassin's Vireo (1)
Steller's Jay (1, 2)
Western Scrub-Jay (11)
Pinyon Jay (6, 11, 14)
Clark's Nutcracker (11)
Black-billed Magpie (5)
Common Raven (5, 11)
Horned Lark (11)
Violet-green Swallow (5)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (12)
Mountain Chickadee (1, 2, 4, 8)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1, 11)
White-breasted Nuthatch (11)
House Wren (1)
Marsh Wren (5, 7)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (11)
Mountain Bluebird (11)
Sage Thrasher (10)
European Starling (5)
Orange-crowned Warbler (1)
Yellow Warbler (8)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (2, 5, 6, 11)
MacGillivray's Warbler (1)
Wilson's Warbler (1)
Western Tanager (15)
Green-tailed Towhee (7)
Brewer's Sparrow (7, 11)
Sage Sparrow (7)
Savannah Sparrow (5, 12)
Song Sparrow (5)
Lincoln's Sparrow (1)
Dark-eyed Junco (1)
Red-winged Blackbird (5)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (5)
Brewer's Blackbird (3, 5, 9)
House Finch (4, 11)
Pine Siskin (1)
American Goldfinch (9)
Coyote sp. (12)
Locations:
1) Chevron Meadows (Sep 01)
2) Powerline Road (Sep 01)
3) Tioga Pass (Sep 01)
4) Lee Vining (Sep 01)
5) County Park (Sep 02)
6) Lee Vining Cemetery (Sep 02)
7) DeChambeau Ponds (Sep 02)
8) Lundy Canyon (Sep 02)
9) Lee Vining (Sep 02)
10) West End of Mono Lake (Sep 02)
11) Hwy 120 East (Sep 03)
12) Owens Lake (Sep 03)
13) Pond off of Benton Crossing Road (Sep 03)
14) Tom's Place (Sep 03)
15) McGee Creek (Sep 03)
9.9 Ocean Beach et al., with Paul, Hugh
and Eric
Eared Grebe 20+ (n. L. Merced)
Ring-necked Duck 1 (s. L .Merced)
Red-necked Phalarope 5 (OB), 7 (L. Merced)
PARASITIC JAEGER ~12-15 (OB)
POMARINE JAEGER 2 (OB)
Jaeger sp. 4 (OB)
COMMON TERN 1 (n. L. Merced w/4 Forster's Terns)
Caspian Tern 2 (s. L. Merced)
Elegant Tern 500+ (OB)
Pigeon Guillemot 3 (OB)
Common Murre 20+(OB)
Eurasian Collared Dove 2 (nr. Vista Grande Canal)
Western Kingbird 1 (Crissy Field)
9.12
Continuing Northern Waterthrush
I arrive at South Lake Merced around
6:00 this evening with the fog streaming in and didn't like my
chances. However, a flock of YELLOW WARBLERs came through and
suddenly David's NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH popped into view, bobbing
and weaving to make Muhammed Ali proud. I even got a few record-quality
shots in the failing light. With the fog, it's likely to spend
the night.
Image ©2006 Mark W. Eaton
9.24 Lark Bunting continues at Sutro Heights Park...
...as of about 8 minutes ago. It was
on the path near the statue of Diana, loosely associating with
the American Robins in the vicinity. Hugh refound it and I left
him there with the bird... Photo ©2006 Mark W. Eaton:
9.28 Virginia's Warbler continues
This morning a pile of us saw the
continuing VIRGINIA'S WARBLER in the flowering red eucalyptus
near the pipe signed MH2. David Nelson and I managed identifiable
photos in the gloom. Other second hand reports include another
TENNESSEE WARBLER and yesterday the continuing GRAY CATBIRD at
Middle Lake, the continuing TENNESSE and BLACKPOLL WARBLERs at
Sutro Heights and a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER along with something
more interesting at Mountain Lake. Most of this is on the BirdBox.
Images ©2006 Mark W. Eaton
9.30 Outer PRNS with Alan Hopkins
Today, I coerced Alan out of the city
and we had a nice if claustrophopic day at the outer point. Highlights
include:
Road Forks Pool:
Yellow-green Vireo, despite the best efforts of the other 75
birders there. No amount of Photoshop can correct the bad images
below ©2006 Mark W.Eaton:
Warbling Vireo
Nunes:
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
52 total birders
Fish Docks:
Wilson's Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Mendoza:
Blackburnian Warbler
Chaetura sp. (single bird, soared alot with drooping wings; silent)
Blackpoll Warbler (up to 5 were reported that day)
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