Monday 23 September 2013

Coyote Hills, 22.09.2013

Another exciting birding experience with the Golden Gate Audubon Club. The birding area was the residence of the famous Great Horned Owl, Coyote Hills.

I definitely missed spotting the resident Great Horned Owl, but saw a string of new species on my second birding experience in the US. The entire list:

1. Canada Goose - 1
American Bushtit
2. Mallard - At least 15
3. Northern Shoveller - 9
4. American White Pelican - Large flocks of 30+
5. Black-Crowned Night Heron - 2
6. Turkey Vulture - 2 Soaring
7. White-Tailed Kite - 3
8. Red-Tailed Hawk - 1
9. Red-Shouldered Hawk - 1
10. American Kestrel - 1
11. American Coot - 1
12. Killdeer - 2
13. Black-Necked Stilt - 2
14. American Avocet - 1
15. Greater Yellowlegs - 4
16. Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
17. Least Sandpiper - 15
18. Western Sandpiper - 4
19. Short-Billed Dowitcher - 1
20. California Gull - 1
Anna's Hummingbird
21. Western Gull - 2
22. Eurasian Collared Dove - 1
23. Mourning Dove - 2
24. Rock Dove - 6
25. Anna's Hummingbird - 5
26. Downey Woodpecker - 2
27. Acorn Woodpecker - 2
28. Western Wood-Peewee - 1
29. Olive-Sided Flycatcher - 1
30. Pacific-Slope Flycatcher - 5
31. Black Phoebe - 3
32. Western Kingbird? - 1
33. Hutton's Vireo - 2
34. Steller's Jay - 2
35. Western Scrub-Jay - 25+
36. American Crow - 3
37. Common Raven - 1 nest
38. Barn Swallow - 25+
39. American Bushtit - 4
Greater Yellowlegs
40. Hermit Thrush - 2
41. American Robin - 4
42. Northern Mockingbird - 2
43. European Starling - 3
44. Orange-Crowned Warbler - 1
45. Yellow-Rumped Warbler - 1
46. Song Sparrow - 20+
47. Savannah Sparrow - 1
48. Golden-Crowned Sparrow - 2
49. Dark-Eyed Junco - 2
50. House Finch - 6
51. Bewick's Wren - 1
52. House Wren - 3
53. Marsh Wren - 2




House Finch



Least Sandpiper



Lesser Goldfinch



Lesser Yellowlegs



Mourning Dove



Red-Tailed Hawk



House Wren



Western Scrub-Jay

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