date and time:  08 June 2025, from 04:50 to 09:00

weather:  clear, west wind 5mph at the outset, increasing to 10-15mph at survey’s end, temperatures 53-66 degrees F.

route:  standard Trochet

solo survey

birds:

mallard-  6

duck sp.-  2

California quail-  2

wild turkey-  1

Mourning Dove-  3

American Coot-  1

snowy egret-  2

black-crowned night heron-  2

green heron-  1

great egret-  13

great blue heron-  1

killdeer-  1

turkey vulture-  3

white-tailed kite-  1

Northern Harrier-  1

red-shouldered hawk-  3

Swainson’s hawk-  3

red-tailed hawk-  2

Great Horned Owl-  1

downy woodpecker-  5

Nuttall-s woodpecker-  7

Northern Flicker-  1

western kingbird-  10

ash-throated flycatcher-  9

western flycatcher-  1

black phoebe-  14

California scrub-jay-  9

American Crow-  25

oak titmouse-  14 (including one family group)

tree swallow-  80

Cliff swallow-  110

bushtit-  4 (nearly missed!)

white-breasted nuthatch-  7

Bewick-s wren-  20

northern house wren-  15

marsh wren-  40

European starling-  3

Western Bluebird-  2

Swainson’s thrush-  1

American robin-  4 (nest)

house finch-  60

lesser goldfinch-  1

American goldfinch-  12

Song Sparrow-  30

spotted towhee-  35

Western Meadowlark-  10

red-winged blackbird-  180

brown-headed cowbird-  25

blackbird sp.-  60

common yellowthroat-  9  (including one family group)

black-headed grosbeak-  5

blue grosbeak-  1