Orr Ranch (limited access), Sacramento, California, US
Feb 28, 2026 6:34 AM – 11:49 AM
5 miles
55 to 70F. Patchy fog gave way to sun and partial clouds. Increasingly overcast by late morning.
Several deer, orange sulfur and cabbage white butterflies.
66 species (+6 other taxa)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) 3400 A couple blue morphs. Of the birds seen, no Ross’s.
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) 600
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 6
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 40
American Wigeon (Mareca americana) 60
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 24
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) 32
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 8
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 5
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 2 Male didn’t want to leave. Flushed and came back.
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 18
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 15
Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 1 M
hummingbird sp. (Trochilidae sp.) 1
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) 190
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 2
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 1
Larus sp. (Larus sp.) 28
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 9
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) 5
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 2
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 5
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 9
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 1
Cooper’s Hawk (Astur cooperii) 1
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) 1 First winter
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 2
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 8
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 4
Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii) 13
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 12
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 2
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) 7
California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 4
Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 1
Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus) 14
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 45
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) 14
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 10
Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 21 Numbers not exceptional for this site.
Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 6
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 350
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) 14
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 18
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 8
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) 16
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 6
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) (Junco hyemalis [oreganus Group]) 17
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 4
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s) (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii) 15
White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) (Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis) 2 Regular at this location. Yellow bills, lateral throat stripes, browner on breast than Gambel’s.
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) 121
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 15
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) 5
California Towhee (Melozone crissalis) 4
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 14 Relatively inconspicuous
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 26
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 80
Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) 27
blackbird sp. (Icteridae sp.) 60
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) (Setophaga coronata auduboni) 142
Townsend’s Warbler (Setophaga townsendi) 1
Take care,
Chris