Jan 24, 2026 6:43 AM – 1:39 PM
5.554 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     44F, overcast at start. Fog increased for the first hour and then it became sunny with a light breeze. 64F at the end.
Reported by Chris Conard and joined by John Trochet.
We were able to cross the channel into the main forest without too much difficulty and make our way to the river. John left before I turned to the southwest forest and through Macworld. The water in the slough at the east end where our route first meets it was relatively high, but it was lower than expected to the west, allowing the majority of the regular route to be covered. I sunk into a muddy puddle to the depth of my knee near the traditional LEOW roost. A few (presumed) variegated meadowhawks (dragonflies) were flying about.
76 species (+7 other taxa)

Snow Goose  14
Greater White-fronted Goose  400
Cackling Goose  9
Canada Goose  5
Tundra Swan  2     Calling in the distance
Wood Duck  75
American Wigeon  10
Mallard  35
Northern Pintail  2
Ring-necked Duck  4
Common Goldeneye  16
Wild Turkey  15
Eurasian Collared-Dove  2
Mourning Dove  5
Sandhill Crane  55
Killdeer  3
Wilson’s Snipe  1
Ring-billed Gull  4
California Gull  11
Larus sp.  1
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Egret  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  16
White-tailed Kite  4
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk  2
Northern Harrier  3
Red-shouldered Hawk  5
Red-tailed Hawk  6
Great Horned Owl  2     One calling midday
Long-eared Owl  9     Regular roost. The first detection this season. Will add photos.
Acorn Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  7
Nuttall’s Woodpecker  16
Northern Flicker  12
American Kestrel  2
falcon sp.  1     Probably a Merlin
Black Phoebe  3
Say’s Phoebe  1
Hutton’s Vireo  4
California Scrub-Jay  12
Yellow-billed Magpie  9
American Crow  8
Common Raven  5
Oak Titmouse  16
Tree Swallow  6
Bushtit  75
Wrentit  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  60
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  18
Northern House Wren  8
Bewick’s Wren  10
European Starling  300
Northern Mockingbird  1
Western Bluebird  8
Varied Thrush  2
Hermit Thrush  15
American Robin  16
American Pipit  5
House Finch  4
Lesser Goldfinch  1
American Goldfinch  1
Fox Sparrow  2
Fox Sparrow (Sooty)  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)  70
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s)  11
White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis)  4     Regular at this location. Yellow-billed, drabber and browner than a Gambel’s.
Golden-crowned Sparrow  30
Savannah Sparrow  8
Song Sparrow  8
Lincoln’s Sparrow  9
California Towhee  1
Spotted Towhee  45
Western Meadowlark  6
Red-winged Blackbird  95
Brewer’s Blackbird  20
blackbird sp.  30
Orange-crowned Warbler  2
Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens)  10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s)  16
Townsend’s Warbler  5     Counted. Avoided double counting. There may have been more.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S296095457