Yesterday, Barry Keith, Phillip Kite, Britta Anderson, Sherri Anderson, Zach
Schwab, Neo McAdams, and myself birded Lake 6 for the monthly bird walk.
Species seen included the following, the highlight probably being the peregrine
falcon which was munching away on something on a tower near the mountain bike
trails:
MallardBlue-winged teal x 1Doubled-crested cormorantGreat egretGreat-blue
heronSnowy egretGreen heron x 1Yellow-crowned night heron x 1Belted
KingfisherSpotted sandpiper x 1Chimney swift x 3 Bank swallow x 1Barn
swallowHouse sparrowPeregrine falcon x 1 KestrelRed-tailed hawk Red-winged
blackbirdGreat-tailed grackleEuropean starlingBullock's oriole Blue jayNorthern
mockingbirdAmerican robinNorthern cardinalBlue grosbeak x 1Painted bunting x
1Ladder-backed woodpeckerYellow warbler x 1warbler, sp? x 1 Scissor-tailed
flycatcher x 2 probable black-chinned hummingbird x 1Mourning
doveEurasian-collared doveWhite-winged doveRock dove