Field Trip Report

San Bruno Mountain County Park
March 22nd, 2009
Laurie Graham & Jeff Fairclough

The weather was very cold, with 20-25 mph winds, and twice, light rain. Participants receive the Croix de SBM: Laurie, Jeff, Edwin, JC, and Paul. The birding was nonexisitent until we hit a patch of sunshine on the Old Guadalupe Trail where there is Albizia and Acacia trees. We walked out the Crocker Gate to check Lee's feeders, where a blast of wind coming from the west almost blew us away.

Number of species: 31

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Western Gull 4
California Gull 4
Band-tailed Pigeon 29
Mourning Dove 6
Anna's Hummingbird 3
Allen's Hummingbird 9
Hutton's Vireo 1
Steller's Jay 3
Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 1
Common Raven 10
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3
Bushtit 4
Winter Wren (Western) 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 28
Wrentit 5
European Starling 16
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 18
Townsend's Warbler 2
Spotted Towhee 1
California Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 13
Purple Finch (Western) 16
House Finch 2
Pine Siskin 9
American Goldfinch 7