Field Trip Report

Western Bluebird couple


Brown Creeper


Photos courtesy of Sonny Mencher

Filoli Estate
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 8:00am-12:00noon
Leaders: Sue James and Donna Petersen

Several of us joined Sue James and Donna Petersen for the early morning bird walk - let me suggest you go on one of these walks. We saw 48 species and other SAS members found another 4(*) while touring the grounds. I sent the list of 52 to Leonie Batkin and Kris Olson for the Birdiest County contest. Pretty sure we had 3 or 4 species to add to their list.

• Great Blue Heron      
• Turkey Vulture     
• White tailed Kite    
• Sharp shinned Hawk
  
• Red shouldered Hawk   
• Red tailed Hawk    
• Mourning Dove    
• White throated Swift *
  
• Anna's Hummingbird   
• Acorn Woodpecker    
• Nuttal's Woodpecker
  
• Hairy Woodpecker   
• Pacific slope Flycatcher    
• Black Phoebe    
• Tree Swallow
  
• Voilet green Swallow  
• Barn Swallow   
• Steller's Jay   
• Western Scrub Jay
  
• Common Raven    
• American Crow    
• Chestnut backed Chickadee  
• Oak Titmouse
  
• Bushtit   
• White breasted Nuthatch   
• Brown Creeper   
• House Wren   
• Western Bluebird
  
• American Robin   
• Cedar Waxwing    
• European Starling   
• Hutton's Vireo   
• Warbling Vireo
  
• Orange crowned Warbler  
• Yellow rumped Warbler   
• Black throated Gray Warbler
  
• Townsend's Warbler *   
• Wilson's Warbler    
• Black headed Grosbeak   
• Western Tanager *
  
• Spotted Towhee  
• Calif Towhee   
• Chipping Sparrow   
• Song Sparrow   
• Dark eyed Junco
  
• Bullock's Oriole  
• Western Meadowlark   
• Purple Finch   
• House Finch   
• Pine Siskin
  
• Lesser Goldfinch   
• Wild Turkey *

— Sonny Mencher