Red-Tailed Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Golden Eagle
Ring-Necked Pheasant
Canada Goose
Grebe
Coot
Robin
Sparrow
Northern Harrier
Mallard
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-Shafted Flicker
Belted Kingfisher
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Whip-poor-Will
Nighthawk
Burrowing Owl
Barn Owl
Mourning Dove
California Quail
Greater-Sage Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Flycatcher
Say’s Phoebe
Violet-Green Swallow
Tree Swallow
Magpie
Raven
Crow
Bushtit
Mountain Bluebird
Goldfinch
Western Tanager
Bald Eagle
Curlew
Killdeer
Meadowlark
Kestrel
Osprey
White Pelican
Rough Legged Hawk
Kingfisher
The birds begin steadily reappearing with the shifting seasons. Their names become a handwritten chain in my journal, used to measure the year. Every new sighting, tangible evidence why this lifestyle is satisfying to me.
I’ve just been googling some of your birds (rainy day: supposed to be writing but am stuck). What amazing colours you must be seeing. I think I like the Western Tanager the best.
You cannot see a Tanager without smiling, their color truly brightens your day. However, they are not very common.
Lovely–we have several of these out here on the Left Coast, as well as the Ring-Necked Dove, which is found only in Southern California far as I know. (Exactly the same as the Mourning, but with a little ring of spots like a bandana on the back of its neck.) We also have acquired some Green Ball Parrots as a result of some bird-raiser releasing some when s/he couldn’t care for them any longer. Loudest cotton-pickin’ squawks ever! Sounds like the flying monkeys in the original Wizard of Oz movie. We also have a family of Black Phoebes which keep me entertained.
Keep going there, Eagle-Eye!
Lynne Burt-Jenkins Garden Grove, CA
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:13:14 +0000 To: lbjcariad@hotmail.com
Yes,extremely rewarding to see all the wildlife! More important that open space on farms and ranches give desirable and safe habitat to wildlife…….