Checklist S210106926

Observations

1. Blue-winged Teal

   Number observed:  1

2. Cinnamon Teal

   Number observed:  2

   Details

   Male and female. Female with a Ruddy

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3. Northern Shoveler

   Number observed:  18

4. American Wigeon

   Number observed:  1

5. Mallard

   Number observed:  2

6. Mallard (Domestic type)

   Number observed:  4

   Exotic: Escapee

   Details

   Ducklin, homie 1, and a couple others

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7. Green-winged Teal

   Number observed:  1

8. Bufflehead

   Number observed:  3

9. Ruddy Duck

   Number observed:  8

10. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

    Number observed:  15

    Exotic: Naturalized

11. Band-tailed Pigeon

    Number observed:  7

12. Mourning Dove

    Number observed:  1

13. Anna's Hummingbird

    Number observed:  4

14. Virginia Rail

    Number observed:  2

15. American Coot

    Number observed:  6

16. Wilson's Snipe

    Number observed:  1

17. Least Sandpiper

    Number observed:  6

18. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  1

19. Western Gull

    Number observed:  6

20. Pied-billed Grebe

    Number observed:  4

21. Clark's Grebe

    Number observed:  1

22. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  3

23. Black-crowned Night Heron

    Number observed:  1

24. Great Egret

    Number observed:  3

25. Great Blue Heron

    Number observed:  1

26. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  19

27. White-tailed Kite

    Number observed:  2

28. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  2

29. Red-shouldered Hawk

    Number observed:  1

30. Red-tailed Hawk

    Number observed:  5

31. Burrowing Owl

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Helped four other birders get on to this continuing bird. Seen from a distance of around 70 yards.

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32. Nuttall's Woodpecker

    Number observed:  2

33. American Kestrel

    Number observed:  1

34. Black Phoebe

    Number observed:  4

35. Say's Phoebe

    Number observed:  5

36. Tropical Kingbird

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Continuing. Large black bill, green back, lemony yellow tum and greenish-yellow chest. Trilly call. Wasn't at first dock area when I arrived. Then heard its call and the bird magically appeared on its perch at first dock area. I've seen the bird quiet in nearby pines and deciduous tree before, so maybe was lurking close by. Photo

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37. Loggerhead Shrike

    Number observed:  1

38. California Scrub-Jay

    Number observed:  3

39. American Crow

    Number observed:  6

40. Chestnut-backed Chickadee

    Number observed:  3

41. Oak Titmouse

    Number observed:  3

42. Bushtit

    Number observed:  13

43. Wrentit

    Number observed:  2

44. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  14

45. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Calling

46. Rock Wren

    Number observed:  3

47. Northern House Wren

    Number observed:  1

48. Marsh Wren

    Number observed:  2

49. Bewick's Wren

    Number observed:  3

50. European Starling

    Number observed:  8

    Exotic: Naturalized

51. Northern Mockingbird

    Number observed:  1

52. Hermit Thrush

    Number observed:  1

53. Scaly-breasted Munia

    Number observed:  10

    Exotic: Naturalized

54. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  8

    Exotic: Naturalized

55. House Finch

    Number observed:  16

56. Lesser Goldfinch

    Number observed:  7

57. Grasshopper Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Short-tailed, bright-colored Ammodramus. A nice surprise while looking at Rufous-crowned Sparrows. Two popped out of grass below a rocky hillside, calling. This was west of the dog park along Laguna Lake Upper Loop trail looking northward. Took photos of one on a rock and studied that bird and not the other. Buffy to yellow throat, cheeks, chest, flanks, and undertail. Also flanks had some rufousy streaking, which was interesting. And its upper flanks seemed to have few brown spots compared to others in my eBird archive. The flank streak patterns and white belly remind me more of the Florida subspecies rather than the more general adult Northern (not saying it is the Florida subspecies—just having fun here writing about this bird’s fieldmarks), though its back patterns seem different altogether with more brown and less rufous. My archives show much variability in flank streaking. A.s perpallidus appears to be the expected subspecies, which means these birds perhaps should be wintering somewhere else, or else maybe it is common for this species to have most of its flock winter elsewhere while some stragglers stay behind because of a fixed home range (I usually find one in nearby South Hills Open Space this time of year). Or maybe some are merely nomadic. Either way, most here at Laguna are gone in winter, and I do wonder to where they migrate—Mexico or Texas or elsewhere. Some other notable fieldmarks: bright yellow patch above pale supercilium/lore area. Pale eyering. Brown crown bisected by pale stripe. Also, brown eyeline leading back from eye into brown auricular patch. And brown, rufous and gray-patterned back. Pink legs. Large pink-tinged bill. Photos of one specimen.

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58. Dark-eyed Junco

    Number observed:  2

59. White-crowned Sparrow

    Number observed:  42

60. Golden-crowned Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

61. Savannah Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

62. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  6

63. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

64. California Towhee

    Number observed:  4

65. Rufous-crowned Sparrow

    Number observed:  9

    Details

    So many!

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66. Spotted Towhee

    Number observed:  1

67. Western Meadowlark

    Number observed:  8

68. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  22

69. Brewer's Blackbird

    Number observed:  24

70. Great-tailed Grackle

    Number observed:  1

71. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  7

72. Yellow-rumped Warbler

    Number observed:  6

73. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

    Number observed:  2

74. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)

    Number observed:  4

75. Townsend's Warbler

    Number observed:  2