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Location Tilden Nature Area--Jewel Lake
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Owner George Suennen

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  24
  • Distance:  1.9 mi

Checklist Comments

Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Bird Walk, January 6, 2017. Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley, CA (park is in Contra Costa County). Our theme today was Winter Survival of Birds: Life on the Edge and how they cope.

Let me know if you would like the notes from today's walk.

Highlights were: Corvid Grand Slam (Common Raven, American Crow, Steller's Jay and Scrub Jay); Picidae Hat Trick (Northern Flicker, Hairy Woodpecker, Nuttall's Woodpecker); Raptor Grand Slam (Cooper's Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk and Golden Eagle). Mammal of the Day: Coyote (three of them on the road to Jewel Lake).

Totals

32
Species Observed
92 individuals

Observations

  1. Bufflehead

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    3 males, 3 females

  2. Common Goldeneye

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    female

  3. Anna's Hummingbird

    Number observed:  2

  4. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    makes it official!

  5. Golden Eagle

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    juvenile

  6. Sharp-shinned Hawk

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    male

  7. Cooper's Hawk

    Number observed:  1

  8. Red-shouldered Hawk

    Number observed:  3

  9. Red-tailed Hawk

    Number observed:  3

  10. Belted Kingfisher

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    male

  11. Nuttall's Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  12. Hairy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  13. Northern Flicker

    Number observed:  1

  14. Black Phoebe

    Number observed:  1

  15. Hutton's Vireo

    Number observed:  1

  16. Steller's Jay

    Number observed:  1

  17. California Scrub-Jay

    Number observed:  1

  18. American Crow

    Number observed:  20

  19. Common Raven

    Number observed:  6

  20. Chestnut-backed Chickadee

    Number observed:  4

  21. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  3

  22. Hermit Thrush

    Number observed:  2

  23. American Robin

    Number observed:  1

  24. Lesser Goldfinch

    Number observed:  1

  25. Fox Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  26. Dark-eyed Junco

    Number observed:  12

  27. Golden-crowned Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  28. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  29. California Towhee

    Number observed:  2

  30. Spotted Towhee

    Number observed:  2

  31. Yellow-rumped Warbler

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    Audubon-type

  32. Townsend's Warbler

    Number observed:  1