3rd Sat. 11/16/24 Bird Outing Report

Our November Third Saturday outing on 11/16 led by Vjera Thompson began at the Mill Race Path-Booth Kelly Trailhead on a cold, cloudy morning. Our group of 23 crossed the small bridge where Mallards and Green-winged Teal floated in the water below.A Belted Kingfisher rattled as it flew near the ponds. Vera showed us a beaver dam, lodge, and a tree with recent beaver cuts.  As we paused on the trail an amazing thing happened. We heard a bark followed by a few yips and howls from the hillside. Coyotes! The yips and howls were answered by one or two additional packs of coyotes in an eerily beautiful chorus. We stood there amazed and smiling until the last coyote calls faded to silence. We also saw plenty of birds. Our complete bird list follows.

Thank you to Vjera for her expertise and continued support of the 3^rd Saturday Walks.

Mill Race Path–Booth Kelly Trailhead& ponds   November16, 2024, 7:55AM – 10:33     Traveling – 1.42 miles

35 species

1 Cackling Goose
2 American Wigeon
7 Mallard
5 Green-winged Teal
3 Ring-necked Duck
2 Bufflehead
3 Common Merganser
2 duck sp.
20 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
1 Mourning Dove
3 pigeon/dove sp. — Possibly band-tails. Flyover.
2 Anna’s Hummingbird
5 Wilson’s Snipe
2 Glaucous-winged Gull
5 gull sp.
5 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Cooper’s Hawk
2 Bald Eagle
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Belted Kingfisher
4 Northern Flicker
4 California Scrub-Jay
15 American Crow
3 Black-capped Chickadee
5 European Starling
1 American Robin
15 Cedar Waxwing
5 House Finch
30 Pine Siskin
1 Fox Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
2 Lincoln’s Sparrow
1 Western Meadowlark
10 Red-winged Blackbird