A few birds we've seen around our sites:
- Bobcat Ranch (Yolo): Lewis's Woodpeckers, Oak Titmouse, Acorn Woodpecker, Yellow-billed Magpie.
- Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary (Marin): Common Murre, Golden Eagle, Surfbird, White-crowned Sparrows, Western Grebes.
- Audubon Center at Debs Park (Los Angeles): Oak Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Common Yellowthroats.
- Audubon Kern River Preserve (Kern): Hundreds of Turkey Vultures. Also, California Quail, White-tailed Kite, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Mourning Dove, Greater Roadrunner, Great Horned Owl, Anna's Hummingbird, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Nuttall's Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Western Scrub-Jay, Common Raven, Oak Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Bewick's Wren, Western Bluebird, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Summer Tanager, Lark Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Western Meadowlark, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, American Goldfinch. On nearby Isabella Reservoir, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Western Grebe, Clark's Grebe, Eared Grebe, Great-blue Heron, Osprey, Bald Eagle, California Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Horned Lark, European Starling, Brewer's Blackbird.
- Emeryville office: Lots of House Sparrows, Mourning Dove, California Towhee, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, House Finch.
- Los Angeles office (Wilshire Blvd., 12th floor): White-throated Swifts, Peregrine Falcon, scared Rock Pigeons
(photo by Glen Tepke)
By Garrison Frost
September 30, 2009
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