Audubon California staff at our Bobcat Ranch Sanctuary in Yolo County just completed a survey of Lewis's Woodpecker, and counted a whopping 206 birds. They report at most seeing 10-12 at a time before this, so this qualifies as a huge irruption year.
By Garrison Frost
October 29, 2009
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.
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