SAN BENITO COUNTY: FALL MIGRATION

Community Gardens near Vista Hill Park, Downtown Hollister

Hello, Birders,

After several "false starts" about exactly where to go birding this morning, I finally hit the jackpot on San Juan Canyon Road. Best bird of the day was a BLACKPOLL WARBLER, (first fall female) which I believe is a first record for San Benito County. It was in the lower third of the canyon, not at the top of the road, about 4 miles in from the junction with Old Stage and Mission Vineyard Roads. It was with a mixed flock that included two singing ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS. San Juan Canyon Road is the road that leads up to Fremont Peak State Park. I was birding from the road between 0945 and 1145 this morning (not the best time of day- I'd recommend starting earlier). This is an excellent birding road during both fall and spring migration.

Other migrants on this road today included: WILSON'S WARBLER (2), MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER (1), HUTTON'S VIREO (13), YELLOW WARBLER (1), NASHVILLE WARBLER (1), TOWNSEND'S WARBLER (1), BLACK-THROATED-GRAY WARBLER (2), WESTERN TANAGER (1), and the above mentioned Orange-crowns. Missed HERMIT WARBLER, but saw two on 30 August. Also, on August 30, PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER (1), WESTERN WOOD PEWEE (1). The "usual suspect" birds which are resident. At the top, in Valley View Campground, I saw a BOBCAT (HY). On the return drive, downhill, I caught the hind end of a MOUNTAIN LION! It was a most unsatisfactory view. Stopped the car. Pished for it (works for bobcats!). But, I could only hear it crunching leaves and snap one twig. This past week, a mountain lion on this road took someone's dog, I am told. I see bobcats, on average, one time for every ten birding days.

American White Pelicans on Paicines Reservoir

Elsewhere in the county: mudflats are appearing at the south end of Paicines Reservoir, finally! Least and Western Sandpipers, Greater Yellowlegs, etc. have been showing up, with one RED KNOT on 3 September. BALD EAGLES, and the occasional Golden Eagle continue at the reservoir. along with off and on WHITE PELICANS (2-3), and a PEREGRINE flyover on 3 September. Both HOODED and BULLOCK'S ORIOLES have showed up in the solitary willow, easily seen from the pullout. The first Northern Shovelers appeared on the reservoir 3 September, although the first shovelers arrived at the sewer ponds several weeks ago. They now number over 200. A female BUFFLEHEAD spent the summer going between the sewer ponds and San Justo Reservoir (closed to the public). At the sewer ponds, both BAIRD'S and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, WILSON'S PHALAROPES and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER have been around, off and on. A STILT SANDPIPER on 15 AuguOverall, shorebird habitat is exceedingly slim. The Sewer Ponds are open to birders. It is required to sign in and out. Please do so! Very easy, and no hassles.

DO NOT TRESPASS at Paicines Reservoir! You WILL be ticketed. The sheriffs pulled up while I was there recently to ticket some fishermen.

On private properties: a WILLOW FLYCATCHER was along the riparian of San Benito River 5 Sep; a communal roost of 21 White-tailed Kites was in a wetland 5 Sep; nine WHITE-FACED IBIS established a new high count for the county; confirmed nesting Ruddy Ducks for the first time in the county, earlier this summer.

Cassin's Kingbird, Santa Ana Valley Road

Santa Ana Valley Road is just loaded with raptors. There is a large rodent outbreak, along with an explosion of small grasshoppers (smaller species of grasshoppers than the type that exploded in Panoche Valley over the summer). Kestrels, shrikes and CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS are feeding on the grasshoppers. This road will be well worth watching throughout the fall and winter months. The PRAIRIE FALCON is well stationed near the intersection of Santa Ana Valley and Quien Sabe Roads. It will likely remain there until the first wintering Ferruginous Hawk shows up and steals that spot. On 15 August, I saw four Prairie Falcons on Santa Ana Valley Road. Up to three CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS are on this road. Locations have been: mailbox #4500, mailbox #1275, at Samarkand Ranch. Both BALD (HYs and adults) and GOLDEN (HYs and adults) have been hunting Santa Ana Valley and Quien Sabe Roads.

Where to go birding during fall migration in San Benito County? For passerines: Vista Hill Park off Hill Street in downtown Hollister is a great place. I was there this morning, but could not tolerate the leaf blowers. BE AWARE: there is a homeless people's camp set up, complete with yappy dogs. All harmless, but take car. Just slightly downhill from the park is the Community Garden. I recommend it for birding as well. Fall migrants I have seen in this location in the past: Willow Flycatcher, American Redstart, Magnolia Warbler. This park represents the highest elevation in the surrounding area. It is planted with numerous exotics. It is extremely attractive to migrants, and being such a small area, tends to concentrate them well. San Juan Canyon Road is obviously one of the best places for regularly migrating passerines, as well as for the chance of a rarity. I have seen Northern Parula Warbler at the top of the road, several years ago. For shorebirds, try the sewer ponds, but be prepared to be disappointed. Paicines Reservoir could be good. The lighting is best in the early morning.

Trying to catch up, but not getting there fast enough!

Cats forever,

Debi Shearwater

AKA Annie Auklet in the movie, "The Big Year"

SAN BENITO COUNTY: PACIFIC WREN & NESTING LONG-EARED OWLS

Howdy, Birders,

In pursuit of spring neotropical migrants and following on John Luther and Jim Lomax's recent report of a good fallout elsewhere, I set out early on Saturday, May 14, 2011 for Fremont Peak State Park, usually a great spring birding road. The morning began disappointmentingly cold, 41 F, with fog rolling in on a breeze, just like the San Benito County Big Day morning! Ugh. Practically no one was camping in the campgrounds. It had rained the night prior. It was incredibly quite for birds, and just about everything else. So, I began heading downhill, stopping whenever I heard birds, pishing and whistling various owl calls. Suddenly, I realized that a Northern Pygmy Owl was returning my call! It sounded so perfect. Now, I have had a lot of good luck with owls (keep reading), even calling out pygmy owls in the daytime. However, I just had to consider that it could — just possibly, be — another birder. And, there he was — emerging on the hilltop above me, behind the trees! I called out, "Lomax, Lomax."

Jim and I hooked up to bird our way down San Juan Canyon Road. We did come across a number of migrants— quite a few HERMIT WARBLERS, TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS and WARBLING VIREOS, plus lots of the "regulars", in particular a lot of NORTHERN HOUSE WRENS singing. However, our best bird on this road was a single PACIFIC WREN. This wren is not so easy to find in San Benito County. It does not breed in the county, and only a handful are seen each year, if that. Some recent reports have come from Pinnacles National Monument. So, it was no surprise that this was a new county bird for Jim and a year bird for me. This was great news. In our search for Cassin's Vireo, which does nest on this road, we failed. Still, a county bird put us in good spirits. Jim set off on his other county pursuits, while I headed to Gloria Road, where I had not birded "in forever."

Gloria Road is a hard-packed dirt road, south of Paicines on Highway 25. Reaching the road is a lovely drive in itself through oak forests dotted with gray pines. The predominant habitat is chaparral, with chemise covering the hillsides. A permanent, willow fringed creek flows alongside the road.

Nuttall's Woodpecker and Acorn Woodpeckers are common on this road. Above is one of the many granaries of the later.
Several species of oaks are dripping with the Spanish moss like vegetation. Mistletoe is also found in many of the trees. Best place to look for Phainopepla is the first 50 yards of the road, after the turnoff on Highway 25, also known as "Airline Highway."
All birding is from the road, as there is no public land. Please do not trespass. This is a public road, however. It is one of the few roads that crosses the Gabilan Mountians. The summit is the county line for San Benito and Monterey Counties. It is possible to follow the road all the way down to the town of Soledad, in the Salinas River Valley. I meandered, very slowly along this road. Some flowers were in bloom. Scarlett Bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius), above and below.

These flowers are very attractive to hummingbirds. On one May day in 1992, I found six species of hummingbirds on the San Benito County side of this road: Anna's, Rufous, Allen's, Black-chinned, Calliope (male), Costa's. In some years, Costa's Hummingbirds nest here. Chinese Houses (Collinsia heterophylla), I think, below:
BELL'S SAGE SPARROWS, along with WRENTITS and CALIFORNIA THRASHERS also breed on the sloping chemise hillsides. All of these resident species were easy to hear and see on this day. Pretty Faces (Triteleia lugens), below:
Like so many places, HOUSE WRENS and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, were singing non-stop. Every time I heard a WARBLING VIREO singing, I stopped to look for migrants. It was interesting that they would all be clumped in one tree— so, all six WESTERN TANAGERS were on one, small oak tree. Likewise, all four BULLOCK'S ORIOLES were in one oak. Overall, it was pretty quiet for bird sounds. Maybe too cold. I don't know. Not even the WESTERN WOOD PEEWEES were calling. In past years, I've seen LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCHES building nests in May. However, they were simply feeding in the fiddleneck flowers. I did find two pairs of nesting LARK SPARROWS and newly fledged OAK TITMICE.

As the late afternoon merged into early evening, I slowly meandered toward Hollister, taking a few twists and turns on lonely side roads. I was thinking that the Pacific Wren was certainly the "bird of the day." When, suddenly, POW— an orange puffball of feathers swooped past my car in a moth-like flight! It only lasted 3 seconds at most, but my brain registered, LONG-EARED OWL! As it was still very early, with lots of light in the sky, sunset still on the cloudy horizon, I stopped the car, and got out. POW— suddenly the owl swooped past me, and then another owl did the same. One Long-eared Owl perched in a gray pine. I could hear soft, muffled sounds of fledglings in a nearby nest. Obviously, all the swooping was due to my presence near the nest. This is the first known nest outside of Pinnacles National Monument, in San Benito County.
The two adults began calling back and forth to each other. It was entrancing to hear their sounds in such close proximity. Not wanting to disturb them, I moved on. Did I say I was Lucky with Owls? One more chapter for my owl storybook!
Long-eared Owls are common throughout San Benito County, nesting from as far north as Fremont Peak to the very south of the county line, near Coalinga Road, and all throughout the middle parts, including at Pinnacles National Monument. But, to actually SEE Long-eared Owls while it was still daylight in San Benito County, was a real treat.

Many birders visit Mercy Hot Springs, Fresno County, in Panoche Valley to see and photograph Long-eared Owls. A few pairs also breed there. The fee for owl visiting and photography is $5 per person. It is also possible to spend the night, camping or in their small cabins.

A couple more owls— Great-horned and Barn, popped up on the way home, as a soft rain began falling. What a fine ending to a cloudy, cold spring day, enlivened by the cheery House Wren songs, everywhere. In fact, I think I had to shake those wrens out of my shoes at day's end.

Happy Trails,

Debi Shearwater

San Benito County Birding

SAN BENITO COUNTY WINNING BIG DAY!

Howdy, Birders,

This is a report of a record setting San Benito County Big Day by Steve Rottenborn, Scott Terrill, Don Doolittle and Debi Shearwater. The previous record for this county was 149, held by Steve Rovell and R.J. Adams on April 25, 2006. We recorded 155 species of birds on April 29, 2011. As always, we raced against the clock, drank a lot of coffee, battled unseasonably chilly winds, and found some surprise birds.

After driving hundreds of miles, some of it very productively, participating in Audubon California's Tricolored Blackbird Survey, Shearwater had a good idea of what birds were lingering and which migrants had not yet arrived. Shearwater and Doolittle did a scouting Big Day on April 27th. Yet, all did not look well. Shearwater had not detected any gulls or terns, anywhere in the county for several weeks. Neotropical migrants were barely showing up— only one BLUE GROSBEAK was on territory. No Lazuli Buntings were found. Neither Hermit, nor Swainson's Thrushes were around. Precious few warblers had arrived. The first of spring, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER had arrived and WHIMBRELS seemed to be on the move, but few other shorebirds were around. Many of the hoped for duck species had departed, along with the single remaining Ross's Goose. Things did not look too hopeful for a successful Big Day.

Scott Terrill provided the shining light— while winds had been steady and consistent from the southwest, they were forecast to shift overnight to the northwest. This they did, with big gusts smacking against my house about 8:30 pm. This wind shift could very well put migrants down, improving our birding chances, but would also mean that we'd have to deal with the dreaded wind.

Everyone gathered at Shearwater's home in Hollister at 1 am on April 29th, loaded with coffee. Spirits were high. Over the past many months Shearwater had gained access to several private ranches which would prove key to the final tally. Debi made one announcement, "I can guarantee that, somewhere in this county, there is a Calliope Hummingbird and a Solitary Sandpiper. Somewhere." These two species had been turning up on many reports on the various list serves.

The early morning hours found us driving through the grasslands, where we easily found the same GREAT-HORNED OWL and family of BARN OWLS that Shearwater and Doolittle had seen on April 27th. At the top of Quien Sabe Road, we had hoped for Poorwill, but none appeared or called. Too cold and too windy, although another BARN OWL was added. At a pond on a private ranch, we added calling, SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL and COMMON MOORHEN, MARSH WREN, all apparently nesting here, as Shearwater had them staked out. Only another GREAT-HORNED OWL was added on Cienega Road.

Next, we headed for San Juan Canyon Road, the road that leads up to Fremont Peak State Park. This must surely be the best owling road in the county. Despite the wind, we added COMMON POORWILL, LONG-EARED OWL, NORTHERN PYGMY OWL, WESTERN SCREECH OWL and NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL. This was a smashing start to the day!

We drove to the top of Fremont Peak and had an hour to spare before dawn arrived. A short rest was deserved, but we were mostly too excited to sleep. ACORN WOODPECKERS greeted the first light of day. We spent the next several hours, birding our way down this mountain, stopping each time we heard any singing birds. It was a very chilly 37 F, all the way to the bottom! Some of the key species recorded here included: a singing RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, a calling HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, BAND-TAILED PIGEON, BROWN CREEPER, HERMIT WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, countless singing ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, WESTERN TANAGER, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, PINE SISKIN, CEDAR WAXWING (by day's end, we would see many flocks of waxwings, definitely on the move this day), CASSIN'S, HUTTON'S and WARBLING VIREOS, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, LAZULI BUNTING, PURPLE FINCH, LESSER, AMERICAN and LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH and GOLDEN EAGLE, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. This road could possibly be the best spring birding road in the county! If only we didn't have to rush on to other places. At the bottom of the road, Rottenborn suggested checking the first Washington Palm Tree for HOODED ORIOLE, which we promptly ticked.

Our next stop was Vista Park Hill, in downtown Hollister. This park is planted with many ornamental shrubs and trees. It is the highest elevation in the surrounding area. These two characteristics make it attractive to migrants. Upon entering the park, is a row of bottlebrush shrubs which usually have more flowers open at this time of year. (The hot weather of this coming week may help to pop open more flowers). This is a haven for hummingbirds, orioles, tanagers and sometimes, warblers. I have seen upwards of 100+ hummingbirds at one time, feeding in these flowers. We were not disappointed! Before long, we had tallied, RUFOUS, ANNA'S BLACK-CHINNED, and TWO CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS. Also added to the count were AMERICAN KESTREL. We were at this park from 9:25 to 9:55 am.

STARBUCKS was next on the agenda! Refueled, and having a bathroom stop, we headed to Southside Road marsh in hopes of a lingering Ring-necked Duck. Although they were present only a week ago, all had departed. Debi's staked out BLUE GROSBEAK was next on Cienega Road.

Soon we were on private property, again, near San Justo Reservoir. Here, we spied WESTERN and CLARK'S GREBES and GREEN HERON. From there, we visited the Hollister Sewer Ponds where signing in and out, is required. Best birds here were: two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, NORTHERN SHOVELER, RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, GADWALL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RUDDY DUCK, CINNAMON TEAL, and GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE, apparently nesting.

A quick check on Lover's Lane and Pacheco Creek did not turn up anything special other than more nesting GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES. So, we headed to San Felipe Lake at the north end of the county where it borders Santa Clara County. A flock of five WHIMBRELS flew overhead on Lake Road. Special birds here included: BURROWING OWL, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, one WHITE-FACED IBIS and NORTHERN PINTAIL. Missing American White Pelican, we headed over to San Felipe Road marsh. I guess the Bald Eagle had driven them off, after trying to catch and eat one two days ago! One AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was found here, thankfully!

We made our way back toward the central part of the county by way of Santa Ana Valley Road, where we found the staked out CASSIN'S KINGBIRD. Driving up Lone Tree Road, we also found the staked out ROCK WREN and RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW, but dipped on Grasshopper Sparrow. (Shearwater had not found any in recent searches). WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS were zipping along the rocky peaks. Near Bolado Park, we added PRAIRE FALCON. Paicines Reservoir was our next stop, hoping for the Osprey that had been hanging around for the past week. We dipped, again. On nearby private property, however, we added first of spring, singing YELLOW WARBLER. A PHAINOPEPLA nest spot that had been staked out did not yield the bird on the scouting day, but did so on our count day. Tick! Checking the wetlands, Rottenborn spied not one, but two SOLITARY SANDPIPERS! There are fewer than ten records for the county of this species.

Finally, we headed out to Panoche Valley for the day's end. So, in essence we never made it south of Paicines Reservoir. Although we tried for Canyon Wren on Panoche Road, we dipped on that one. However, several small flocks of VAUX'S SWIFTS were zipping along with the swallows in this canyon. The staked out HORNED LARKS were a piece of cake. As the sun was setting, our last hopes of adding new birds to the day were dimming. We headed to yet another stake out spot. Almost simultaneously, Rottenborn spotted another PRAIRIE FALCON, and Terrill spotted a LESSER NIGHTHAWK.

We had hit 155, and broken the old record. It was 9:30 pm. So, we decided to not wait for the staked out Short-eared Owl. In retrospect, we probably should have waited, as it would have meant that we ticked all of the owls and nightjars known to the county at this date. But, we were tired, especially the two of us who had put in two of these Big Day counts. So, we headed home. While we were still on the valley floor, a COMMON POORWILL was spotted on the road. Debi stopped the car while Don got some photographs of this little gem. This was teh only bird we had time to photograph all day. (Images forthcoming). We arrived at Debi's house about 10:45 pm, having driven 295 miles. It was a very fun day of birding a little known county!

"Best" birds of the day: Hammond's Flycatcher (1), Solitary Sandpiper (2), Calliope Hummingbird (2 females), Cackling Goose (3), White-faced Ibis (1), Northern Saw-whet Owl, Lesser Nighthawk, Hermit Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1), Whimbrel (5). Biggest misses of the day: American Wigeon (all had departed only days ago), Snowy Egret, Cooper's Hawk, Dunlin (only recently arrived), Western Wood Peewee, Canyon Wren, Hermit Thrush.

I would sincerely like to thank my awesome birding companions— Scott Terrill, Steve Rottenborn and Don Doolittle. We had a lot of good fun. As a County Birder in California, Scott surpassed 200, not counting introduced species, for his San Benito County list. As a birder who is doing a San Benito County Big Year, I reached 201 for the year, not counting introduced species. The previous Big Year record is 237 in 2006, which I hold. So, I'm trying to better my own record. The total San Benito County species list is 301 (308 with introduced species, including California Condor).

I would also like to thank the owners of the private properties that we visited. Without their generosity, we would not have been able to capture this day. Please stay tuned for future birding opportunities on private ranches in San Benito County.

The complete species list for APRIL 29, 2011 SAN BENITO COUNTY BIG DAY follows:

1.GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE

2.CANADA GOOSE

3.CACKLING GOOSE

4.NORTHERN PINTAIL

5.GREEN-WINGED TEAL

6.RING-NECKED DUCK

7.BUFFLEHEAD

8.GADWALL

9.MALLARD

10.CINNAMON TEAL

11.NORTHERN SHOVELER

12.RUDDY DUCK

13.WILD TURKEY

14.CALIFORNIA QUAIL

15.PIED-BILLED GREBE

16.EARED GREBE

17.WESTERN GREBE

18.CLARK'S GREBE

19.AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN

20.DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT

21.GREAT BLUE HERON

22.GREAT EGRET

23.GREEN HERON

24.BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

25.WHITE-FACED IBIS

26.TURKEY VULTURE

27.WHITE-TAILED KITE

28.BALD EAGLE

29.NORTHERN HARRIER

30.SHARP-SHINNED HAWK

31.RED-SHOULDERED HAWK

32.RED-TAILED HAWK

33.GOLDEN EAGLE

34.AMERICAN KESTREL

35.PRAIRIE FALCON

36.VIRGINIA RAIL

37.SORA

38.COMMON MOORHEN

39.AMERICAN COOT

40.KILLDEER

41.SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER

42.BLACK-NECKED STILT

43.AMERICAN AVOCET

44.GREATER YELLOWLEGS

45.SPOTTED SANDPIPER

46.WHIMBREL

47.SOLITARY SANDPIPER

48.WESTERN SANDPIPER

49.LEAST SANDPIPER

50.LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER

51.ROCK PIGEON

52.BAND-TAILED PIGEON

53.MOURNING DOVE

54.EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE

55.BARN OWL

56.WESTERN SCREECH OWL

57.GREAT-HORNED OWL

58.BURROWING OWL

59.LONG-EARED OWL

60.NORTHERN PYGMY OWL

61.NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL

62.COMMON POORWILL

63.LESSER NIGHTHAWK

64.WHITE-THROATED SWIFT

65.VAUX'S SWIFT

66.BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD

67.RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD

68.ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD

69.CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD

70.BELTED KINGFISHER

71.ACORN WOODPECKER

72.NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER

73.DOWNY WOODPECKER

74.HAIRY WOODPECKER

75.NORTHERN FLICKER

76.OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER

77.PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER

78.HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER

79.BLACK PHOEBE

80. SAY'S PHOEBE

81.ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER

82.CASSIN'S KINGBIRD

83.WESTERN KINGBIRD

84.LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE

85.CASSIN'S VIREO

86.HUTTON'S VIREO

87.WARBLING VIREO

88.STELLER'S JAY

89.WESTERN SCRUB JAY

90.YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIE

91.AMERICAN CROW

92.COMMON RAVEN

93.HORNED LARK

94.TREE SWALLOW

95.VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW

96.NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW

97.CLIFF SWALLOW

98.BARN SWALLOW

99.CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE

100.OAK TITMOUSE

101.BUSHTIT

102.WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH

103.BROWN CREEPER

104.ROCK WREN

105.BEWICK'S WREN

106.HOUSE WREN

107.MARSH WREN

108.RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET

109.BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER

110.WESTERN BLUEBIRD

111.AMERICAN ROBIN

112.WRENTIT

113.NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD

114.CALIFORNIA THRASHER

115.EUROPEAN STARLING

116.CEDAR WAXWING

117.PHAINOPEPLA

118.ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER

119.YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER

120.YELLOW WARBLER

121.TOWNSEND'S WARBLER

122.HERMIT WARBLER

123.BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER

124.NASHVILLE WARBLER

125.COMMON YELLOWTHROAT

126.WILSON'S WARBLER

127.WESTERN TANAGER

128.SPOTTED TOWHEE

129.CALIFORNIA TOWHEE

130.RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW

131.CHIPPING SPARROW

132.LARK SPARROW

133.SAVANNAH SPARROW

134.SONG SPARROW

135.WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW

136.GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW

137.DARK-EYED JUNCO

138.BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK

139.BLUE GROSBEAK

140.LAZULI BUNTING

141.RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD

142.TRI-COLORED BLACKBIRD

143.WESTERN MEADOWLARK

144.BREWER'S BLACKBIRD

145.GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE

146.BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD

147.HOODED ORIOLE

148.BULLOCK'S ORIOLE

149.PURPLE FINCH

150.HOUSE FINCH

151.PINE SISKIN

152.LESSER GOLDFINCH

153.AMERICAN GOLDFINCH

154.LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH

155.HOUSE SPARROW

Happy Trails,

Debi Shearwater

San Benito County Birding