Trip : Borrego Day Four Login
2 Locations, 82 Sightings
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Gadwall SS
Mallard SS
Cinnamon Teal SS
Northern Shoveler SS
Lesser Scaup SS
Common Goldeneye SS
Ruddy Duck SS
New World Quail
Gambel's Quail SS
Grebes
Eared Grebe SS
Pelicans
American White Pelican SS
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant SS
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron SS
Great Egret SS
Snowy Egret SS
Cattle Egret SS
Ibises and Spoonbills
White-faced Ibis SS
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture SS
Flamingos
Chilean Flamingo SS
Actually, these Flamingos are almost certainly zoo escapees from 20 years ago, according to the park ranger. We eliminated them as Greater Flamingos because they lacked the requisite tricolor bill and two-toned body.
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Northern Harrier SS
Sharp-shinned Hawk SS
Red-tailed Hawk SS
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel SS
Merlin SS
Peregrine Falcon SS
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Clapper Rail SS
Sora (h) SS
Common Moorhen SS
American Coot SS
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover SS
Snowy Plover SS
Killdeer SS
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt SS
American Avocet SS
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs SS
Lesser Yellowlegs SS
Willet SS
Marbled Godwit SS
Western Sandpiper SS
Least Sandpiper SS
Long-billed Dowitcher SS
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Little Gull SS
A challenging identification, Bill took some pictures.
Ring-billed Gull SS
Herring Gull SS
Gull-billed Tern SS
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon SS
Mourning Dove SS
Common Ground-Dove SS
Cuckoos, Roadrunners and Anis
Greater Roadrunner SS
Typical Owls
Burrowing Owl SS
Goatsuckers
Common Poorwill ABDSP
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird SS
Costa's Hummingbird SS
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe SS
Say's Phoebe SS
Western Kingbird SS
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike SS
Jays and Crows
Common Raven SS
Swallows
Tree Swallow SS
Northern Rough-winged Swallow SS
Cliff Swallow SS
Verdin
Verdin SS
Wrens
Cactus Wren SS
Rock Wren SS
Marsh Wren SS
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird SS
Sage Thrasher SS
Le Conte's Thrasher ABDSP
Starlings
European Starling SS
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit SS
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla SS
Wood-Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler SS
Common Yellowthroat SS
Emberizids
Abert's Towhee SS
Brewer's Sparrow SS
Vesper Sparrow SS
Black-throated Sparrow SS
Savannah Sparrow SS
Song Sparrow SS
Blackbirds
Western Meadowlark SS
Great-tailed Grackle SS
Northern Finches
House Finch SS
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow SS
Anza Borrego Desert State Park = ABDSP
Salton Sea = SS
Trip Notes
This was a wild day, starting with another disappointing search for Le Conte's Thrasher, but ending with a sighting of said thrasher at Bull Willows, along with Common Poorwill's sighted (and heard) along the road back to the resort.
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