Northern Pintail LIR

Double-crested Cormorant PCB

Great Egret LIR

Turkey Vulture PCB

White-tailed Kite LIR

Red-shouldered Hawk PCB

Red-tailed Hawk FR

Ferruginous Hawk FR

American Kestrel FR

Killdeer FR

Mountain Plover FR

Long-billed Curlew LIR

Rock Pigeon FR

Mourning Dove FR

Snowy Owl LIR

Belted Kingfisher PCB

Northern Flicker PCB

Black Phoebe PCB

Say's Phoebe FR

Loggerhead Shrike FR

Western Scrub-Jay PCB

American Crow FR

Horned Lark FR

Tree Swallow FR

Violet-green Swallow FR

American Robin FR

European Starling FR

American Pipit LIR

Yellow-rumped Warbler PCB

Savannah Sparrow LIR

White-crowned Sparrow FR

Golden-crowned Sparrow PCB

Dark-eyed Junco PCB

Red-winged Blackbird FR

Western Meadowlark FR

Despite the really discouraging weather reports and unfamiliar terrain, we set out in search of the first Snowy Owl recorded in California since 1978. What a day!