Trip : Panoche Valley Login
5 Locations, 76 Sightings
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
American Wigeon PR
Mallard PR
Northern Shoveler PR
Ring-necked Duck PR
Bufflehead PR
Common Merganser PR
Ruddy Duck PR
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail
Wild Turkey PR
New World Quail
California Quail SBCFG
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe PR
Western Grebe PR
Clark's Grebe PR
Pelicans
American White Pelican PR
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant PR
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron PR
Great Egret PR
Snowy Egret SBCFG
Black-crowned Night-Heron PR
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture PR
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
White-tailed Kite PR
Sharp-shinned Hawk PR
Cooper's Hawk PR
Cooper's Hawk MHS
Red-tailed Hawk SBCFG
Ferruginous Hawk PV
Golden Eagle PR
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel PR
Prairie Falcon PR
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
American Coot PR
Plovers
Killdeer SBCFG
Pigeons and Doves
Mourning Dove PR
Typical Owls
Long-eared Owl MHS
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird SBCFG
Woodpeckers
Acorn Woodpecker SBCFG
Red-breasted Sapsucker SBCFG
Nuttall's Woodpecker SBCFG
Northern Flicker SBCFG
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe SBCFG
Say's Phoebe MHS
Say's Phoebe PR
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike PV
Jays and Crows
Western Scrub-Jay SBCFG
Yellow-billed Magpie SBCFG
Common Raven PR
Common Raven MHS
Chickadees and Titmice
Oak Titmouse SBCFG
Bushtits
Bushtit SBCFG
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch PR
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet SBCFG
Thrushes
Western Bluebird SBCFG
Hermit Thrush MHS
Hermit Thrush PR
American Robin SBCFG
Babblers
Wrentit SBCFG
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird PR
California Thrasher SBCFG
Starlings
European Starling SBCFG
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla SBCFG
Wood-Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler PR
Emberizids
Spotted Towhee SBCFG
California Towhee SBCFG
Lark Sparrow PR
Savannah Sparrow PR
Lincoln's Sparrow PR
White-crowned Sparrow SBCFG
Golden-crowned Sparrow SBCFG
Dark-eyed Junco SBCFG
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird PR
Western Meadowlark PR
Brewer's Blackbird MHS
Brewer's Blackbird PR
Northern Finches
House Finch SBCFG
House Finch MHS
House Finch MHS
Lesser Goldfinch PR
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow MHS
Paicines Reservoir = PR
Panoche Road = PR
Panoche Valley = PV
San Benito County Fair Grounds = SBCFG
Mercey Hot Springs = MHS
Trip Notes
Our first time doing Panoche Valley on our own. We did pretty well, adding some raptors and passerines to our year list. We also made our pilgrimmage to the famous Long-eared Owls of Mercey Hot Springs. At one point I ducked under some branches and found my binocular view full of four owls looking fiercely right at me. I had to back out, regain my composure, and start over again.
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