Trip : RSMB 2009 Walkabout, day 1 Login
4 Locations, 51 Species
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Canada Goose RAMC
Wood Duck FRM
Mallard BF
Common Merganser BF
Grebes
Western Grebe BF
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant FRM
Bitterns and Herons
Great Egret RAGC
Green Heron FRM
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture RAGC
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Osprey BF
Bald Eagle BF
Red-tailed Hawk RAGC
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel FRM
Prairie Falcon FRM
A single Prairie Falcon flew straight over the car as we were packing to leave the vista overlook on Hwy 299 about 2 miles west of Fall River Mills. Must have been a good updraft -- the Prairie Falcon was following the same trajectory as an Osprey we saw just a few minutes earlier
Plovers
Killdeer RAMC
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt RAGC
Pigeons and Doves
Eurasian Collared-Dove FRM
Swifts
Black Swift BF
Vaux's Swift BF
White-throated Swift FRM
At Hwy 299 vista overlook
Woodpeckers
Acorn Woodpecker FRM
Red-breasted Sapsucker FRM
Downy Woodpecker FRM
Tyrant Flycatchers
Western Kingbird RAGC
Jays and Crows
Steller's Jay BF
Black-billed Magpie RAMC
American Crow RAGC
Common Raven BF
Swallows
Tree Swallow BF
Bank Swallow FRM
Cliff Swallow FRM
Barn Swallow FRM
Chickadees and Titmice
Mountain Chickadee (h) BF
heard calling 10 yards beyond the ranger kiosk. Took us until the next day to recognize the three note call - see-dee-dee - as Mountain Chickadee
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch FRM
Dippers
American Dipper BF
Thrushes
American Robin RAGC
Starlings
European Starling FRM
Wood-Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler FRM
Tanagers
Western Tanager BF
Emberizids
Chipping Sparrow FRM
At Hwy 299 vista overlook
Song Sparrow BF
Cardinals and Saltators
Black-headed Grosbeak BF
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird RAGC
Western Meadowlark RAMC
Brewer's Blackbird RAGC
Brown-headed Cowbird FRM
Bullock's Oriole FRM
Northern Finches
Pine Siskin FRM
Lesser Goldfinch BF
Evening Grosbeak FRM
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow RAGC
Burney Falls = BF
Fall River Mills = FRM
Rural Areas of Glenn County = RAGC
Rural Areas of Modoc County = RAMC
Trip Notes
Rick, Sherry, Mary & Bill go on a 10 day walkabout in California and Oregon, including three days in Ashland for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Day 1 includes the drive north on I-5, lunch at Burney Falls, a photo stop at Fall River Mills and the descent into the Modoc plain. Mammals seen on the trip: Pronghorn Antelope and some sort of chipmunk.
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