[EBB Sightings] Mitchell Canyon 05-01-05

All,
I made a recon tour of Mitchell Canyon today in preparation for an 
upcoming Palo Alto Adult School class trip to the area. Activity was 
high, despite a late start on my part, with many beautiful flowers and 
birds. Highlights along the main creek trail included the singing 
LAZULI BUNTINGS, with no fewer than 8 separate males gleaming brightly 
in full view, and a male HERMIT WARBLER pointed out to me by three 
other birders. It was a wonderful, though too short visit.

Matthew Dodder
http://www.birdguy.net

Mallard
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
California Quail
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
White-throated Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood Pewee
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird (just outside park)
Cliff Swallow
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub Jay
American Crow
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Wrentit
California Thrasher
European Starling
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

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