[EBB Sightings] Black Diamond Mines Regional Park

During the past three days we have made three brief visits to Black  
Diamond Mines Regional Park where we have birded along the road and  
around the picnic area adjacent to the upper parking lot.  We birded  
early evening, early morning and mid-morning/early afternoon.

Highlights included the following species:

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher (many)
Western Kingbird (many)
Loggerhead Shrike
Warbling Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Lark Sparrow	
Black-headed Grosbeak (many)
Lazuli Bunting (several)
Bullock's Oriole (several)

Other species observed:

California Quail
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird (one was observed on nest)
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Black Phoebe (one was observed on nest)
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Oak Titmouse
Western Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
California Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Purple Finch
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

Good Birding,
Paul and Nancy Schorr, Antioch