[EBB Sightings] Biking Del Puerto Canyon
[EBB Sightings] Biking Del Puerto Canyon
heins129
Sun Jun 21 18:39:04 PDT 2009
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Ann Griffith , Jim Chiropolos and I took advantage of cooler temperatures to bike this morning from I5 up Del Puerto Canyon to the 20 mile marker and back. We were rewarded with great scenery, Roadrunners at two locations, a Blue Grosbeak at Graffite Rocks, Costa's Hummingbirds among others. This is a great biking trip as the road follows the creek all the way up and we were able to stop wherever we desired.
47 species in total were seen:
Green-back Heron (8 seen at various locations)
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
California Quail
Killdeer
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Eurasian Collared Dove
Greater Roadrunner (3 at about the 7.5 mile marker and 1 running on the road at about the 11 mile marker). Great overall looks that were the highlight of the day).
Costa?s Hummingbird (2 females)
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall?s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Say?s Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Scrub Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie (being pestered by a Western Kingbird)
Common Raven
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick?s Wren
House Wren
Western Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
Phainopepla
Loggerhead Shrike
European Starling
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Brown Towhee
Lark Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Western Meadowlark
Brewer?s Blackbird
Bullock?s Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence?s Goldfinch (at the campground up the road from Frank Raines Park)
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