Visitors for MID to END of APRIL 2005




Harris's Sparrow
April 12, 2005





Yellow-headed Blackbirds
April 14, 2005
More than 200 stayed a day and half




Hermit Thrush
April 15, 2005 (stayed around 10 days)



The Hermit Thrush was not the sole visitor - also present during the day were: a Northern Mockingbird, 2 Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warblers, an Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler, 45 Pine Siskins, a Lesser Goldfinch, a Song Sparrow, 3 Male & 3 female House Finches, 4 White-crowned Sparrows, 4 Mourning Doves, 4 male & 1 female Great-tailed Grackles, 40-50 Common Grackles, 8 Red-winged Blackbirds, 3 Yellow-headed Blackbirds, 2 Juncos (a Pink-sided and a Slate-colored) and 2 Robins



Brown Thrasher
April 16, 2005



2 Brown Thrashers, an Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler, 3 males & 2 female House Finches, 20 Pine Siskins, 5 male Great-tailed Grackles, 30 Common Grackles, 6 White-crowned Sparrows, 2 European Starlings, a Say's Phoebe, 10 Red-winged Blackbirds, 3 Yellow-headed Blackbirds, a Western Meadowlark, 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove, 1 Vesper Sparrow, 1 Barn Swallow (first seen this year) and a lone Robin all dropped in for visits



Broad-billed Hummingbird
April 17-18, 2005
evening arrival on the 17th...photos taken morning of the 18th...a very short overnight visit




Spotted Towhee
April 18, 2005





Brewer's Blackbird female
April 18, 2005





Killdeer
April 26, 2005





Lincoln's Sparrow
April 27-29, 2005





another Harris's Sparrow
April 27, 2005
a third for the season showed up on the 19th and stayed through the 28th
(two were present on the 19th)




Orange-crowned Warbler
April 27-29, 2005





Rock Wren
April 29, 2005





Loggerhead Shrike
April 29, 2005



Also in the yard on the 29th were 8 Red-winged Blackbirds, 24 White-crowned Sparrows, 12 (varies from 12 to 30) Pine Siskins, 5 male Great-tailed Grackles accompanied by about 5 females gathering nesting material, 4 Mourning Doves, 2 Killdeer, 3 Orange-crowned Warblers (first time for yard), 17 Yellow-rumped Warblers (only Myrtles noted), 2 Lincoln's Sparrows, the Hermit Thrush, 8 Chipping Sparrows, a Rock Wren, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a Loggerhead Shrike, 4 American Robins, 3 European Starlings, about 20 Common Grackles, a ton of House Sparrows, and 18 fly-over Pigeons.