Visitors for MAY 2008
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
May 5
Northern Parula
May 5
Blackpoll Warbler
May 5
Summer Tanager
May 5
...a couple of great migrant days...
43 species visited on May 4th
included...
Scaled Quail 1...Killdeer 2...Rock Pigeon 25...Eurasian Collared-Dove 6...Mourning Dove 4...Say's Phoebe 2...Western Kingbird 4... Horned Lark 1...Barn Swallow 2...Red-breasted Nuthatch 2...House Wren 2...Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1...Hermit Thrush 2... Brown Thrasher 3...European Starling 10...Orange-crowned Warbler 2...Nashville Warbler 1 (I did not personally see the Nashville but a visiting birder spotted it)... Virginia's Warbler 1...Yellow-rumped Warbler 2...Black-throated Gray Warbler 1...Western Tanager 1...Green-tailed Towhee 1... Spotted Towhee 2...Chipping Sparrow 30...Brewer's Sparrow 1...Vesper Sparrow 2...Lark Sparrow 7...Lark Bunting 1...Lincoln's Sparrow 1... White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) 15...Black-headed Grosbeak 1...Lazuli Bunting 1...Red-winged Blackbird 15...Western Meadowlark 2... Common Grackle 12...Great-tailed Grackle 13...Bullock's Oriole 1...House Finch 2...Pine Siskin 35...Lesser Goldfinch 1...American Goldfinch 5... House Sparrow...
47 species visited on May 5th
Best bird of the day was a Painted Bunting
female others included...
Northern Harrier 1...Rock Pigeon 22...Eurasian Collared-Dove 5...Mourning Dove 4...Gray Flycatcher 1...Say's Phoebe 1...Western Kingbird 4... Blue Jay 1...Horned Lark 1...Barn Swallow 2...Red-breasted Nuthatch 2...House Wren 2...Hermit Thrush 2...Northern Mockingbird 1... Brown Thrasher 3...European Starling 9...Cedar Waxwing 2...Orange-crowned Warbler 3...Northern Parula 1...Yellow Warbler 3...Yellow-rumped Warbler 2... Blackpoll Warbler 1...Common Yellowthroat 1...Wilson's Warbler 1...Summer Tanager 1...Green-tailed Towhee 1...Chipping Sparrow 25...Clay-colored Sparrow 1... Brewer's Sparrow 1...Vesper Sparrow 2...Lark Sparrow 4...White-crowned Sparrow (Mountain) 10...Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1...Lazuli Bunting 1...Indigo Bunting 3... ...Red-winged Blackbird 16...Western Meadowlark 2...Common Grackle 10...Great-tailed Grackle 15...Orchard Oriole 2... Bullock's Oriole 2...Pine Siskin 20...Lesser Goldfinch 1...American Goldfinch 6...House Sparrow
May 12
42 species visited including several Firsts for the Season:
McGillivray's Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Northern Waterthrush
Ovenbird
Warbling Vireo
May 13th
35 species visited inlcuding FOS White-winged Dove
May 14th
40 species including...
First of Season for
Eastern Kingbird
Western Wood-pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Veery
and a First for the Yard...
a Spotted Sandpiper...
...strolling down the back walk
May 15th FOS...Yellow-breasted Chat
May 17th
a pair of Bullock's Orioles check out a nesting site in the Honeysuckle
May 18th
45 species
the best bird of the day was the Bobolink...
...a new yard bird and an Alder Flycatcher
and lots of thrushes
others included...
Scaled Quail 2...Killdeer 2...Rock Pigeon 30...Eurasian Collared-Dove 6...Mourning Dove 12...Western Wood-Pewee 2... Empidonax sp. 2...Alder Flycatcher 1...Say's Phoebe 2...Western Kingbird 10...Eastern Kingbird 1...Horned Lark 2...Barn Swallow 4...Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1... Swainson's Thrush 25...Gray Catbird 1...Northern Mockingbird 1...European Starling 12...Orange-crowned Warbler 1...Yellow Warbler 3...Common Yellowthroat 2... Wilson's Warbler 2...Chipping Sparrow 15...Clay-colored Sparrow 4...Brewer's Sparrow 1...Vesper Sparrow 1...Lark Sparrow 8...Lark Bunting 1... Savannah Sparrow 1...Lincoln's Sparrow 1...White-crowned Sparrow 2...Blue Grosbeak 1...Lazuli Bunting 5...Red-winged Blackbird 15... Western Meadowlark 8...Yellow-headed Blackbird 11...Common Grackle 15...Great-tailed Grackle 25...Brown-headed Cowbird 1...Orchard Oriole 2... Bullock's Oriole 2...House Finch 1...Pine Siskin 15...American Goldfinch 8...House Sparrow
May 21
a pair of Black-headed Grosbeaks visited
May 24th another new yard bird - a Little Blue Heron - in the pond looking over the goldfish
a FOS was an Olive-sided Flycatcher
May 25
Red-eyed Vireo
and Eastern Wood-pewee
