Visitors for MID MAY 2005




Rose-breasted Grosbeak female
May 8, 2005



Also present on the 8th were a pair of Bullock's Orioles, 8 Chipping Sparrows, 15 Pine Siskins, a Yellow Warbler, 6 Western Kingbirds, Spotted Towhee, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Killdeer, Orange-crowned Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, 3 Lark Sparrows, 2 Horned Larks, Meadowlark, Robin, 4 Barn Swallows, Robin, lots of the usuals



Great-tailed Grackle female
May 9, 2005







Green-tailed Towhee
May 10, 2005



Yard birds for the 9th: a bright Lazuli Bunting male, Clay-colored Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrow, Lark Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Pine Siskins, Common Yellowthroat, Robin, Meadowlark, Western Kingbirds, Barn Swallows, Northern Mockingbird, Orange-crowned Warbler, and the usuals



Western Meadowlark
May 10, 2005



Yard birds on the 10th: Swainson's Thrush, 3 Bullock's Orioles (1 female and 2 males), 3 Lark Sparrows, Vesper Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, McGillivray's Warbler (spotted by Janeal), Black-headed Grosbeak, American Goldfinch, Green-tailed Towhee, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 6 Western Kingbirds, Chipping Sparrows, Clay-colored Sparrow, Meadowlark, Horned Lark, Orange-crowned Warbler, Red-winged Blackbirds, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, and Mourning Doves



Lark Sparrow
May 11, 2005

an American Pipit, a Savannah Sparrow and a Lazuli Bunting female
all joined the Lark Sparrow at the waterhole





In the yard on May 16, 2005

a Green-tailed Towhee, Bullock's Oriole, a Clay-colored Sparrow, a Chipping Sparrow, a House Finch, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Red-winged Blackbirds, and 10 Pine Siskins




Black-headed Grosbeak
May 17, 2005





Blue Grosbeak
May 17, 2005
the Grosbeak in the smaller picture was present on May 11



In the yard on the 17th: the above Black-headed Grosbeak and Blue Grosbeak, male and female Bullock's Orioles, a Common Yellowthroat, a pair of American Goldfinches, Horned Larks, Killdeer, Meadowlarks, Barn Swallows, Western Kingbirds, Mourning Doves, Red-winged Blackbirds, Pine Siskins (last day for the Siskins), and a Western Wood-Pewee (first for the season)


learning to eat seeds



Savannah Sparrow
adult Belding's or Typical?
May 21, 2005





Horned Lark
May 21, 2005





House Sparrow
male with white eyebrows?
May 21, 2005





pair of Orchard Orioles
May 22, 2005



Other birds of interest on May 22: a Yellow Warbler, 7 Yellow-headed Blackbirds, a Say's Phoebe, 2 Bullock's Orioles, a possible Northern Parula, an American Goldfinch, and a green-backed Lesser Goldfinch