Visitors for END of MAY 2005





Lark Bunting juvenile & European Starling juvenile
May 23, 2005



Scaled Quail
May 23, 2005



a Brown Thrasher, 2 Bullock's Orioles, Swainson's Thrush, Yellow Warbler, Western Wood Pewee, a Vesper Sparrow, and the birds above were in the yard on the 23rd




Western Wood Pewee
May 24, 2005






Yellow Warblers
May 25, 2005






White-winged Dove
May 25, 2005



Birds in the yard on the 25th: the Yellow Warblers and White-winged Dove (pictured above), Chipping Sparrow, bright male House Finch, green-backed Lesser Goldfinch, Say's Phoebe, an empidonax flycatcher - maybe Least or Willow - and a Hermit Thrush




Barn Swallow
May 28, 2005






Gray Catbird
May 31, 2005
first this year






Magnolia Warbler
May 31, 2005
first this year



Visitors in the yard on the 31st were 2 to 3 Yellow Warblers, 2 to 3 Swainson's Thrushes, an Eastern Phoebe, and the above Gray Catbird and Magnolia Warbler

nesting in the yard: Western Kingbirds, Barn Swallows, Bullock's Orioles, Grackles, Great-tailed Grackles, House Sparrows, Mourning Doves
nesting near with daily appearances in the yard: Killdeer, Horned Larks, Meadowlarks, European Starlings, Pigeons