October 22, 2006

Best bird(s) of the day: Western and Horned Grebes

• Horned Grebe, 3
• Eared Grebe, 7
• Western Grebe, 3
• American White Pelican, 40
• Gadwall
• N Shoveler
• Osprey, 1
• American Avocet, 10
• Least Sandpiper, 15

All sightings on the 22nd by Lorie Black

October 23, 2006

Best bird(s) of the day: Winter Wren

• Eared Grebe, 5
• Pied-billed Grebe, 6
• American White Pelican, 60
• Great Egret, 1
• Great Blue Heron, 14
• Gadwall, 7
• Mallard, 2
• Redhead, 19
• Ruddy Duck, 7
• Canvasback, 2
• Lesser Scaup, 27
• Cooper’s Hawk, 1
• Red-tailed Hawk, 1
• Osprey, 1
• American Coot, 250+
• Killdeer, 6
• American Avocet, 8
• Least Sandpiper, 12
• Spotted Sandpiper, 4
• Dowitcher sp., 12
• Ring-billed Gull, 11
• Mourning Dove, 12
• Belted Kingfisher, 1
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1
• Blue Jay, 1
• Bewick’s Wren, 1
• House Wren, 1
• Winter Wren, 1 (fos)
• Northern Mockingbird, 25
• American Pipit, 2 (fos)
• Orange-crowned Warbler, 5
• Yellow-rumped Warbler, 7
• Common Yellowthroat, 1
• Spotted Towhee, 1
• Lincoln’s Sparrow, 4
• White-crowned Sparrow, 6 (fos)
• Vesper Sparrow, 1
• Northern Cardinal, 4
• Red-winged Blackbird, 8
• House Finch, 3

All sightings on the 23rd by Laura Packer