Mesquite Grove Golf Course

Best Bird(s) of the day:

• Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3 in one area, and 2 in another. Hard to tell if these were the same birds.
• Eastern Bluebirds, total of 31 for the morning, including the ones seen around WSA

Others:

• Pied-billed Grebe, 1
• Great Blue Heron, 1 (or three. Saw GBHE at three different ponds but think it’s only one heron that knows how to get around)
• Cooper’s Hawk, 1
• Red-shouldered Hawk, 1
• Red-tailed Hawk, 1
• Killdeer, 4
• Greater Yellowlegs, 3
• Wilson’s Snipe, 2
• Ring-billed Gull, 35 (circling overhead thinking about landing on the effluent pond)
• White-wing Dove, 5
• Mourning Dove, 111
• Belted Kingfisher, 1
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 3
• Blue Jay, 10
• American Crow, 1
• Common Raven, 2
• Black-crested Titmouse, 5
• Bewick’s Wren, 4
• House Wren, 1
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 4
• Eastern Bluebird, 9. Most are flocking together
• Northern Mockingbird, 6
• Orange-crown Warbler, 1
• Yellow-rumped Warbler, 11
• Spotted Towhee, 1
• Chipping Sparrow, 2
• Field Sparrow, 5
• Song Sparrow, 4
• Swamp Sparrow, 2
• Lincoln’s Sparrow, 16
• White-crowned Sparrow, 17
• Dark-eyed Junco, 18
• Northern Cardinal, 6
• Red-winged Blackbird, 11
• Meadowlark species, 7
• House Finches, 18
• House Sparrow, 8

Weapons Storage Area:

• Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1
• Black-crested Titmouse, 3
• Eastern Bluebird, 22 (almost all found around the main building)
• European Starling, 368
• Chipping Sparrow, 2
• White-crowned Sparrow, 1
• Dark-eyed Junco, 1
• Meadowlark species, 57
• House Finch, 16

All sightings by Laura Packer