Best bird(s) of the day:
- Black-capped Vireo, 1
- Indigo Bunting, 1
- Painted Bunting, 9 and most of them males!
Complete List:
- Black Vulture, 3
- Turkey Vulture, 16
- Mississippi Kite, 2
- Mourning Dove, 11
- Black-chinned Hummingbird, 5. It’s hard to estimate how many are actually present. The most hummingbirds seen at the same time was five.
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 3
- Eastern Phoebe, 1
- Ash-throated Flycatcher, 3
- Black-capped Vireo, 1
- Western Scrub Jay, 3. Young are now coming to the feeders.
- Cliff Swallow, 23
- Carolina Chickadee, 2
- Black-crested Titmouse, 2
- Caroline Wren, 1; up close and personal. He flew into the observation house via an open door but we helped him exit through the back door.
- Bewick’s Wren, 6
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 4
- Canyon Towhee, 2
- Lark Sparrow, 8
- Northern Cardinal, 6
- Indigo Bunting, 1
- Painted Bunting, 9
- Brown-headed Cowbird, 3
- House Finch, 11
- Lesser Goldfinch, 1
- House Sparrow, 2
Sightings by J English, K Hampton, J Howard, B Hughes, E Hutto, H Hutto, Lg Packer