BMB07/04 Oak Glen 3rd March 2007
Reports of ten or twelve Big Morongo Birders, depending on who is believed, by all accounts had a very fine morning at Oak Glen. Very cold to start, with snow on the ground, but it soon warmed up!
| Ring-necked Duck | Wood Duck | Cooper’s Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk | American Kestrel | California Quail |
| American Coot | Rock Dove | Band-tailed Pigeon |
| Acorn Woodpecker | | Nuttall’s Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker | Violet-green Swallow | Stellar’s Jay |
| American Crow | Mountain Chickadee | Oak Titmouse |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Western Bluebird |
| American Robin | Wrentit | European Starling |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Common Yellowthroat | Spotted Towhee |
| | Fox Sparrow | Song Sparrow |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Dark-eyed Junco | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Cassin’s Finch | House Finch |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Scrub Jay | |
This is a most impressive list for Oak Glen, but a pity the Sora was missed. Many thanks to Harlan for leading what was described as a happy and funny morning – did Don have a hand in that – and to Jean for the specie list.
Congratulations to Pat Stoner, her assistants and our Junior Docents. Today’s annual Friends of BMCP garage sale raised $992 and was once again a great success.
We are advised that the Northern Saw-whet Owl recently seen at the Living Desert was found dead on Friday morning, near the front gate. One of it's wings was bloody but the cause was not obvious.
Good Birding……………bb
