Conditions: Clear, calm, warm, 64 at 0700 and 86 at 1100.
18 birders logged 45 species.
Notables: Wrentit; Cactus wren; Western bluebird; Swainson’s thrush; Lark sparrow.
High counts: House finch (26); Bewick’s wren (18); Yellow warbler (17); Lesser goldfinch (14); California scrub-jay (12); Bushtit (11).
Mammals: California ground squirrel; Desert cottontail. And also: California vole.
Reptiles: Side-blotched lizard; Western fence lizard; Western whiptail lizard. And also: California king snake.
Butterflies: 17 species; see Joe’s earlier email: