It was a nice day for a walk: sunny, calm. It was 61 degrees at 0700 and 95 degrees at 1030.
We had 11 birders and we logged 55 species.
Notables: Zone-tailed hawk; Common black-hawk; Red-shouldered hawk; Rufous hummingbird; Western flycatcher; pair of hooded orioles tending nest with juvenile peeking out on Marsh Trail.
High counts: House finch (53); Gambel’s quail (24); Bushtit (19); California scrub-jay (17); Hooded oriole (17); California towhee (15); Western tanager (14); Lark sparrow (13); White-winged dove (13).
Mammals: Mule deer; California ground squirrel.
Lizards: Western fence.