We had 9 birders.
Conditions: sunny, calm, hot, humid. It was 76 degrees at 0700 and 100 degrees at 1030.
We logged 46 species.
Notables: Turkey vulture; Red-shouldered hawk; Barn owl; Blue grosbeak; Lazuli bunting.
High counts: House finch (26); Bushtit (23); Hooded oriole (21); Anna’s hummingbird (14); California towhee (12).
Mammals: Mule deer; Desert cottontail; California ground squirrel; California vole.
Lizards: Spiny, Western fence, Whiptail and Side-blotched.
Snakes: Red diamond rattlesnake swallowing a rodent (Mesquite Trail).
Butterflies: Lorquin’s admiral; Queen; Marine blue.