Friday, December 7, 2007

TEICHERT POND, DECEMBER 7, 2007

It was a beautiful morning after a rain at Teichert Pond in residential Chico.

Many vocalizing birds were seen including: Oak titmouse, yellow-rumped warbler, european starling, ruby-crowned kinglet, spotted towhee, Nuttall's woodpecker, Acorn woodpecker, American robin, belted kingfisher, red-shouldered hawk (see photo), Bewick's wren, Song sparrow, hermit thrush, dark-eyed junco, house finch, Canada goose, Anna's hummingbird, American goldfinch, bushtit, cedar waxwing, black phoebe, California quail and white-breasted nuthatch.

Seen but not heard were: northern flicker, American crow, turkey vulture and mallard.

Nice surprises were a singing female purple finch and my first orange-crowned warbler in months!



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