MAY 16: Butterbredt Spring (6:15 9:00 AM) 70-84 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Mourning Dove 11 Townsend s Warbler 1 hummingbird sp. 1 Wilson s Warbler 3 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 California Towhee 1 Western Wood-Pewee 6 Chipping Sparrow 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 Bell s Sparrow (Mojave) 3 Hammond s Flycatcher 1 Fox Sparrow 1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 Western Tanager 15 Warbling Vireo 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 3 Common Raven 1 Lazuli Bunting 1 Bewick s Wren 3 Bullock s Oriole 1 Swainson s Thrush 3 House Finch 4 Cedar Waxwing 1 Lawrence s Goldfinch 3 Phainopepla 1 MAY 16: Kelso Valley Rd Kelso Valley Ponds (9:30 9:55 AM) 81 California Quail 2 Northern Mockingbird 1 White-faced Ibis 10 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Killdeer 2 Tricolored Blackbird 20 Mourning Dove 5 Western Meadowlark 1 Northern Flicker 1 Brewer s Blackbird 1 American Kestrel 1 blackbird sp. 20 Common Raven 48 House Finch 4 Horned Lark 2 Lawrence s Goldfinch 2 Bushtit 2 MAY 16: Kelso Valley Rd - Tunnel Springs (10:0-10:30 AM) 78 California Quail 4 Bewick s Wren 1 Mourning dove 4 Northern Mockingbird 1 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Spotted Towhee 1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 California Towhee 1 Ash-throated Flycatcer 1 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Western Scrub-Jay 1 House Finch 2 Common Raven 1 1
MAY 16: Kelso Valley Rd Kelso Creek Sanctuary (10:40-50 AM) 81 California Quail 2 American Kestrel 1 Mourning Dove 1 Western Scrub-Jay 1 Nuttall s Woodpecker 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 MAY 16: Kern River Preserve Headquarters (11:15 AM 12:15 PM) 88 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 European Starling 3 Mourning Dove 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 Song Sparrow 2 Anna s Hummingbird 5 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 Nuttall s Woodpecker 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Tricolored Blackbird 1 American Crow 1 Bullock s Oriole 1 Common Raven 1 Lesser Goldfinch 3 Oak Titmouse 1 Lawrence s Goldfinch 2 Western Bluebird 2 MAY 16: Greenhorn Mountains (1:25 3:00 PM) 74 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Aud.) 1 Steller s Jay 4 Chipping Sparrow 1 Common Raven 2 Fox Sparrow (Thick-billed) 1 Mountain Chickadee 5 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Western Tanager 4 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 Western Bluebird 1 Purple Finch 3 MAY 16: Lake Isabella Paradise Cove (3:40 3:52 PM) 74 Gadwall (swimming in a pair) 2 Great Egret 1 Mallard (swimming in a pair) 2 American Coot 1 Western Grebe 1 Common Raven 1 Clark s Grebe 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Western/Clark s Grebe 410 Brewer s Blackbird 1 American White Pelican 50 2
MAY 17: Kern River Preserve Migrant Corner Trail (5:55 9:35 AM) 58 at the start Wild Turkey 1 Northern Mockgbird 1 Turkey Vulture 2 European Starling 2 Mourning Dove 9 Common Yellowthroat 2 Anna s Hummingbird 1 Yellow Warbler 4 Nuttall s Woodpecker 2 Wilson s Warbler 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Spotted Towhee 2 Northern Flicker 4 California Towhee 7 Western Wood-Pewee 8 Lark Sparrow 1 Hammonds/Dusky Flycatcher 1 Song Sparrow 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher 9 Summer Tanager 2 Western Kingbird 3 Western Tanager 4 Common Raven (1 on a nest) 3 Black-headed Grosbeak 5 N. Rough-winged Swallow 2 Blue Grosbeak 2 Tree Swallow 4 Red-winged Blackbird 7 Oak Titmouse 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 Rock Wren 1 Bullock s Oriole 12 House Wren 16 House Finch 4 Bewick s Wren 3 Lesser Goldfinch 2 Western Bluebird 3 Lawrence s Goldfinch 8 Swainson sthrush 2 American Robin 2 MAY 17: Kern River Preserve Headquarters (9:45 10:15 AM) California Quail 8 Song Sparrow 1 Mourning Dove 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird 2 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Anna s Hummingbird 10 Hooded Oriole 1 Oak Titmouse 3 Bullock s Oriole 1 House Wren 1 Lesser Goldfinch 3 Western Bluebird 1 Lawrence s Goldfinch 1 Yellow Warbler 1 3
MAY 17: Kernville business & residential areas (10:55 11:55 AM) Mallard 3 Cliff Swallow 10 Nuttall s Woodpecker 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Black Phoebe 1 Song Sparrow 1 Common Raven 2 House Sparrow 2 MAY 17: Giant Sequoia NM Holey Meadow CG (12:40 3:50 PM) Band-tailed Pigeon 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Aud) 3 Mourning Dove 1 Townsend s Warbler 1 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Wilson s Warbler 1 Pileated Woodpecker (heard by a few) 1 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Dusky Flycatcher 2 Spotted Towhee 1 Warbling Vireo 4 Chipping Sparrow 3 Steller s Jay 4 Fox Sparrow 4 Mountain Chickadee 3 Lincoln s Sparrow 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 4 American Robin 2 Western Tanager 2 Nashville Warbler 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 2 MacGillivray s Warbler 1 Purple Finch 2 Yellow Warbler 1 MAY 18: Kern River Preserve Fay Ranch Rd (6:00 7:15 AM) Mallard 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 California Quail 1 House Wren 3 Great Blue Heron 2 Western Bluebird 2 Turkey Vulture 1 European Starling 34 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Yellow Warbler 2 Mourning Dove 4 Song Sparrow 2 Nuttall s Woodpecker 1 Summer Tanager 1 Northern Flicker 2 Western Tanager 8 Western Wood-Pewee 2 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 Black Phoebe 2 Red-winged Blackbird 7 Say s Phoebe 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Western Kingbird 1 Bullock s Oriole 3 Common Raven 3 House Finch 6 N. Rough-winged Swallow 1 Lawrence s Goldfinch 1 Tree Swallow 4 Lawrence s Goldfinchj 1 Barn Swallow 2 House Sparrow 5 4
MAY 18: Canebreak Ecological Reserve (8:00 10:05 AM) Great Blue Heron 1 Bewick s Wren 3 Turkey Vulture 1 Cactus Wren 1 Killdeer 2 Western Bluebird 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Swainson s Thrush 1 Mourning Dove 2 European Starling 3 Anna s Hummingbird 1 MacGillivray s Warbler 1 Nuttall s Woodpecker 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Northern Flicker 1 Yellow Warbler 3 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Wilson s Warbler 1 Hammond s Flycatcher 1 Song Sparrow 2 Black Phoebe 3 Western Tanager 3 Say s Phoebe 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher 1 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Western Kingbird 1 Tricolored Blackbird 20 Western Scrub-Jay 5 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Common Raven 2 Bullock s Oriole 1 N. Rough-winged Swallow 1 House Finch 1 Tree Swallow 2 Lawrence s Goldfinch 1 Oak Titmouse 2 MAY 18: Chimney Peak Nat. Back County Byway (10:20 11:46 AM) Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 Black-throated Sparrow 3 Western Scrub-Jay 2 Scott s Oriole 1 Cactus Wren 2 House Finch 1 California Towhee 1 MAY 18: Chimney Creek CG (11:55 AM 1:25 PM) 69 Mountain Quail 1 Wilson s Warbler 1 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Spotted Towhee 3 Plumbeous Vireo 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Warbling Vireo 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1 Steller s Jay 3 Black-headed Grosbeak 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Lesser Goldfinch 1 Hermit Warbler 2 5
MAY 18: Kern Plateau - Government Springs (1:50 2:30 PM) Red-tailed Hawk 3 Wilson s Warbler 1 Western Wood-Pewee 2 Spotted Towhee 1 Pinyon Jay 1 Brewer s Sparrow 1 Swainson s Thrush 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 American Robin 2 MAY 18: Kern Plateau (Beach Mds Rd Troy Mds & CG) (3:20 4:15 PM) 63 at 7800 ft elevation) Williamson s Sapsucker 1 Mountain Bluebird 1 Steller s Jay 1 Red-winged Blackbird 3 swallow sp. 20 blackbird sp. 1 MAY 19: Butterbredt Springs (6:30 8:35 AM) 50-64 California Quail 1 European Starling 1 Mourning Dove 9 Townsend s Warbler 2 Anna s Hummingbird 1 Wilson s Warbler 4 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Green-tailed Towhee 3 Western Wood-Pewee 4 Spotted Towhee 1 Willow Flycatcher 2 California Towhee 1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3 Bell s Sparrow (Mojave) 4 Ash-throated Flycatcher 1 Fox Sparrow 1 Warbling Vireo 3 Western Tanager 2 Common Raven 3 Black-headed Grosbeak 2 Horned Lark 1 Lazuli Bunting 1 Bewick s Wren 1 Bullock s Oriole 1 Cactus Wren 1 House Finch 7 Swainson s Thrush 2 Lesser Goldfinch 4 Hermit Thrush 1 Lawrence s Goldfinch 6 6
MAY 19: California City Central Park (9:50 11:45 AM) Mallard 5 Common Raven 3 Ruddy Duck 8 Verdin 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Swainson s Thrush 1 White-faced Ibis 5 Common Yellowthroat 2 American Coot 4 Yellow Warbler 13 Eurasian Collared-Dove 10 Townsend s Warbler 2 Mourning Dove 4 Wilson s Warbler 25 Anna s Hummingbird 1 Spotted Towhee 1 hummingbird sp. 4 Western Tanager 1 Western Wood-Pewee 5 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Willow Flycatcher 3 Yellow-headed Blackbird 10 Say s Phoebe 1 Great-tailed Grackle 14 Warbling Vireo 3 House Finch 4 House Sparrow 1 MAY 19: Galileo Hill (Silver Saddle Ranch & Club) 12:05 2:40 PM Great Egret 1 Verdin (and its nest) 1 Snowy Egret 1 Swainson s Thrush 4 Green Heron 1 European Starlinig 7 American Coot 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Killdeer 1 MacGillivray s Warbler 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Common Yellowthoat 2 Great Horned Owl 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Aud.) 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 Wilson s Warbler 5 hummingbird sp. (possible Calliope) 1 Western Tanager 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Great-tailed Grackle 2 Hammond s Flycatcher 2 House Sparrow 2 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 Observers: Bob Barnes, Leader, & field trip participants: Joyce Brady, Lisa Cook, Mike McGlone, Peggy McGlone, Nancy Peralta, Steve Peralta, Tjie Poo, Edana Salisbury.