Warm Springs Natural Area Species List, September 28 - October 2

Warm Springs Natural Area, from near the entrance gate

So here’s the list of the birds recorded during my surveys at Warm Springs.  (The surveys were randomly located on the property, not designed to hit hot spots.)  I described a few of my highlights here.  The most commonly-recorded species were (in order): White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel’s Quail, House Finch, Red-winged Blackbird, Abert’s Towhee, Mourning Dove, Turkey Vulture, Western Scrub-Jay, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.  For comparison, my highlights from the 2012 surveys are here. 

1. Gambel's Quail
2. Turkey Vulture
3. Sharp-shinned Hawk
4. Red-tailed Hawk
5. American Kestrel
6. Virginia Rail
7. Eurasian Collared-Dove
8. Mourning Dove
9. Greater Roadrunner
10. Belted Kingfisher
11. Lewis's Woodpecker
12. Red-naped Sapsucker
13. Red-naped Sapsucker x Red-breasted Sapsucker
14. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
15. Northern Flicker
16. Say's Phoebe
17. Vermilion Flycatcher
18. Loggerhead Shrike
19. Cassin's Vireo
20. Western Scrub-Jay
21. Common Raven
22. Barn Swallow
23. Verdin
24. Bushtit
25. Cactus Wren
26. Rock Wren
27. Bewick's Wren
28. House Wren
29. Marsh Wren
30. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
31. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
32. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
33. Northern Mockingbird
34. Crissal Thrasher
35. European Starling
36. Phainopepla
37. Orange-crowned Warbler
38. Common Yellowthroat
39. Yellow-rumped Warbler
40. Spotted Towhee
41. Abert's Towhee
42. Brewer's Sparrow
43. Lark Sparrow
44. Unidentified “Sage” Sparrow
45. Song Sparrow
46. Lincoln's Sparrow
47. White-crowned Sparrow
48. Summer Tanager
49. Red-winged Blackbird
50. Western Meadowlark
51. House Finch
52. Lesser Goldfinch

Happy birding!

Jen