Birding at Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area, May 4

On May 4, the Nevada Bird Count crew got in some more practice point counts at Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area, north of Yerington.  There along the river (they didn’t go into the wetlands areas), they found 45 species.  A fun morning!

1. American Avocet
2. American Kestrel
3. American Robin (carrying food)
4. Ash-throated Flycatcher
5. Bewick’sWren
6. Black-headed Grosbeak
7. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8. Brown-headed Cowbird
9. Bullock’s Oriole
10. Bushtit
11. California Quail
12. Canada Goose
13. Double-crested Cormorant
14. Downy Woodpecker
15. Eurasian Collared-Dove
16. European Starling
17. Gadwall
18. Golden-crowned Sparrow
19. Great Blue Heron
20. Hairy Woodpecker
21. House Wren
22. Lark Sparrow
23. Mallard
24. Marsh Wren
25. Mourning Dove
26. Northern Flicker
27. Northern Mockingbird
28. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
29. Pine Siskin
30. Red-tailed Hawk
31. Red-winged Blackbird
32. Snowy Egret
33. Song Sparrow
34. Spotted Towhee
35. Tree Swallow (nest-building)
36. Turkey Vulture
37. Violet-green Swallow
38. Western Bluebird
39. Western Kingbird
40. Western Meadowlark
41. Western Tanager
42. White-faced Ibis
43. Wood Duck
44. Yellow Warbler
45. Yellow-headed Blackbird

Happy birding!
Jen