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A Wood Duck, of course. On a trip with the Sea & Sage Audubon Society this morning at Santiago Oaks Regional Park, we found this pair apparently scouting out possible nesting sites:
They were being mobbed by Acorn Woodpeckers, but didn’t seem to mind too much. About half a dozen European Starlings were also present and scouting some of the same holes. I hope they lose the competition for the space.
In about 4 hours we logged some 30-odd species including:
Wood Duck
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Bushtit
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Nutmeg Mannikin
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a very good bird for the West Coast, though I’ve had numerous in New York already this year.
I’ll have to check and see whether the Nutmeg Mannikin is officially countable or not.
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