On Sunday October 6th we walked trails at Rancho San Antonio. I had
six target birds but after walking for quite some time I had only added
Chestnut-backed Chickadee and Nuttall's Woodpecker to my list. Heading
back to the car I first ran into a covey of California Quail as I got to
the farm area and then spotted a California Towhee as we stopped to
look at some Acorn Woodpeckers. Finally as we reached the home straight
an Oak Titmouse flew onto a wooden post! I ended the morning with 5 of
my 6 targets.
We headed back to Flagstaff in the
afternoon. The short trip to California added 32 species to my year's
list taking me to 679 for the year. Saturday's Manx Shearwater was a new
ABA bird for me - and my first sighting of this species since I saw
many on the boat to Skomer in 1981- taking my ABA list to 548.
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| California Quail |
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