birdWalker | Borrego Day Four

Borrego Day Four on Tuesday, March 25, 2003, Led by Steve Shunk (See also...)

Photos by Bill Walker

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Trip Notes

This was a wild day, starting with another disappointing search for Le Conte's Thrasher, but ending with a sighting of said thrasher at Bull Willows, along with Common Poorwill's sighted (and heard) along the road back to the resort.

Trip Map

82 Species at 2 Locations

Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl)

Gadwall SS

Mallard SS

Cinnamon Teal SS

Northern Shoveler SS

Lesser Scaup SS

Common Goldeneye SS

Ruddy Duck SS

Odontophoridae (New World Quail)

Gambel's Quail SS

Podicipedidae (Grebes)

Eared Grebe SS

Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)

Chilean Flamingo SS

Actually, these Flamingos are almost certainly zoo escapees from 20 years ago, according to the park ranger. We eliminated them as Greater Flamingos because they lacked the requisite tricolor bill and two-toned body.

Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and Shags)

Double-crested Cormorant SS

Pelecanidae (Pelicans)

American White Pelican SS

Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)

Great Blue Heron SS

Great Egret SS

Snowy Egret SS

Cattle Egret SS

Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)

White-faced Ibis SS

Cathartidae (New World Vultures)

Turkey Vulture SS

Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and Kites)

Northern Harrier SS

Sharp-shinned Hawk SS

Red-tailed Hawk SS

Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)

Clapper Rail SS

Sora (h) SS

Common Gallinule SS

American Coot SS

Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)

Black-bellied Plover SS

Snowy Plover SS

Killdeer SS

Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)

Black-necked Stilt SS

American Avocet SS

Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)

Greater Yellowlegs SS

Willet SS

Lesser Yellowlegs SS

Marbled Godwit SS

Western Sandpiper SS

Least Sandpiper SS

Long-billed Dowitcher SS

Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)

Little Gull SS

A challenging identification, Bill took some pictures.

Ring-billed Gull SS

Herring Gull SS

Gull-billed Tern SS

Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)

Rock Pigeon SS

Mourning Dove SS

Common Ground-Dove SS

Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Greater Roadrunner SS

Strigidae (Owls)

Burrowing Owl SS

Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and Allies)

Common Poorwill ABDSP

Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Anna's Hummingbird SS

Costa's Hummingbird SS

Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras)

American Kestrel SS

Merlin SS

Peregrine Falcon SS

Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)

Black Phoebe SS

Say's Phoebe SS

Western Kingbird SS

Laniidae (Shrikes)

Loggerhead Shrike SS

Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies)

Common Raven SS

Hirundinidae (Swallows)

Northern Rough-winged Swallow SS

Tree Swallow SS

Cliff Swallow SS

Remizidae (Penduline-Tits)

Verdin SS

Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Rock Wren SS

Marsh Wren SS

Cactus Wren SS

Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers)

Northern Mockingbird SS

Sage Thrasher SS

Le Conte's Thrasher ABDSP

Sturnidae (Starlings)

European Starling SS

Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)

American Pipit SS

Ptilogonatidae (Silky-flycatchers)

Phainopepla SS

Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Common Yellowthroat SS

Yellow-rumped Warbler SS

Emberizidae (Buntings and New World Sparrows)

Abert's Towhee SS

Brewer's Sparrow SS

Vesper Sparrow SS

Black-throated Sparrow SS

Savannah Sparrow SS

Song Sparrow SS

Icteridae (Troupials and Allies)

Western Meadowlark SS

Great-tailed Grackle SS

Fringillidae (Siskins, Crossbills, and Allies)

House Finch SS

Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

House Sparrow SS

Legend

Anza Borrego Desert State Park, CA = ABDSP

Salton Sea, CA = SS

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