Trip : MBB 2009: Shake it Up Login
109 Species at 9 Locations
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Canada Goose PSP
Gadwall PSP
Mallard TLSRA
Blue-winged Teal PSP
Northern Shoveler PSP
Green-Winged Teal PSP
Common Merganser TLSRA
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail
Wild Turkey DPC
New World Quail
California Quail DPC
Grebes
Eared Grebe TLSRA
Aechmophorus Grebe TLSRA
Pelicans
American White Pelican TLSRA
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron WR
Great Egret DPC
Cattle Egret PSP
Black-crowned Night-Heron LP
Ibises and Spoonbills
White-faced Ibis PSP
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture DPC
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Osprey TLSRA
White-tailed Kite SJNWR
Northern Harrier DPC
Cooper's Hawk DPC
Red-shouldered Hawk DPC
Swainson's Hawk SJNWR
Red-tailed Hawk DPC
Ferruginous Hawk WR
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel DPC
Peregrine Falcon CSP
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
American Coot TLSRA
Cranes
Sandhill Crane SJNWR
Plovers
Killdeer LP
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt PSP
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs PSP
Long-billed Curlew PSP
Western Sandpiper PSP
Least Sandpiper PSP
Long-billed Dowitcher PSP
Wilson's Snipe WR
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Ring-billed Gull TLSRA
California Gull CSP
Herring Gull TLSRA
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon PSP
Eurasian Collared-Dove SJNWR
Mourning Dove DPC
Typical Owls
Western Screech-Owl LP
Great Horned Owl LP
Northern Pygmy-Owl DPC
Goatsuckers
Common Poorwill DPC
Swifts
Vaux's Swift DPC
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird DPC
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher PSP
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker OBP
Acorn Woodpecker DPC
Nuttall's Woodpecker DPC
Hairy Woodpecker DPC
Northern Flicker DPC
Tyrant Flycatchers
Western Flycatcher DPC
Black Phoebe DPC
Say's Phoebe DPC
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike SJNWR
Vireos
Hutton's Vireo HRP
Jays and Crows
Western Scrub-Jay DPC
Yellow-billed Magpie DPC
American Crow DPC
Common Raven DPC
Larks
Horned Lark WR
Swallows
Tree Swallow PSP
Violet-green Swallow DPC
Barn Swallow DPC
Chickadees and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee DPC
Oak Titmouse DPC
Bushtits
Bushtit DPC
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch DPC
Wrens
Rock Wren DPC
Canyon Wren DPC
Bewick's Wren DPC
House Wren HRP
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet DPC
Thrushes
Western Bluebird DPC
Hermit Thrush DPC
American Robin OBP
Babblers
Wrentit DPC
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird SJNWR
California Thrasher DPC
Starlings
European Starling DPC
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing OBP
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla OBP
Wood-Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler OBP
Yellow-rumped Warbler PSP
Emberizids
Spotted Towhee DPC
California Towhee DPC
Rufous-crowned Sparrow DPC
Vesper Sparrow WR
Lark Sparrow DPC
Savannah Sparrow PSP
Fox Sparrow DPC
Song Sparrow OBP
White-crowned Sparrow DPC
Golden-crowned Sparrow DPC
Dark-eyed Junco DPC
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird PSP
Western Meadowlark DPC
Yellow-headed Blackbird PSP
Brewer's Blackbird PSP
Northern Finches
House Finch DPC
Lesser Goldfinch DPC
Lawrence's Goldfinch DPC
American Goldfinch PSP
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow SJNWR
Ceres Sewage Ponds, CA = CSP
Del Puerto Canyon, CA = DPC
Horseshoe Road Park, CA = HRP
Laird Park, CA = LP
Orange Blossom Ponds, CA = OBP
Patterson Sewage Ponds, CA = PSP
San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge, CA = SJNWR
Turlock Lake State Recreational Area, CA = TLSRA
Willms Road, CA = WR
Trip Notes

0330 Laird Park

Our first stop was quite successful for owls, but completely unproductive for the rails we hoped to get here.

0500 del puerto canyon road

We spent seven hours total driving up and down Del Puerto Canyon road, first in the dark and then in the light. We turned up some interesting birds before sunrise (especially Wild Turkey at Frank Raines park). The first light of the morning was lovely, but confusion about the details of the road's mile markers slowed us down a bit.

1200 patternson sewage ponds

We left the canyon in search of water and different habitats.

1232 pond near patterson sewage ponds

1315 ceres sewage ponds
1356 san joaquin river nwr (beckwith road), mostly on the way to the pullout
1643 drive down willms + crabtree roads
1800 sunset at Turlock Lake
2100 rechecking for rails, grackles
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