Bird Survey – August 2021

Urban Forest Monthly Survey
August 27, 2021
27 Species, 236 Individuals

It was calm, clear, and sunny; temperatures in the low 70s rising to a humid 80 degrees. We had three “Jims” (Kendall, Currie and Stacy), Ellen Tipping, Betty Kanne, Brenda Sabin, Nancy Kappelmann, and Maureen Myers, along with me, to survey the start of fall migration. Thanks much to Ellen for recording the count on eBird.

Some species, like the House Wrens and Spotted Towhees, seem to take up singing again after being silent during nesting. The House Finches were abundant as the UF plants produce seeds after blooming.

The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher has returned to winter at the Urban Forest and the Hooded Orioles, that breed here, will soon leave and head south to their wintering grounds. A Western Tanager was seen today and more will be traveling through in the next month. Of interest were two Dark-eyed Juncos in the corralled area of the Urban Forest. These montane birds seem to be nesting in lower elevations and perhaps nested somewhere nearby. It is normally rare in August to have them here. It will be interesting for us to keep an eye out for them and see if they are present all year around.

These observations are really a credit to the habitat created to support these birds. Thank you to all who volunteer and work so laboriously throughout the year to make the Urban Forest what it is today.

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Thu 26 Aug 2021 8:15 AM

Location Huntington Central Park–Urban Forest

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Orange County

California

United States

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Owner Lena Hayashi +9 Others

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Observers: 9
Duration: 2 hr, 52 min
Distance: 2.08 mi

Totals

Species Observed

247 individuals

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Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

Number observed: 3

Exotic: Naturalized
Mourning Dove

Number observed: 5
Anna’s Hummingbird

Number observed: 7
Allen’s Hummingbird

Number observed: 23

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Great Egret

Number observed: 1
Red-shouldered Hawk

Number observed: 1

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Red-tailed Hawk

Number observed: 2
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope)

Number observed: 2
Black Phoebe

Number observed: 7

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Hutton’s Vireo

Number observed: 1
American Crow

Number observed: 4
Barn Swallow

Number observed: 11
Bushtit

Number observed: 26
Swinhoe’s White-eye

Number observed: 16

Exotic: Provisional

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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Number observed: 2
House Wren

Number observed: 6
Scaly-breasted Munia

Number observed: 3

Exotic: Naturalized
Pin-tailed Whydah

Number observed: 1

Exotic: Provisional

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I understand that females have black bills in breeding plumage in late summer, early fall. What is this bird then? Shouldn’t this be a female in non-breeding? But it is too early.

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House Sparrow

Number observed: 3

Exotic: Naturalized

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near stables

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House Finch

Number observed: 75
Lesser Goldfinch

Number observed: 23
Dark-eyed Junco

Number observed: 2

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f DEJU because face is uniform gray w/o dark black lores, not pink across breast,

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Song Sparrow

Number observed: 4
California Towhee

Number observed: 3

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Hooded Oriole

Number observed: 2

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immatures with yellow/orange bills

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Red-winged Blackbird

Number observed: 8

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near stables

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Orange-crowned Warbler

Number observed: 2

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Common Yellowthroat

Number observed: 3
Western Tanager

Number observed: 1

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