On a sunny, humid morning with temperatures in the 70s, Lena Hayashi, Betty Kanne (eBirder), Claire Grozinger, Jim Kendall, Dave and Sharon Telford, and Josh Joun counted all the birds we could hear and see for two hours.  Early on and throughout the morning, we watched flocks of Red-necked Phalaropes fly across the Urban Forest [...]

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It was a beautiful sunny, clear, and calm morning, rising to 72 or so degrees.  Surveyors were only four – Lena Hayashi, Betty Kanne (eBirder), Sharon, and Dave Telford.  Summer months are typically slow and quiet as breeding season winds down and fledglings depend less on their parents to feed them.  One Spotted Towhee continued [...]

It was a beautiful, clear, and calm morning with the temperature in the 60’s.  The sun came out by the time we reached the top of the hill. Surveyors were Lena Hayashi, Dave and Sharon Telford, Jim Kendall, Rick Shearer, and Betty Kanne, who kindly did the eBird list. Spring is magical!  The plants and [...]

It was a cool, drizzly morning with the temperature in the 60’s.  Our group was small this morning with Lena Hayashi, Betty Kanne (who was kind enough to eBird), Ellen Tipping, Jim Kendall, and Rick Shearer. We were expecting a nice spring count of birds but the cold, wet weather, kept the variety and numbers [...]