Tuesday, June 19, 2012

16 June 2012

I finished recording birds just north of Fort Bidwell. The prize sighting of the day there was a Golden Eagle. I went back to the Modoc NWR in Alturas and found a special life bird for me, the Tricolored Blackbird. I missed this species on several other visits to California.

After finishing up in NE California, I headed to Happy Camp in the Siskiyou Mountains to the west. I arrived late around 9:30. As soon as I was about to camp for the night I head a bear in the woods and had to find another campsite about 3 miles down the road. It was well worth it.

I have birds list for Fort Bidwell and a return trip to the Modoc NWR.

Photo of Alkali Lake from Fort Bidwell




Modo NWR



Video of Cinnamon Teal male




Video of Cinnamon Teal female



Tricolored Blackbird






Day-list: California: Modoc Co., Fort Bidwell area

Turkey Vulture
Golden Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
California Quiail
Rock pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Western Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Steller’s Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Northern Raven
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Warbling Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Green-tailed Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

Day-list: Modoc Co., Modoc NWR, Alturas

American White Pelican
Great Egret
Canada Goose
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk
Northern Flicker
Western Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Northern Raven
House Wren
Marsh Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock’s Oriole
House Finch
House Sparrow

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