Lookout Birding Field Trip Report, Oct 6, 2006

Field trip report by Alan Schmierer, Field Trip Chair, Morro Coast
Audubon Society

Location: Hi Mountain Lookout to
Huff’s Hole
Observation date: 10/6/07
Number of species: 26

Mountain Quail 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Band-tailed Pigeon 3
Northern Pygmy-Owl 1
Acorn Woodpecker 3
Nuttall’s Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
Western Scrub-Jay 7
Common Raven 2
Oak Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
California Thrasher 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Spotted Towhee 10
California Towhee 3
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 2
Sage Sparrow 3
Fox Sparrow 50 Conservative number. Most not
identified by race. Photo of one appears to be “Slate-colored”.
White-crowned Sparrow 8
Golden-crowned Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 12
Western Meadowlark 1
Lesser Goldfinch 2
Lawrence’s Goldfinch 7