New species for the year list from going up to Ranger Peak:* Yellow-billed Magpie – heard two while…
New species for the year list from going up to Ranger Peak:
* Yellow-billed Magpie – heard two while driving up on Happy Canyon Road. They’re basically a gimme, but I’ll take them.
* Mountain Chickadee – a number of them once I got to the pines.
* Brown Creeper – I love these. Stopped at a birdy spot just because I wanted to watch a flock of Dark-eyed Juncos being adorable, and there it was, creeping up the trunk of a live oak.
* Lewis’s Woodpecker – one had been reported from a particular spot along Figueroa Mountain Road a few days ago, so I thought I’d try. Saw the bird right where it was supposed to be, even before I parked. 😃
Next stop: Waller Park in Orcutt, where I can try to fend off all the toddlers feeding the Mallards in hopes of seeing Santa Barbara County’s rarest bird. 😬
Current count of new birds for the county year list: 6. Onward!
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