Great Backyard Bird Count Results

Over the weekend, I submitted three bird lists to the Great BackYard Bird Count. You sign up, and then do a minimum of 15 minutes of birding at an area of your choosing, and report the results. This is a worldwide event, and ordinary birders are all submitting data, in the interest of tracking bird presence and absence in a wide range of habitats. Here's a list of birds we found at our place on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday:

• American Robin
• Scrub Jay
• Red-shafted Flicker (Northern Flicker)
• Dark-eyed Junco
• California Towhee
• Black Phoebe
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Stellar's Jay
• Song Sparrow
• Western Meadowlark
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Golden-crowned Sparrow
• Turkey Vulture
• Raven
• Mourning Dove
• Anna's Hummingbird
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• California Quail
• Marsh Wren
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• European Starling
• Red-tail Hawk
• Downy Woodpecker
• Varied Thrush

I also saw a rabbit and a western gray squirrel.

On my Mill Creek hike with Ella, we saw or heard:

• Pacific Wren
• Chestnut-backed chickadee
• Ruby-crowned kinglet
• Red-shafted Flicker
• Hermit Thrush
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Varied Thrush
• Raven

I believe you can view the GBBC data at the website, Great Backyard Bird Count. Check it out! You can explore results for any geographical area, though I find the Humboldt results to be most interesting.