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For The Birds

All bird pictures were taken near or in Jess Ranch Lakes by Lakes' volunteer John Breckenridge or Jess Ranch Staff.
Cactus Wren Largest wren in North America--desert bird that can survive without freestanding water--upperbody brownish with white streaks-- long white stripe at eye--wings barred--tail barred with black--attacks nest predators--destroys nests of other bird species--pecks or removes eggs--also eats insects and some fruit.	Osprey Large raptor adult male--chocolate brown back with white breast and dark line mask. Both sexes have white head with distinctive dark line mask around eyes. Hunts from perch and will dive for fish.	Great Blue Heron Large gray bird, long legs, "S" shaped neck, long thick bill, white crown stripe, bluish gray back, wings and belly--Walks slowly, stands and stabs prey with quick lunge of the bill--eats Fish, invertebrates, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and small mammals.	Phainopepla Member of silky flycatcher family--Noticeable crest and long tail--upright posture when it perches--Its chief food is the berries of the Mistletoe but also eats berries of junipers and elderberry--will also hawk for insects like a flycatcher.
Mallard *********	Double-Crested Cormorant (Above) ********* Chipping Sparrow (below)	Western Bluebird ********* *********	Muscovy Duck *********
Mockingbird (above) Bufflehead (below)	Cooper's Hawk (adult) ********* Cooper's Hawk (juvenile)	Great Egret *********	Great Egret Fishing *********
Killdeer *********	Ring Necked Duck ********* *********	Black Crowned Night Heron ********* *********	Road Runner *********
Nutall's Woodpecker ********* *********	California Gull ********* *********	Above Cedar Waxwings Below Northern Flicker	California Quail *********

North American Pelican ********* *********	Pied Bill Grebe ********* *********	American Widgeon ********* *********	Yellowhead Blackbird ********* *********
White Crowned Sparrow ********* *********	Hooded Meganser (above) ********* Common Merganser (below) **********	House Finch (above) ********** House Sparrow (below) **********	Yellow Rumpted Warbler **********
Swan Goose (above) Chinese Crested Goose (below)	Brown Headed Cowbird (above) ********* Canada Geese (below) **********	Ruddy Duck (Male above) ************* Red Tailed Hawk (below) **********	Common Raven **********
Red Wing Blackbird **********	Black Phobe *********	Vermilion Flycatcher	Vermilion Flycatcher Catching (above) Flying (below)

Bird Sightings 2008-2009
Many thanks to Lakes' volunteer John Breckenridge for compiling and updating this list!
American Avocet American Goldfinch American Kestrel American White Pelican American Wigeon Anna's Hummingbird Black Phoebe Brewer's Blackbird Bufflehead Cactus Wren California Gull California Quail Canada Goose Canvasback Common Ground-Dove Common Raven Costa's Hummingbird Double-crested Cormorant European Starling Gadwall Great Blue Heron Great Egret Greater White-fronted Goose Greater Yellowlegs Great-tailed Grackle Green Heron Hooded Merganser House Sparrow	House Wren Killdeer Lesser Goldfinch Mallard Merlin Mountain Bluebird Mourning Dove Northern Flicker Northern Mockingbird Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Osprey Phainopepla Pied-billed Grebe Red-tailed Hawk Red-winged Blackbird Ring-necked Duck Ross's Goose Ruddy Duck Say's Phoebe Snow Goose Snowy Egret Spotted Towhee Townsend's Warbler Vermilion Flycatcher Western Bluebird Western Grebe Western Meadowlark Yellow-rumped Warbler

Bird Sightings (Past Years)
Many thanks to founding Friends of the Lakes member, Carolyn Pratt.
Great Egret Cattle Egret Snowy Egret Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Mallard Ruby Crown Kinglet White Crested Sparrow Flicker Great Blue Heron Black Crowned Night Heron Green Heron White Faced Ibis Tundra Swan Pied Bill Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe Common Loon American White Pelican Doublecrested Cormorant Turkey Vulture Red Tailed Hawk Shouldered Hawk Merlin Prairie Falcon California Quail American Coot Ring Billed Gull California Gull Caspian Tern Forster's Tern Rock Dove Northern Flicker Red Breasted Sapsucker Red Naped Sapsucker Ladder-Backed Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Western Wood-Pewee Hammond's Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher Black Phoebe Sayo Phoebe Vermillion Flycatcher Ash Throated Flycatcher Western Kingbird Loggerhead Shrike Western Scrub Jay Common Raven Horned Lark Tree Swallow Violet Green Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Northern Rough Winged Swallow Barn Swallow Mountain Chickadee Bushtit White-breasted Nutchatch House Wren Winter Wren Bewick's Wren Cactus Wren Rock Wren Marsh Wren House Sparrow Western Tanager California Towhee Spotted Towhee Chipping Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Lark Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Song Sparrow Vespa Sparrow White Crowned Sparrow Dark Eyed Juneo Black Shaded Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird	Northern Shoveler Ring Neck Great Horned Owl Bucklehead Western Bluebird Gadwall Mockingbird Great Blue Herron Quail Meadowlark Ring Billed Gulls Wood Duck Green Winged Teal American Wigion Northern Pintail Cinnamon Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Merganser Canada Geese Ross' Goose Greater White Fronted Goose Osprey White Tailed Kits Cooper's Hawk American Kestrel Sharpskinned Hawk Killdeer American Avocet Black-necked Stilt Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-billed dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Mourning Dove Greater Roadrunner Great Horned Owl White Throated Swift Black Chinned Hummingbird Anna'a Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Betted Kingfisher Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Hermit Thrush Varied Thrush American Robin Northern Mockingbird California Thrasher Le Conte's Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Phainopepla Orange Crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Virginia's Warbler Yellow Rumped Warbler Black Throated Gray Warbler Townsend's Warbler Prairie Warbler Yellow Warbler MacGillwray's Warbler Wilson's Warbler Common Yellow Throated Warbler Hooded Oriole Bullock's Oriole House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Lawrence's Goldfinch Red-winged Blackbird Great Tailed Grackle Brewer's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird American Avocet

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