The rain caused my fingers to prune and seeped into every part of my backpack and clothes, but I still had a great time. The list of 29 birds is below. As we were leaving I saw a male and female Brown-headed cowbird, which have caused a serious decline in Chat populations. "The chat is among the 17 hosts most parasitized by cowbirds."
http://www.prbo.org/calpif/htmldocs/species/riparian/yellow-breasted_chat.htm
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Robin
Bewick's Wren
Black-capped Chickadee
Canada Goose
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Kingbird
Great Blue Heron
House Wren
Lazuli Bunting
Mourning Dove
Osprey
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Red-tailed Hawk
Song Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Towhee
[Swainson's Thrush?]
Tree Swallow
Vaux's Swift
Violet-green Swallow
Warbling Vireo
Western Tanager
Western Wood-Pewee
White-crowned Sparrow
Willow Flycatcher
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
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