Here are the rest of my recordings from last weekend. I was motivated to get out early as it really was International Dawn Chorus Day. I recorded about 26 species, some just faint in the background. T

Let’s try that again: https://www.xeno-canto.org/644879 Black-headed Grosbeak at Coon Creek Trail for International Dawn Chorus Day. Tom Graves

Black-headed Grosbeak at Coon Creek Trail. https://www.xeno-canto.org/644879 Tom Graves

Spotted Sandpiper with faint spots and bobbing tail, under walkway to kayak rental at the State Park Marina.

Three Wood Ducks, two male and one female, on the north side of the island. The two males were chasing a male Mallard who had caught a 4 inch long fish. And about 11 American White Pelicans were perfo

Still there Saturday. This recording is from 11/14/20. https://www.xeno-canto.org/604691 I think the voices add interest to the recording! (I couldn’t edit them out). Tom Graves

No Streak-backed Oriole at MDO, but I got this nice recording of a Sooty (?) Fox Sparrow's "smack" call, and a couple "tink"s. https://www.xeno-canto.org/602066 Bird like no one's watching! Tom Graves

Quiet, but not shy, Wilson’s Snipe feeding along the lake edge on the Lake View Drive side across from the south east portion of the island, around 5 PM Tuesday. It feed for along time along side a Ki

Got a recording: https://www.xeno-canto.org/598632 Tom Graves

I’ve been taking weekend walks thru the woods at Fiscalini Ranch, hearing this and that, wondering what’s making the sounds. One sound was a screech, another a series of peeps. The screech was deep in

No Black Tern last Monday, but got some recordings of the Virginia Rails. A variety here: https://www.xeno-canto.org/585528 . Screech (turn the volume down!): https://www.xeno-canto.org/585516 . Male

A group was at the MDO campground looking for the Red-eyed Vireo and Eastern Kingbird. We heard this: https://www.xeno-canto.org/568143 I posted it as a mystery with these comments: Red-eyed Vireo was

My first hike on the Juan Bautista de Anza Trail in Atascadero along the Salinas river gave me some nice new sounds on June first. (My last furloughed day: back to work Tuesday!) My first American Kes

Typical and complex song of our visiting Kentucky Warbler. I almost ingnored the faint complex songs in my recordings. You can hear the complex song include a couple of the typical notes, or blend int

Here are the Grasshopper Sparrow recordings: https://www.xeno-canto.org/562481 https://www.xeno-canto.org/562482 Got some call note on the second recording. My last mystery song was a Lazuli Bunting (

Grasshopper Sparrow Laguna Lake Trail up in the foothills. iPhone recording to follow. On the barbed wire, but I didn’t have my binoculars. Easier to ID by song anyway. just saw him 6:25 Tom Graves.

This sounds like a warbler. Yellow Warbler heard earlier, but this sounds different. Any ideas? https://www.xeno-canto.org/562215 Tom Graves

Walked to the end of Coon Creek on Thursday. I was hoping for the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, but did not find one. Nothing usual, but got some good recordings. My first juvenile CA Scrub-Jay: https://www

On Monday, May 11, both the Lazuli Bunting and the Blue Grosbeak were again at Cottontail Creek Road, and were singing. I saw the Bunting, but not the Grosbeak, and recorded both. I had to research th

I recorded at Carrizo Plain on Sunday. Nice weather, but a bit windy for recording at times. Recording highlights: -American Avocets (4 pairs in the waterway near Clarksberg Road at Soda Lake Road) an