Hi All,
I decided to spend the morning of Dr. King's Day birding with a church friend and his son. We started outside the San Jacinto Wildlife Area, where we picked up six Ferruginous Hawks (184), Red-Tailed Hawk (including one Intermediate-Morph), Cattle Egret, Great Egret, American Kestrel, Western Meadowlark, Horned Lark (185), White-tailed Kite, Say's Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Peregrine Falcon.
Birds inside SJWA included American Avocet, Song Sparrow, Merlin (186), Northern Harrier, Black-necked Stilt, Common Yellowthroat, Greater Yellowlegs and Vermillion Flycatcher.
The Horned Lark and Merlin were life birds for me. The latter was particularly nice because I had been looking for a Merlin for quite some time now. It was also good to get out one final time before my quarter picks up. I'll also be teaching for Kaplan the next 8 Saturdays, which will keep me from birding much on those days.
The three new birds bring us up to 186. Great extended weekend everyone!
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