San Bernardino Mountains

I spent Saturday and part of Sunday in the San Bernardino Mountains on an Audubon-led trip.  Some friends went on the trip as well, which is always good.  Lot's of birds too.

Birds 366-374:

Black Swift

Cassin's Finch

Dusky Flycatcher

Williamson's Sapsucker

Pinyon Jay

Gray Vireo

Clark's Nutcracker

Black Tern
Scott's Oriole

Other than the Tern and Oriole, each of those birds were life birds for me.  Other lifers were Common Nighthawk, Townsend's Solitare, Olive-Sided Flycatcher, (Thick-billed) Fox Sparrow, Red-Breasted Nuthatch, and Calliope Hummingbird.  We also saw a Plumbeous Vireo, my first one in CA.

We saw a Mexican Whip in flight at night, and a daytime Common Poorwill (also in flight after we flushed it).

My favorite bird on the trip had to be the Calliope Hummingbird.  We had a pair, and the male was one of the most outstanding birds I have ever seen.