This year's target is 500, with trips to FL, TX, AK, the Cape in South Africa, Kruger and a brief stopover or two in London.
The year started at Lake Tahoe, where the four year old Bald Eagle who had hung out the last three days of 2007, failed to show up on January 1st!
1. Steller's Jay
2. Mountain Chickadee
3. Canada Goose
4. Western Grebe
5. Common Goldeneye (L):t:
Then while driving back to Napa
6. Turkey Vulture
7. Bufflehead
8. Red-tailed Hawk
9. Feral Pigeon
10. Eurasian Starling
11. Brewer's Blackbird
12. Red-winged Blackbird
13. Anna's Hummingbird
14. Great Egret
15. Yellow-billed Magpie
Back at home in Napa
16. Lesser Goldfinch
17. Western Scrub-Jay
18. House Finch
19. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
20. California Towhee
21. White-crowned Sparrow
22. Golden-crowned Sparrow
23. Oak Titmouse
24. Yellow-rumped Warbler
25. Nuttall's Woodpecker
26. White-breasted Nuthatch
Then walking the dogs at Alston Park
27. Western Bluebird
28. American Robin
29. American Kestrel
30. White-tailed Kite
31. Ruddy Duck
32. Song Sparrow
33. American Goldfinch
34. Mourning Dove
January 2nd
Supposed to be a vacation day to chase birds, but the acquisition of a new company took me to the Buena Vista Winery in Carneros, where once business was completed I spotted a few birds, including the pair of resident Great Horned Owl's, who hang out in the tree right in front of the building.
35. House Sparrow
36. Dark-eyed Junco
37. Northern Flicker
38. Say's Phoebe
39. Great Horned Owl
The year started at Lake Tahoe, where the four year old Bald Eagle who had hung out the last three days of 2007, failed to show up on January 1st!
1. Steller's Jay
2. Mountain Chickadee
3. Canada Goose
4. Western Grebe
5. Common Goldeneye (L):t:
Then while driving back to Napa
6. Turkey Vulture
7. Bufflehead
8. Red-tailed Hawk
9. Feral Pigeon
10. Eurasian Starling
11. Brewer's Blackbird
12. Red-winged Blackbird
13. Anna's Hummingbird
14. Great Egret
15. Yellow-billed Magpie
Back at home in Napa
16. Lesser Goldfinch
17. Western Scrub-Jay
18. House Finch
19. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
20. California Towhee
21. White-crowned Sparrow
22. Golden-crowned Sparrow
23. Oak Titmouse
24. Yellow-rumped Warbler
25. Nuttall's Woodpecker
26. White-breasted Nuthatch
Then walking the dogs at Alston Park
27. Western Bluebird
28. American Robin
29. American Kestrel
30. White-tailed Kite
31. Ruddy Duck
32. Song Sparrow
33. American Goldfinch
34. Mourning Dove
January 2nd
Supposed to be a vacation day to chase birds, but the acquisition of a new company took me to the Buena Vista Winery in Carneros, where once business was completed I spotted a few birds, including the pair of resident Great Horned Owl's, who hang out in the tree right in front of the building.
35. House Sparrow
36. Dark-eyed Junco
37. Northern Flicker
38. Say's Phoebe
39. Great Horned Owl
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