SPECIES SEEN
From 11/30/09 to 12/06/09 ~ 63
Sixty-three species were seen or heard along the trail this week, that compares with 51 in 2008 and 50 in 2007. Several notables this week. A flock of 92 American White Pelicans were seen circling above the open field west of the sewage treatment plant south of Bridge Rd. Their black and white against a perfectly blue sky made for a sight to remember. A Varied Thrush was seen on the mudflats in the river just north of Santa Gertrudis Lane, a life bird for me. Soras have returned to the borrow pit and will sometimes respond to clapping. I finally saw the Crissal Thrasher along Santa Gertrudis Lane. The Rio Rico walk produced numerous Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Mountain and Western Bluebirds, several Snipe at the Rio Rico ponds, and the first Rufous-crowned Sparrow of the season. Dark-eyed Juncos are being seen regularly in different locations along the trail, and that is unusual.
Jim Karp
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