Report on Buddy Todd Bird Walk by OHCC Birding club:  

List and report by Russ Butcher. Photos by Ann Baldwin (Ann B),Joan Comito (Joan C) and Bill Saltzman (Bill S). Thank you all for a very fine walk. 

Buddy Todd Park, Oceanside

September 17, 2019 – 34 species

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            The weather for our walk at the City of Oceanside’s hilltop Buddy Todd Park was ideal, with clear skies, delightful ocean breezes and temperatures rising from the mid-60s to the mid-70s.  Avian highlights among the park’s beautiful trees included Cooper’s, Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks; a Mountain Chickadee; a Northern Rough-winged Swallow; a Black-headed Grosbeak; a Western Tanager; a Swainson’s Thrush; and a few Western Bluebirds, Mockingbirds, Black Phoebes, Bushtits and Scaly-breasted Munias.  Some of us enjoyed lunch at the nearby Habit Burger Grill on El Camino Real.

Bird List by Russ Butcher 

34 Species seen or heard:

 

Cooper’s Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk – 1

Red-shouldered Hawk

Turkey Vulture

Mourning Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove – (heard only)

Anna’s Hummingbird

Allen’s Hummingbird

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Cassin’s Kingbird

Black Phoebe

Northern Rough-winged Swallow – 1

Crow

Raven

Warbling Vireo - 1

California Scrub-Jay

Mountain Chickadee

Bushtit

House Wren

Wrentit – (heard only)

Northern Mockingbird

Swainson’s Thrush

Western Bluebird

Starling

Orange-crowned Warbler

Western Tanager

Song Sparrow

Spotted Towhee – (heard only)

California Towhee

Black-headed Grosbeak

House Finch

Lesser Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Scaly-breasted Munia