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Ramona Grasslands--January 14, 2014
BIRDS IDENTIFIED--48 Species:
Pied-billed grebe - 1 (Dos Picos "DP")
Canada goose - a large flock at a rancher's pond (Ramona Grasslands: "RG")
Mallard (DP)
American wigeon - 100s at a rancher's pond (RG)
Wood duck - 1 female (DP)
Northern shoveler - a pair (DP)
Coot (DP)
White-faced ibis (San Pasqual Valley)
Red-tailed hawk - several
Red-shouldered hawk - 2 (one eating a mallard) (DP)
Ferruginous hawk - 4 (RG)
Turkey vulture - 2 (San Pasqual Valley)
American kestrel - several (RG)
Prairie falcon - 1
Burrowing owl - 1 (peeking out of its hole) (RG)
Belted kingfisher - 1 (DP)
Mourning dove (Pamo Valley: "PV)
Rock dove (pigeon)
Anna's hummingbird - 1 (DP)
Acorn woodpecker (DP and PV)
Lewis' woodpecker - 1 (PV)
Nuttall's woodpecker - 1 (PV)
Black phoebe (DP)
Say's phoebe (PV)
Crow
Raven
Western scrub-jay
Bushtit
Wrentit
Northern mockingbird
California thrasher (RG)
Mountain bluebird (RG)
Loggerhead shrike - 2
Starling
Yellow-rumped warbler
Common yellow-throat (DP)
Brewer's blackbird
Red-winged blackbird (DP)
Tri-colored blackbird (RG)
Western meadowlark (RG)
White-crowned sparrow
Song sparrow - 1 (DP)
Lark sparrow (PV)
Spotted towhee - 1 (DP)
California towhee - 1 (DP)
Dark-eyed ("Oregon") junco (PV)
House finch
Lesser goldfinch