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From the bird walks led by Kimball Garrett at the Museum

Photos from April 19, 2009

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A Cooper’s hawk with its prey, spotted in an alder tree in Encanto Park.
Photo by Jim Kirchner


Mayor John Fasana and his wife, Kris, listen and look for the Least Bell’s Vireo.


Scopes, cameras and binoculars focus on the wide variety of birdlife in the San Gabriel River bed.


A snowy egret is spotted in a small pond below the first weir north of the Puente Largo Bridge. Photo by Jim Kirchner


State and Federal agencies have placed non-lethal traps along the riverbed to remove the parasitic brown-headed cowbird from the area.

From the May 9, 2010 bird walk


Led by Dr. Garrett (on the right), the group leaves the Museum for the May 9, 2010 bird walk.


Flowers encountered by the participants during the walk in the San Gabriel River bed.

The Bird Reports for the Duarte Historical Museum

							     Number of Birds Seen 

							    April 19  		 May 9
									
COMMON NAME			SCIENTIFIC NAME		      2009		 2010								

Acorn Woodpecker		Melanerpes formicivorus		     		1*		
Allen's Hummingbird		Selasphorus sasin				4*             
American Coot			Fulica americana				1*
American Crow			Corvus brachyrhynchos		2		4
American Goldfinch		Carduelis tristis		4		8*
American Robin			Turdus migratorius    		1	
Anna's Hummingbird		Calypte anna			4		2
Bandtailed Pigeon		Patagioenas fasciata		1	
Bell's Vireo			Vireo bellii			2		2
Bewick's Wren			Thryomanes bewickii		4		1
Black chinned Hummingbird	Archilochus alexandri		3		4*
Black crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax				1*
Black headed Grosbeak		Pheucticus melanocephalus	2		2
Black Phoebe			Sayornis nigricans		3		6*
Blue Grosbeak			Passerina caerulea		     	  	1
Brown headed Cowbird		Molothrus ater			4		2*
Bushtit				Psaltriparus minimus		2		5
California Quail		Callipepla californica		2		4*
California Thrasher		Toxostoma redivivum		1		3*
California Towhee		Pipilo crissalis		6		10*
Cedar Waxwing			Bombycilla cedrorum				25*
Cliff Swallow			Petrochelidon pyrrhonota	12		30*
Common Raven			Corvus corax			2		3*
Common Yellowthroat		Geothlypis trichas		3		5
Cooper's Hawk			Accipiter cooperii  		2	
Gray Flycatcher			Empidonax wrightii  		1	
Great Blue Heron		Ardea herodias    		2	
Great Egret			Ardea alba					1
Green Heron			Butorides virescens 		1
Hooded Oriole			Icterus cucullatus		1		1
House Finch			Carpodacus mexicanus		5		10*
House Wren			Troglodytes aedon   		1		1
Killdeer			Charadrius vociferus				4*
Lawrence's Goldfinch		Carduelis lawrencei   		1	
Lazuli Bunting			Passerina amoena		1		2
Lesser Goldfinch		Carduelis psaltria		6		4*
Mallard				Anas platyrhynchos		5		7*
Mourning Dove			Zenaida macroura		8		6*
Northern Mockingbird		Mimus polyglottos		1		4*
Northern Rough winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx serripennis	1		8*
Orange Bishop			uplectes franciscanus		3		6*
Phainopepla			Phainopepla nitens    		1	
Purple Finch			Carpodacus purpureus  		1	
Red shouldered Hawk		Buteo lineatus    		1	
Red tailed Hawk			Buteo jamaicensis		1		1
Red winged Blackbird		Agelaius phoeniceus		8		10*
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird	Selasphorus rufus/sasin    	1	
Snowy Egret			Egretta thula			1		1*
Song Sparrow			Melospiza melodia		12		15*
Sora				Porzana carolina    		1	
Spotted Towhee			Pipilo maculatus		2		4*
Turkey Vulture			Cathartes aura			2		6*
Western Bluebird		Sialia mexicana					1
Western Kingbird		Tyrannus verticalis		1		3*
Western Scrub Jay		Aphelocoma californica		       	        2
Western Tanager	Piranga 	ludoviciana    			1	
White throated Swift		Aeronautes saxatalis		        	1
Wilson's Warbler		wilsonia pusilla		        	1
Wrentit				Chamaea fasciata		2		3
Yellow breasted Chat		Icteria virens			1		3*
Yellow Warbler 			Dendroica petechia    				4
			
Total Species Seen					       48      		48


				Time, am                     0745-1015	    0750-1035
				Weather                     Clear		100% overcast
 				wind, mph		    N 0-10		calm
				Temperature, deg F	     65-75 		59-60 

				Notes              Riverbottom mostly dry;   From Museum across Encanto
						   some water under willows  Parkway,across Puente
						   north of Encanto 	     Largo bridge to east bank,
						   pedestrian bridge,        then upstream past first
						   and a large pool of water weir to fenced channel;			   						           immediately below the     along that channel out 
						   first concrete dam north  to the main river channel.
						   of the bridge. 

						   Encanto Park, footbridge 
						   across river, and then up
						   east side of river to 
						   first concrete dam.

				Participants	              			 20
     				
				*species seen by most participants