Fresno Wastewater Treatment Plant, Mendota, Kerman and Firebaugh, CA

Bird outing 7/4/10
Bird Species List:
Brant (Western Black Morph) – Near Firebaugh, CA at 36°54’46”N, 120°34’50”WNorthern Pintail (female breeding w/ 10 ducklings)Least Sandpiper
Wood Duck (Hen w/ 12 ducklings)
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Lesser Scaup (pair)
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron (Rookery w/hatchlings) - Ripperdan/Avenue 7 at 36°51’3”N, 120°13’23”W

Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron – Ripperdan / Avenue 7 at 36°51’3”N, 120°13’23”W
White-faced Ibis
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk (Western)
Swainson's Hawk (Light Western Morph) – Main Street Near Firebaugh, CA & nesting pair at Avenue 7
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
California Gull
Tern (Forster’s or Caspian)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Burrowing Owl
Black Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike - Douglas Avenue at Hwy 33, near Firebaugh, CA
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Marsh Wren – Near Firebaugh, CA at 36°54’46”N, 120°34’50”W
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Western Meadowlark – Mendota, CA
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
House Sparrow




Fresno County record drawing birders from everywhere. Brant - pacific Black morph

Fresno Audubon Society's Bird Box program assists breeding species like this Wood Duck.

Late season Fresno County record.

Ellen Davies uses binoculars & spotting scope to see nestlings








 







Least Sandpipers

Wilson's Phalaropes

Eared Grebe

Wood Duck Hen w/ 12 ducklings

Pair of nesting Swainson's Hawks








Odonata:
Green Darner Dragonfly
Black Saddlebags Dragonfly
Red Saddlebags Dragonfly
Widow Skimmer Dragonfly
Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly
Flame Skimmer Dragonfly
Western Pondhawk Dragonfly
Northern Bluet Damselfly

Other animal species:

Western Pond Turtle
Western Cottontail (Brush Rabbit)
California Ground Squirrel
Fox Squirrel
Caterpillar









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