I just began a new “Birding by Ear” class through Golden Gate Audubon and Albany Adult School with Denise Wight. Although I was not able to go on the first field trip to Del Valle Regional Park and Upper San Leandro Reservoir, Wen Hsu supplied the bird list for the field trip. The class saw a total of 59 species.
Click Read more to see list of birds seen.
Canada Goose
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-bill Grebe
Snowy Egret
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
Band-tailed Pidgeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Nuttalls Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Stellar Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Wrentit
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
California Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Townsend's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Natural History Wanderings 
When I was young, the skies were filled with birds, flocks sometimes darkening the sky. I am so encouraged by this list of birds sighted by your group. We have a cabin in the Sierra’s, above 6,500 elevation, and we have a bird list posted by the window, with bird book near. Birdwatching has delighted us for the last five generations, and I assume beyond.
Many thanks for your contributions…
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By: D. A. Hartley on January 20, 2013
at 8:36 AM