Spotted Towhee
Yesterday I did a walking big day as part of the Point Reyes Birding Festival. A group of fifteen, led by Dave Wimpfheimer a very knowledgeable and experienced birder/naturalist and trip leader, walked eleven miles. The walk went along ocean beach; marsh wetland; coastal scrub; oak, pine and fir forests; grassland and riparian habitats. The goal of the day was to see many birds on foot. We also saw many wildflowers and some interesting animals.
We walked from the ocean at Limantour Beach, up and over Inverness Ridge to Giacomini Wetlands and finished at Point Reyes Station. The group identified by sight and sound a total of 89 different species . Highlights included seeing Downy Woodpeckers mating, Brants flying relatively close in formation and very good looks at the often elusive Wrentit. Limantour Beach had many species of flowers in bloom along the trail north of the bridge that parallels the wetlands.
The species lists may be updated when viewed by other participants.
To bird list click on Pt.Reyes Big Day Birding List
Click Read more to see a plant list and animal list for the Big Day
Lupine
Plant List:
Douglas Iris
California Blackberry
Lupine
Yellow Lotus
Vetch
Bush Monkeyflower
Yarrow
Hedge Nettle
Paintbrush
Morning Glory
Cinquefoil
Cow Parsnip
Sea Rocket
Blue-eyed Grass
Flax
California Buttercups
Red Elderberry
Mouse-eared Chickweed
Candy Flower
Blue Dicks
Ceanothus
Trillium
Salmonberry
California Poppy
Fringe Cups
Coral Bells
Thimbleberry
Common Monkeyflower
Two Western Gulls and a Crab
Fauna List (excluding birds):
Harbor Seal
Fox
Bobcat
Two small fawns
Coyote
Bay Ray
Alligator Lizard
Corrections and additions by other “Big Day” participants welcomed.
White-crowned Sparrow
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