Today with friends we did a local backyard bird count. We spent four hours watching our yard plus several areas within 1/4 mile of our house in the North-Central Berkeley flatlands. Highlights were finding a Black-throated Gray Warbler in a neighbor’s live-oak tree and three woodpeckers, including a Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker and Red-breasted Sapsucker (this one was a first for our local list) in the trees along the bike route next to Cedar Street across from the Cedar-Rose Park. We identified 27 species and saw one more gull species that we didn’t quite get a good enough look for a definite ID. It was a personal Great Backyard Bird Count Total record for our patch. See the total list at Backyard Bird count Totals 2/13/15
We also enjoyed a brunch featuring Shaksuka and Brazilian-style Black Beans.
Natural History Wanderings 
[…] were less total birds and species than when we walked around the neighborhood two days ago. See My Backyard Bird Count Results 2/13/2015. However, there were several a couple of new highlights including several new Backyard Bird Count […]
LikeLike
By: Another Great Backyard Bird Count 2/15/15 | Natural History Wanderings on February 15, 2015
at 5:10 PM