Best bird(s) of the trip:
- Hooded Merganser: 2
- Common Loon: 12, with one vocalizing
- Horned Grebe: 8
- Sora: 1
- Say’s Phoebe: 2
- Brown Creeper: 1
- Rock Wren: 1
- Canyon Wren: 1
- House Wren: 1
- Marsh Wren: 4
- Common Yellowthroat: 1
Complete List:
- American Wigeon: 16
- Green-winged Teal: 8
- Mallard: 30
- Blue-winged Teal: 15
- Canvasback: 5
- Redhead: 8
- Ring-necked Duck: 4
- Bufflehead: 1
- Hooded Merganser: 2
- Wild Turkey: 41
- Common Loon: 12
- Pied-billed Grebe: 3
- Horned Grebe: 8
- American White Pelican: 134
- Double-crested Cormorant: 75
- Great Blue Heron: 6
- Black Vulture: 55
- Red-tailed Hawk: 9
- Osprey: 5
- American Kestrel: 36
- Sora: 1
- American Coot: 450
- Killdeer: 1
- Wilson’s Snipe: 1
- Greater Yellowlegs: 2
- Ring-billed Gull: 6
- Mourning Dove: 36
- Belted Kingfisher: 2
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker: 2
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker: 2
- Eastern Phoebe: 3
- Say’s Phoebe: 2
- Loggerhead Shrike: 12
- American Crow: 2
- Common Raven: 2
- Carolina Chickadee: 4
- Black-crested Titmouse: 2
- Brown Creeper: 1
- Cactus Wren: 2
- Rock Wren: 1
- Canyon Wren: 1
- Bewick’s Wren: 2
- House Wren: 1
- Marsh Wren: 4
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 2
- Eastern Bluebird: 1 heard only
- Northern Mockingbird: 14
- Curve-billed Thrasher: 1
- Orange-crowned Warbler: 1
- Yellow-rumped Warbler: 2
- Common Yellowthroat: 1
- Spotted Towhee: 2
- Canyon Towhee: 4
- Chipping Sparrow: 4
- Field Sparrow: 1
- Vesper Sparrow: 8
- Lark Bunting: 24
- Song Sparrow: 3, heard only
- Lincoln’s Sparrow: 1
- White-crowned Sparrow: 14
- Northern Cardinal: 2
- Pyrrhuloxia: 2
- Eastern Meadowlark: 12
- Western Meadowlark: 36
- Great-tailed Grackle: 48
- Brown-headed Cowbird: 285
- House Finch: 5
- American Goldfinch: 3
- House Sparrow: 1
Mammal Sightings: Porcupine: 1; White-tailed Deer: 2 that deserved photos (which I’ll post later); and coyote: 1.
Sightings by LgPacker and Dan Symonds