Best bird(s) of the morning:

• Great Kiskadee, 1 (heard along the 1700 block of Cedar Crest)
• Winter Wren, 1 (boldly marched …OK, hopped… past me from 3 feet away while cussing …OK, giving his alarm call… and working his way downstream)
• Hermit Thrush, 1 (h)

Complete list:

• Gadwall, 8
• Mallard, 12
• Northern Shoveler, 5
• Ring-necked Duck, 2
• Great Blue Heron, 1
• Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 (h)
• American Kestrel, 1
• Greater Yellowlegs, 1
• Ring-billed Gull, 12 (flying overhead)
• Rock Pigeon, 36
• White-winged Dove, 53
• Mourning Dove, 36
• Belted Kingfisher, 1
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1
• Northern Flicker, 2
• Eastern Phoebe, 1
• Blue Jay, 10
• Black-crested Titmouse, 1
• Carolina Wren, 1
• Winter Wren, 1 (maybe 2, another heard downstream an hour later but could be the same bird)
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 6
• Hermit Thrush, 1 (h)
• American Robin, 16
• Northern Mockingbird, 2
• European Starling, 48
• Cedar Waxwing, 24
• Yellow-rumped Warbler, 12
• Spotted Towhee, 3
• Field Sparrow, 1
• Song Sparrow, 5
• Lincoln’s Sparrow, 3
• White-throated Sparrow, 1 (h)
• White-crowned Sparrow, 1 (h)
• Dark-eyed Junco, 60
• Northern Cardinal, 6
• Red-winged Blackbird, close to 100 flying overhead
• House Finch, 36
• American Goldfinch, 25

All sightings by Laura Packer