Trip Report by Cheryl Watson
Saturday 19 Sept 2009 -- Mackerricher State ParkPlaces Visited: Lake Cleone and Laguna Point
Participants: Dave Bengston, Linda Cushman, Anna Marie Heggenhougen, Ben Heggenhougen, Geoff Heinecken, Richard Hubacek, Dave Jensen, Susan Kerr, Helen and David Menasian, Linda Myers, Beth Pacheco, Dolores Toivonen, Karen Wandrei, Cheryl Watson, and Rudy Yakzan.

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| Photo © 2009 by Rudy Yakzan | Photo © 2009 by Richard Hubacek |


Species: Below is a full list of the birds seen or heard by participants:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
California Quail
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Long-billed Curlew
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Western Sandpiper
Heermann's Gull
California Gull
Western Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Blaack Phoebe
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Pygmy Nuthatch
Marsh Wren
Wrentit
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Western Tanager
Fox Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
63 Bird Species
Bird of the Day: Peregrine Falcon for its sudden dramatic appearance.
Last revised August 29, 2009