Hello all.

Myself and a small group of birders trudged Fort Smallwood today from 0800-
1100 and found a good variety of birds. The theme of the day was sparrow 
migration and though we had a few of them, it was a very light colored Red-
tailed Hawk that stole the show. We saw it in flight twice and perched in a 
tree once. Also had a late White-eyed Vireo and a ton of Kinglets.

Totals:

Double-crested Cormorant: 16
Great Blue Heron: 1
Canada Goose: 26
Mute Swan: 4
Mallard: 14
Turkey Vulture: 3
Cooper's Hawk: 1
Red-tailed Hawk: 2  Adults, including one very light colored individual seen by 
all in the group. A great bird to admire.
Killdeer: 4
Ring-billed Gull: 24
Herring Gull: 1  2nd-3rd year
Great Black-backed Gull: 1
Caspian Tern: 6  Diving in the shipping channel
Forster's Tern: 3  Same as above
Rock Pigeon: 11
Mourning Dove: 18
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 5
Downy Woodpecker: 3
Hairy Woodpecker: 1
Northern Flicker: 7  A few were moving through
Eastern Phoebe: 1
White-eyed Vireo: 1  Late bird!
Blue Jay: 33
American Crow: 4
Tree Swallow: 22  Two flyover flocks
Carolina Chickadee: 8
Tufted Titmouse: 3
White-breasted Nuthatch: 1
Carolina Wren: 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 27  In almost every part of the park
Eastern Bluebird: 12  
American Robin: 23
Gray Catbird: 2
Northern Mockingbird: 6
European Starling: 30+
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 5
Palm Warbler: 1 western
Eastern Towhee: 4
Chipping Sparrow: 3
Savannah Sparrow: 1
Song Sparrow: 12
White-throated Sparrow: 14
Northern Cardinal: 11
Red-winged Blackbird: 23
Common Crackle: 31
House Finch: 7
American Goldfinch: 10

Matt Grey
Pasadena