Hello all.

I checked out Compass Pointe Golf Course today. The meadow areas and 
wooded margins were particulaly productive. One of the day's first birds was a 
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, seen in the tall grasses off of Water Oak Point Road. 
Also, there were lots of Field Sparrows singing and a flyover of 3 Chimney 
Swifts.

Totals, North Course and edge of Water Oak Point Road:

Common Loon: 1  Flyover, fairly low
Great Blue Heron: 1  
Mute Swan: 2  Large water trap, new this year...
Canada Goose: 6
Mallard: 4
Black Vulture: 3 Probably locals
Turkey Vulture: 4
Osprey: 1
Red-tailed Hawk: 2 Locals
Herring Gull: 1 Flyover
American Crow: 4
Blue Jay: 9
Carolina Wren: 8
CHIMNEY SWIFT: 3  
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 4
Downy Woodpecker: 4
Hairy Woodpecker: 2
Northern Flicker: 1
Pileated Woodpecker: 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 2
Carolina Chickadee: 8
Tufted Titmouse: 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 3
European Starling: 6
Brown Thrasher: 2
American Robin: 28
N. Rough-winged Swallow: 3  Over the large water trap
Barn Swallow: 5  Five single flyovers
Eastern Phoebe: 1
Pine Warbler: 2
Palm Warbler: 1 yellow
Eastern Towhee: 2
Song Sparrow: 10
FIELD SPARROW: 6  Several singing, a favorite of mine
Swamp Sparrow: 2
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW: 1  Early bird
White-throated Sparrow: 4 Late-ish birds
Northern Cardinal: 16
Red-winged Blackbird: 10
Common Grackle: 12
Brown-headed Cowbird: 7
House Finch: 1 Flyover
American Goldfinch: 7

Matt Grey
Pasadena
matthew.grey-at-yahoo.com