Thirteen participants joined me on a bird walk at the Melchor Tract Park. It was pretty quiet during the first part of the walk as the early morning fog burned off. We finally came across a group of sparrows comprised of Songs, Savannahs, and a few Swamps halfway back the park. We walked around the back of the park and then down along the treeline on the east side. That's where we found a Cooper's Hawk, a Merlin, a Palm Warbler, and at least 45 Cedar Waxwings.
We walked the lower area a second time and, this time, there was more activity. We found a couple Field Sparrows and a Lincoln's Sparrow, which dropped down into the brush before everyone saw it. So, we were concentrated on that area, hoping that it might pop back up into view for the rest of the group. That's when a drab gray warbler with no wingbars and a dark eye line flew into that same spot. It was an Orange-crowned Warbler! It stayed long enough for me to realize what it was, but it took off before I could get my camera up for a photo. Several in the group also saw it.
Other birds seen among the 38 species included a 'fly-by' Great Blue Heron, Pileated Woodpecker, and American Kestrel, plus Northern Flicker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Northern House Wren, Gray Catbird, Eastern Bluebird, Chipping and White-throated Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, and Red-winged Blackbird.
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