Page Meadows, June 21, 2014
Leader: Kirk Hardie
I led an outing for the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS), LAS, and Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) to Page Meadows on June 21. This was my eighth year leading an outing there and it was by far the driest. The creek we crossed barely had a flow to it, whereas in other years we usually get our feet wet. Despite the lack of water, we had some great wildflowers and good birding. We started at 64 acres in Tahoe City, CA and had a Belted Kingfisher fly overhead. At Page Meadows we had great looks at Western Tanagers. I don't know if they were the same individuals or not, but we had looks at tanagers all more morning long. We had a Rufous Hummingbird fly by at one point and a MacGillivray’s Warbler singing away who barely showed himself. We also had a Nashville Warbler that was bouncing around and singing away. It seemed like there were a few Red Crossbills cruising around the meadows, but we only managed a brief glimpse of a female. There were two Lazuli Buntings singing in different meadows as well. Overall, we saw 20 species, heard an additional seven species, and two species remained unidentified. Here's the complete list for Page Meadows:
Unidentified hawk - flew out of sight too quickly to ID
Rufous Hummingbird
Unidentified Hummingbird
Northern Flicker - heard
Hairy Woodpecker - juvenile
White-headed Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Western Wood-Pewee
Warbling Vireo
Cassin's Vireo - heard
Steller's Jay
Common Raven - heard
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet - heard
American Robin
Hermit Thrush - heard
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Western Tanager
Lazuli Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow - heard
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Red Crossbill
Evening Grosbeak - heard
Leader: Kirk Hardie
I led an outing for the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS), LAS, and Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) to Page Meadows on June 21. This was my eighth year leading an outing there and it was by far the driest. The creek we crossed barely had a flow to it, whereas in other years we usually get our feet wet. Despite the lack of water, we had some great wildflowers and good birding. We started at 64 acres in Tahoe City, CA and had a Belted Kingfisher fly overhead. At Page Meadows we had great looks at Western Tanagers. I don't know if they were the same individuals or not, but we had looks at tanagers all more morning long. We had a Rufous Hummingbird fly by at one point and a MacGillivray’s Warbler singing away who barely showed himself. We also had a Nashville Warbler that was bouncing around and singing away. It seemed like there were a few Red Crossbills cruising around the meadows, but we only managed a brief glimpse of a female. There were two Lazuli Buntings singing in different meadows as well. Overall, we saw 20 species, heard an additional seven species, and two species remained unidentified. Here's the complete list for Page Meadows:
Unidentified hawk - flew out of sight too quickly to ID
Rufous Hummingbird
Unidentified Hummingbird
Northern Flicker - heard
Hairy Woodpecker - juvenile
White-headed Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Western Wood-Pewee
Warbling Vireo
Cassin's Vireo - heard
Steller's Jay
Common Raven - heard
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet - heard
American Robin
Hermit Thrush - heard
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Western Tanager
Lazuli Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow - heard
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Red Crossbill
Evening Grosbeak - heard
