Galena Creek Regional Park Field Trip Report (8/19/22)

Leader: Jeff Bleam
It was a quick meet up and we were off with CHICKADEES, PYGMY NUTHATCHES, and a STELLERS JAY sending us on our way. It was quiet for the first 20 minutes but then we found a spot with PEWEES, TOWNSEND SOLITAIRE, ROBINS, and CLACKS NUTCRACKERS. As we climbed up the hill we entered a more chaparral habitat and heard GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE, FOX SPARROW, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and more Pewees. At the crossing of the dry Jones Creek we heard a call that first sounded like a Flycatcher but turned out to be a CASSINS VIREO, which has been scarce this season for me, and then a WARBLING VIREO plus a HAIRY WOODPECKER. We then heeded to the Nature Trail to the west and saw RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES. We ended the walk seeing and mostly hearing 23 species.

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