The date: 2/25/2026
The week number: 9

The walk number: 1858
The weather: 76 F; partly cloudy

The walkers: Alan Cummings, Alex Ortiz, Viveca Sapin-Areeda, Annette Kapple,

Eric Warren, Ellen Yu, Chip O’Connor, Richard Horak

The birds (26)

No. First Name Last Name Prob

4	Western	Bluebird	0.62
2	Red-whiskered	Bulbul	0.88
24		Bushtit	0.62
2	American	Crow	0.88
2	Mourning	Dove	0.75
2	House	Finch	0.88
1	Lesser	Goldfinch	0.88
1	Red-shouldered	Hawk	0.25
5	Anna’s	Hummingbird	0.88
1	Selasphorus	Hummingbird	0.62
3	Dark-eyed	Junco	1
1	Ruby-crowned	Kinglet	1
1	Northern	Mockingbird	0.75
1	Black	Phoebe	1
2	Band-tailed	Pigeon	1
3	Common	Raven	1
3	American	Robin	0.38
1	California	Scrub-Jay	0.25
2	House	Sparrow	0.75
1	Oak	Titmouse	0
3	California	Towhee	0.62
1	Orange-crowned	Warbler	0.38
8	Yellow-rumped	Warbler	1
2	Acorn	Woodpecker	1
1	Nuttall’s	Woodpecker	0.25
1	Bewick’s	Wren	0.50

Walk lasted between 12:00 and 13:55

We welcomed a new walker, Alex Ortiz, the 246^th walker to walk the Caltech bird walks. And perhaps he brought us a bit of good luck as we observed 26 species, 2.3 above the prediction. The only out-of-the-ordinary bird was the Oak Titmouse. It was the only zero-percent probability bird we observed. It was nice to get a California Scrub-Jay, as those have become hard to find. What was really nice was the weather. Perfect for a bird walk. Nice walk all the way around.

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Alan,

2/26/2026