The date: 2/26/2025
The week number: 9

The walk number: 1802
The weather: 79 F; sunny

The walkers: Alan Cummings, Viveca Sapin-Areeda, Ellen Yu,

Chris Moreno, Chip O’Connor, Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi

The birds (24)

No. First Name Last Name Prob

3	Western	Bluebird	0.62
3	Red-whiskered	Bulbul	0.88
32		Bushtit	0.62
2	American	Crow	0.88
1	Mourning	Dove	0.75
3	House	Finch	0.88
5	Lesser	Goldfinch	0.88
2	Red-shouldered	Hawk	0.12
1	Red-tailed	Hawk	0.50
3	Anna’s	Hummingbird	0.88
1	Selasphorus	Hummingbird	0.62
5	Dark-eyed	Junco	1
4	Ruby-crowned	Kinglet	1
1	Northern	Mockingbird	0.75
9	Red-crowned	Parrot	0.12
2	Black	Phoebe	1
1	Band-tailed	Pigeon	1
3	Common	Raven	1
1	California	Scrub-Jay	0.12
6	House	Sparrow	0.62
4	White-crowned	Sparrow	0.38
25	Yellow-rumped	Warbler	1
2	Acorn	Woodpecker	1
1	Bewick’s	Wren	0.38

Walk lasted between 12:00 and 14:02

It was good to get Marsha back. She has been out for a while due to injuries, I believe. She got to where she could lift up the binocs to her eyes,

so back she comes. Good for her. We got almost exactly the predicted number. We were off by 0.1 bird. We observed 24, with the prediction being 23.9.

Not bad and as good as it could get under the circumstances. I’d say the highlight birds were the scrub-jay and the white-crowned sparrows. The latter were

seen by the group parked near Tournament Park on their way back to their cars after the walk. That is allowed under the Caltech bird walk rules if you didn’t know.

Good walk.

Alan,

2/28/2025