Cottonwood Wash - Quail Creek Confluence

["Rick Fridell" <rfridell at redrock dot net>]

Hello,
This evening after work I birded from 5:30 - 6:30 pm at the Cottonwood Wash/
Quail Creek inflow area.  Highlights included a Winter Wren and pair of Inca
Doves.  The doves were on the rocky slope above the riparian area, and I
would not have noticed them except that they were flushed by a ragged young
Red-tailed Hawk.  The willow area was inhabitated by many migrants (list
below). During a brief stop at the Quail Creek dike overlook I saw 7 Common
Loons (6 in breeding plumage), American White Pelican, and a pair of Caspian
Terns.  And to top all that off I returned home to find a male Costa's
Hummingbird staking out the penstemon in my front yard (my first Costa's of
the year).


Birds observed 4/19/02 Cottonwood Wash/Quail Creek Confluence:

Red-tailed Hawk (2)
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove (2)
Great-horned Owl
White-throated Swift
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
"Western" Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler (3)
Lucy's Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Brewer's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Lesser Goldfinch


Have a great weekend,
Rick