Site Report: East Wash

Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)

Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)

Stand of non-native trees, some shrubs and open ground, and rocky seashore. This is the spot where you would expect birds flying south would funnel through.

Visits

2008-09-15: None
2009-04-05: Walk along the coastal trail.
2012-09-22: Walked around from the east wash and the El Camino del Mar Trail
2014-09-20: Walked around on the coastal trail

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (39 records)

Phylum: Chordates (39 records)

Class: Birds (35 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)

Order: Pelicans (6 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus)
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus)
- Family: Grebes
- Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Order: Perching Birds (20 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
- Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
- Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Family: Wrens
- Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
- Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Order: Vultures (1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Class: Mammals (4 records)

Order: Carnivorans (3 records)
- Family: Otariidae
- California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
- Family: Phocidae
- Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
- Family: Procyonidae
- Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Order: Cetacea (1 record)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

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