2025 Lesser Goldfinch and More

Visitors 43

Modified 25-Sep-25

Created 25-Sep-25

19 photos

Lesser Goldfinch scarf seeds in thistle patch. At the intersection of chaparral and forest, another poses on Poison Oak branch. Red-tailed Hawk surveys grassland from atop bare Valley Oak, then shares this oft-used perch. Pigeons and doves: Mourning Doves forage in the middle of the Grassland Fire Road; Band-tailed Pigeons rest in widely separated Valley Oaks. California Scrub Jays hunt in chaparral.

The monthly birding expedition out of Escobar Gate.

California Scrub Jays (Aphelocoma californica) in Chaparral

Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) in Poison Oak

Leather Oak (Quercus durata durata) with Acorns

Acorns of Leather Oak (Quercus durata durata)

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) in Flight

Two Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) in Valley Oak

Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagionas fasciata) in Valley Oak

Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) in Thistle

Band-tailed Pigeons (Patagionas fasciata) in Anolther Valley Oak

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Dan Quinn