Many thanks to local bird watcher Maggie Smith who, as part of a census of yellow billed magpies, came out to Adelaida Springs Ranch with her expert eye. Here are the results of her report, which offers a quick glimpse of the rich avian wildlife in our oak woodland habitat:

Location: SLO/Adelaida Springs Ranch
Observation date: 6/3/11
Notes: Laird Foshay graciously allowed me to survey his property for Yellow-billed Magpie. I drove to 2 locations Laird suggested. Cattle were present at both locations as well as many large oaks.
Number of species: 35

Mallard 4
California Quail 30
Wild Turkey 21
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Mourning Dove 8
Acorn Woodpecker 30
Nuttall's Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2
Black Phoebe 3
Ash-throated Flycatcher 3
Western Kingbird 5
Warbling Vireo 1
Western Scrub-Jay 8
Yellow-billed Magpie 16
Violet-green Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 8
Oak Titmouse 8
Bushtit 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 5
Western Bluebird 15
European Starling 50
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
California Towhee 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 30
Black-headed Grosbeak 3
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Bullock's Oriole 3
House Finch 25
Lesser Goldfinch 6

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)