Gualala Birds

I got a new lifer today, but the birding has been slow the last week.

Lifer #131 – Orange-crowned Warbler

I see this guy jumping around in the bottle-brush plant… Merlin Bird ID is saying “Orange-crowned warbler” and I see him and keep thinking.. “Huh, he’s some sort of House Finch or Lesser Goldfinch or Kinglet(?!?)” My brain still doesn’t register “new bird”, but rather “weird variation of something I’ve already seen.”

As a bonus, here is a Red-tailed Hawk I saw today. I don’t see a lot of where I’m living now – I see more Red-shouldered hawks, Osprey and even Peregrine Falcons.