Crow Valley Campground was full of birds today. I got there about 10:30 in a cold light drizzle and left at 2:30 in a downpour.
Dominant bird of the day was Yellow-rumped Warbler but there were plenty of other birds there as well. Ruby-crowned Kinglets about everywhere I looked, lots of Orange-crowned Warblers, and a few Yellow Warblers. Several Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a single unidentified empid, Brown Thrashers, Western Kingbirds, and House Wrens. A large group of White-crowned Sparrows were present with a single Clay-colored among them. There were also 2 Lincoln's Sparrows down by the junipers. A single Bullock's Oriole near the picnic shelter, and a pair of Mallards in a flyover. At least 2 Hermit Thrushes and at least 8 Swainson's Thrushes. I think I had a Veery in with the thrushes but it flew by and I was never able to re-find it. A Prairie Falcon flew over about noon.
Best of the day was a female Blackpoll Warbler and 2 Eastern Bluebirds. There may have been more than 2 Eastern Bluebirds there but they were staying pretty close to the ground and hard to see. One Plumbeous Vireo rounded out the mix.
Lark Buntings are back in a big way out on the grasslands.
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