With the return of nice
weather this week lots of activity kicked in. We have a wild bee colony in one
of our owl boxes. The bees became very active traveling out to such blooms as
Klamath Plums and Serviceberry (which are blooming even more now). Many more wildflowers were coming up and preparing to bloom. Lots of
butterflies emerged even though it was still dropping below freezing early in
the week.
American Goldfinches have
joined Lesser Goldfinches at the feeders and the first Bullock's Orioles of the
season showed up and will hang around, nesting mostly in the Aspen and
Cottonwoods on the ranch. Here's some of the other
birds observed on the Lonesome Duck Ranch through the week:
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Wood Duck
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
California Quail
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Lewis' Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Bushtit
Pygmy Nuthatch
House Wren
Western Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
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