R.J. Frank Students go birding at Parque Del Sol.

Linnea Hall and René Corado from the Camarillo Bird Museum were our naturalist guides for the day.  Today's bird's list includes;

Northern Mockingbird

Eurasian Collared Dove

European Starling

Yellow Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Western Tanager

Black-headed Grosbeak

Hooded Oriole

Allen’s Hummingbird

Anna’s Hummingbird

House Sparrow

Western Gull

California Gull

Warbling Vireo

Cedar Waxwing

House Finch

Turkey Vulture

Northern Rough-winged swallow

American Crow

 The orange crowned warbler is difficult to spot with the binoculars, but we could hear them singing.

Local radio station KCLU's Lance Orozco came out to the field trip for a radio story.

A turkey vulture flew overhead

Students learned to use binoculars (purchased with our STEAM grant) to look at sparrows.  They learned the males are more colorful than the females.

A dead bird was found hanging in a tree.  Linnea suggests that perhaps a hawk killed it, and then left the remains in the tree after snacking.

We listened to the crow's call after it landed.