We had a great turn out for the trip - 14 birdwatchers including two from Minnesota.  The day was beautiful - no rain all day!!  We started out seeing the White-throated Swifts soaring around below the train trestles just east of I-90.  A pair of immature Red-tailed hawks were begging for food sitting on a utility line.  Everyone got a good view of those along with good views of Black-headed Grosbeaks, Gray Catbird, Calliope Hummingbird, Yellow Warblers, Eastern Kingbird, and American Goldfinches. The Western Wood-Pewee teased us with its song for quite a while before it was finally spotted perched on top of a Ponderosa Pine.   A complete list of birds seen and/or heard follows:

Great Blue Heron Mallard

Red-tailed Hawk California Quail

Ring-necked Pheasant Gull sp.

Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove

White-throated Swift Calliope Hummingbird

Northern Flicker Eastern Kingbird

Western Wood-Pewee American Crow

Cliff Swallow Violet-green Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee Mountain Chickadee

Pygmy Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch*

House Wren American Robin

Gray Catbird European Starling

Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler* Black-headed Grosbeak

Song Sparrow* Spotted Towhee*

Chipping Sparrow* Brown-headed Cowbird

American Goldfinch House Sparrow

* Heard only