This morning I birded around Davis with Joan Humphrey. Last Friday, while driving up to the local hotspot of Rayhouse Road, she was unfortunate enough to collide with a deer. Showing true birder's spirit, having limped back to Davis in the damaged car, she and Roger got into his car and drove back to Rayhouse! She's in temporary possession of her father's Cadillac, so this morning we birded in luxury!
First stop was North Davis Farms, where together with Steve Hampton we saw a bunch of Western Tanagers, heard a Pac-slope, and saw my first Yolo Yellow Warblers. We then headed across to Slide Hill Park, where we again saw nothing (having failed to see anything yesterday morning, I was slightly miffed to hear that Hammond's and Olive-sided Flycatchers were both present that afternoon!). We also drew a blank at Grasslands Park, but we did well at Willowbank Ditch, with single Cassin's and Warbling Vireos, two Lazuli Buntings, Pac-slope Flycatcher, my life Swainson's Thrush and, strangely, a Red-breasted Nuthatch (usually just sporadic wintering birds here).
Posted by rjhall at May 4, 2004 8:20 PM