(Yes, I’m still very behind on posts, but I really am working on that, albeit very slowly.)
On the suggestion of a neighbor, I took one of my field cameras and set it up at the bird bath in the north garden. The results of the second test were quite amusing, so I compiled a video of some of the action and tossed it on our Youtube channel.
On a related note, as enumerated below, I’m now up to 58 species of birds sighted at the ranch, most of which I’ve managed to document at stega.org:
1. Acorn Woodpecker
2. Allen’s Hummingbird
3. American Goldfinch
4. American Kestrel
5. American Robin
6. Anna’s Hummingbird
7. Barn Owl
8. Barn Swallow
9. Bewick’s Wren
10. Black Phoebe
11. Black-Capped Chickadee
12. Black-Headed Grosbeak
13. Brown-headed Cowbird
14. Bullocks Oriole
15. Bushtit
16. California Quail
17. California Thrasher
18. California Towhee
19. Cooper’s Hawk
20. Costas hummingbird
21. Crow
22. Dark-eyed Junco
23. Downy Woodpecker
24. Eurasian Collard Dove
25. European Starlings
26. Gold-Crowned Sparrow
27. Great Horned Owl
28. Hermit Thrush
29. Hooded Oriole
30. House Finch
31. Lazul Bunting
32. Lesser Goldfinch
33. Wild Turkey
34. Morning Dove
35. Northern Flicker
36. Northern Mockingbird
37. Nuttall’s Woodpecker
38. Oak Titmouse
39. Pine Siskin
40. Raven
41. Red-tailed Hawk
42. Red-Winged Blackbird
43. Rock Pigeons
44. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
45. Rufous
46. Screech Owl
47. Sharp-shinned Hawk
48. Spotted Towhee
49. Steller’s Jay
50. Tree Swallow
51. Turkey Vulture
52. Wester Bluebird
53. Western Scrub Jay
54. Western Tanager
55. White-Breasted Nuthatch
56. White-Capped Sparrow
57. Yellow-Billed Magpie
58. Yellow-rumped Warbler