Castle Rock May 2010
Went back to Castle Rock almost a year to the day from when I went there before. The timing wasn't intentional, but it makes it interesting. The highlight last time was a pair of Nuttal's woodpeckers going in and out of their nest in a tree feeding their young. One of the wonderful things about nature is how things get reused. 12 months on and the woodpecker nest is now a western bluebird nest. (Woodpeckers don't reuse their own nest). There are still plenty of Nuttal's woodpeckers around, I saw enough of them, but unfortunately, didn't get any pictures of them. I did, however, manager the following:
- Acorn Woodpecker
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Black Phoebe
- Bullock's Oriole
- California Towhee
- European Starling (at least I think so)
- House Finch
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Mockingbird
- Oak Titmouse
- Pacific-Slope Flycatcher
- Red-Tailed Hawk
- Scrub Jay
- Western Bluebird
- Yellow Warbler
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