Walking the Big Bear Rim

Day 14 - April 19

Mile: 259 to 279

up/down: 2500/2000 feet

Bird list 1

Bird list 2

Bird list 3

Bird list 4

Our wonderful host for yesterday Sandy dropped us back at the point we left off bright and early. The temperature was 28F so we were glad to be indoors last night!  The route for the day would take us counter clockwise around the Big Bear basin starting at the far east end. Before the day was out we would be most of the length of Big Bear Lake to the west. The hike started in a dry pinyon pine forest with the expected Black-chinned Sparrows, Pinyon Jays, and Bewick's Wrens keeping us company. We did have a few other good birds mixed in including a Gray Flycatcher on singing on territory, a Greater Roadrunner sunning on a rock, and a migrant Hermit Warbler foraging in a pinyon. After an early lunch we climbed a thousand feet elevation to a beautiful forest of Jeffery Pine and mountain juniper along the northern flank of Gold Mountain. We would stay in and enjoy this lovely forest for the rest of the day. Birds of note in this section includes Plumbeous Vireo and a Black-throated Gray Warbler both singing on territory. The track was pretty easy walking today and seemed easier than the statistics indicate. Views down toward the desert to the north and Big Bear to the south livened up the view all day. 

For the hard core birders in the audience I am appending an eBird summary thus far. For the rest of you, just roll your eyes and ignore. :-)

Number of Checklists: 66
Number of Taxa: 132

Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Lake Morena County Park
Date: Apr 5, 2016, 1:39 PM
(2): PCT 0-2.5
Date: Apr 5, 2016, 2:44 PM
(3): PCT 2.5-6
Date: Apr 6, 2016, 6:45 AM
(4): PCT 6-9
Date: Apr 6, 2016, 8:29 AM
(5): PCT 9-11
Date: Apr 6, 2016, 9:41 AM
(6): PCT 11.5-18
Date: Apr 6, 2016, 10:54 AM
(7): PCT 18-20.5
Date: Apr 6, 2016, 2:19 PM
(8): Lake Morena County Park
Date: Apr 7, 2016, 6:17 AM
(9): Lake Morena County Park
Date: Apr 6, 2016, 8:43 PM
(10): PCT 21.5-23.5
Date: Apr 7, 2016, 7:10 AM
(11): PCT 23.5-27.5
Date: Apr 7, 2016, 8:19 AM
(12): Pacific Crest Trail--west of Kitchen Creek Rd.
Date: Apr 7, 2016, 10:34 AM
(13): Pacific Crest Trail--east of Kitchen Creek Rd.
Date: Apr 7, 2016, 11:39 AM
(14): PCT 29.5-33.5
Date: Apr 7, 2016, 12:47 PM
(15): PCT33.5-38.5
Date: Apr 7, 2016, 1:57 PM
(16): PCT 38.5-41.5
Date: Apr 7, 2016, 4:36 PM
(17): Laguna Mtns.--Visitor Center
Date: Apr 8, 2016, 7:20 AM
(18): PCT 44-49
Date: Apr 8, 2016, 8:40 AM
(19): PCT 49-54
Date: Apr 8, 2016, 11:12 AM
(20): PCT 54-59
Date: Apr 8, 2016, 1:53 PM
(21): PCT 59-61
Date: Apr 8, 2016, 6:21 PM
(22): PCT 61.5-66.5
Date: Apr 9, 2016, 6:30 AM
(23): PCT 66.5-69
Date: Apr 9, 2016, 9:49 AM
(24): PCT 69-74.5
Date: Apr 9, 2016, 11:24 AM
(25): Anza-Borrego Desert SP--Sentenac Cienega
Date: Apr 9, 2016, 2:17 PM
(26): PCT 77-82
Date: Apr 9, 2016, 4:26 PM
(27): PCT 81-86
Date: Apr 10, 2016, 6:46 AM
(28): PCT 86-91
Date: Apr 10, 2016, 9:42 AM
(29): PCT 91-96
Date: Apr 10, 2016, 12:10 PM
(30): PCT 96-101
Date: Apr 10, 2016, 3:28 PM
(31): Barrel Springs
Date: Apr 10, 2016, 6:23 PM
(32): Barrel Springs
Date: Apr 10, 2016, 10:11 PM
(33): PCT 102-107
Date: Apr 11, 2016, 7:56 AM
(34): PCT 107-109
Date: Apr 11, 2016, 10:01 AM
(35): US-CA-Warner Springs-31930 Highway 79
Date: Apr 11, 2016, 1:13 PM
(36): PCT 110-115
Date: Apr 12, 2016, 7:49 AM
(37): PCT 115-120
Date: Apr 12, 2016, 10:25 AM
(38): PCT 120-123
Date: Apr 12, 2016, 12:47 PM
(39): PCT 123-127
Date: Apr 12, 2016, 2:31 PM
(40): PCT 127-129
Date: Apr 13, 2016, 7:26 AM
(41): PCT 127-132
Date: Apr 13, 2016, 8:15 AM
(42): PCT 133-138
Date: Apr 13, 2016, 9:51 AM
(43): PCT 138-143
Date: Apr 13, 2016, 12:56 PM
(44): PCT 143-147
Date: Apr 13, 2016, 3:17 PM
(45): PCT 147-149
Date: Apr 13, 2016, 6:15 PM
(46): PCT 149-154
Date: Apr 14, 2016, 6:59 AM
(47): PCT 154-159
Date: Apr 14, 2016, 9:40 AM
(48): PCT 159-163
Date: Apr 14, 2016, 11:57 AM
(49): US-CA-Riv-East Canyon
Date: Apr 14, 2016, 4:43 PM
(50): PCT 163-169
Date: Apr 15, 2016, 7:51 AM
(51): Garner Valley
Date: Apr 15, 2016, 9:42 AM
(52): US-CA-Idyllwild-Mount San Jacinto State Park 
Date: Apr 15, 2016, 12:11 PM
(53): San Bernardino NF--Devil's Slide Trail
Date: Apr 16, 2016, 8:12 AM
(54): PCT 179.5-184.5
Date: Apr 16, 2016, 9:39 AM
(55): PCT 184.5-189.5
Date: Apr 16, 2016, 12:59 PM
(56): PCT 189.5-193
Date: Apr 16, 2016, 4:49 PM
(57): PCT 193-198
Date: Apr 17, 2016, 7:13 AM
(58): PCT 198-205
Date: Apr 17, 2016, 9:53 AM
(59): PCT 205-210
Date: Apr 17, 2016, 1:31 PM
(60): Onyx Summit
Date: Apr 17, 2016, 6:23 PM
(61): PCT 252-259.5
Date: Apr 18, 2016, 6:32 AM
(62): Erwin Lake
Date: Apr 18, 2016, 10:35 AM
(63): PCT 259.5-264.5
Date: Apr 19, 2016, 6:51 AM
(64): PCT 264.5-269.5
Date: Apr 19, 2016, 9:12 AM
(65): PCT 269.5-274.5
Date: Apr 19, 2016, 11:40 AM
(66): PCT 275.5-279
Date: Apr 19, 2016, 2:00 PM

6 Mallard -- (1),(3)
2 Northern Shoveler -- (1)
38 Mountain Quail -- (5),(6),(11),(13),(14),(22),(29),(37),(39),(40),(42),(46),(50),(56),(57),(63)
16 California Quail -- (1),(3),(6),(11),(21),(22),(25),(26),(33),(36),(43),(44)
3 Wild Turkey -- (8),(31)
7 Eared Grebe -- (1)
5 Double-crested Cormorant -- (1)
1 Great Blue Heron -- (1)
1 Great Egret -- (8)
38 Turkey Vulture -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(6),(25),(26),(27),(29),(33),(36),(38),(48)
1 Osprey -- (60)
5 Sharp-shinned Hawk -- (10),(28),(63),(65)
1 Red-shouldered Hawk -- (33)
3 Red-shouldered Hawk (elegans) -- (8),(11),(36)
15 Swainson's Hawk -- (26),(27),(28)
11 Red-tailed Hawk -- (2),(6),(26),(27),(28),(44),(46),(52)
1 California Gull -- (46)
2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) -- (35)
16 Band-tailed Pigeon -- (16),(18),(52),(61)
6 Eurasian Collared-Dove -- (1),(2),(31),(59)
2 White-winged Dove -- (25)
25 Mourning Dove -- (2),(3),(4),(7),(11),(18),(22),(27),(31),(33),(38),(43),(46),(61),(64)
1 Greater Roadrunner -- (63)
6 Western Screech-Owl -- (9),(32),(63)
1 Great Horned Owl -- (32)
4 Common Poorwill -- (9),(39),(45),(49)
4 White-throated Swift -- (7),(39),(58)
2 Black-chinned Hummingbird -- (42),(59)
15 Anna's Hummingbird -- (1),(6),(11),(33),(40),(42),(43),(47),(48),(49),(50),(52),(57)
6 Costa's Hummingbird -- (11),(27),(39),(43),(63)
1 Rufous Hummingbird -- (11)
35 Acorn Woodpecker -- (1),(8),(11),(15),(16),(17),(18),(31),(34),(36),(50),(52)
5 Red-breasted Sapsucker -- (54),(61),(66)
2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker -- (26)
12 Nuttall's Woodpecker -- (1),(8),(11),(18),(19),(31),(34),(36),(43),(50)
5 Hairy Woodpecker -- (18),(54)
8 White-headed Woodpecker -- (52),(53),(54),(55)
27 Northern Flicker -- (5),(11),(15),(18),(27),(31),(36),(46),(51),(52),(53),(54),(56),(61),(62),(63),(64),(65)
6 American Kestrel -- (2),(26),(36),(39)
1 Merlin -- (33)
2 Gray Flycatcher -- (61),(63)
2 Pacific-slope Flycatcher -- (4),(63)
4 Black Phoebe -- (8),(11),(23)
2 Say's Phoebe -- (35),(62)
47 Ash-throated Flycatcher -- (4),(11),(26),(27),(28),(31),(33),(34),(36),(37),(39),(40),(41),(42),(43),(44),(50),(64),(65),(66)
4 Western Kingbird -- (1),(8),(36)
4 Gray Vireo -- (13),(15)
1 Plumbeous Vireo -- (65)
1 Cassin's Vireo -- (33)
1 Hutton's Vireo -- (34)
2 Warbling Vireo -- (1),(31)
20 Pinyon Jay -- (51),(62),(63),(65)
33 Steller's Jay -- (16),(17),(18),(49),(50),(52),(53),(54),(55),(56),(57),(61),(63),(65),(66)
72 Western Scrub-Jay -- (21),(22),(24),(26),(27),(28),(29),(31),(33),(36),(37),(38),(41),(42),(44),(47),(49),(51),(57),(63),(64)
30 Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(6),(7),(10),(11),(14),(15),(18),(40)
5 Clark's Nutcracker -- (61),(65),(66)
15 American Crow -- (1),(8),(10),(31),(34),(35),(36),(52)
54 Common Raven -- (2),(4),(5),(10),(17),(19),(21),(22),(26),(27),(29),(33),(34),(36),(40),(42),(43),(45),(46),(50),(52),(54),(59),(64)
8 Horned Lark -- (22),(33),(36)
5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow -- (11),(43)
13 Purple Martin -- (23)
78 Violet-green Swallow -- (53),(54),(57),(61),(62),(63),(65),(66)
2 Bank Swallow -- (42)
6 Barn Swallow -- (22)
12 Cliff Swallow -- (22),(23),(62)
1 Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota/ganieri) -- (62)
92 Mountain Chickadee -- (15),(17),(18),(47),(49),(50),(52),(53),(54),(55),(56),(57),(60),(61),(62),(63),(64),(65),(66)
59 Oak Titmouse -- (1),(3),(6),(8),(10),(11),(14),(17),(18),(19),(31),(34),(36),(40),(46),(47),(50),(52)
68 Bushtit -- (2),(3),(5),(6),(7),(11),(12),(15),(22),(29),(33),(34),(36),(38),(40),(42),(44),(47),(48),(49),(50),(64)
23 White-breasted Nuthatch -- (1),(8),(15),(16),(17),(18),(19),(34),(36),(49),(50),(53),(54),(57),(61)
1 White-breasted Nuthatch (Pacific) -- (65)
42 Pygmy Nuthatch -- (16),(52),(54),(61),(62),(65),(66)
7 Brown Creeper -- (17),(54),(55),(61),(65)
67 Rock Wren -- (3),(6),(22),(24),(26),(27),(28),(33),(34),(39),(44),(57),(63),(64)
8 Canyon Wren -- (3),(4),(10),(14),(37),(39),(55),(57)
56 House Wren -- (1),(3),(6),(8),(10),(11),(15),(17),(18),(33),(34),(35),(36),(37),(39),(41),(43),(49),(57)
160 Bewick's Wren -- (3),(4),(5),(6),(10),(11),(12),(14),(15),(16),(18),(22),(26),(27),(29),(33),(34),(36),(37),(38),(39),(40),(41),(42),(43),(44),(45),(46),(47),(48),(49),(57),(61),(63),(64),(65)
2 Cactus Wren -- (26),(59)
16 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -- (5),(6),(15),(29),(37),(40),(42),(44),(50),(57)
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- (24),(40),(64)
133 Wrentit -- (2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(10),(11),(12),(13),(14),(15),(16),(18),(19),(20),(22),(23),(29),(30),(31),(33),(34),(36),(37),(38),(40),(41),(42),(43),(45),(46),(47),(48),(49),(50)
68 Western Bluebird -- (1),(8),(11),(17),(18),(35),(36),(39),(40),(46),(50),(51),(52),(54),(60),(61),(62),(63),(64),(65),(66)
1 Townsend's Solitaire -- (60)
3 Hermit Thrush -- (11),(12),(14)
17 American Robin -- (1),(8),(11),(15),(17),(22),(35),(52)
80 California Thrasher -- (2),(3),(5),(6),(8),(10),(11),(12),(13),(14),(15),(18),(20),(21),(22),(23),(28),(29),(30),(33),(36),(37),(38),(40),(41),(44),(45),(46),(50)
4 Northern Mockingbird -- (3),(24),(28)
13 European Starling -- (1),(11),(31),(35),(36),(51)
30 American Pipit -- (33)
6 Phainopepla -- (23),(43),(47),(58),(59)
29 Orange-crowned Warbler -- (3),(4),(5),(10),(11),(12),(14),(15),(22),(24),(28),(33),(39),(41),(42)
24 Nashville Warbler -- (18),(19),(20),(22),(23),(28),(29),(31),(39),(40),(46)
1 MacGillivray's Warbler -- (15)
38 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) -- (1),(2),(8),(18),(22),(25),(31),(33),(35),(40),(42),(44),(46),(49),(53),(54),(57),(60)
14 Black-throated Gray Warbler -- (31),(49),(57),(65)
2 Townsend's Warbler -- (22),(31)
1 Hermit Warbler -- (64)
2 Wilson's Warbler -- (22),(31)
8 Chipping Sparrow -- (19),(54),(61),(63)
117 Black-chinned Sparrow -- (3),(4),(6),(10),(11),(12),(13),(14),(15),(20),(22),(23),(24),(28),(29),(37),(39),(40),(41),(42),(43),(45),(46),(57),(58),(63),(64)
34 Brewer's Sparrow -- (3),(22),(23),(24),(25),(27),(28),(43),(44),(59),(62)
29 Black-throated Sparrow -- (25),(26),(27),(28)
13 Lark Sparrow -- (21),(22),(33),(36),(46),(50),(51),(62),(63)
1 Fox Sparrow -- (21)
3 Fox Sparrow (Thick-billed) -- (54),(55)
7 Dark-eyed Junco -- (51)
75 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) -- (11),(16),(17),(19),(28),(33),(42),(46),(50),(52),(54),(55),(56),(60),(61),(66)
83 White-crowned Sparrow -- (3),(7),(8),(11),(22),(23),(24),(25),(27),(28),(33),(35),(43),(44),(62)
1 White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) -- (1)
1 Bell's Sparrow -- (22)
2 Bell's Sparrow (belli) -- (2)
8 Savannah Sparrow -- (33)
2 Song Sparrow -- (11),(42)
86 California Towhee -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(10),(11),(13),(14),(15),(19),(20),(22),(23),(24),(28),(29),(30),(33),(34),(36),(37),(39),(40),(41),(42),(43),(44),(46),(48),(50),(57),(58)
10 Rufous-crowned Sparrow -- (6),(13),(23),(29),(58)
146 Spotted Towhee -- (2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(10),(11),(12),(13),(14),(15),(16),(17),(18),(19),(20),(21),(22),(23),(24),(29),(30),(33),(34),(36),(37),(38),(39),(40),(41),(42),(45),(46),(47),(48),(49),(50),(57),(58),(61),(63),(64),(65)
3 sparrow sp. -- (11),(14)
27 Black-headed Grosbeak -- (1),(4),(5),(15),(17),(25),(29),(31),(33),(38),(42),(45),(46),(49),(50),(61)
3 Red-winged Blackbird -- (1),(11)
24 Western Meadowlark -- (8),(11),(21),(22),(33),(34),(36),(51)
11 Brewer's Blackbird -- (35),(62),(64)
8 Bullock's Oriole -- (8),(25),(31),(33),(34)
14 Scott's Oriole -- (15),(24),(26),(27),(42),(43),(44),(46),(47)
54 House Finch -- (2),(8),(11),(25),(27),(33),(35),(43),(50),(52),(58),(59),(62)
5 Purple Finch -- (17)
2 Cassin's Finch -- (17),(55)
4 Red Crossbill -- (54),(63)
13 Pine Siskin -- (17),(60)
25 Lesser Goldfinch -- (3),(6),(8),(10),(11),(27),(31),(36),(37),(42),(44),(49),(58)
4 Lawrence's Goldfinch -- (35)
1 House Sparrow -- (35)
300 passerine sp. -- (22)

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