HOLLYWOOD HILL BIRD SURVEY
Spring 2005 Identifications by Brian Bell
(assisted by Michael Hobbs in Gold Creek Park)
Note: (I) indicates an introduced species (although
most of the introduced ones have been around so long
now it doesn't make much difference).
Gold Creek Park
(April 22, 6:15 am, overcast then clear)
- California Quail (I)
- Rock Pigeon (I)
- Band-tailed Pigeon
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Steller's Jay
- American Crow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Chestnut-backed
- Chickadee
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Brown Creeper
- Bewick's Wren
- Winter Wren
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- American Robin
- Varied Thrush
- European Starling (I)
- Black-throated
- Gray Warbler
- Spotted Towhee
- Song Sparrow
- White-crowned
- Sparrow Dark-eyed
- Junco
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Purple Finch
- House Finch
- Pine Siskin
- House Sparrow (I)
Birds spotted in or adjacent to the park at other times by residents:
- Barred Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Great Blue Heron
Woodin Creek
(May 9th, 6:00 am, raining)
- Bewick's Wren
- Winter Wren
- American Robin
- Yellow Warbler
- Song Sparrow
Birds spotted in or adjacent to the creek area along NE 171rst St at other times by residents:
- Barred Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Snowy Owl
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Canada Goose
- Great Blue Heron
Proposed Hollywood Hill Park, by the Elementary School
(May 9th)
- Warbling Vireo
- Steller's Jay
- American Crow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Black-capped
- Chickadee
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- American Robin
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Black-throated
- Gray Warbler
- Spotted Towhee
- Song Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
10-Acre Woods
(May 16, 5:45 am, overcast)
- Canada Goose
- California Quail (I)
- Rock Pigeon (I)
- Band-tailed Pigeon
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Northern Flicker
- American Crow
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Bewick's Wren
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Swainson's Thrush
- American Robin
- Spotted Towhee
- Song Sparrow
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- House Sparrow (I)
Other birds that Brian listed as possibles, but were not found during the survey or reported later by residents...
- Mallard Bald Eagle
- Killdeer
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Rock Pigeon (I)
- Western Screech-Owl
- Northern Saw-whet Owl
- Vaux's Swift
- Anna's
- Hummingbird
- Belted Kingfisher
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Western Wood-Pewee
- Pacific-slope Flycatcher
- Cassin's Vireo
- Hutton's Vireo
- Warbling Vireo
- Tree Swallow
- Bushtit
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Swainson's Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- European Starling (I)
- Cedar Waxwing
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Townsend's Warbler
- Wilson's Warbler
- Western Tanager
- Fox Sparrow
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Red Crossbill
- American Goldfinch
- Evening Grosbeak
- House Sparrow (I)