HOLLYWOOD HILL BIRD SURVEY
Spring 2005 Identifications by Brian Bell
(assisted by Michael Hobbs
in Gold Creek Park)
The I’s represent 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 and 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
and Great Blue Heron
Proposed Hollywood Hill Park by the
Elementary School (same day)
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)