The hike through the forest was a cacophony of bird song, but unfortunately I don't know all the bird songs! Here are a few I heard, but never saw:
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Stellar's Jay
Birds I saw and could ID (there were plenty I couldn't):
American Robin
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Wilson's Warbler
Hairy Woodpecker (female feeding juvenile)
Winter Wren (I think)
Violet Green Swallow
American Crow
Various Gulls
and finally cofirmed by my on-call bird expert, Laura:
Pigeon Guillemot
Pacific Slope Flycatcher (I thought it was a Western Wood Pewee)
I can guarantee you you heard a Swainson's Thrush out there. An ethereal, flutelike song that seems to spiral upward. Sound familiar?
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