Red Cliffs Audubon Field Trip Report

[Paul Jaussi]

The Red Cliffs Audubon went up to the higher elevations of Zion National Park on Kolob Terrace Road yesterday. 15 birders found the following species:

Black-throated Sparrow

White-throated Swift

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Canyon Wren

Rock Wren

Phainopepla

Bullock's Oriole

Cassin's Kingbird

Woodhouse's Scrub Jay

Northern Flicker

Cassin's Finch

Western Bluebird

Lazuli Bunting

Spotted Towhee

Violet-green Swallow

Chipping Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Mountain Bluebird

Vesper Sparrow

Virginia's Warbler

Bald Eagle

Osprey

Pied-billed Grebe

Great Blue Heron

Lewis's Woodpecker

Robin

CALIFORNIA CONDOR (3 soaring)

Turkey Vulture

Mountain Chickadee

Green-tailed Towhee

Western Wood Pewee

Cordilleran Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Western Tanager

Grace's Warbler

Black-headed Grosbeak

Hairy Woodpecker (heard only)

Red-tailed Hawk

Song Sparrow

Raven

Brewer's Black Bird

Lesser Goldfinch

Yellow Warbler

Woodpecker species at known Acorn WP site. Couldn't confirm though.

Rattlesnake on side of path

We also had a possible Painted Redstart. Small, black bird flew close below us as we looked down into valley. Too small and wrong shape for blackbird or Phainopepla. Sparrow-like. Could not confirm. Seemed out of habitat for Redstart.