I thought it best to allow Michelle a late start, so I went out and birded the river by the hotel. I was very pleased to pick up American Dipper (a species that I’d somehow missed in British Columbia) which meant I’d now completed the family. A Red-crowned Kinglet was another pleasing find. When the family were ready we headed into the park. Today we concentrated on the Southern half of the park, beginning with Glacier Point and finishing with the Wawona Redwoods. Birding started well. We continued well and we picked up Townsend Solitaire some how managed to park in just the right parking place at Glacier Point, right next to a Sooty Grouse (no more were seen, probably due to the crowds).
From early afternoon, the birding was very slow (only picking up Mountain Chickadee). Hot evergreen forests in the middle of summer don’t make for good birding. However, Michelle was feeling better, the views were absolutely magnificent, and we all had a good day which was the most important thing.
28 August 2012
Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Acorn Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Black Phoebe, Common Raven, American Crow, Western Scrub-Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Violet-green Swallow, American Dipper, Dark-eyed Junco, Brewer's Blackbird
Glacier Point
28 August 2012
Sooty Grouse, Turkey Vulture, Acorn Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Clark's Nutcracker, Common Raven, Steller's Jay, Mountain Chickadee, Townsend's Solitaire, Dark-eyed Junco
Wawona
28 August 2012
Mallard, Acorn Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Clark's Nutcracker, Common Raven, Steller's Jay, Bewick's Wren, European Starling, American Robin, Brewer's Blackbird, Black-throated Gray Warbler
