Sighting of Cedar Waxwings

Last weekend decided to go back to Breckenridge park for birding again. This time weather was very good for birding. Reached the park around 8:30AM. I have been trying to make it to the parks a little early but its been tough since our little one keeps us awake during nights. But still birding in Winter should be good throughout the day.

On reaching the park I saw good number of Yellow Rumped Warblers foraging in group. There were Mocking birds singing their beautiful songs. And Jays making their usual noise :-) I still haven't got a decent photograph of a Blue Jay here. Lot of squirrels could be seen around. But I still miss the ground squirrels which I used to see in San Jose parks :-(

Northern Mockingbird

Yellow Rumped Warbler

Blue Jay

I also saw lot of Flickers during the walk along with Red Bellied woodpeckers. The woodpeckers seem to be very vocal here. Downy woodpeckers and Red-bellied Woodpeckers could be seen in good numbers throughout the park.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

I also saw group of White Throated sparrows. A lone American kestrel was hovering near the lake area. I did not see lot of Water fowls in the lake area.

Savannah Sparrow

American Kestrel

Tufted Titmouses and Carolina Chickadees's were as usual very vocal and could be heard through out the day along with the Northern Cardinals.

Tufted Titmouse

Also saw some of these small birds which I could not identify through out the walk.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Eastern Bluebird(Female)

Carolina Wrens could be heard through out the park. They have a very high pitched vocals wherein they come out in the open and start calling. American Robin's were also seen couple of times during the walk.

American Robin

Carolina Wren

I also saw these Sapsuckers which I'm not sure of the ID's(Red-naped/Yellow-bellied).

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker(Juvenile)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

The interesting sighting of the day were the Cedar waxwings. Very beautiful cute little birds. I have been wanting to see them here. They are winter migrants to this area. I saw them twice during the walk. They could be seen in flocks feeding and drinking in nearby water streams.

Cedar Waxwing

Another interesting sighting was this bird which looked like Sparrow/finch. Had heavy streakings and looked very different. I'm yet to find the ID of this bird. It had very beautiful colors at the back.

Red-winged Blackbird

And other common birds seen during the walk were Black vulture, Red Tailed Hawk, Grackle, Eastern Pheobe, Mourning Doves, Juncos and Finches.

Eastern Pheobe

White Winged Dove

Great Tailed Grackle

List of birds seen during the walk.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20698848

Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Black Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Great-tailed Grackle
American Goldfinch