#376 Hooded Oriole at Mission Dolores Park

Tuesday thoroughly sated me on content free keynotes, so I skipped Oracle’s keynote this morning, and instead visited Mission Dolores Park. This isn’t known as a birding hot spot, but it is a known roost for Yellow-chevroned Parakeets. I got there about an hour before they woke up, but I did eventually here two squawking:

These aren’t officially countable yet, but it was the first time I’ve seen one in the wild.

I did get a real life bird, though I didn’t realize this till I got back to New York and checked my official list. I thought I’d seen Hooded Oriole previously down in Orange County about a year and a half ago. However, it turns out the orioles I saw then were Scott’s Orioles, not Hooded. Hooded was new.

Also present were House Finches, Lesser Goldfinches, American Crow, Common Raven, Bushtits, Western Gull, Brewer’s Blackbird, Anna’s Hummingbird, European Starling, House Sparrow, and Rock Pigeon. I’m wondering if I can manage to make a quick trip to Mount Davidson tomorrow morning and get back before 9:30, or if that’s too ambitious.

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