- If you see a small, non-descript gray bird and you don’t know what it is, it’s a Bushtit.
- If you see a medium-sized, non-descript brown bird and you don’t know what it is, it’s a
California Towhee.
- If you see a small, non-descript yellow bird and you don’t know what it is, it’s an Orange-crowned Warbler.
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May 6th, 2008 at 8:06 AM
…and if you see a small, non-descript brown bird and you don’t know what it is, it’s a female White-crowned Sparrow.
nearly impossible to tell beyond the generic are the sea gulls. Good luck with those and welcome to California. You’ve a long stretch of exceptional bird-watching weather ahead right through October. We call it Indian Summer, but the East Indians I work with say it’s nothing like their summer! heheheh