I started my list about 8, when the sun was hitting the hillside just below the ridge. Right away I saw something unusual, two Canada Geese flying overhead. They are on my list almost every time because I can hear them from way down on the reservoir, but I very rarely see one. Walking north I head a Band-tailed Pigeon cooing, so I guess their breeding season is here, and there was a Black Phoebe on the first south-facing hillside, always a surprise. At the north end of the trail there was a flock of Golden-crowned Sparrows, TWO Say's Phoebes either fighting or courting, and a mixed flock of Western Bluebirds and House Finches with one Yellow-rumped Warbler. I've seen that mix before but not frequently and it's certainly colorful, although the Warbler had only the yellow rump. Now if only some Lesser Goldfinches had joined in. ( The list: )

Again no Acorn Woodpeckers. The only bird on the huge snag they frequent was, briefly, a Common Raven.