It was a beautiful morning when seven of us arrived at Tres Rios. We first birded the swampy area on the right as you enter the parking area road. As usual, it was loaded with birds. Within 20 minutes, we had seen 25 species with the most prominent being the Double-crested and Neotropic Cormorants.

We then went on down to the end, parked our cars and started birding. We walked the two ponds and the cottonwoods areas. At the far pond we were treated to a family of Mallards with eleven young in tow. We heard Yellow Warblers several times but never got a look as they were hiding high in the cottonwoods.

We saw or heard a total of 48 species which were: Double-crested Cormorant, Neotropic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, White-faced Ibis, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Mallard, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, Turkey Vulture, Gambel’s Quail, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Black-necked Stilt, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, White-winged Dove, Lesser Nighthawk, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Black Phoebe, Western Kingbird, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Phainopepla, Verdin, European Starling, House  Sparrow, Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler (h), Common Yellowthroat (h), Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Abert’s Towhee, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Black-headed Grosbeak, Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Brown-head Cowbird, Bullock’s Oriole and a couple of unidentified hummers.

The seven attendees were Dan Bohlmann, Gladyne Douglas, Cherie Lude, Vera Markham, Marilyn McMahon, Sam Stearman and George Wall (leader).