This morning I went up early, but not quite early enough, to look at a trail I could not access last winter because of mud. Turned out to be the junction of two trails and I walked a bit of each. One is very steep down to the Lake and I won't be going that way; the other goes to the Brazilian Room, and I might try a bit more of it. But not today, so I walked along the Lake for a while, an hour and a half all told. No birds on the Lake in Summer but there was a Great Blue Heron on the lawn and two Double-crested Cormorants flew over. Lake Anza has a small beach but today was not swimming weather, so the people who inspired "not early enough" were kids' groups and families walking dogs.

Mourning Dove
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
American Robin
House Finch
Purple Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee

Best bird was White-breasted Nuthatch. We had them in the Nature Area last Winter but in February they seemed to have gone back to their prefered nesting areas, so it was fun to hear them today.