Took a quick trip to the lagoon last evening just to check things out...Lots of Mallards and other ducks, Red-winged Blackbirds, Grackles, a pair of Ravens. I also saw my first Nighthawk of the year, and I've been looking almost every evening. In further, the light was not good, but there were Chickadees, Cedar Waxwing, American Redstart, and Yellow-rumped Warblers. I also took photos of two that I need help with... the first has a distinctive white patch on the tail, but I couldn't find it in my field guides:
The other I believe to be some type of sparrow:
Funny how you just start thinking you've got a handle on some of these, and something new and unexpected pops up. I suppose that's one of the reasons we keep looking!
Serge, would you like to go out and record the Bank Swallows some morning?