Date: 9/21/26 1:29 pm From: Glennah Trochet via groups.io <trochetj...> Subject: [centralvalleybirds] 21 SEPT 2026 Cosumnes River Preserve
Dear Birder,
I spent the morning at the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County walking the public trails (after parking at the TNC Barn). The best find was a Lewis's woodpecker in the oak savanna near the intersection of the road leading south from the Barn and the trail. I also encountered three red-breasted nuthatches, two in the northeast corner of the copse at the Point and one just west of the railroad tracks at the river.
I have been away from the local birding scene for more than two weeks, so I am unsure when the wintering passerines showed up. Most of those listed below are my personal FOS. Migrant numbers were only fair. The list of modestly interesting things follows:
Swainson's hawk- 2 Lewis's woodpecker- 1 acorn woodpecker- 1 western flycatcher- 2 (one was singing near post #15) Say's phoebe- 2 Cassin's vireo- 1 common raven- 10 red-breasted nuthatch- 3 ruby-crowned kinglet- 4 hermit thrush- 3 sooty fox sparrow- 1 white-crowned sparrow- 12 golden-crowned sparrow- 4 Lincoln's sparrow- 1 orange-crowned sparrow- 2 common yellowthroat- 7 yellow warbler- 4 black-throated gray warbler- 1 Townsend's warbler- 1 Wilson's warbler- 3 western tanager- 3
It might have been a black phoebe hunkered in the marsh bounding the north side of the woodland at the Point, but it occurred to me that maybe I was hearing a swamp sparrow there early this morning. My hearing isn't what it used to be, and the sound source was too distant for me to have confidence in identifying it. It might be worth a listen in the next couple of mornings. It sounded to me to be in the tules about 50 meters out from the trail.
