Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is noted as one of the most significant birding sites in the US. As a change from your average California oasis it's dominated by cottonwoods instead of your run-of-the mill palm trees. There's a boardwalk that circles the marsh, and trails that go up into the hill around it.
So they had some birds we hadn't seen lately. A junco! Their rare bird sighting was a northern catbird that Leo saw but did not photograph. We saw our first ruby-crowned kinglet,
bushtits, a cedar waxwing. Our bird of the day,
this oak titmouse was investigating a nest hole in this tree with its partner.
They had another long-eared owl nesting in the woods
Spot the long eared owl
but it was hard to get a good photo with all the branches in the way.
This Bewick's wren was collecting material for its nest:
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