Day 3: A Barn Swallow does not a Grosbeak make

     Today was only slightly more fruitful than yesterday in my quest to rack up the species count. Locke and I headed down to Howard Park in Ione for a walk and birding adventure. In the past week or so I spotted a female Black-headed Grosbeak near the stables but she was nowhere to be seen today, nor were the usual Towhees, Pewees and Phainopepla.
   At least we saw some more common residents that we missed on our last visit.

• Mourning Dove- a pair 
• Barn Swallows
• Killdeer

    That makes 33 species so far. Tomorrow we're heading out to French Bar Road in Jackson, starting early to avoid the heat and to add, hopefully, some sparrows and turkeys and even a Lazuli Bunting pair we've been seeing there lately.