Birding at Manzanita Lake ☼ Lassen Volcanic National Park

The trail around Manzanita Lake is one of the easiest and most pleasant walks in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Every step offers gorgeous views and wonderful birding opportunities!

Mountain Chickadee

Birds we've spotted around the lake that I put in today's video include: Dark-eyed Junco, Bald Eagle, American Robin, Mountain Chickadee, American Dipper, Evening Grosbeak, Western Tanager, Steller's Jay, Townsend's Solitaire, Bufflehead, White-headed Woodpecker, Western Wood-Pewee, Common Loon, Pacific Wren, and Brown Creeper.

Townsend's Solitaire

So let's take a walk around beautiful Manzanita Lake and have a look at some mountain birds in northern California...

Let's go birding!

Mountain Birding: Elevation 5890 Feet - Part 4

Lassen Volcanic National Park

About halfway around Manzanita Lake, we came to a spot where the birding activity was in full swing. Finally, we were able to get some photos of Brown Creepers!

They are extremely acrobatic and seem to spend most of their time upside down on the tree branches.

They are so camouflaged (and much smaller than I'd originally thought) that it's a wonder that we were able to get any pictures at all!

 Such a pretty view from the trail around the lake...

 A half moon among the pine trees...

Some tourists we saw on the trail were super excited by the many squirrels and chipmunks, but we couldn't take our eyes off the Creepers! They didn't speak English (the tourists, not the Creepers!), but luckily smiling and nodding is a universal language :)

Tomorrow's post: What is blue and black and has a triangular crest?