Swans, Geese, Ducks
Canada Goose
 
1
 
 
 
 
Valley, night
Gadwall   6 2        
Mallard   4 2        
Cinnamon Teal   4          
Northern Shoveler   2 1        
Northern Pintail   6 2        
Redhead   10         Valley, night
Common Merganser           1m Upper Sardine Lake
Ruddy Duck   4          
Grouse, Quail
Mountain Quail hrd     1+     Eddie et al, Hwy 49
California Quail             Smithneck Rd
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe              
Pelicans,Cormorants
American White Pelican 4            
Herons & Egrets; Ibis
American Bittern   5         Steel Bridge
Great Blue Heron              
Great Egret   3          
Black-crowned Night-Heron   4          
White-faced Ibis   20          
American Vultures2
Turkey Vulture1 2 2 1     1  
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Osprey   1     1   Feather River Conservancy
Bald Eagle       1     Gold Lakes Road
Northern Harrier   2       1m  
Cooper's Hawk             Yuba Pass
Swainson's Hawk   4,n         Lunch 
Red-tailed Hawk 2 2          
Falcons
American Kestrel   1         Smithneck Road (chipmunk)
Rails
Virginia Rail   hrd         Valley, Night
Sora   hrd         Valley, Night
American Coot   5,y          
Cranes
Sandhill Crane   6,y         Valley near Steel Bridge
Plovers
Killdeer   3          
Oystercatchers, Stilts & Avocets
Black-necked Stilt              
American Avocet     2       Roberti Ranch
Sandpipers
Willet   10 1        
Long-billed Curlew   1         Heriot Lane
Wilson's Snipe   3          
Wilson's Phalarope   3         Roberti Ranch
Gulls & Terns
Ring-billed Gull   1         Lunch 
California Gull   3          
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon     x        
Band-tailed Pigeon 2 2          
Mourning Dove   4   2      
Owls
Northern Pygmy Owl       (1)     Ralph; Calpine uphill
Goatsuckers
Common Nighthawk   1   hrd     Lodge
Common Poorwill              
Swifts
Vaux's Swift              
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird           3 Bassett's feeders
Calliope Hummingbird           2 Bassett's feeders
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher       1     Jimmy's Pond
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker   4         Smithneck Road
Williamson's Sapsucker 1m           Yuba Pass
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1,n     2     Yuba Pass
Hairy Woodpecker 1     1,n      
White-headed Woodpecker 1     5   1  
Black-backed Woodpecker         1,n 1,n Snag Lake
Northern Flicker 1       1    
Pileated Woodpecker       hrd     Carman Valley
Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1         hrd  
Western Wood-Pewee 1+ 1   3 3,n 1  
Hammond's Flycatcher 3            
Dusky Flycatcher           1  
Gray Flycatcher              
Black Phoebe              
Western Kingbird   2         Lunch 
Vireos
Cassin's Vireo       1+ hrd 2,n Upper Sardine Lake
Warbling Vireo 2 hrd   3 4 hrd  
Corvids
Steller's Jay 6 4     3 5  
Western Scrub Jay   1         Smithneck Road
Black-billed Magpie   4          
Common Raven 2 6       2  
Larks
Horned Lark   8 4        
Swallows
Tree Swallow           x  
Violet-green Swallow   2          
N Rough-winged Swallow         3   nr. Plumas Eureka SP 
Cliff Swallow   100          
Barn Swallow   5     2    
Titmice, Chickadees, etc.
Mountain Chickadee 6     4 4 3  
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2,n     1      
White-breasted Nuthatch       1      
Pygmy Nuthatch       1      
Brown Creeper 2     hrd      
Wrens
Rock Wren              
House Wren   2   hrd   hrd Lodge
Marsh Wren   3          
Dippers
American Dipper         2   SFSU Campus
Thrushes, Gnatcatchers
Golden-crowned Kinglet              
Western Bluebird         1   Graeagle 
Mountain Bluebird              
Swainson's Thrush         1    
Hermit Thrush         hrd    
American Robin 5 5     3 3  
Thrashers & Mockingbirds
Sage Thrasher   1 10       Feather River Conservancy
Starlings & Pipits
European Starling 4 8   5      
Warblers, Tanager
Orange-crowned Warbler       1   8  
Nashville Warbler       hrd   2  
Yellow Warbler   1     1 5 Smithneck; Sardine L
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 (Aud.'s)     1 2 hrd  
Hermit Warbler Hrd       1   Yuba Pass
MacGillivray's Warbler         1 1+  
Wilson's Warbler         hrd 2  
Western Tanager 4     1 hrd 2  
Buntings, Sparrows, Grosbeaks
Green-tailed Towhee   5   1   1 Mtn Quail Rd
Spotted Towhee   1       2  
Chipping Sparrow Hrd     2,n      
Brewer's Sparrow   2 3       Calpine Connector
Vesper Sparrow   2         Calpine Connector
Savannah Sparrow   1 2        
Fox Sparrow 2         6  
Song Sparrow       1      
Lincoln's Sparrow              
Dark-eyed Junco 4       5 4  
Black-headed Grosbeak              
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird   20   2      
Western Meadowlark   2   1      
Yellow-headed Blackbird   50          
Brewer's Blackbird   30 4 3      
Brown-headed Cowbird 2 2   2 1    
Bullock's Oriole   1         Lunch
Finches
Pine Grosbeak              
Purple Finch   1          
Cassin's Finch       2   15 Lodge
House Finch   1          
Pine Siskin   1     1 2 Lodge
Lesser Goldfinch              
American Goldfinch   5         Lodge
Evening Grosbeak   (1)     2   Bassett's 
Weavers
House Sparrow   1          
               
TOTAL 28 67 14 32 27 31 111

Total species seen during trip: 111

()  Seen only by instructor, or only by a student; The list includes all birds seen both trips

** County Names include the following sites:  Sierra:  Yuba Pass (6/12); Sierra Valley (6/13); Carman Valley (6/14);
Sardine & Snag Lake (6/15);   Plumas: N. Sierra Valley (6/13); Plumas-Eureka SP (6/14)

Last Updated on 6/28/2008
by Bob