Swans, Geese, Ducks
Canada Goose
 
 
8
 
 
 
Feather River Land Trust .
Wood Duck   7         Loyalton Sewage Ponds
Gadwall     12        
Mallard     20 2      
Blue-winged Teal     2       Rusty
Cinnamon Teal     (1) 2     Lemon Valley Rd
Northern Shoveler     2        
Northern Pintail     3        
Redhead     2        
Common Merganser           2  
Ruddy Duck     4        
Grouse, Quail
Mountain Quail (2) hrd          
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe   1     1    
Western Grebe     1        
Pelicans,Cormorants
American White Pelican 1   8   50    
Herons & Egrets; Ibis
American Bittern     hrd        
Black-crowned Night-Heron     1        
White-faced Ibis     30        
American Vultures
Turkey Vulture 1 5     1 3  
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Osprey           1  
Bald Eagle           (1)  
Northern Harrier     2     2  
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1           Rusty's group
Golden Eagle   1         Smithneck Road
Swainson's Hawk   2 1,n        
Red-tailed Hawk   1       1  
Falcons
American Kestrel   2   1      
Rails
Virginia Rail     1       Marble Hot Springs Road
American Coot     5,y        
Cranes
Sandhill Crane     2,1y       Marble Hot Springs Road
Plovers
Killdeer   2 3 2      
Oystercatchers, Stilts & Avocets
Black-necked Stilt     2        
American Avocet     3        
Sandpipers
Willet   2 8 4      
Wilson's Snipe       5      
Wilson's Phalarope   2         Loyalton Sewage Ponds
Gulls & Terns
Ring-billed Gull   6          
California Gull     4        
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon   2          
Band-tailed Pigeon   2       3  
Eurasian Collared Dove   2          
Mourning Dove   2   (2)      
Owls
Barn Owl     1        
Burrowing Owl   2         Herriot Lane @County Line
Goatsuckers
Common Nighthawk 2   8 1      
Common Poorwill       (hrd)      
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird           1  
Calliope Hummingbird 1         5  
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker   4          
Williamson's Sapsucker (f)            
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1       4    
Hairy Woodpecker 1       1 1  
White-headed W'pecker 1 1     4 2  
Northern Flicker 2       1 1  
Pileated Woodpecker         2   Rusty
Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher         1    
Western Wood-Pewee 1 hrd   2 4 3  
Hammond's Flycatcher 2       1    
Dusky Flycatcher           2  
Western Kingbird     2        
Vireos
Cassin's Vireo       1   hrd  
Warbling Vireo hrd       5 1  
Corvids
Steller's Jay           4  
Western Scrub Jay   2          
Black-billed Magpie   5 1        
Common Raven 1     1      
Larks
Horned Lark   2 6 1      
Swallows
Tree Swallow     1   10 4  
N Rough-winged Swallow         2    
Cliff Swallow     50        
Barn Swallow     2 1      
Titmice, Chickadees, etc.
Mountain Chickadee 20     3 2 4  
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5       2    
Pygmy Nuthatch   2          
Brown Creeper       4 2    
Wrens
House Wren   2          
Marsh Wren     1        
Dippers
American Dipper         2    
Thrushes, Gnatcatchers
Golden-crowned Kinglet hrd       2    
Mountain Bluebird   7   1      
Swainson's Thrush         hrd    
Hermit Thrush hrd            
American Robin 2       3 4  
Thrashers & Mockingbirds
Sage Thrasher     5        
Starlings & Pipits
European Starling 4 4          
Warblers, Tanager
Orange-crowned Warbler       2   4  
Nashville Warbler 1 1     2+ hrd  
Yellow Warbler         2 10  
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4       hrd 1  
Hermit Warbler (1)       1    
MacGillivray's Warbler 1       4 2  
Wilson's Warbler 1       1    
Western Tanager 1f 1   3 2    
Buntings, Sparrows, Grosbeaks
Green-tailed Towhee   1   1 2    
Spotted Towhee   2     1 1  
Chipping Sparrow 1     2      
Brewer's Sparrow   2 2        
Vesper Sparrow     2        
Savannah Sparrow     (1) 1      
Fox Sparrow 1       3 10  
Song Sparrow     2   1 2  
Lincoln's Sparrow         1 imm    
Dark-eyed Junco 8     4 5 4  
Lazuli bunting   2       2  
Black-headed Grosbeak   1          
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird     8     2  
Western Meadowlark     15 5      
Yellow-headed Blackbird     20        
Brewer's Blackbird   15 30 10 10 4 Swainson's Hawk's prey
Brown-headed Cowbird     1     1  
Finches
Pine Grosbeak 1f            
Purple Finch   hrd          
Cassin's Finch 10     4   15  
House Finch     1        
Pine Siskin 3         2  
Lesser Goldfinch     4        
Red Crossbill 6            
Evening Grosbeak         1 6 Roadside
Weavers
House Sparrow     1        
               
TOTAL 32 31 40       113

Total species seen during trip: 113

()  Seen only by instructor, or only by a student; 

** County Names include the following sites:  Sierra:  Yuba Pass and Lincoln Valley (6/11);
S. Sierra Valley and Smithneck Rd (6/12); Carman Valley (6/13);Sardine Lake (6/14);
Plumas: N. Sierra Valley (6/12); Plumas-Eureka SP and Lake Madora (6/13)

Last Updated on 6/14/2009
by Bob