Swans, Geese, Ducks
Canada Goose
 
 
3
 
 
 
 
Gadwall     10        
Mallard     2        
Cinnamon Teal     2        
Northern Shoveler     1        
Northern Pintail     2        
Redhead     4        
Ruddy Duck     2        
Grouse, Quail
Mountain Quail hrd hrd     hrd    
California Quail   hrd          
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe     3, imm        
Pelicans,Cormorants
American White Pelican 7            
Herons & Egrets; Ibis
American Bittern   1          
Great Blue Heron   1          
Black-crowned Night-Heron     1        
White-faced Ibis   20 100        
American Vultures2
Turkey Vulture 1 2     1    
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Osprey         1 3  
Bald Eagle     1     1 Sierra Valley; Sardine Lake
Northern Harrier   1 2     2  
Swainson's Hawk   1 2,n        
Red-tailed Hawk       3,imm, n      
Falcons
American Kestrel     1 2      
Rails
Virginia Rail     hrd       Valley at night
American Coot     6,imm   8,imm    
Cranes
Sandhill Crane     5        
Plovers
Killdeer     6, imm        
Oystercatchers, Stilts & Avocets
Black-necked Stilt   3 4        
American Avocet     2        
Sandpipers
Willet     6        
Spotted Sandpiper         (1)   Jane & Eddie F.
Wilson's Snipe   4 1        
Wilson's Phalarope     1m        
Gulls & Terns
Ring-billed Gull   2          
California Gull   2          
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon       1      
Band-tailed Pigeon           7  
Mourning Dove   4          
Owls
Northern Pygmy Owl       1      
Goatsuckers
Common Nighthawk     1        
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird           1  
Calliope Hummingbird 2       2 6  
Rufous Hummingbird           2  
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker   4, imm          
Williamson's Sapsucker 2            
Red-breasted Sapsucker   2   2 2    
Hairy Woodpecker 1       1    
White-headed Woodpecker 1 1   2,n 3,n 1  
Northern Flicker hrd 2   hrd 2, n    
Pileated Woodpecker           (hrd)  
Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher hrd     1 2    
Western Wood-Pewee 2 1   3 5 6,n  
Dusky Flycatcher 3,n            
Western Kingbird     2,n        
Vireos
Cassin's Vireo         1+    
Warbling Vireo 1+ hrd   hrd 3,n hrd  
Corvids
Steller's Jay 2 2   2 2 2  
Western Scrub Jay   2          
Black-billed Magpie   6          
Clark's Nutcracker   1         flyover Lemon HSR
Common Raven     6   1 1  
Larks
Horned Lark   4 4        
Swallows
Tree Swallow     2 10 10,n 3  
N Rough-winged Swallow         1    
Cliff Swallow     100        
Barn Swallow     20        
Titmice, Chickadees, etc.
Mountain Chickadee 5,n 1   2 3 2  
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2,n 2     10 1,n  
Pygmy Nuthatch       1,n      
Brown Creeper 1       5    
Wrens
House Wren   1   1,n      
Marsh Wren     2        
Dippers
American Dipper         1    
Thrushes, Gnatcatchers
Golden-crowned Kinglet         2+    
Western Bluebird   2 1        
Mountain Bluebird   4          
Swainson's Thrush         hrd    
Hermit Thrush hrd            
American Robin 8 2   4 7 2  
Townsend's Solitaire         2    
Thrashers & Mockingbirds
Sage Thrasher     10        
Starlings & Pipits
European Starling   2 4 2,n 3    
Warblers, Tanager
Orange-crowned Warbler         2 4  
Nashville Warbler 1       hrd 2  
Yellow Warbler 1 1   2 3 15  
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4,n       2 4, imm  
Hermit Warbler (1)       2    
MacGillivray's Warbler hrd       1 3  
Wilson's Warbler         2 (1)  
Western Tanager 4 1f     4 3  
Buntings, Sparrows, Grosbeaks
Green-tailed Towhee   3     1    
Spotted Towhee   3       1  
Chipping Sparrow       2      
Brewer's Sparrow   4   1      
Vesper Sparrow   2          
Savannah Sparrow     10        
Fox Sparrow 1++ hrd     2 37  
Song Sparrow     2, imm   8 hrd  
Lincoln's Sparrow     1        
Dark-eyed Junco 10       6 5  
Black-headed Grosbeak   2     3    
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird   4 15   2    
Western Meadowlark   20 10        
Yellow-headed Blackbird     15,n, imm        
Brewer's Blackbird   10 10   4    
Brown-headed Cowbird   1 10   4    
Bullock's Oriole   2          
Finches
Purple Finch   1          
Cassin's Finch 6     2 2    
House Finch   2 4     5  
Pine Siskin hrd         2  
Lesser Goldfinch   4          
Evening Grosbeak           5 Bassetts
Weavers
House Sparrow   2 4        
               
TOTAL 28 48 42 21 44 31  

Total species seen during trip: 114

()  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 (6/18); Sierra Valley (6/19); 
Carman Valley (6/20); Sardine Lake (6/21);   Plumas: N. Sierra Valley (6/19);
Plumas-Eureka SP & Lake Madora (6/20)

Last Updated on 6/22/2009
by Bob