Swans, Geese, Ducks
Greater White-fronted Goose               4
Snow Goose               25+
Ross's Goose               2+
Brant         1000 400    
Cackling Goose   2           1
Canada Goose 45 40 2          
Wood Duck     7m 29       4
Gadwall 2 1           15
American Wigeon 80 40     6     4
Mallard 4 4 4 2     25 100
Blue-winged Teal 2             1
Cinnamon Teal 2 10           20
Northern Shoveler 50 10         10 500
Northern Pintail 2 6           50
Green-winged Teal 20 20         3 40
Canvasback 3           1 4
Ring-necked Duck     10 3     2  
Greater Scaup 40 40     20 20    
Lesser Scaup   1            
Surf Scoter 12 4     220 15    
White-winged Scoter         1 1    
Bufflehead 30 25 1m   30 40    
Common Goldeneye 6 15     4 1m    
Hooded Merganser     1m          
Common Merganser     2       2  
Red-breasted Merganser         1 (1) (50)    
Ruddy Duck 150 800 1m   40 100 10  
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
California Quail       hrd 5   hrd  
Loons
Red-throated Loon         2 10    
Common Loon         16 10    
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe   1     3 1   5
Horned Grebe 10 4     8 4    
Eared Grebe 7 15     20 15 2  
Western Grebe 6 10     2 10    
Clark's Grebe 2 1            
Pelicans
American White Pelican             5  
Brown Pelican         4 2    
Cormorants
Brandt's Cormorant         50 40    
Double-crested Cormorant 1         1 10 1
Pelagic Cormorant         6 6    
Herons & Egrets; Ibis
Great Blue Heron   (1)     1   2 3
Great Egret 1       4 1 1 5
Snowy Egret 3 10       10    
Cattle Egret             (1)  
White-faced Ibis             () 20
American Vultures
Turkey Vulture     2 2 20 6 1  
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Northern Harrier   (1)     1     12
Sharp-shinned Hawk       1        
Cooper's Hawk     2         1
Red-shouldered Hawk     1 hrd   en route   1
Red-tailed Hawk     2 2   1 8 20
Golden Eagle       2     5  
Falcons
American Kestrel     1f 1   en route 4 10
Merlin 1 1 1       1  
Peregrine Falcon   1   1       2
Prairie Falcon             2  
Rails
Clapper Rail 5 2            
Virginia Rail 1 1            
Sora 3 3            
Common Moorhen               1
American Coot 10 25 2   50 20   200
Cranes
Sandhill Crane               25
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover         2     300
Killdeer 2             25
Oystercatchers, Stilts & Avocets
Black Oystercatcher         2 2    
Black-necked Stilt 18 25           200
American Avocet 75 60           50
Sandpipers
Greater Yellowlegs   10           3
Lesser Yellowlegs               1
Willet 150 50     60 15    
Spotted Sandpiper 1              
Whimbrel         1 1    
Long-billed Curlew         1     30
Marbled Godwit 25 10     400 1100    
Ruddy Turnstone         2 (2)    
Black Turnstone   3     35 15    
Sanderling         50 6    
Western Sandpiper         45      
Least Sandpiper               20
Dunlin         15 (150) 30  
Long-billed Dowitcher * 3 40            
Wilson's Snipe   1           1
Gulls & Terns
Bonaparte's Gull               10
Mew Gull 1       25 20    
Ring-billed Gull 15 10     12 12   3
California Gull         4 2    
Herring Gull               2
Western Gull 4 1     50 35    
Glaucous-winged Gull 25 15     6 10    
Forster's Tern         6 20    
Pigeons & Doves
Mourning Dove     10 3     10 4
Cuckoos
Greater Roadrunner             1  
Owls
Barn Owl             1  
Great Horned Owl               5
Long-eared Owl             6  
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird     3 2     2  
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher 1         1   1
Woodpeckers
Acorn Woodpecker     4 1     2  
Red-breasted Sapsucker     (1)          
Nuttall's Woodpecker     1 1       1
Downy Woodpecker     2         1
Hairy Woodpecker     1 hrd        
Northern Flicker   1 hrd 2     1  
Flycatchers
Black Phoebe 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 5
Say's Phoebe             6 1
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike             3 5
Vireos
Hutton's Vireo     2          
Corvids
Steller's Jay     hrd 2        
Western Scrub Jay     5 7   2 3  
Yellow-billed Magpie             4  
American Crow 12 5     4   2 80
Common Raven     2 2     25  
Larks
Horned Lark             150  
Swallows
Tree Swallow             1 50
Cliff Swallow               1
Titmice, Nuthatches, Chickadees, etc.
Chestnut-backed Chickadee     3 4        
Oak Titmouse     2 3     2  
Bushtit 30 15 16 6       50
White-breasted Nuthatch             2  
Brown Creeper     2          
Wrens
Bewick's Wren     hrd hrd     1  
Marsh Wren 2 4           15
Thrushes, Gnatcatchers
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     5 2       1
Western Bluebird     6 5     5  
Mountain Bluebird             3  
Hermit Thrush       hrd     6  
American Robin     1          
Thrashers & Mockingbirds
Northern Mockingbird 1 2           1
California Thrasher     1 hrd     1  
Starlings & Pipits
European Starling     4 10 25   30 x
American Pipit             20 30
Waxwings, Silky Flycatchers
Cedar Waxwing   15            
Phainopepla             4  
Warblers, Tanager
Orange-corwned Warbler               1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 2 15 20 30 20 5 20
Common Yellowthroat 2 4           2
Buntings, Sparrows, Grosbeaks
Spotted Towhee     2          
California Towhee 2 2 6 6 2      
Lark Sparrow             15  
Savannah Sparrow 8           50 100
Fox Sparrow       hrd       (1)
Song Sparrow 3 1     1   1 5
Lincoln's Sparrow               2
White-crowned Sparrow 8 10 30 4 2   25 50
Golden-crowned Sparrow   5 1 2 8      
Dark-eyed Junco     4          
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird             many 100
Tri-colored Blackbird             300  
Western Meadowlark             20 40
Brewer's Blackbird         150 2 many 100
Finches
Purple Finch       3        
House Finch 4 15   4     50 30
Lesser Goldfinch     10 4        
American Goldfinch     1 5        
Weavers
House Sparrow               40
                 
TOTAL 51 54 46 40 50 44 58 70

Total species seen during quarter: 157
*  Asterisk indicates at least one Dowitcher id'd ; otherwise interpret as "species"
()  Seen only by instructor, or only by a student

Last Updated on 2/1/2009
by Bob