Swans, Geese, Ducks
Canada Goose 10 x,y     30,y 20    
Gadwall 20 x     6 3    
American Wigeon 2       2      
Mallard 20 x     20 10 14,y 12
Cinnamon Teal 1m x     10,y 4    
Northern Shoveler 10 x     5 3    
Northern Pintail 2 2            
Canvasback 1f              
Redhead   4            
Greater Scaup 10              
Lesser Scaup 1m x            
Surf Scoter               15
Ruddy Duck 30 bp x     2 bp   6,c 6
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
California Quail     hrd hrd        
Ring-necked Pheasant         hrd      
Wild Turkey     hrd          
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe         4 3 2 3
Eared Grebe 2 bp 4            
Clark's Grebe             6,c 8
Pelicans
American White Pelican         15 3    
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant 3 x     3 4 30,n,y 30,n
Herons & Egrets; Ibis
Great Blue Heron         2 2 7,n 8,n
Great Egret 1 x     3 1    
Snowy Egret   x     1      
Green Heron           1 2 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 x     4 3    
American Vultures
Turkey Vulture 2 x     1 5    
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Osprey             1, fish 2
White-tailed Kite         1 4    
Northern Harrier         5 2    
Cooper's Hawk         1 imm      
Red-shouldered Hawk           hrd 2,n,y 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1 juv 1 juv 1 1   4 1 1
American Kestrel     2,n 1,mouse        
Rails
Sora         hrd      
Common Gallinule         3 2    
American Coot 8 x     20 3 6 5
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover                
Snowy Plover 3              
Semipalmated Plover 15 10            
Killdeer 6 4     1 5 cp    
Oystercatchers, Stilts & Avocets
Black Oystercatcher                
Black-necked Stilt 8 n x     6      
American Avocet 40 bp, cp x     30      
Sandpipers
Greater Yellowlegs           2    
Willet 4              
Long-billed Curlew                
Marbled Godwit 60 10            
Black Turnstone                
Western Sandpiper 6 bp 12            
Least Sandpiper   8            
Dunlin 50 bp 3            
Short-billed Dowitcher 10 bp 8            
Long-billed Dowitcher 1 bp 6            
Red-necked Phalarope 350 bp 300         1  
Gulls & Terns
Bonaparte's Gull         2 2 4  
Ring-billed Gull 1              
California Gull   x     4 5 1 3
Herring Gull                
Western Gull   x     10 25 50,c 40
Glaucous-winged Gull             1  
Least Tern 4 c 6            
Caspian Tern               1
Black Tern   23            
Forster's Tern 100 c x       (1)    
Black Skimmer 4 4            
Alcids
Pigeon Guillemot               2
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon   x       2 40 25
Band-tailed Pigeon     5 5        
Mourning Dove     hrd hrd 4 2 2 2
Owls
Great Horned Owl         3,y,n 3,y,n    
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird     3 10 4 8 5 8
Allen's Hummingbird       1m   1 3,c 4
Woodpeckers
Nuttall's Woodpecker     hrd 1 2,n 1,y,n    
Hairy Woodpecker               3,n
Northern Flicker       (hrd)        
Flycatchers
Pacific-slope Flycatcher     1,s hrd hrd 3    
Black Phoebe       1 1 3 8,y 6
Vireos
Hutton's Vireo       hrd   1    
Corvids
Steller's Jay       3        
Western Scrub Jay     hrd 2 3 4 2 4
American Crow 2 x       2 1 2
Common Raven     4   hrd   8 20
Swallows
Tree Swallow     2   10 25 40 30
Bank Swallow             30,n 15,n
Cliff Swallow 100 n x         25 15
Barn Swallow 35 x     4 10 5 5
Titmice,  Chickadees, etc.
Chestnut-backed Chickadee     4 10   4 6,y 10
Bushtit     hrd 6 4 8 5, cf 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch                
Pygmy Nuthatch       hrd     6, n 5,n
Brown Creeper       hrd        
Wrens
Bewick's Wren       3 1,s 3 hrd  
House Wren       1 3,s 1   1
Marsh Wren 20 n,s x     6+,s   8, s 8
Thrushes, Gnatcatchers
Western Bluebird       3 ad 1y        
Swainson'sThrush           1 hrd  
American Robin       hrd   2 2 3
Wrentit
Wrentit     2+ s 6 hrd        
Starlings & Pipits
European Starling   x 4 x 5 6 10 10
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing       8        
Warblers, Tanager
Orange-crowned Warbler     2+ s 2++s        
Common Yellowthroat         2,s 6 4, s 4
Wilson's Warbler     2+ s hrd   hrd 6, s 6
Buntings, Sparrows, Grosbeaks
Spotted Towhee     hrd 8 3,s 3    
Rufous-crowned Sparrow     1+ s          
California Towhee     2 4 4 2   2
Lark Sparrow     2,cp, nm          
Savannah Sparrow 20 s x            
Fox Sparrow                
Song Sparrow 3 s x 5+ s 6 4,s 10 5, s 10
Lincoln's Sparrow                
White-crowned Sparrow             6, s 16, fy
Golden-crowned Sparrow                
Dark-eyed Junco     2+ s 10 hrd 2   4
Western Tanager         2m      
Black-headed Grosbeak     hrd s hrd s        
Lazuli Bunting     3,s 6 s        
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird 1f x     4+,s 10 5 5
Western Meadowlark                
Yellow-headed Blackbird 4f 5f            
Brewer's Blackbird         2 5 10, cf 20
Great-tailed Grackle   1m     3, cp 2   1
Brown-headed Cowbird         1m 1 2 3
Bullock's Oriole         1f 4,n    
Finches
Purple Finch     hrd, s hrd, s       2
House Finch   x   5 1 4 6 6
Lesser Goldfinch     hrd 5   2 1 5
American Goldfinch     3          
Weavers
House Sparrow                
                 
TOTAL 42 46 29 36 55 58 47 49

Total species seen during quarter: 119
*  Asterisk indicates at least one Dowitcher id'd ; otherwise interpret as "species"
()  Seen only by instructor, or only by a student

cp=copulation, n=nest, bp=breeding (alternate) plumage, f=female, m=male, c=courtship display, s=singing
nm=nest material, cf = carrying food

Last Updated on 5/27/2012
by Bob