Swans, Geese, Ducks
Canada Goose
 
4,y
 
 
 
 
Bassetts BB  .
Gadwall     6        
Mallard     6 3      
Cinnamon Teal     2        
Northern Shoveler     1        
Northern Pintail     8        
Green-winged Teal         1    
Redhead     4        
Bufflehead         1f    
Ruddy Duck     3        
Grouse, Quail
Mountain Quail hrd     hrd   hrd  
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe     1   1    
Pelicans
American White Pelican     1 10      
Herons & Egrets; Ibis
Black-crowned Night-Heron     2        
American Bittern     4+        
White-faced Ibis   6 75        
American Vultures
Turkey Vulture 1   2 1 1 1  
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Osprey     2 1      
Northern Harrier     2        
Golden Eagle     1        
Swainson's Hawk 1   3        
Red-tailed Hawk     2   1    
Falcons
American Kestrel     (1)        
Peregrine Falcon   1         Eddie
Prairie Falcon     1       Bob
Rails
American Coot     20,y        
Sora     hrd        
Cranes
Sandhill Crane     2        
Plovers
Killdeer     4   1    
Oystercatchers, Stilts & Avocets
American Avocet     15,y        
Black-necked Stilt     12,y        
Sandpipers
Willet   2 8 2      
Long-billed Curlew     ()       Eddie and Noreen
Spotted Sandpiper   1     1    
Wilson's Snipe   () (1) hrd 2      
Wilson's Phalarope   1 8        
Gulls & Terns
Ring-billed Gull   4          
California Gull   2          
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon   2          
Band-tailed Pigeon   2     1    
Eurasian Collared Dove   2         Eddie
Mourning Dove   2   2      
Owls
Northern Pygmy Owl   (1)         Eddie and Noreen
Short-eared Owl   1 4        
Goatsuckers
Common Nighthawk       1      
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird           1  
Calliope Hummingbird       3   3  
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher   2          
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker   1          
Black-backed Woodpecker 1           Mary at Pass
Red-breasted Sapsucker   2     3 2  
Hairy Woodpecker 1 1     3    
White-headed W'pecker 2       2 1  
Northern Flicker   4   2   1n  
Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1       1 1  
Western Wood-Pewee 2,n 3   3 3 3  
Hammond's Flycatcher         1    
Dusky Flycatcher 1       1 3  
Gray Flycatcher         1    
Western Kingbird 1 2          
Vireos
Cassin's Vireo 2            
Warbling Vireo (1) hrd   hrd hrd 1 Jan
Corvids
Steller's Jay 1     1   2  
Western Scrub Jay   3         Woodhouse's race
Black-billed Magpie   8   3   ()  
American Crow   1     1 ()  
Common Raven     6 1   3  
Larks
Horned Lark   2 10        
Swallows
Tree Swallow 2       3 4  
Violet-green Swallow         1   en route to PlumasEureka
Cliff Swallow     200        
Barn Swallow   2   2      
N Rough-winged         1    
Titmice, Chickadees, etc.
Mountain Chickadee 3     2 1 3  
Bushtit   1         Bob
Red-breasted Nuthatch hrd     1   hrd  
White-breasted Nuthatch       1      
Brown Creeper hrd     2 hrd hrd  
Wrens
Marsh Wren   3,n          
House Wren   1   1      
Dippers
American Dipper (1)       1,n   Mary and Steve
Thrushes, Gnatcatchers 
Golden-crowned Kinglet Hrd       hrd    
Townsend's Solitaire 1     hrd     Stone wall road
Swainson's Thrush       hrd      
Hermit Thrush Hrd       hrd    
Mountain Bluebird   4       ()  
Western Bluebird   ()         Eddie and Noreen
American Robin 8     2 3 4  
Thrashers & Mockingbirds
Sage Thrasher     3        
Starlings & Pipits
European Starling   6 8 4      
Warblers, Tanager
Orange-crowned Warbler   hrd     1    
Nashville Warbler 1            
Yellow Warbler 1 2     2 10  
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 hrd     2 2  
Hermit Warbler 2       1    
MacGillivray's Warbler         hrd 2  
Wilson's Warbler 3 hrd     2 4  
Western Tanager 2     2 4 3  
Buntings, Sparrows, Grosbeaks
Green-tailed Towhee   2   1   2  
Spotted Towhee   1     hrd    
Chipping Sparrow   1   1 1   Eddie
Brewer's Sparrow   2 3        
Vesper Sparrow     1        
Fox Sparrow 1 2       12  
Song Sparrow         hrd hrd  
Savannah Sparrow     6        
Dark-eyed Junco 2     4   6  
White-crowned Sparrow       1      
Lincoln's Sparrow         hrd    
Lazuli bunting   2       1  
Black-headed Grosbeak   3     1f    
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird   20 5   4    
Western Meadowlark   5 10 1      
Yellow-headed Blackbird   1 15        
Brewer's Blackbird   4 15 2 4 3  
Great-tailed Grackle     2        
Brown-headed Cowbird   2   3      
Finches
Cassin's Finch 15       4 2  
House Finch     1        
Purple Finch         2    
Pine Siskin 6       1 2  
Lesser Goldfinch 2 hrd   2      
Evening Grosbeak 2     8     SFSU
Weavers
House Sparrow   4   2      
               
TOTAL 34 50 43 37 44 34  

Total species seen during trip: 124
()  Seen only by instructor, or only by a student; 

** County Names include the following sites:  Sierra:  Yuba Pass  (6/16);
S. Sierra Valley and Smithneck Rd (6/17); Carman Valley (6/18);Sardine Lake (6/19);
Plumas: N. Sierra Valley (6/17); Plumas-Eureka SP and Lake Madora (6/18)

Last Updated on 6/18/2011
by Bob