Swans, Geese, Ducks
Canada Goose   4        
Gadwall     2   2    
Mallard   1     2    
Cinnamon Teal   2         Harriot
Northern Shoveler              
Northern Pintail              
Redhead              
Common Merganser              
Ruddy Duck   1          
Grouse, Quail
Mountain Quail 1            
California Quail   1         Smithneck
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe   hrd     2,y    
Pelicans,Cormorants
American White Pelican 40 1         Yuba Pass
Herons & Egrets; Ibis
American Bittern   6     hrd   Valley
Great Blue Heron   1          
Great Egret   1     1   Eddie
Black-crowned Night-Heron   1     1   Smithneck! 
White-faced Ibis   10 6   300    
American Vultures2
Turkey Vulture1 1 1   1      
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Osprey     1 2      
Bald Eagle              
Northern Harrier              
Cooper's Hawk 1            
Swainson's Hawk   2 1,n     1 Hariot Lane
Red-tailed Hawk   2       2  
Falcons
American Kestrel   1         Smithneck 
Rails
Virginia Rail              
Sora              
American Coot   3,y     4    
Cranes
Sandhill Crane   4,y     2,y   one young bird
Plovers
Killdeer   4          
Oystercatchers, Stilts & Avocets
Black-necked Stilt   1         from Hariot
American Avocet     3       Roberti Ranch
Sandpipers
Willet   4          
Long-billed Curlew              
Wilson's Snipe   4     2+   Lemon Canyon
Wilson's Phalarope   3         Hariot 
Gulls & Terns
Ring-billed Gull              
California Gull              
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon   x          
Band-tailed Pigeon       2   4  
Mourning Dove   2       2  
Owls
Northern Pygmy Owl           1 Carman Valley
Goatsuckers
Common Nighthawk         2 3 Valley, night
Common Poorwill   hrd         night, overlook
Swifts
Vaux's Swift       2     Sand Pond
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird       2     Bassetts Feeders
Calliope Hummingbird       3     Bassetts Feeders
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher              
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker   3         Smithneck 
Williamson's Sapsucker 2,n     2,n     Pass; Snag Lake
Red-breasted Sapsucker 4,n 1   1     Pass, Campus
Hairy Woodpecker   1       2,n Campus 
White-headed Woodpecker 2,n 2   1   1 Campus- Ants!
Black-backed Woodpecker       2,n     Snag Lake
Northern Flicker   1       1  
Pileated Woodpecker       hrd      
Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher              
Western Wood-Pewee   2   1   3,n  
Hammond's Flycatcher   2   1     Pass
Dusky Flycatcher   1   1      
Gray Flycatcher       1   1 Mountain Quail Rd
Black Phoebe         (1)   Graeagle
Western Kingbird   2,n         Hariot Lane
Vireos
Cassin's Vireo       hrd   2  
Warbling Vireo   2   2   hrd Campus
Corvids
Steller's Jay   1   2   2  
Western Scrub Jay   1          
Black-billed Magpie   5          
Common Raven   2   2   4  
Larks
Horned Lark   5 4        
Swallows
Tree Swallow 8           Lodge
Violet-green Swallow              
N Rough-winged Swallow           1 Carman Valley
Cliff Swallow   40     100    
Barn Swallow   15     15    
Titmice, Chickadees, etc.
Mountain Chickadee 2,n     4,n   4  
Red-breasted Nuthatch   hrd   2,n   1  
White-breasted Nuthatch   1         lodge
Pygmy Nuthatch           1  
Brown Creeper       1   1 Snag Lake
Wrens
Rock Wren       1     Upper Sardine
House Wren           1 Graeagle
Marsh Wren   1     hrd    
Dippers
American Dipper   1         Campus 
Thrushes, Gnatcatchers
Golden-crowned Kinglet           1 Eddie
Western Bluebird              
Mountain Bluebird   2         49/89 Intersection
Swainson's Thrush   hrd          
Hermit Thrush              
American Robin   4   4   4  
Thrashers & Mockingbirds
Sage Thrasher   2         Feather River Cons. Area
Starlings & Pipits
European Starling   6   2   4  
Warblers, Tanager
Orange-crowned Warbler       6      
Nashville Warbler       2      
Yellow Warbler   1   5      
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1     1   1  
Hermit Warbler 1            
MacGillivray's Warbler       1     Sardine Lk Don
Wilson's Warbler 1     1      
Western Tanager 2 1   2   1  
Buntings, Sparrows, Grosbeaks
Green-tailed Towhee       1   3 Sardine Lake
Spotted Towhee   hrd   1   1  
Chipping Sparrow   2   1   2 Snag Lake
Brewer's Sparrow   4         Feather River
Vesper Sparrow   2          
Savannah Sparrow              
Fox Sparrow 2     10   1  
Song Sparrow       1   1 Sardine Lake
Lincoln's Sparrow 1           Yuba Pass
Dark-eyed Junco       1   2  
Black-headed Grosbeak   2         Smithneck 
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird   15     x    
Western Meadowlark   4   2   1  
Yellow-headed Blackbird   20     30    
Brewer's Blackbird   30     x    
Brown-headed Cowbird   5          
Bullock's Oriole   2          
Finches
Pine Grosbeak hrd            
Purple Finch 2 2   2   2  
Cassin's Finch 10     10   3 Pass
House Finch   1          
Pine Siskin 3     4      
Lesser Goldfinch   1       1 Smithneck 
American Goldfinch              
Evening Grosbeak   6   6      
Weavers
House Sparrow   2          
               
TOTAL 19 70 6 43 18 36  

Total species seen during trip: 109

()  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 (6/19); Sierra Valley (6/20,21); Carman Valley (6/22);
Sardine & Snag Lake (6/21);   Plumas: N. Sierra Valley (6/20,21)

Last Updated on 7/2/2008
by Bob