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e-Bird reports

Beginning March 2010, our monthly bird count results are being recorded in the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's ebird global database system. In this way, the good work of our dedicated birders can support ongoing scientific research conducted by this prestigious institution.

(All reports are in Adobe PDF format.)

2010

March 8

Historical Archives

December 14, 2009

(This month's data will be compiled into the table at a later date. We're looking into embracing the www.ebird.org system.)

red-throated loon, Pacific loon, common loon, pied-billed grebe, western grebe, black-vented shearwater, brown pelican, double-crested cormorant, Brandt's cormorant, pelagic cormorant, great blue heron, great egret, snowy egret, black-crowned night-heron, white-faced ibis, brant, Canada goose, green-winged teal, mallard, northern pintail, blue-winged teal, cinnamon teal, northern shoveler, gadwall, American wigeon, canvasback, lesser scaup, surf scoter, bufflehead, hooded merganser, ruddy duck, osprey, white-tailed kite, northern harrier, Cooper's hawk, red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, American kestrel, merlin, peregrine falcon, Virginia rail, sora, common moorhen, American coot, black-bellied plover, semipalmated plover, killdeer, black-necked stilt, American avocet, greater yellowlegs, willet, spotted sandpiper, whimbrel, long-billed curlew, marbled godwit, sanderling, western sandpiper, least sandpiper, short-billed dowitcher, long-billed dowitcher, jaeger sp., Heermann's gull, ring-billed gull, California gull, western gull, royal tern, Forster's tern, rock dove, mourning dove, white-throated swift, Anna's hummingbird, Allen's hummingbird, Selasphorus sp. hummingbird, belted kingfisher, Nuttall's woodpecker, downy woodpecker, northern flicker, black phoebe, Say's phoebe, Cassin's kingbird, tree swallow, western scrub jay, American crow, common raven, bushtit, Bewick's wren, house wren, marsh wren, ruby-crowned kinglet, blue-gray gnatcatcher, California gnatcatcher, western bluebird, hermit thrush, wrentit, northern mockingbird, California thrasher, American pipit, European starling, orange-crowned warbler, Audubon's yellow-rumped warbler, myrtle yellow-rumped warbler, common yellowthroat, spotted towhee, California towhee, lark sparrow, Belding's savannah sparrow, migrant savannah sparrow, song sparrow, Lincoln's sparrow, golden-crowned sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, red-winged blackbird, western meadowlark, great-tailed grackle, house finch, lesser goldfinch, American goldfinch, house sparrow.

 

11/09
Common Name  
Red-throated Loon  
Pacific Loon x
Common Loon x
Pied-billed Grebe x
Red-necked Grebe  
Horned Grebe  
Eared Grebe x
Western Grebe x
Clark's Grebe  
Northern Fulmar  
Pink-footed Shearwater  
Buller's Shearwater  
Sooty Shearwater  
Short-tailed Shearwater  
Black-vented Shearwater  
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel  
Black Storm-Petrel  
Masked Booby  
American White Pelican  
Brown Pelican x
Brandt's Cormorant x
Double-crested Cormorant x
Pelagic Cormorant  
Magnificent Frigatebird  
American Bittern  
Least Bittern  
Great Blue Heron x
Great Egret x
Snowy Egret x
Little Blue Heron x
Tricolored Heron  
Reddish Egret  
Cattle Egret  
Green Heron  
Black-crowned Night-Heron x
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  
White-faced Ibis x
Wood Stork  
Greater Flamingo*  
Fulvous Whistling-Duck*  
Bean Goose*  
Greater White-fronted Goose  
Snow Goose  
Ross's Goose  
Canada Goose  
Cackling Goose  
Brant  
Mute Swan*  
Tundra Swan  
Common Shelduck*  
Wood Duck  
Gadwall x
Eurasian Wigeon  
American Wigeon x
Mallard x
Blue-winged Teal x
Cinnamon Teal x
Northern Shoveler x
Northern Pintail x
Green-winged Teal x
Canvasback  
Redhead  
Ring-necked Duck  
Tufted Duck (hybrid)  
Greater Scaup  
Lesser Scaup  
Surf Scoter  
White-winged Scoter  
Long-tailed Duck  
Bufflehead x
Common Goldeneye  
Hooded Merganser  
Common Merganser  
Red-breasted Merganser  
Ruddy Duck x
Turkey Vulture  
Osprey x
White-tailed Kite x
Bald Eagle  
Northern Harrier  
Sharp-shinned Hawk x
Cooper's Hawk x
Red-shouldered Hawk x
Red-tailed Hawk x
Ferruginous Hawk  
Rough-legged Hawk  
Golden Eagle  
American Kestrel x
Merlin x
Peregrine Falcon  
Prairie Falcon  
Ring-necked Pheasant*  
Common Peafowl*  
California Quail  
Black Rail  
Clapper Rail x
Virginia Rail x
Sora x
Common Moorhen  
American Coot x
Sandhill Crane  
Black-bellied Plover x
Pacific Golden-Plover  
Snowy Plover x
Semipalmated Plover x
Killdeer x
Black-necked Stilt x
American Avocet  
Greater Yellowlegs x
Lesser Yellowlegs x
Solitary Sandpiper  
Willet x
Wandering Tattler  
Spotted Sandpiper x
Whimbrel x
Long-billed Curlew x
Marbled Godwit x
Ruddy Turnstone  
Black Turnstone x
Surfbird  
Red Knot  
Sanderling x
Semipalmated Sandpiper  
Western Sandpiper x
Least Sandpiper x
Baird's Sandpiper  
Pectoral Sandpiper  
Dunlin x
Curlew Sandpiper  
Stilt Sandpiper  
Ruff  
Short-billed Dowitcher  
Long-billed Dowitcher x
Common Snipe  
Wilson's Phalarope  
Red-necked Phalarope  
Red Phalarope  
Pomarine Jaeger  
Parasitic Jaeger  
Laughing Gull  
Franklin's Gull  
Bonaparte's Gull x
Heermann's Gull x
Mew Gull  
Ring-billed Gull x
California Gull x
Herring Gull  
Thayer's Gull  
Western Gull x
Glaucous-winged Gull  
Glaucous Gull  
Black-legged Kittiwake  
Gull-billed Tern  
Caspian Tern  
Royal Tern  
Elegant Tern  
Sandwich Tern  
Common Tern  
Forster's Tern x
Least Tern  
Black Tern  
Black Skimmer  
Common Murre  
Xantus’ Murrelet  
Ancient Murrelet  
Cassin’s Auklet  
Rhinoceros Auklet  
Rock Dove* x
Band-tailed Pigeon  
Eurasian Collared-Dove  
Spotted Dove*  
White-winged Dove  
Mourning Dove x
Parrot spp.*  
Greater Roadrunner  
Barn Owl  
Great Horned Owl  
Burrowing Owl  
Long-eared Owl  
Short-eared Owl  
Lesser Nighthawk  
Common Poorwill  
Black Swift  
Chimney Swift  
Vaux’s Swift  
White-throated Swift x
Broad-billed Hummingbird  
Black-chinned Hummingbird  
Anna’s Hummingbird x
Costa’s Hummingbird  
Calliope Hummingbird  
Rufous Hummingbird  
Allen’s Hummingbird  
Selasphorous sp. hummingbird  
Belted Kingfisher x
Red-naped Sapsucker  
Red-breasted Sapsucker  
Nuttall’s Woodpecker x
Downy Woodpecker  
Hairy Woodpecker  
Northern Flicker x
Olive-sided Flycatcher  
Western Wood-Pewee  
Willow Flycatcher  
Hammond’s Flycatcher  
Pacific-slope Flycatcher  
Black Phoebe x
Eastern Phoebe  
Say’s Phoebe x
Vermilion Flycatcher  
Ash-throated Flycatcher  
Tropical Kingbird  
Cassin’s Kingbird x
Western Kingbird  
Eastern Kingbird  
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  
Loggerhead Shrike  
Bell’s Vireo  
Plumbeous Vireo  
Cassin’s Vireo  
Hutton’s Vireo  
Warbling Vireo  
Black-throated Magpie-Jay*  
Western Scrub-Jay x
American Crow x
Common Raven x
Horned Lark  
Purple Martin  
Tree Swallow x
Violet-green Swallow x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x
Bank Swallow  
Cliff Swallow  
Barn Swallow  
Mountain Chickadee  
Verdin  
Bushtit x
Red-breasted Nuthatch  
White-breasted Nuthatch  
Cactus Wren  
Rock Wren  
Bewick’s Wren x
House Wren x
Marsh Wren x
Golden-crowned Kinglet  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x
California Gnatcatcher x
Western Bluebird x
Mountain Bluebird  
Townsend’s Solitaire  
Swainson’s Thrush  
Hermit Thrush x
American Robin  
Varied Thrush  
Wrentit x
Northern Mockingbird x
Sage Thrasher  
Brown Thrasher  
Bendire’s Thrasher  
California Thrasher  
European Starling* x
American Pipit x
Cedar Waxwing  
Phainopepla  
Tennessee Warbler  
Orange-crowned Warbler x
Nashville Warbler  
Virginia’s Warbler  
Northern Parula  
Yellow Warbler  
Yellow-rumped Warbler x
     Audubon’s Warbler  
     Myrtle Warbler  
Black-throated Gray Warbler  
Townsend's Warbler x
Hermit Warbler  
Prairie Warbler  
Palm Warbler  
Blackpoll Warbler  
Black-and-white Warbler  
American Redstart  
Prothonotary Warbler  
Northern Waterthrush  
MacGillivray’s Warbler  
Common Yellowthroat x
Wilson’s Warbler  
Yellow-breasted Chat  
Summer Tanager x
Western Tanager  
Green-tailed Towhee  
Spotted Towhee x
California Towhee x
Rufous-crowned Sparrow  
Chipping Sparrow  
Black-chinned Sparrow  
Vesper Sparrow  
Lark Sparrow  
Black-throated Sparrow  
Sage Sparrow  
Savannah Sparrow (migrant) x
     Belding’s Savannah Sparrow x
     Large-billed Savannah Sparrow  
Grasshopper Sparrow  
Fox Sparrow  
Song Sparrow x
Lincoln’s Sparrow x
Swamp Sparrow  
White-throated Sparrow  
White-crowned Sparrow x
Golden-crowned Sparrow  
Harris’ Sparrow  
Dark-eyed Junco  
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  
Black-headed Grosbeak  
Blue Grosbeak  
Lazuli Bunting  
Bobolink  
Red-winged Blackbird x
Tricolored Blackbird  
Western Meadowlark x
Yellow-headed Blackbird  
Brewer’s Blackbird  
Great-tailed Grackle x
Brown-headed Cowbird  
Orchard Oriole  
Hooded Oriole  
Baltimore Oriole  
Bullock’s Oriole  
Scott’s Oriole  
Purple Finch  
House Finch x
Pine Siskin  
Lesser Goldfinch x
Lawrence’s Goldfinch  
American Goldfinch x
House Sparrow* x
Orange Bishop*  
Nutmeg Mannikin*  

 

November 2009

List of Volunteers

Baumgartel, Tom Blackman, Steve Brad, Bob Chaddock, Lori Chamberlain, Sam Crouse, Bob Enns, Christina Espinosa, Janine Free, Peter Ginsburg, Malcolm Hopton, Terry Hunefeld, Jayne Lesley, Jim Pea, Dave Richardson, Sue Sifton, John Skirgaudas, Peter St. Clair, Raydene St. Clair, Elizabeth Venrick, Jim Wilson.

Species List

Commencing November 2009, all species lists are in table format, above.

 

October 2009

List of Volunteers

Maryanne Bache, Dave Billings, Steve Brad, Lori Chamberlain, Dave Cowan, Sam Crouse, Bob Enns, Christina Espinosa, Janine Free, Peter Ginsburg, Linda Jones, Bill Moramarco, Erica Peterson, Kevin Pickard, and Frank Wong

Species List

pied-billed grebe,  brown pelican, double-crested cormorant, Brandt’s cormorant, great blue heron, great egret, snowy egret, little blue heron, black-crowned night-heron, green-winged teal, mallard, northern pintail, blue-winged teal, cinnamon teal, northern shoveler, gadwall, American wigeon, surf scoter, osprey, white-tailed kite, northern harrier, Cooper's hawk, red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, American kestrel, merlin, peregrine falcon, clapper rail, sora, American coot, black-bellied plover, semipalmated plover, killdeer, black-necked stilt, lesser yellowlegs, willet, spotted sandpiper, whimbrel, long-billed curlew, marbled godwit, black turnstone, sanderling, western sandpiper, least sandpiper, Baird’s sandpiper, dowitcher sp., long-billed dowitcher, red-necked phalarope, Heermann's gull, ring-billed gull, California gull, western gull, royal tern, Forster's tern, rock dove, mourning dove, Vaux's swift, white-throated swift, Anna's hummingbird, Selasphorus sp. hummingbird, belted kingfisher, Nuttall's woodpecker, downy woodpecker, empid sp., black phoebe, Say's phoebe, Cassin's kingbird, rough-winged swallow, barn swallow, western scrub jay, American crow, common raven, bushtit, Bewick's wren, house wren, marsh wren, blue-gray gnatcatcher, California gnatcatcher, western bluebird, wrentit, northern mockingbird, California thrasher, American pipit, European starling, orange-crowned warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, Townsend’s warbler, common yellowthroat, western tanager, spotted towhee, California towhee, Belding's savannah sparrow, migrant savannah sparrow, song sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, red-winged blackbird, western meadowlark, house finch, lesser goldfinch, house sparrow

 

September 2009

List of Volunteers

Mona Baumgartel, Steve Brad, Bob Chaddock, Sam Crouse, Margaret Elman, Bob Enns, Janine Free, Tara Fuad, Linda Jones, Nancy Jong, Jayne Lesley, Sara Baase Mayers, Bill Moramarco, Steve Perry, Ericka Peterson, Betsy Rudee, Peter St. Clair, Raydene St. Clair, Elizabeth Venrick. 

Species List

pied-billed grebe, sooty shearwater, brown pelican, double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, great egret, snowy egret, little blue heron, green heron, mallard, northern pintail, blue-winged teal, cinnamon teal, northern shoveler, gadwall, American wigeon, osprey, white-tailed kite, Cooper's hawk, red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, American kestrel, California quail, clapper rail, American coot, black-bellied plover, snowy plover, semipalmated plover, killdeer, black-necked stilt, greater yellowlegs, willet, spotted sandpiper, whimbrel, long-billed curlew, marbled godwit, black turnstone, red knot, sanderling, western sandpiper, least sandpiper, short-billed dowitcher, long-billed dowitcher, red-necked phalarope, Heermann's gull, ring-billed gull, California gull, western gull, royal tern, elegant tern, Forster's tern, rock dove, mourning dove, Vaux's swift, Anna's hummingbird, Selasphorus sp. hummingbird, belted kingfisher, Nuttall's woodpecker, downy woodpecker, western wood-peewee, black phoebe, Say's phoebe, Cassin's kingbird, tree swallow, rough-winged swallow, cliff swallow, barn swallow, western scrub jay, American crow, common raven, bushtit, Bewick's wren, house wren, marsh wren, California gnatcatcher, western bluebird, wrentit, northern mockingbird, California thrasher, European starling, Hutton's vireo, orange-crowned warbler, common yellowthroat, spotted towhee, California towhee, Belding's savannah sparrow, migrant savannah sparrow, song sparrow, red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, hooded oriole, house finch, lesser goldfinch, American goldfinch, house sparrow, nutmeg mannikin.

 

August 2009

List of Volunteers

Maryanne Bache, Dave Billings, Steve Brad, Sam Crouse, Gail DeLalla, Bob Enns, Janine Free, Peter Ginsburg, Scott Hampton, Jayne Lesley, Sara Baase Mayers, Jim Wilson, Frank Wong, Paul Zucker.

Species List

pied-billed grebe, sooty shearwater, brown pelican, double-crested cormorant, Brandt's cormorant, great blue heron, great egret, snowy egret, little blue heron, black-crowned night-heron, white-faced ibis, mallard, gadwall, osprey, white-tailed kite, Cooper's hawk, red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, American kestrel, California quail, clapper rail, Virginia rail, common moorhen, American coot, black-bellied plover, snowy plover, semipalmated plover, killdeer, black-necked stilt, American avocet, greater yellowlegs, willet, spotted sandpiper, whimbrel, long-billed curlew, marbled godwit, black turnstone, sanderling, western sandpiper, least sandpiper, short-billed dowitcher, long-billed dowitcher, Heermann's gull, ring-billed gull, California gull, western gull, Caspian tern, royal tern, elegant tern, least tern, black skimmer, rock dove, mourning dove, white-throated swift, black-chinned hummingbird, Anna's hummingbird, rufous hummingbird, Allen's hummingbird, Nuttall's woodpecker, downy woodpecker, Pacific slope flycatcher, black phoebe, Say's phoebe, Cassin's kingbird, tree swallow, rough-winged swallow, cliff swallow, barn swallow, western scrub jay, American crow, common raven, bushtit, Bewick's wren, house wren, marsh wren, California gnatcatcher, wrentit, northern mockingbird, California thrasher, European starling, orange-crowned warbler, yellow warbler, American redstart, common yellowthroat, black-headed grosbeak, rose-breasted grosbeak, spotted towhee, California towhee, Belding's savannah sparrow, song sparrow, red-winged blackbird, hooded oriole, house finch, lesser goldfinch, American goldfinch, house sparrow, nutmeg mannikin + ash-throated flycather.

 

July 2009

List of Volunteers

Mona Baumgartel, Dave Billings, Steve Brad, Bob Chaddock, Lori Chamberlain, Gail DeLalla, Christina Espinosa, Janine Free, Peter Ginsburg, Linda Jones, Jayne Lesley, Andy Mauro, & Elizabeth Venrick.

Species List

pied-billed grebe, pink-footed shearwater, brown pelican, double-crested cormorant, Brandt's cormorant, least bittern, great blue heron, great egret, snowy egret, green heron, black-crowned night-heron, white-faced ibis, mallard, cinnamon teal, gadwall, osprey, white-tailed kite, Cooper's hawk, red-tailed hawk, American kestrel, California quail, clapper rail, Virginia rail, common moorhen, black-bellied plover, snowy plover, semipalmated plover, killdeer, black-necked stilt, American avocet, greater yellowlegs, willet, spotted sandpiper, whimbrel, long-billed curlew, marbled godwit, western sandpiper, least sandpiper, long-billed dowitcher, Heermann's gull, ring-billed gull, California gull, western gull, Caspian tern, royal tern, elegant tern, Forster's tern, least tern, black skimmer, rock dove, Eurasian collared-dove, mourning dove, white-throated swift, black-chinned hummingbird, Anna's hummingbird, rufous hummingbird, Allen's hummingbird, Nuttall's woodpecker, western wood-peewee, Pacific slope flycatcher, black phoebe, Say's phoebe, Cassin's kingbird, tree swallow, rough-winged swallow, cliff swallow, barn swallow, western scrub jay, American crow, common raven, bushtit, Bewick's wren, house wren, marsh wren, California gnatcatcher, wrentit, northern mockingbird, California thrasher, European starling, orange-crowned warbler, yellow warbler, common yellowthroat, yellow-breasted chat, black-headed grosbeak, blue grosbeak, spotted towhee, California towhee, Belding's savannah sparrow, song sparrow, red-winged blackbird, great-tailed grackle, brown-headed cowbird, hooded oriole, house finch, lesser goldfinch, American goldfinch, house sparrow, orange bishop, nutmeg mannikin.

June 2009

List of Volunteers

Steve Brad, Dagni Bredesen, Bob Chaddock, Lori Chamberlain, Sam Crouse, Kathy Dickey, Bob Enns, Janine Free, Steve Huang, Bill & Nancy Jones, Jayne Lesley, Andy Mauro, John Top, Elizabeth Venrick, Jim Wilson.

Species List

common loon, pied-billed grebe, sooty shearwater, black storm-petrel, brown pelican, double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, great egret, snowy egret, green heron, black-crowned night-heron, white-faced ibis, mallard, cinnamon teal, northern shoveler, gadwall, osprey, white-tailed kite, Cooper's hawk, red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, American kestrel, California quail, clapper rail, Virginia rail, common moorhen, American coot, black-bellied plover, killdeer, black-necked stilt, American avocet, willet, spotted sandpiper, whimbrel, long-billed curlew, long-billed dowitcher, red-necked phalarope, Bonaparte's gull, Heermann's gull, California gull, western gull, Caspian tern, royal tern, Forster's tern, least tern, black skimmer, rock dove, Eurasian collared-dove, mourning dove, white-throated swift, black-chinned hummingbird, Anna's hummingbird, Selasphorus sp., Nuttall's woodpecker, downy woodpecker, Pacific slope flycatcher, black phoebe, Cassin's kingbird, tree swallow, rough-winged swallow, cliff swallow, scrub jay, American crow, common raven, bushtit, Bewick's wren, house wren, marsh wren, California gnatcatcher, western bluebird, American robin, wrentit, northern mockingbird, California thrasher, European starling, Hutton's vireo, orange-crowned warbler, yellow warbler, common yellowthroat, yellow-breasted chat, black-headed grosbeak, spotted towhee, California towhee, Belding's savannah sparrow, song sparrow, red-winged blackbird, Brewer's blackbird, great-tailed grackle, brown-headed cowbird, hooded oriole, house finch, lesser goldfinch, American goldfinch, house sparrow.

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