BIRD COUNT SURVEYS


Snowy egrets make a splash (Photo: B. Wechter)

e-Bird reports

Since March 2010, our monthly bird count results are 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.