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  1. 2010 big year (long) LINK
    DATE: Jan 3, 2011 @ 7:07pm, 14 year(s) ago
    Calbirders,
    In 2010 I fulfilled a long-time goal of doing a big year in California.
    The year ended with 444 species. In addition, I saw 16 non-countable
    species. I birded daily except for March through mid-June due to a
    work-induced hiatus.
    My non-birding friends found some aspects of my big year experience
    humorous, interesting and/or offensive, including:
    * over 32,000 miles driven in the State
    * 18 round-trip plane trips to Northern California from LA
    * 5 unsuccessful trips from LA to Newberry Springs to look for Common
    Grackle (I eventually got a different bird in LA)
    * 2 trips / 4 mostly rainy days spent looking for Brown Shrike
    * 14 unsuccessful trips to La Mirada Creek Park to look for
    Dusky-capped Flycatcher (I got it on my 15th trip. I have no plans to
    ever visit LMCP again.)
    * 4 unsuccessful trips to look for the Pyrrhuloxia
    
    I missed 65 of the 499 countable species reported in eBird this year,
    including some common species:
    * Sooty Grouse
    * 14 pelagic species
    * California Condor
    * Barred Owl
    * Northern Saw-whet Owl
    * Gray Vireo
    * Pine Grosbeak
    I was left with a new appreciation for the heroic effort of the Howes in
    their record big year. I also developed a strong belief that eBird is
    an important and powerful tool for capturing status and distribution
    data. I believe we are just scratching the surface of what that
    database will eventually become. BirdsEye was a great tool for planning
    trips using eBird data.
    Thanks to the many birders who report in eBird or the listservs, and to
    those who provided generous help!
    Below is a list of the birds I observed during the year. Feel free to
    contact me offline if you have any questions or if you would like to
    flame me for my use of fossil fuels.
    Dave Bell
    
    Species observed that appear on the CBRC list of California Birds:
    TAIGA BEAN-GOOSE: IMP Sonny Bono Unit 1 tibg spot 10 Nov 2010Greater
    White-fronted Goose: Davis WTP 09 Jan 2010Snow Goose: Davis WTP 09 Jan
    2010Ross's Goose: Davis WTP 09 Jan 2010Brant: Bolinas Lagoon--IBA 10 Jan
    2010Cackling Goose: Inverness Park 10 Jan 2010Canada Goose: San Diego
    Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Tundra Swan: Davis WTP 09 Jan 2010Wood Duck:
    San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Gadwall: San Diego Wild Animal
    Park 01 Jan 2010Eurasian Wigeon: Bolinas Lagoon--IBA 10 Jan 2010American
    Wigeon: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Mallard: Tijuana
    Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Blue-winged Teal: Yolo Bypass
    Wildlife Area 09 Jan 2010Cinnamon Teal: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01
    Jan 2010Northern Shoveler: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan
    2010Northern Pintail: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Green-winged
    Teal: Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area 09 Jan 2010Canvasback: SOL Lagoon Valley
    park area 06 Jan 2010Redhead: San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary 18 Jan
    2010Ring-necked Duck: Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility 10 Jan
    2010Tufted Duck: Lake Merritt 14 Jan 2010Greater Scaup: Tijuana Slough
    NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Lesser Scaup: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast
    Dr. 01 Jan 2010King Eider: Cabrillo Beach 16 Jan 2010Harlequin Duck: Pt.
    Reyes--Fish Docks 08 Oct 2010Surf Scoter: Venice Beach 03 Jan
    2010White-winged Scoter: Dockweiler SB 10 Feb 2010Black Scoter:
    Dockweiler SB 19 Feb 2010Long-tailed Duck: Malibu Pier 26 Jan
    2010Bufflehead: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Common
    Goldeneye: SOL 7457 Timm rd 05 Jan 2010Barrow's Goldeneye: Lake Merritt
    14 Jan 2010Hooded Merganser: SOL Lagoon Valley park area 06 Jan
    2010Common Merganser: Folsom Lake--Beals Pt. 13 Jan 2010Red-breasted
    Merganser: Playa del Rey--breakwater 03 Jan 2010Ruddy Duck: San Diego
    Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Mountain Quail: RIV Main Divide Truck Trail
    mid 09 Jun 2010California Quail: ALP river ranch rd 12 Jan 2010Gambel's
    Quail: Salton Sea NWR--Unit 2 / Visitor Center 24 Jan 2010Chukar:
    Galileo Hill--Silver Saddle Ranch and Club 08 Dec 2010Ring-necked
    Pheasant: Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area 09 Jan 2010Ruffed Grouse: Redwood
    NP--Tall Trees Rd. 27 Feb 2010Greater Sage-Grouse: Benton Crossing Rd.
    07 Dec 2010Wild Turkey: AMA Ione STP 13 Jan 2010Red-throated Loon:
    Venice Beach 03 Jan 2010Pacific Loon: Venice Beach 03 Jan 2010Common
    Loon: Playa del Rey--breakwater 03 Jan 2010YELLOW-BILLED LOON: Castaic
    Lagoon 27 Mar 2010Pied-billed Grebe: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan
    2010Horned Grebe: Burton W. Chace County Park 03 Jan 2010Red-necked
    Grebe: Lake Merritt 14 Jan 2010Eared Grebe: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast
    Dr. 01 Jan 2010Western Grebe: Burton W. Chace County Park 03 Jan
    2010Clark's Grebe: Candlestick Pt. 07 Jan 2010Laysan Albatross: Arena
    Cove 02 Dec 2010Black-footed Albatross: Offshore--southwest of Pt.
    Conception (SBA Co.) 31 Jul 2010Northern Fulmar: Pt. Loma--nearshore (SD
    Co.) 14 Mar 2010COOK'S PETREL: Offshore--Escarpment between Rodriguez
    and San Juan (SBA Co.) 31 Jul 2010Pink-footed Shearwater: Nine Mile Bank
    (SD Co.) 13 Feb 2010Buller's Shearwater: Offshore--Escarpment between
    Rodriguez and San Juan (SBA Co.) 31 Jul 2010Sooty Shearwater: Nine Mile
    Bank (SD Co.) 13 Feb 2010Short-tailed Shearwater: Monterey Bay pelagic
    (SCZ Co.) 12 Sep 2010Black-vented Shearwater: Pt.
    Vicente--Seawatch/Whalewatch 10 Feb 2010Leach's Storm-Petrel: Santa
    Barbara Channel--west channel (SBA Co.) 31 Jul 2010Ashy Storm-Petrel:
    Santa Barbara Channel--west channel (SBA Co.) 31 Jul 2010Black
    Storm-Petrel: Santa Barbara Channel--west channel (SBA Co.) 31 Jul
    2010Least Storm-Petrel: Monterey Bay pelagic (SCZ Co.) 12 Sep
    2010RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD: Nine Mile Bank (SD Co.) 13 Feb 2010American
    White Pelican: Davis WTP 09 Jan 2010Brown Pelican: Tijuana Slough
    NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Brandt's Cormorant: Tijuana Slough
    NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010NEOTROPIC CORMORANT: Ramer Lake 10 Jul
    2010Double-crested Cormorant: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan
    2010Pelagic Cormorant: Playa del Rey--breakwater 03 Jan 2010American
    Bittern: Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve 16 Jan 2010Least Bittern: Ramer
    Lake 10 Jul 2010Great Blue Heron: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01
    Jan 2010Great Egret: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Snowy
    Egret: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Little Blue Heron:
    Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Reddish Egret: Seal Beach
    NWR 12 Mar 2010Cattle Egret: Finney Lake 24 Jan 2010Green Heron: Salton
    Sea SRA--Headquarters and Campground 25 Jan 2010Black-crowned
    Night-Heron: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Yellow-crowned
    Night-Heron: Imperial Beach Sports Park 14 Feb 2010White-faced Ibis: San
    Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Wood Stork: Salton Sea--Schrimpf Rd.
    Cove 20 Aug 2010BLACK VULTURE: SBA Goleta BLVU roost spot 06 Nov
    2010Turkey Vulture: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Osprey:
    Bolinas Lagoon--IBA 10 Jan 2010White-tailed Kite: SOL 7457 Timm rd 05
    Jan 2010Bald Eagle: ALP indian ck res 12 Jan 2010Northern Harrier:
    Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Sharp-shinned Hawk: San
    Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Cooper's Hawk: ORA back bay at
    jamboree 01 Jan 2010Northern Goshawk: ALP river ranch rd 12 Jan
    2010Red-shouldered Hawk: SOL 7457 Timm rd 05 Jan 2010Broad-winged Hawk:
    Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve 05 Dec 2010Swainson's Hawk: Sacramento
    International Airport 22 Mar 2010Zone-tailed Hawk: San Diego Wild Animal
    Park 14 Feb 2010Red-tailed Hawk: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan
    2010Ferruginous Hawk: SAC lark bunting spot 08 Jan 2010Rough-legged
    Hawk: Foothill Rd. 12 Jan 2010Golden Eagle: SIE sierra valley 12 Jan
    2010CRESTED CARACARA: Smith River Bottoms--southern 01 Dec 2010American
    Kestrel: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Merlin: La Mirada
    Creek Park 16 Jan 2010Peregrine Falcon: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr.
    01 Jan 2010Prairie Falcon: SAC lark bunting spot 08 Jan 2010Black Rail:
    Rush Ranch 03 Dec 2010Clapper Rail: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01
    Jan 2010Virginia Rail: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Sora:
    Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010PURPLE GALLINULE: San
    Gabriel River--Peck Rd. to Whittier Narrows Dam 22 Sep 2010Common
    Moorhen: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010American Coot: San Diego
    Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Sandhill Crane: SAC lark bunting spot 08 Jan
    2010Black-bellied Plover: Napa Valley Marina area 10 Jan 2010Pacific
    Golden-Plover: Shollenberger Park 10 Jan 2010Snowy Plover: Tijuana River
    mouth 14 Feb 2010WILSON'S PLOVER: Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve 13 Apr
    2010Semipalmated Plover: Salton Sea--Lack Rd. at Lindsey Rd. 24 Jan
    2010Killdeer: Candlestick Pt. 07 Jan 2010Mountain Plover: LA 110th k to
    I 28 Nov 2010AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER: Golden Shore Marine Reserve 10 Jun
    2010Black Oystercatcher: Playa del Rey--breakwater 03 Jan
    2010Black-necked Stilt: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010American
    Avocet: Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area 09 Jan 2010Spotted Sandpiper:
    Candlestick Pt. 07 Jan 2010Solitary Sandpiper: Mill Creek--Hellman Ave.
    20 Aug 2010Wandering Tattler: Ballona Creek 18 Feb 2010Greater
    Yellowlegs: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Willet: Tijuana
    Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Lesser Yellowlegs: ORA Bolsa Chica
    05 Apr 2010Whimbrel: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan
    2010Long-billed Curlew: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan
    2010HUDSONIAN GODWIT: Piute Ponds 22 May 2010BAR-TAILED GODWIT: Imperial
    Beach--Camp Surf 03 Aug 2010Marbled Godwit: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast
    Dr. 01 Jan 2010Ruddy Turnstone: Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve 16 Jan
    2010Black Turnstone: Playa del Rey--breakwater 03 Jan 2010Surfbird:
    Playa del Rey--breakwater 03 Jan 2010Red Knot: Bolsa Chica Ecological
    Reserve 22 Jun 2010Sanderling: Playa del Rey--breakwater 03 Jan
    2010Semipalmated Sandpiper: Los Angeles River--Willow St. 27 Jul
    2010Western Sandpiper: Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve 16 Jan 2010Least
    Sandpiper: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Baird's Sandpiper: Los
    Angeles River--Del Amo Blvd. 27 Aug 2010Pectoral Sandpiper: Los Angeles
    River--Willow St. 20 Jul 2010Rock Sandpiper: Humboldt Bay--North Spit 26
    Feb 2010Dunlin: Davis WTP 09 Jan 2010Stilt Sandpiper: Salton Sea--Lack
    Rd. at Lindsey Rd. 24 Jan 2010BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER: Los Angeles
    River--Del Amo Blvd. 28 Aug 2010Ruff: Salton Sea--Schrimpf Rd. at Davis
    Rd. 20 Aug 2010Short-billed Dowitcher: San Diego River--mouth 13 Feb
    2010Long-billed Dowitcher: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan
    2010Wilson's Snipe: Davis WTP 09 Jan 2010Wilson's Phalarope: Lancaster
    Sewage Ponds 22 May 2010Red-necked Phalarope: LA Catalina Channel 02 May
    2010Red Phalarope: LA Catalina Channel 02 May 2010Black-legged
    Kittiwake: Humboldt Bay--South Spit 27 Feb 2010IVORY GULL: SLO Pismo
    Beach at Grand Ave 06 Nov 2010Sabine's Gull: Offshore--southwest of Pt.
    Conception (SBA Co.) 31 Jul 2010Bonaparte's Gull: Ellis Creek Water
    Recycling Facility 10 Jan 2010LITTLE GULL: Lake Perris SP 13 Mar
    2010Laughing Gull: Bonelli Park 19 Jan 2010Franklin's Gull: Lancaster
    Sewage Ponds 22 May 2010BLACK-TAILED GULL: LA W Alamitos Bay, Bayshore
    Dr. 08 Nov 2010Heermann's Gull: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan
    2010Mew Gull: Candlestick Pt. 07 Jan 2010Ring-billed Gull: Tijuana
    Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Western Gull: Tijuana Slough
    NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Yellow-footed Gull: Salton Sea--south end
    24 Jan 2010California Gull: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan
    2010Herring Gull: Davis WTP 09 Jan 2010Thayer's Gull: Davis WTP 09 Jan
    2010LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL: Salton Sea--Obsidian Butte 24 Jan
    2010Glaucous-winged Gull: Candlestick Pt. 07 Jan 2010Glaucous Gull:
    Crescent City Harbor 01 Dec 2010SOOTY TERN: Bolsa Chica Ecological
    Reserve 05 Jul 2010Least Tern: LA Catalina Channel 02 May
    2010Gull-billed Tern: Salton Sea--Lack Rd. at Grubel Rd. seawall 10 Jul
    2010Caspian Tern: Cabrillo Beach 16 Jan 2010Black Tern: Lancaster Sewage
    Ponds 22 May 2010Common Tern: Piute Ponds 22 May 2010Arctic Tern:
    Rodriguez Seamount (SBA Co.) 31 Jul 2010Forster's Tern: Venice Beach 03
    Jan 2010Royal Tern: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Elegant
    Tern: Pt. Loma--nearshore (SD Co.) 14 Mar 2010Black Skimmer: Tijuana
    River mouth 14 Feb 2010South Polar Skua: LA Catalina Channel 02 May
    2010Pomarine Jaeger: Nine Mile Bank (SD Co.) 13 Feb 2010Parasitic
    Jaeger: Nine Mile Bank (SD Co.) 13 Feb 2010Long-tailed Jaeger: Rodriguez
    Seamount (SBA Co.) 31 Jul 2010Common Murre: Chadbourne Gulch 26 Feb
    2010Pigeon Guillemot: Pt. Bonita Lighthouse 24 Jul 2010Marbled Murrelet:
    Chadbourne Gulch 26 Feb 2010Xantus's Murrelet: Nine Mile Bank (SD Co.)
    13 Feb 2010Ancient Murrelet: Imperial Beach Pier 03 Dec 2010Cassin's
    Auklet: Nine Mile Bank (SD Co.) 13 Feb 2010Rhinoceros Auklet: Nine Mile
    Bank (SD Co.) 13 Feb 2010Tufted Puffin: Farallon Islands (SF Co.) 24 Jul
    2010Rock Pigeon: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Band-tailed
    Pigeon: LA Eaton Canyon 17 Jan 2010Eurasian Collared-Dove: San Diego
    Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Spotted Dove: Salt Lake Park 14 Jul
    2010White-winged Dove: Niland 24 Jan 2010Mourning Dove: Tijuana Slough
    NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Inca Dove: Salton Sea NWR--Unit 2 / Visitor
    Center 24 Jan 2010Common Ground-Dove: Salton Sea NWR--Unit 2 / Visitor
    Center 24 Jan 2010Red-crowned Parrot: LA Eaton Canyon 02 Jan
    2010Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Blythe 10 Jul 2010Greater Roadrunner: Salton
    Sea--Obsidian Butte 24 Jan 2010Barn Owl: SOL 7457 Timm rd 05 Jan
    2010Flammulated Owl: Buckhorn Campground 12 Jul 2010Western Screech-Owl:
    Occidental 09 Oct 2010Great Horned Owl: LA Eaton Canyon 02 Jan
    2010Northern Pygmy-Owl: Fish Creek trail 11 Jul 2010ELF OWL: Riverside
    05 Aug 2010Burrowing Owl: San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary 18 Jan
    2010Spotted Owl: LA chantry truck road 0.6mm 15 Nov 2010Long-eared Owl:
    Mercey Hot Springs 11 Nov 2010Short-eared Owl: SJ hwy 12 w of I-5 03 Jan
    2010Lesser Nighthawk: 2N02 crest w of Arrastre 10 Jul 2010Common
    Nighthawk: 3N03 mm0.6-mm0.9 from 2N02 10 Jul 2010Common Poorwill: LA Hwy
    2 mm67.44 12 Jul 2010Whip-poor-will: LA Hwy 2 mm67.44 12 Jul 2010Black
    Swift: Monkeyface Falls 09 Jul 2010Vaux's Swift: Laguna Niguel Regional
    Park 14 Apr 2010White-throated Swift: Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area 09 Jan
    2010BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD: Sunnyslope Park 21 Dec 2010Black-chinned
    Hummingbird: Laguna Niguel Regional Park 11 Apr 2010Anna's Hummingbird:
    Encinitas Viewpoint Park 01 Jan 2010Costa's Hummingbird: San Diego Wild
    Animal Park 14 Feb 2010Calliope Hummingbird: Fish Creek trail 09 Jul
    2010Broad-tailed Hummingbird: SBA Fairview Gardens 15 Jan 2010Rufous
    Hummingbird: Laguna Niguel Regional Park 12 Apr 2010Allen's Hummingbird:
    Encinitas Viewpoint Park 01 Jan 2010Belted Kingfisher: Napa Valley
    Marina area 10 Jan 2010Lewis's Woodpecker: Scott Rd.--north 13 Jan
    2010Acorn Woodpecker: LA Eaton Canyon 02 Jan 2010Gila Woodpecker: Cattle
    Call Park 24 Jan 2010Williamson's Sapsucker: Veterans Park (LA Co.) 17
    Jan 2010Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Edward Vincent Jr Park 23 Nov
    2010Red-naped Sapsucker: LA Mountain View Cemetery 27 Nov
    2010Red-breasted Sapsucker: Folsom Lake--Beals Pt. 13 Jan
    2010Ladder-backed Woodpecker: Niland 25 Jan 2010Nuttall's Woodpecker:
    San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Downy Woodpecker: Inverness Park
    10 Jan 2010Hairy Woodpecker: Bolinas Lagoon--IBA 10 Jan 2010White-headed
    Woodpecker: Arrastre Creek at 2N02 10 Jul 2010Black-backed Woodpecker:
    June Lake burn--west of 395 07 Dec 2010Northern Flicker: SOL 7457 Timm
    rd 05 Jan 2010Gilded Flicker: Mojave National Preserve--Cima Rd. at
    Powerline Rd. 16 Jul 2010Pileated Woodpecker: Yosemite NP--Mirror Lake
    20 Sep 2010Olive-sided Flycatcher: Fish Creek trail 09 Jul 2010Western
    Wood-Pewee: San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary 20 May 2010Willow Flycatcher:
    Morongo Valley 11 Jun 2010Least Flycatcher: DeForest Park 26 Nov
    2010Hammond's Flycatcher: Apollo Park 22 May 2010Gray Flycatcher: Cattle
    Call Park 24 Jan 2010Dusky Flycatcher: Apollo Park 22 May
    2010Pacific-slope Flycatcher: Laguna Niguel Regional Park 06 Apr
    2010Cordilleran Flycatcher: Mojave National Preserve--New York
    Mtns.-Caruthers Cyn. 16 Jul 2010Black Phoebe: Encinitas Viewpoint Park
    01 Jan 2010Eastern Phoebe: Ocean Meadows Golf Course 15 Jan 2010Say's
    Phoebe: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Vermilion
    Flycatcher: Cattle Call Park 24 Jan 2010Dusky-capped Flycatcher: La
    Mirada Creek Park 27 Mar 2010Ash-throated Flycatcher: Cattle Call Park
    24 Jan 2010Brown-crested Flycatcher: Morongo Valley 11 Jun 2010Tropical
    Kingbird: Whittier Narrows--Legg Lake 25 Jan 2010Cassin's Kingbird:
    Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD: SD
    chula vista open space 21 Dec 2010Western Kingbird: Castaic Lagoon 27
    Mar 2010Eastern Kingbird: Andree Clark Bird Refuge 06 Sep 2010BROWN
    SHRIKE: McKinleyville--Vista Point ponds 15 Dec 2010Loggerhead Shrike:
    Davis WTP 09 Jan 2010Bell's Vireo: Laguna Niguel Regional Park 12 Apr
    2010Plumbeous Vireo: Whittier Narrows--Legg Lake 09 Feb 2010Cassin's
    Vireo: LA Hwy 2 mm67.44 12 Jul 2010Hutton's Vireo: Folsom Lake--Beals
    Pt. 13 Jan 2010Warbling Vireo: Santiago Canyon Rd. 26 Mar 2010Gray Jay:
    Church Tree Rd. 01 Dec 2010Steller's Jay: Inverness Park 10 Jan
    2010Island Scrub-Jay: Santa Cruz Island--Prisoners Harbor 26 Aug
    2010Western Scrub-Jay: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan
    2010Pinyon Jay: Mono Mills 07 Dec 2010Black-billed Magpie: ALP mud lake
    rd (including sewage ponds) 12 Jan 2010Yellow-billed Magpie: SOL 7457
    Timm rd 05 Jan 2010Clark's Nutcracker: Kirkwood (ALP Co.) 20 Mar
    2010American Crow: Encinitas Viewpoint Park 01 Jan 2010Common Raven: San
    Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Horned Lark: Tijuana Slough
    NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Northern Rough-winged Swallow: San Joaquin
    Wildlife Sanctuary 18 Jan 2010Purple Martin: Lost Lake 15 Jul 2010Tree
    Swallow: San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary 18 Jan 2010Violet-green Swallow:
    SD Coyote Canyon Rd 06 Mar 2010Bank Swallow: San Joaquin Wildlife
    Sanctuary 22 Apr 2010Barn Swallow: San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary 19 Jan
    2010Cliff Swallow: Ojai Meadows 22 Feb 2010Black-capped Chickadee: Janes
    Creek--Zehndner and Q St. 26 Feb 2010Mountain Chickadee: South Lake
    Tahoe area 12 Jan 2010Chestnut-backed Chickadee: Pt. Reyes--RCA Building
    10 Jan 2010Oak Titmouse: Folsom Lake--Beals Pt. 13 Jan 2010Juniper
    Titmouse: Mojave National Preserve--New York Mtns.-Caruthers Cyn. 15 Jul
    2010Verdin: Finney Lake 24 Jan 2010Bushtit: LA Eaton Canyon 02 Jan
    2010Red-breasted Nuthatch: Kirkwood (ALP Co.) 20 Mar 2010White-breasted
    Nuthatch: SOL 7457 Timm rd 05 Jan 2010Pygmy Nuthatch: Golden Gate
    Park--Stow Lake 25 Feb 2010Brown Creeper: Pt. Reyes--RCA Building 10 Jan
    2010Cactus Wren: Bonelli Park 19 Jan 2010Rock Wren: Folsom Lake--Folsom
    Pt. 13 Jan 2010Canyon Wren: Mt. Wilson Toll Rd. 23 Jan 2010Bewick's
    Wren: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010House Wren: LA Eaton
    Canyon 02 Jan 2010Winter Wren: Point Loma Nazareen University Pacific
    Wren: Bolinas Lagoon--IBA 10 Jan 2010Marsh Wren: Tijuana Slough
    NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: El Dorado Park 16
    Jan 2010California Gnatcatcher: Bonelli Park 19 Jan 2010Black-tailed
    Gnatcatcher: Finney Lake 24 Jan 2010American Dipper: Hwy 49 at Goodyear
    12 Jan 2010Golden-crowned Kinglet: Pt. Reyes--RCA Building 10 Jan
    2010Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Encinitas Viewpoint Park 01 Jan 2010Western
    Bluebird: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Mountain Bluebird:
    Salton Sea--south end 24 Jan 2010Townsend's Solitaire: SIE sierra valley
    12 Jan 2010Swainson's Thrush: San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary 26 May
    2010Hermit Thrush: Encinitas Viewpoint Park 01 Jan 2010American Robin:
    Napa Valley Marina area 10 Jan 2010Varied Thrush: Redwood NP--Tall Trees
    Rd. 27 Feb 2010Wrentit: LA Eaton Canyon 02 Jan 2010GRAY CATBIRD: Niland
    25 Jan 2010Northern Mockingbird: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan
    2010Sage Thrasher: Upper Newport Bay--Back Bay Dr. parking lot 18 Oct
    2010BROWN THRASHER: Pt. Pinole 30 Nov 2010Bendire's Thrasher: SBD Cedar
    Cy Rd -- west 15 Jul 2010CURVE-BILLED THRASHER: Shipley Nature Center 14
    Nov 2010California Thrasher: LA Eaton Canyon 02 Jan 2010Crissal
    Thrasher: NY Mountain Rd 16 Jul 2010Le Conte's Thrasher: LA Palmdale
    area 28 Nov 2010European Starling: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan
    2010Red-throated Pipit: Tijuana River Valley 20 Oct 2010American Pipit:
    Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010SPRAGUE'S PIPIT: Mission
    Bay--Fiesta Island dog area 20 Oct 2010Cedar Waxwing: Folsom Lake--Beals
    Pt. 13 Jan 2010Phainopepla: Folsom Lake--Beals Pt. 13 Jan 2010Tennessee
    Warbler: Huntington Central Park 30 Sep 2010Orange-crowned Warbler:
    Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Nashville Warbler: Laguna
    Niguel Regional Park 12 Apr 2010Virginia's Warbler: Janes
    Creek--Zehndner and Q St. 26 Feb 2010Lucy's Warbler: Blythe 10 Jul
    2010Northern Parula: Huntington Central Park 07 Jun 2010Yellow Warbler:
    El Dorado Park 16 Jan 2010Chestnut-sided Warbler: Huntington Central
    Park 02 Oct 2010Magnolia Warbler: Laguna Niguel Regional Park 12 Oct
    2010Black-throated Blue Warbler: Laguna Niguel Regional Park 12 Oct
    2010Yellow-rumped Warbler: Encinitas Viewpoint Park 01 Jan
    2010Black-throated Gray Warbler: El Dorado Park 16 Jan
    2010Black-throated Green Warbler: Foothill Blvd. (Pasadena) 16 Jan
    2010Townsend's Warbler: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Hermit
    Warbler: Encinitas Viewpoint Park 01 Jan 2010Yellow-throated Warbler:
    Lindo Lake 29 Nov 2010GRACE'S WARBLER: Bella Vista Open Space Park 15
    Jan 2010PINE WARBLER: Estancia Park 10 Feb 2010Palm Warbler: Santa Ana
    River--Adams Ave. to Gisler Ave. 10 Feb 2010Blackpoll Warbler:
    Huntington Central Park 04 Oct 2010Black-and-white Warbler: Mile Square
    Regional Park 10 Feb 2010American Redstart: Encinitas Viewpoint Park 01
    Jan 2010Northern Waterthrush: Inverness Park 10 Jan 2010MacGillivray's
    Warbler: San Joaquin Hills--IBA 22 Apr 2010Common Yellowthroat: Tijuana
    Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010HOODED WARBLER: Huntington Central
    Park 07 Jun 2010Wilson's Warbler: El Dorado Park 16 Jan 2010PAINTED
    REDSTART: LA Loyola Marymount U 23 Jan 2010Yellow-breasted Chat: San
    Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary 22 Apr 2010Green-tailed Towhee: Culver City
    Park 10 Apr 2010Spotted Towhee: SOL 7457 Timm rd 05 Jan 2010California
    Towhee: Encinitas Viewpoint Park 01 Jan 2010Abert's Towhee: Finney Lake
    24 Jan 2010Rufous-crowned Sparrow: LA Eaton Canyon 02 Jan 2010Chipping
    Sparrow: Latrobe Rd. (SAC Co.) 13 Jan 2010Clay-colored Sparrow: Napa
    Valley Marina area 10 Jan 2010Brewer's Sparrow: Sagebrush flat on Burnes
    Canyon Road 10 Jul 2010Black-chinned Sparrow: RIV Blue Jay Rd lower 09
    Jun 2010Vesper Sparrow: Mercey Hot Springs 11 Nov 2010Lark Sparrow: SOL
    7457 Timm rd 05 Jan 2010Black-throated Sparrow: RIV Box Canyon Rd 06 Mar
    2010Sage Sparrow: RIV Blue Jay Rd lower 09 Jun 2010Lark Bunting: SAC
    lark bunting spot 08 Jan 2010Savannah Sparrow: Tijuana Slough
    NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Grasshopper Sparrow: Nicasio Reservoir 23
    Jul 2010LE CONTE'S SPARROW: IMP Irrigation District Managed Marsh 22 Dec
    2010NELSON'S SPARROW: Seal Beach NWR 20 Dec 2010Fox Sparrow: Bolinas
    Lagoon--IBA 10 Jan 2010Song Sparrow: Encinitas Viewpoint Park 01 Jan
    2010Lincoln's Sparrow: Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area 09 Jan 2010Swamp
    Sparrow: Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility 10 Jan 2010White-throated
    Sparrow: Crescent City 01 Dec 2010HARRIS'S SPARROW: Huntington Central
    Park--west 24 Nov 2010White-crowned Sparrow: Tijuana Slough
    NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Golden-crowned Sparrow: SOL 7457 Timm rd 05
    Jan 2010Dark-eyed Junco: SOL 7457 Timm rd 05 Jan 2010McCown's Longspur:
    Mission Bay--Fiesta Island dog area 20 Oct 2010Lapland Longspur: Mission
    Bay--Fiesta Island dog area 20 Oct 2010Chestnut-collared Longspur:
    Salton Sea--south end 24 Jan 2010Hepatic Tanager: Imperial Beach Sports
    Park 14 Feb 2010Summer Tanager: Morongo Valley 11 Jun 2010Western
    Tanager: Apollo Park 22 May 2010Rose-breasted Grosbeak: Golden Gate
    Park--Stow Lake/Arboretum 25 Feb 2010Black-headed Grosbeak: Laguna
    Niguel Regional Park 01 Apr 2010Blue Grosbeak: Newport Back Bay 01 Jun
    2010Lazuli Bunting: Arrastre Creek at 2N02 11 Jun 2010Indigo Bunting:
    Blythe 05 Aug 2010Bobolink: San Gabriel River--Whittier Blvd. 14 Sep
    2010Red-winged Blackbird: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan
    2010Tricolored Blackbird: Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area 09 Jan 2010Western
    Meadowlark: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010Yellow-headed
    Blackbird: Newberry Springs 15 Feb 2010RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Whittier
    Narrows--Legg Lake 11 Dec 2010Brewer's Blackbird: San Diego Wild Animal
    Park 01 Jan 2010COMMON GRACKLE: Earvin Magic Johnson Park 09 Dec
    2010Great-tailed Grackle: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Bronzed
    Cowbird: Cattle Call Park 10 Jul 2010Brown-headed Cowbird: Yolo Bypass
    Wildlife Area 09 Jan 2010Orchard Oriole: Fairview Developmental Center
    11 Feb 2010Hooded Oriole: ORA Glenwood Park 23 Mar 2010Bullock's Oriole:
    Los Angeles National Cemetery 09 Feb 2010Baltimore Oriole: Los Angeles
    National Cemetery 09 Feb 2010Scott's Oriole: Sagebrush flat on Burnes
    Canyon Road 10 Jul 2010Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch: Aspendell 07 Dec
    2010Purple Finch: RIV crest of Main Divide Truck Trail 09 Jun
    2010Cassin's Finch: Kirkwood (ALP Co.) 20 Mar 2010House Finch: Encinitas
    Viewpoint Park 01 Jan 2010Red Crossbill: Yosemite Valley--Headquarters
    area 20 Sep 2010Pine Siskin: MAR hwy 1 mm28.00 10 Jan 2010Lesser
    Goldfinch: Imperial Beach area 01 Jan 2010Lawrence's Goldfinch: Whittier
    Narrows--Legg Lake 18 Jan 2010American Goldfinch: MAR hwy 1 mm28.00 10
    Jan 2010Evening Grosbeak: LA Top of Chaney Trail 23 Oct 2010House
    Sparrow: Tijuana Slough NWR--Seacoast Dr. 01 Jan 2010
    Non-countable wild birds observed:Mute Swan: Ellis Creek Water Recycling
    Facility 10 Jan 2010Egyptian Goose: Bonelli Park 19 Jan 2010Mandarin
    Duck: San Diego Wild Animal Park 01 Jan 2010Indian Peafowl: Kewen Canyon
    05 Dec 2010Rose-ringed Parakeet: Playa del Rey 18 Jul 2010Nanday
    Parakeet: Sycamore Canyon (VEN Co.) 18 Feb 2010Mitred Parakeet: Venice
    28 Aug 2010Red-masked Parakeet: Telegraph Hill 25 Feb
    2010Yellow-chevroned Parakeet: LA Loyola Marymount U 23 Jan
    2010Lilac-crowned Parrot: LA Eaton Canyon 17 Jan 2010Yellow-headed
    Parrot: Parrot Roost--Daines Dr. west of Baldwin Ave. 13 Nov
    2010Black-throated Magpie-Jay: Imperial Beach area 01 Jan
    2010Red-whiskered Bulbul: Lacy Park 27 Jul 2010Orange Bishop: Ballona
    Freshwater Marsh 18 Jul 2010Indian Silverbill: La Mirada Creek Park 28
    Feb 2010Nutmeg Mannikin: ORA Torres Pointe hillside, Aliso Viejo 19 Mar
    2010
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-revision history-
v1.35 - 11/22/22 - Finally rewrote code to handle new Groups.IO web structure
v1.30 - 01/05/16 - Revamped cloud logic, optimized database queries, linked to eBird rarities.
v1.23 - 12/08/11 - Added direct link to CBRC records.
v1.22 - 12/03/11 - Corrected GMT offsets on dates. Added last 5 posts at top.
v1.21 - 11/24/11 - Added direct link to range map for NA birds.
v1.2  - 11/23/11 - Greatly improved graphing technology - separates month vs. year by posts. Added species auto-complete functionality.
v1.14 - 11/22/11 - Added cloud bubble for common thread topics.
v1.13 - 11/22/11 - Added integrated photos where available.
v1.12 - 11/22/11 - Added multiple input boxes for additional refinement, negative search criteria (eg. -keyword).
v1.11 - 11/22/11 - Added banding code, species look-up. Also direct link to recent eBird observations.
 v1.1 - 11/22/11 - Added 'date' functionality. Shows top 'month/year' combinations for a query. Restrict results to that 'month/year'.
 v1.0 - 11/21/11 - Initial version coded. Currently archiving 'lacobirds' and 'calbirds'.