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  1. America's Birdiest County Update: 142 Species, Friday, 2:26 pm LINK
    DATE: Apr 28, 2023 @ 2:27pm, 3 year(s) ago
    All,
    We've added 30+ species since the first update and our total is now 142, so we're off to a great start.
    Here's what we've found:
    * Greater White-fronted Goose
    * Tundra Bean-Goose NEW!
    * Canada Goose
    * Cinnamon Teal
    * Northern Shoveler
    * Gadwall
    * American Wigeon
    * Mallard
    * Northern Pintail
    * Green-winged Teal
    * Redhead
    * Ring-necked Duck
    * Lesser Scaup
    * Surf Scoter
    * Long-tailed Duck
    * Bufflehead
    * Ruddy Duck
    * California Quail
    * Pied-billed Grebe
    * Eared Grebe
    * Western Grebe
    * Clark's Grebe
    * Rock Pigeon
    * Band-tailed Pigeon
    * Eurasian Collared-Dove
    * Mourning Dove
    * Greater Roadrunner
    * White-throated Swift
    * Black-chinned Hummingbird
    * Anna's Hummingbird
    * Costa's Hummingbird
    * Allen's Hummingbird
    * Virginia Rail
    * Sora
    * American Coot
    * Black-necked Stilt
    * American Avocet
    * Black-bellied Plover
    * Pacific Golden-Plover
    * Snowy Plover
    * Semipalmated Plover
    * Killdeer
    * Whimbrel
    * Dunlin
    * Least Sandpiper
    * Western Sandpiper
    * Long-billed Dowitcher
    * Wilson's Snipe
    * Wilson's Phalarope
    * Red-necked Phalarope
    * Spotted Sandpiper
    * Solitary Sandpiper
    * Lesser Yellowlegs
    * Ring-billed Gull
    * Western Gull
    * California Gull
    * Caspian Tern
    * Forster's Tern
    * Brandt's Cormorant
    * Double-crested Cormorant
    * Brown Pelican
    * Great Blue Heron
    * Snowy Egret
    * Green Heron
    * Black-crowned Night-Heron
    * Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
    * White-faced Ibis
    * Turkey Vulture
    * Northern Harrier
    * Red-shouldered Hawk
    * Red-tailed Hawk
    * Great Horned Owl
    * Acorn Woodpecker
    * Nuttall's Woodpecker
    * Red-Crowned Parrot
    * Hammond's Flycatcher
    * Dusky Flycatcher
    * Pacific-slope Flycatcher
    * Black Phoebe
    * Vermilion Flycatcher
    * Cassin's Kingbird
    * Warbling Vireo
    * Loggerhead Shrike
    * California Scrub-Jay
    * American Crow
    * Common Raven
    * Mountain Chickadee
    * Oak Titmouse
    * Horned Lark
    * Northern Rough-winged Swallow
    * Tree Swallow
    * Barn Swallow
    * Cliff Swallow
    * Red-Whiskered Bulbul
    * Bushtit
    * Wrentit
    * Ruby-crowned Kinglet
    * Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
    * House Wren
    * Marsh Wren
    * Bewick's Wren
    * European Starling
    * California Thrasher
    * Northern Mockingbird
    * Swainson's Thrush
    * Hermit Thrush
    * American Robin
    * Cedar Waxwing
    * House Sparrow
    * Scaly-breasted Munia
    * House Finch
    * Lesser Goldfinch
    * Lawrence's Goldfinch
    * Chipping Sparrow
    * Dark-eyed Junco
    * White-crowned Sparrow
    * Bell's Sparrow
    * Savannah Sparrow
    * Song Sparrow
    * Lincoln's Sparrow
    * California Towhee
    * Rufous-crowned Sparrow
    * Spotted Towhee
    * Yellow-headed Blackbird
    * Western Meadowlark
    * Hooded Oriole
    * Bullock's Oriole
    * Red-winged Blackbird
    * Brown-headed Cowbird
    * Great-tailed Grackle
    * Orange-crowned Warbler
    * Nashville Warbler
    * Common Yellowthroat
    * Yellow Warbler
    * Yellow-rumped Warbler
    * Black-throated Gray Warbler
    * Townsend's Warbler
    * Hermit Warbler
    * Wilson's Warbler
    * Western Tanager
    * Black-headed Grosbeak
    * Lazuli Bunting
    
    When we circulate the next update I'll start to list species that we've found in previous years but haven't found yet this year.
    
    Thank you,
    Lance
    Lance Benner Altadena
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