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  1. America's Birdiest County: 247 Species, Saturday, 11:15 pm LINK
    DATE: Apr 29, 2023 @ 11:19pm, 3 year(s) ago
    Hi Everyone,
    Our current total stands at 247 species. Since the last update we have added:
    Red-breasted Sapsucker
    White-headed Woodpecker
    Golden-crowned Kinglet
    Brown Creeper
    Townsend's Solitaire
    black turnstone
    Palm Warbler
    Cassin's Finch
    Pygmy Nuthatch
    Inca Dove
    Royal Tern
    Short-billed Dowitcher
    Surfbird
    A couple of these are under review.
    Here's the list of ALL the species we've found so far this weekend:
    * Snow Goose
    * Ross's Goose
    * Greater White-fronted Goose
    * Tundra Bean-Goose NEW!
    * Cackling Goose
    * Canada Goose
    * Blue-winged Teal
    * 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
    * Red-breasted Merganser
    * Ruddy Duck
    * Mountain Quail
    * California Quail
    * Pied-billed Grebe
    * Eared Grebe
    * Western Grebe
    * Clark's Grebe
    * Rock Pigeon
    * Band-tailed Pigeon
    * Eurasian Collared-Dove
    * Spotted Dove
    * Inca Dove
    * Mourning Dove
    * Greater Roadrunner
    * Lesser Nighthawk
    * Common Poorwill
    * Vaux's Swift
    * White-throated Swift
    * Black-chinned Hummingbird
    * Anna's Hummingbird
    * Costa's Hummingbird
    * Rufous Hummingbird
    * Allen's Hummingbird
    * Calliope Hummingbird
    * Virginia Rail
    * Sora
    * Common Gallinule
    * American Coot
    * Black-necked Stilt
    * American Avocet
    * Black Oystercatcher
    * Black-bellied Plover
    * Pacific Golden-Plover
    * Snowy Plover
    * Semipalmated Plover
    * Killdeer
    * Whimbrel
    * Long-billed Curlew
    * Marbled Godwit
    * Black Turnstone
    * Surfbird
    * Sanderling
    * Dunlin
    * Least Sandpiper
    * Western Sandpiper
    * Short-billed Dowitcher
    * Long-billed Dowitcher
    * Wilson's Snipe
    * Wilson's Phalarope
    * Red-necked Phalarope
    * Spotted Sandpiper
    * Solitary Sandpiper
    * Wandering Tattler
    * Greater Yellowlegs
    * Willet
    * Lesser Yellowlegs
    * Common Murre
    * Heermann's Gull
    * Ring-billed Gull
    * Western Gull
    * California Gull
    * Glaucous-winged Gull
    * Least Tern
    * Caspian Tern
    * Forster's Tern
    * Royal Tern
    * Elegant Tern
    * Black Skimmer
    * Red-throated Loon
    * Pacific Loon
    * Common Loon
    * Black-vented Shearwater
    * Brandt's Cormorant
    * Pelagic Cormorant
    * Neotropic Cormorant
    * Double-crested Cormorant
    * American White Pelican
    * Brown Pelican
    * Great Blue Heron
    * Great Egret
    * Snowy Egret
    * Cattle Egret
    * Green Heron
    * Black-crowned Night-Heron
    * Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
    * White-faced Ibis
    * Turkey Vulture
    * Osprey
    * Northern Harrier
    * Sharp-shinned Hawk
    * Cooper's Hawk
    * Bald Eagle
    * Red-shouldered Hawk
    * Swainson's Hawk
    * Red-tailed Hawk
    * Barn Owl
    * Western Screech-Owl
    * Great Horned Owl
    * Belted Kingfisher
    * Red-breasted Sapsucker
    * Lewis's Woodpecker
    * Acorn Woodpecker
    * Downy Woodpecker
    * Nuttall's Woodpecker
    * Hairy Woodpecker
    * White-headed Woodpecker
    * Northern Flicker
    * American Kestrel
    * Merlin
    * Peregrine Falcon
    * Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
    * Red-Crowned Parrot
    * Nanday Parakeet
    * Mitred Parakeet
    * Olive-sided Flycatcher
    * Western Wood-Pewee
    * Hammond's Flycatcher
    * Gray Flycatcher
    * Dusky Flycatcher
    * Pacific-slope Flycatcher
    * Black Phoebe
    * Say's Phoebe
    * Vermilion Flycatcher
    * Ash-throated Flycatcher
    * Tropical Kingbird
    * Cassin's Kingbird
    * Western Kingbird
    * Bell's Vireo
    * Hutton's Vireo
    * Cassin's Vireo
    * Warbling Vireo
    * Loggerhead Shrike
    * Steller's Jay
    * California Scrub-Jay
    * American Crow
    * Common Raven
    * Mountain Chickadee
    * Oak Titmouse
    * Verdin
    * Horned Lark
    * Northern Rough-winged Swallow
    * Tree Swallow
    * Violet-green Swallow
    * Bank Swallow
    * Barn Swallow
    * Cliff Swallow
    * Red-Whiskered Bulbul
    * Bushtit
    * Wrentit
    * Golden-crowned Kinglet
    * Ruby-crowned Kinglet
    * Red-breasted Nuthatch
    * White-breasted Nuthatch
    * Pygmy Nuthatch
    * Brown Creeper
    * Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
    * California Gnatcatcher
    * Rock Wren
    * Canyon Wren
    * House Wren
    * Marsh Wren
    * Bewick's Wren
    * Cactus Wren
    * American Dipper
    * European Starling
    * California Thrasher
    * Northern Mockingbird
    * Western Bluebird
    * Townsend's Solitaire
    * Swainson's Thrush
    * Hermit Thrush
    * American Robin
    * Cedar Waxwing
    * Phainopepla
    * House Sparrow
    * Scaly-breasted Munia
    * American Pipit
    * House Finch
    * Purple Finch
    * Cassin's Finch
    * Lesser Goldfinch
    * Lawrence's Goldfinch
    * American Goldfinch
    * Chipping Sparrow
    * Black-chinned Sparrow
    * Black-throated Sparrow
    * Lark Sparrow
    * Fox Sparrow
    * Dark-eyed Junco
    * White-crowned Sparrow
    * Golden-crowned Sparrow
    * Bell's Sparrow
    * Savannah Sparrow
    * Song Sparrow
    * Lincoln's Sparrow
    * Swamp Sparrow
    * California Towhee
    * Rufous-crowned Sparrow
    * Green-tailed Towhee
    * Spotted Towhee
    * Yellow-breasted Chat
    * Yellow-headed Blackbird
    * Western Meadowlark
    * Hooded Oriole
    * Bullock's Oriole
    * Scott's Oriole
    * Red-winged Blackbird
    * Tricolored Blackbird
    * Brown-headed Cowbird
    * Brewer's Blackbird
    * Great-tailed Grackle
    * Orange-crowned Warbler
    * Nashville Warbler
    * MacGillivray's Warbler
    * Common Yellowthroat
    * Yellow Warbler
    * Palm Warbler
    * Yellow-rumped Warbler
    * Black-throated Gray Warbler
    * Townsend's Warbler
    * Hermit Warbler
    * Wilson's Warbler
    * Western Tanager
    * Black-headed Grosbeak
    * Blue Grosbeak
    I'll send a list of missing species in a separate email.
    Thank you!
    Lance
    Lance Benner Altadena
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