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Hi Loretta, Alex covered the issue with relying on Merlin. I do have an amusing story though about Merlin and Barn Owl IDs. I very often get a Barn Owl ID even though it appears quite apparent that there is no Owl around. Hence I typically ignore Merlin with that bird ID. However, I was birding at Hopkins Wilderness Park and getting the Barn Owl ID and ignoring it. I was leaving and had put my camera way in the car when all of a sudden two crows, flying above me, were escorting a Barn Owl out of the park. Jim Hecht Hermosa Beach CA On Monday, May 15, 2023, 02:16:54 PM PDT, Loretta Selinger wrote: Hi fellow birders Im not any kind of expert. I took my Merlin app to village green in hopes of finding western tanagers. Merlin insists that some of the numerous hummingbirds in the bottlebrush trees are Rufus. The recordings sound like Rufus. Can I trust this ID Im also getting spotted towhee and just had a barn owl. Is this possible Loretta Selinger |
Hi Loretta,
I don't want to speak for other birders' ears, but I personally wouldn't claim a Rufous Hummingbird without visual observation of an identifiable male or photos of tail feathers to review. I don't believe that Allen'sand Rufous are separable by call as is - maybe onspectrogram Will let theexperts chime in there.
On the Merlin app - it is an incredible tool, but it is just that, only a tool. One to be used by birders as an aid or suggestion to help guide or verify an observation, but not in place of birders. It is absolutely not foolproof; it can and does include species in error. Species not seen/heard directly by an observer (or definitive photo/audio recording for later review and discussion), I would think should not be reported to a public database. Spotted Towhee and Barn Owl surely aren't inconceivableat the Village Green, but to include in an eBird report just because an app claims it so, I think is irresponsible. I've seen other state RBAs struggling with well-meaning people reporting directly into eBird what their Merlin app claims to hear, without any verifiable observation, and often in error. Hope this helps!
Good birding, --Alex Coffey Pasadena
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Hi fellow birders
Im not any kind of expert. I took my Merlin app to village green in hopes of finding western tanagers. Merlin insists that some of the numerous hummingbirds in the bottlebrush trees are Rufus. The recordings sound like Rufus. Can I trust this ID
Im also getting spotted towhee and just had a barn owl. Is this possible
Loretta Selinger |
Hi Everyone, This is the final summary for America's Birdiest County in Los Angeles on April 28-30, 2023. The final total this year was 268 species. After the last update we added golden eagle and prairie falcon found at Quail Lake and along Gorman Post Road on April 30. How does our total compare with results from previous years Here are America's Birdiest County totals for Los Angeles County since 2003: Year Total 2023 268 Apr 28-30 2022 265 Apr 22-24 2021 277 Apr 23-25 2020 No count due to covid 19 2019 257 Apr 26-28 2018 263 Apr 27-29 2017 264 Apr 28-30 2016 270 Apr 29-May 1 2015 275 Apr 25-27 2014 272 Apr 25-27 2013 265 Apr 26-28 2012 262 Apr 29-30 2011 277 Apr 22-24 2010 271 Apr 23-25 2009 264 Apr 24-26 2008 255 Apr 25-27 2007 271 Apr 26-28 2006 263 Apr 28-30 Format changed from one day to three days; more organization 2005 246 2004 239 2003 239 Average from 2003-present: 2631 +- 11.2 Our total in 2023 was 5 species above our long-term average of 263. Finding this many species takes a lot of effort, and we got that many because a lot of very dedicated and knowledgeable people went into the field and covered the majority of the most important locations for birds across the county. This resulted in excellent coverage at the Piute Ponds, Apollo Park, Bonelli Park, Legg Lake, Quail Lake, parks in Long Beach, and the Ballona/Playa de Rey area. Nevertheless, we struggled to find some rarities that had apparently left within a few days of the count, or were somehow missed, and, despite dedicated searches, we struggled with owls that we usually find. In fact, this was one of our worst year for owls, given that we found only four species of nine that have been recorded in previous years, and the fifth year in a row that we've failed to find a burrowing owl. The situation for that species is alarming. 268 species is slightly above our long-term average of 263 but we need to keep in mind that numerous introduced species have been added to the state list in recent years: Nanday parakeet, yellow-chevroned parakeet, Lilac-crowned parrot, mitred parakeet, red-masked parakeet, red-whiskered bulbul, and scaly-breasted munia. A few years ago we also relaxed our previous restriction on counting bald eagles on Catalina Island due to our (incorrect) perception that they needed human intervention to survive. Now they're also nesting annually along highway 39 on the mainland as well. As a result, it's not as difficult to reach 268 species as it was only a few years ago. Previous America's Birdiest County winners: ...discontinued after 2011... 2011 277 Los Angeles 2010 271 Los Angeles 2009 264 Los Angeles 2008 255 Los Angeles 2007 271 Los Angeles 2006 263 Los Angeles 2005 250 Monterey and San Diego (tie) 2004 266 San Diego 2003 248 Monterey America's Birdiest County was a one-day event during its first three years. Starting in 2006, the format changed to three days. 2006 is also the first year that we really got organized in Los Angeles County and that accounts for the distinct uptick in the number of species relative to the first three years. We added four new species this year: Tundra Bean-Goose Red-footed Booby Nanday Parakeet Introduced Red-masked Parakeet Introduced How do four new species compare with results from previous years Here are the number of new species that we've added since 2010: 2024 4 (two were introduced) 2022 3 (two were introduced) 2021 5 (two were introduced) 2020 No count due to covid 19 2019 3 2018 0 Only year we didn't add any species 2017 1 2016 5 2015 4 2014 5 2013 3 2012 5 2011 7 2010 5 Our recent history of adding a few species annually probably indicates that there are still new species to find in future years. Given the near misses we have every year, it may be many years before we run out of new ones, even without introduced species newly accepted by the California Bird Records Committee. Here are the species we FOUND in 2023: * 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 * White-winged Scoter * Long-tailed Duck * Bufflehead * Common Merganser * 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 * White-winged 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 * Red Phalarope * Spotted Sandpiper * Solitary Sandpiper * Wandering Tattler * Greater Yellowlegs * Willet * Lesser Yellowlegs * Common Murre * Bonaparte's Gull * Heermann's Gull * Ring-billed Gull * Western Gull * California Gull * Herring Gull * Lesser Black-backed Gull * Glaucous-winged Gull * Least Tern * Caspian Tern * Forster's Tern * Royal Tern * Elegant Tern * Black Skimmer * Red-throated Loon * Pacific Loon * Common Loon * Sooty Shearwater * Black-vented Shearwater * Red-footed Booby NEW! * 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 * White-tailed Kite * Golden Eagle * 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 * Northern Saw-whet Owl * Belted Kingfisher * Williamson's Sapsucker * Red-breasted Sapsucker * Lewis's Woodpecker * Acorn Woodpecker * Downy Woodpecker * Nuttall's Woodpecker * Ladder-backed Woodpecker * Hairy Woodpecker * White-headed Woodpecker * Northern Flicker * American Kestrel * Merlin * Peregrine Falcon * Prairie Falcon * Yellow-chevroned Parakeet * Red-Crowned Parrot * Lilac-Crowned Parrot * Nanday Parakeet * Mitred Parakeet * Red-masked Parakeet * Olive-sided Flycatcher * Western Wood-Pewee * Hammond's Flycatcher * Gray Flycatcher * Dusky Flycatcher * Pacific-slope Flycatcher * Black Phoebe * Say's Phoebe * Vermilion Flycatcher * Dusky-capped 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 * Red Crossbill * Lesser Goldfinch * Lawrence's Goldfinch * American Goldfinch * Chipping Sparrow * Black-chinned Sparrow * Brewer's Sparrow * Black-throated Sparrow * Lark Sparrow * Fox Sparrow * Dark-eyed Junco * White-crowned Sparrow * Golden-crowned Sparrow * White-throated 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 * Lazuli Bunting The table below lists every species we've recorded during the ABC weekend since 2004 and the number of years in which we've found each one. "11" indicates that we found a species in a given year and "00" indicates that we didn't In an attempt to make the columns align, I added an extra "1" or "0" in each column. The alignment works best if you use the Courier font in your email. NN 23 22 21 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 SPECIES 15 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 11 Snow Goose 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ross's Goose 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Greater White-fronted Goose 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Tundra Bean-Goose 17 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Brant 17 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Cackling Goose 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Canada Goose 17 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wood Duck 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Blue-winged Teal 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cinnamon Teal 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Shoveler 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Gadwall 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Wigeon 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Mallard 17 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Pintail 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Green-winged Teal 04 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 Canvasback 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Redhead 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ring-necked Duck 02 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Greater Scaup 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Lesser Scaup 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Surf Scoter 03 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 White-winged Scoter 04 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 Black Scoter 03 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 Long-tailed Duck 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bufflehead 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Common Goldeneye 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 00 11 00 11 00 00 11 11 00 11 Hooded Merganser 16 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 00 11 Common Merganser 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Red-breasted Merganser 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ruddy Duck 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Mountain Quail 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Quail 14 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 Gambel's Quail 14 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 Chukar 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Pied-billed Grebe 11 00 00 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 Horned Grebe 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Eared Grebe 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Grebe 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Clark's Grebe 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Rock Pigeon 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Band-tailed Pigeon 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Eurasian Collared-Dove 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Spotted Dove 14 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 Inca Dove 15 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 Common Ground-Dove 03 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 White-winged Dove 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Mourning Dove 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Greater Roadrunner 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Lesser Nighthawk 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Common Poorwill 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 Black Swift SUSPECT 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Vaux's Swift 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-throated Swift 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-chinned Hummingbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Anna's Hummingbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Costa's Hummingbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Rufous Hummingbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Allen's Hummingbird 14 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 00 00 Calliope Hummingbird 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Ridgway's Rail 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 Virginia Rail 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Sora 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Common Gallinule 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Coot 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Sandhill Crane 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-necked Stilt 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Avocet 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black Oystercatcher 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-bellied Plover 04 11 00 00 00 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 Pacific Golden-Plover 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Snowy Plover 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Semipalmated Plover 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Killdeer 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Whimbrel 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Long-billed Curlew 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Marbled Godwit 18 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ruddy Turnstone 18 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black Turnstone 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 Red Knot 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Surfbird 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Ruff 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 Stilt Sandpiper 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Sanderling 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Dunlin 04 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 Baird's Sandpiper 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Least Sandpiper 01 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Pectoral Sandpiper 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 Semipalmated Sandpiper 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Sandpiper 15 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 Short-billed Dowitcher 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Long-billed Dowitcher 13 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 00 11 00 11 11 00 Wilson's Snipe 14 11 11 11 00 00 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 Wilson's Phalarope 18 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-necked Phalarope 03 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 Red Phalarope 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Spotted Sandpiper 15 11 11 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Solitary Sandpiper 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wandering Tattler 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Greater Yellowlegs 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Willet 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Lesser Yellowlegs 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 00 Pomarine Jaeger 10 00 11 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 Parasitic Jaeger 06 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Common Murre 04 00 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 Scripps's Murrelet 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 Cassin's Auklet 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 Rhinoceros Auklet 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Sabine's Gull 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bonaparte's Gull 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 Laughing Gull 10 00 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 11 Franklin's Gull 18 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Heermann's Gull 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 Short-billed Gull 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ring-billed Gull 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Gull 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Gull 17 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Herring Gull 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 Iceland/Thayer's Gull 02 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Lesser Black-backed Gull 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Glaucous-winged Gull 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 Glaucous Gull 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 Least Tern 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Caspian Tern 05 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 Black Tern 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 Common Tern 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Forster's Tern 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Royal Tern 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Elegant Tern 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black Skimmer 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-throated Loon 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Pacific Loon 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Common Loon 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Yellow-billed Loon 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Black-footed albatross 01 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Leach's Storm-Petrel 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 11 Northern Fulmar 13 00 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Pink-footed Shearwater 18 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Sooty Shearwater 08 11 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 11 Black-vented Shearwater 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Red-footed Booby 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Brandt's Cormorant 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Pelagic Cormorant 04 11 11 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Neotropic Cormorant 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Double-crested Cormorant 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 American White Pelican 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Brown Pelican 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 American Bittern 18 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Least Bittern 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Great Blue Heron 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Great Egret 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Snowy Egret 16 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cattle Egret 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Green Heron 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-crowned Night-Heron 06 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-faced Ibis 01 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 California Condor 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Turkey Vulture 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Osprey 18 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-tailed Kite 17 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 Golden Eagle 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Northern Harrier 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 Sharp-shinned Hawk 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cooper's Hawk 07 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 ..........Not Counted............. Bald Eagle 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 Swainson's Hawk 01 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Zone-tailed Hawk 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-tailed Hawk 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Ferruginous Hawk 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Barn Owl 12 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 00 11 00 11 00 Flammulated Owl 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Screech-Owl 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Great Horned Owl 17 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Northern Pygmy-Owl 14 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Burrowing Owl 16 00 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Spotted Owl 06 00 00 11 00 00 11 11 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 Long-eared Owl 16 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Saw-whet Owl 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Belted Kingfisher 15 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 Williamson's Sapsucker 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Red-naped Sapsucker 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-breasted Sapsucker 14 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 Lewis's Woodpecker 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Acorn Woodpecker 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Downy Woodpecker 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Nuttall's Woodpecker 16 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hairy Woodpecker 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-headed Woodpecker 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Flicker 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Crested Caracara 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Kestrel 16 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 Merlin 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Peregrine Falcon 17 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Prairie Falcon 03 11 11 11 .................Not Countable................ Yellow-chevroned Parakeet 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-crowned Parrot 02 11 11 ...................Not Countable................. Lilac-crowned Parrot 01 11 .......................Not Countable................. Nanday Parakeet 02 11 11 ....................Not Countable................. Mitred Parakeet 01 11 .......................Not Countable................. Red-masked Parakeet 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Olive-sided Flycatcher 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Wood-Pewee 01 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Least Flycatcher 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 Willow Flycatcher SUSPECT 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hammond's Flycatcher 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Gray Flycatcher 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Dusky Flycatcher 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black Phoebe 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Say's Phoebe 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Vermilion Flycatcher 04 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ash-throated Flycatcher 08 11 00 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 11 00 11 00 Tropical Kingbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cassin's Kingbird 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 00 Thick-billed Kingbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Kingbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bell's Vireo 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hutton's Vireo 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cassin's Vireo 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 Plumbeous Vireo 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Warbling Vireo 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Loggerhead Shrike 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Steller's Jay 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Scrub-Jay 16 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 Clark's Nutcracker 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Crow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Common Raven 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Mountain Chickadee 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Oak Titmouse 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Verdin 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Horned Lark 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 09 00 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 11 00 11 00 11 11 00 11 00 00 00 Purple Martin 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Tree Swallow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Violet-green Swallow 17 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 Bank Swallow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Barn Swallow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cliff Swallow 03 11 11 11 ..................Not Countable................ Red-Whiskered Bulbul 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bushtit 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wrentit 09 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 Golden-crowned Kinglet 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-breasted Nuthatch 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-breasted Nuthatch 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Pygmy Nuthatch 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Brown Creeper 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Gnatcatcher 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Rock Wren 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Canyon Wren 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 House Wren 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Marsh Wren 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bewick's Wren 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cactus Wren 13 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 00 American Dipper 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 European Starling 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Thrasher 13 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 00 LeConte's Thrasher 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Northern Mockingbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Bluebird 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Mountain Bluebird 16 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 Townsend's Solitaire 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Varied Thrush 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Swainson's Thrush 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hermit Thrush 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Robin 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cedar Waxwing 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Phainopepla 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 House Sparrow 09 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 ........not countable........ Scaly-breasted Munia 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Red-throated Pipit 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Pipit 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Evening Grosbeak 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 House Finch 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Purple Finch 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Cassin's Finch 13 11 00 11 00 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 00 Red Crossbill 15 00 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Pine Siskin 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Lesser Goldfinch 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Lawrence's Goldfinch 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 American Goldfinch 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 11 00 00 Grasshopper Sparrow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Chipping Sparrow 03 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 00 Clay-colored Sparrow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-chinned Sparrow 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Field Sparrow 15 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 00 11 Brewer's Sparrow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-throated Sparrow 18 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 Lark Sparrow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Fox Sparrow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Dark-eyed Junco 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 White-crowned Sparrow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Golden-crowned Sparrow 03 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Harris' Sparrow 14 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 White-throated Sparrow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bell's Sparrow 03 00 00 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Vesper Sparrow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Savannah Sparrow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Song Sparrow 17 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 Lincoln's Sparrow 02 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Swamp Sparrow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 California Towhee 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Green-tailed Towhee 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Spotted Towhee 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Yellow-breasted Chat 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Yellow-headed Blackbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Meadowlark 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Orchard Oriole 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hooded Oriole 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Bullock's Oriole 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Baltimore Oriole 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Scott's Oriole 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Red-winged Blackbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Tricolored Blackbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Brown-headed Cowbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Brewer's Blackbird 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Great-tailed Grackle 02 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Northern Waterthrush 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 11 00 00 00 11 00 00 11 00 00 00 Black-and-white Warbler 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 Tennessee Warbler 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Orange-crowned Warbler 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Nashville Warbler 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 MacGillivray's Warbler 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Common Yellowthroat 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Hooded Warbler 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 American Redstart 03 00 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Northern Parula 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Yellow Warbler 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Chestnut-sided Warbler 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 11 11 11 00 11 11 00 00 00 11 00 11 Palm Warbler 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Yellow-rumped Warbler 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-throated Gray Warbler 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Townsend's Warbler 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Hermit Warbler 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wilson's Warbler 01 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Red-Faced Warbler 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 Painted Redstart 07 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 00 11 00 11 11 00 00 11 Summer Tanager 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Western Tanager 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Black-headed Grosbeak 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Blue Grosbeak 19 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Lazuli Bunting 02 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Indigo Bunting Total: 348 species If you look closely you'll see that we flagged willow flycatcher and black swift as "suspect." We no longer believe earlier records of Willow Flycatcher and Black Swift because those species don't usually occur before the end of the first week of May and because we neglected to request documentation when they were reported in 2004-2007. Having said that...it's intriguing that credible reports of both species turned up only two days (black swift) and five days (willow flycatcher) after this year's count. Of the species we've found to date, we have found the same ~200 every year, accounting for about 60% of our annual average. We have also found 28 species only once (excluding recently added non-native parakeets), indicating that about 8% are "one-hit wonders." Examples from previous years include Crested Caracara, Ridgeway's rail, yellow-billed loon, field sparrow, ruff, red-throated pipit, evening grosbeak, and red-faced warbler. There are also numerous species that we find about 1/2 of the time, probably a consequence of the fact that we schedule the event in late April when wintering birds are leaving and when many spring migrants are just arriving. Even though some species are reported nearly every year, there are a number that we struggle to find, and it's often through the dedicated efforts of a few people that we find them. Typical examples include Praire falcon, LeConte's thrasher, Clark's nutcracker, Williamson's sapsucker, and flammulated owl. Of those four, this year we found only the falcon and the sapsucker. Here are species we found that were particularly notable: (Found less than or equal to five times previously and not introduced). 01 Tundra Bean-Goose 03 White-winged Scoter 03 Long-tailed Duck 04 Pacific Golden-Plover 03 Red Phalarope (not listed as "rare" in eBird. Perhaps it should be) 02 Lesser Black-backed Gull 01 Red-Footed Booby 04 Neotropic Cormorant. Becoming regular, but still recent. 04 Dusky-Capped Flycatcher 02 Swamp Sparrow Once again, the number in the first two columns gives the number of years when we have found this species since 2004. As mentioned above, yellow-crowned night-heron appears to be more regular and we've found it on the last six counts. Given the explosive increase in neotropic cormorant numbers, those have become regular as well. What were our worst misses Here's a list of species we didn't find that were found at least 11 times previously: 17 Brant 17 Wood Duck 14 Gambel's Quail 14 Chuckar 11 Horned Grebe 15 Common Ground-Dove 18 Ruddy Turnstone 13 Pink-Footed Shearwateer 12 Flammulated Owl 17 Northern Pygmy-Owl 14 Burrowing Owl 16 Spotted Owl 11 Plumbeous Vireo 16 Clarks' Nutcracker 13 LeConte's Thrasher 15 Pine Siskin Of these, Ruddy Turnstone was the most surprising. We had good coverage at places where they occur so it wasn't for lack of effort. We also tried hard for Wood Duck and Brant. We didn't have coverage on San Clemente Island for the first time in many years, hence our inability to find Gambel's Quail and Chukar (the island is the only place in LA County where they occur regularly). As mentioned previously, we came up short with owls this year. There was considerable effort to find northern pygmy owl. Perhaps they didn't fare well due to harsh weather this past winter Access to Flammulated Owl habitat was quite limited, but there was still a search near Big Pines, but it came up empty. This was the first year that we got northern saw-whet owl on Catalina Island where they are relatively common this spring. Due to closure of the Angeles Crest Highway between the Mt. Wilson Road and Big Pines, I expected us to struggle in the mountains. However, due to heroic efforts from several dedicated teams, we actually did really well. Here's a list of species that we missed in 2023 by about one week or less before or after the count. Most were extracted from eBird: 2023 Near-Misses: +- one week Hooded Merganser: found shorly before and shorly after Gambel's Quail Chukar Horned Grebe Black Swift: Found two days after American Oystercatcher Ruddy Turnstone: Found one day after. Cassin's Auklet Franklin's Gull Black Tern Common Tern: Reported; I don't know if it was confirmed Least Bittern: Yes, we checked! California Condor Blue-headed Vireo: Missed by a couple of days. Rats.. Purple Martin LeConte's Thrasher: Found a few days before and two days after Sage Thrasher: Found a few days before. We've never gotten one on ABC weekend. Pine Siskin: Widely reported in the week after the count Harris's Sparrow: Missed by two days. Baltimore Oriole Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Hooded Warbler: Arg... Just missed it. Northern Parula Summer Tanager N = 25 Given the number of new species that we find each year, which species might be next With our previous experience we certainly didn't expect to add Tundra Bean-Goose, but I suppose red-footed booby was in the realm of possiblity given that there have been modest numbers along the coast in recent months. We've missed broad-winged hawk by less than one week on multiple occasions, so we should find it eventually. Brown Boobies are increasing in abundance and are sometimes reported fairly often, so we should sweep one up. I'm surprised that we haven't found reddish egret yet given that they have been reported close by in Orange County at Bolsa Chica in previous years. Despite these predictions, the rarities we find suggests something not mentioned above is at least as likely to turn up. For example, in previous summary emails I never expected a Bean Goose. It seems inevitable that more exotics will be added to the state list by the California Bird Records Committee and thus become countable. Species that might be added in the not-too-distant future include Egyptian goose, Swinhoe's White-eye, and perhaps Pin-tailed Whydah. Since last year, Nanday Parakeet and Red-masked Parakeet have been added and we found both this year. For a discussion, please check the CBRC website at: https://www.californiabirds.org/CBRC%20Annotated%20Watch%20List_Mar2022.pdf We have started to keep track of uncountable, non-native species that we find, but we didn't attempt to organize dedicated searches. Here are the ones that were reported, in no particular order: Yellow-headed Parrot Pin-tailed Whydah Muscovy Duck Swinhoe's White-eye Northern Cardinal Egyptian Goose Indian Peafowl Yellow-headed Parrot European Goldfinch Red-lored Parrot How many more species could we find during this count We've already found 277 species twice, and 275 species once, so 280 species is probably within reach if we are have really good luck. 285 species might be attainable...particularly if the CBRC continues to add introduced species to the state list. Finding more than that is probably very unlikely even if we dramatically increase our organization and level of effort because we're already up against the limit of the number of birds regularly in the area at this time of year. The significance of "America's Birdiest County" has grown considerably since we started in 2003. It's become much more than a friendly competition with other counties and has turned into a educational event that continues to improve our body of knowledge of the status and distribution of birds in our area. Knowledge of where birds are has grown to the point that we usually find most species that are very local. Although there are other events during the year such as Christmas Bird Counts and the Great Backyard Bird Count, there aren't many events in the spring when migration is in full swing. As such, we've been obtaining a detailed sample for 20 years at a time of year when few other surveys occur. Now, however, the Bear Divide Migration Count, which has become a regular event, is providing another means for assessing species in this area in a systematic way. There are also suggestions from Richard Crossley's observations in Gorman that regular surveys there could also yield very important results. As mentioned above, ABC weekend is also documenting changes, both positive and negative, in the avifauna in our area for species such as vermilion flycatcher, neotropic cormorant, yellow-crowned night-heron, zone-tailed hawk, tricolored blackbird, American Dipper, and burrowing owl. Most of our participants use eBird to archive their observations and many people are uploading photos and audio recordings, which makes the reports considerably more valuable. Every year during ABC weekend there's a significant increase in the number of records entered into eBird. We scour eBird for reports that weren't submitted to us or posted on listserves. This often adds 2-4 species after the count that we would otherwise miss. This year most of the species were reported directly to us but I also found at least 20 by checking eBird. Use of eBird is making an increasingingly important contribution to ornithology worldwide. eBird data is appearing in a rapidly-increasing number of peer-reviewed publications in prominent scientific journals and it's having a pronounced impact on many areas of bird conservation. Articles that discuss results from eBird have appeared many times in some of the highest-impact peer reviewed scientific journals, and eBird is widely considered to be among the most important community science projects in existence. Thank you again to everyone who contributed! Best wishes, Lance Lance Benner Altadena |
Hi Everyone,
We've added four species since the last update, most notably our first Red-footed Booby, which was on a buoy at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island. Here are the four new species:
Sooty Shearwater: Santa Catalina Island
Red-footed Booby: Santa Catalina Island
Red-masked parakeet
Red Crossbill
With these, our total is now 266.
Here's the list of all the species we've found 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
* White-winged Scoter
* Long-tailed Duck
* Bufflehead
* Common Merganser
* 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
* White-winged 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
* Red Phalarope
* Spotted Sandpiper
* Solitary Sandpiper
* Wandering Tattler
* Greater Yellowlegs
* Willet
* Lesser Yellowlegs
* Common Murre
* Bonaparte's Gull
* Heermann's Gull
* Ring-billed Gull
* Western Gull
* California Gull
* Herring Gull
* Lesser Black-backed Gull
* Glaucous-winged Gull
* Least Tern
* Caspian Tern
* Forster's Tern
* Royal Tern
* Elegant Tern
* Black Skimmer
* Red-throated Loon
* Pacific Loon
* Common Loon
* Sooty Shearwater
* Black-vented Shearwater
* Red-footed Booby NEW!
* 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
* White-tailed Kite
* 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
* Northern Saw-whet Owl
* Belted Kingfisher
* Williamson's Sapsucker
* Red-breasted Sapsucker
* Lewis's Woodpecker
* Acorn Woodpecker
* Downy Woodpecker
* Nuttall's Woodpecker
* Ladder-backed Woodpecker
* Hairy Woodpecker
* White-headed Woodpecker
* Northern Flicker
* American Kestrel
* Merlin
* Peregrine Falcon
* Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
* Red-Crowned Parrot
* Lilac-Crowned Parrot
* Nanday Parakeet
* Mitred Parakeet
* Red-masked Parakeet
* Olive-sided Flycatcher
* Western Wood-Pewee
* Hammond's Flycatcher
* Gray Flycatcher
* Dusky Flycatcher
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher
* Black Phoebe
* Say's Phoebe
* Vermilion Flycatcher
* Dusky-capped 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
* Red Crossbill
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Lawrence's Goldfinch
* American Goldfinch
* Chipping Sparrow
* Black-chinned Sparrow
* Brewer's Sparrow
* Black-throated Sparrow
* Lark Sparrow
* Fox Sparrow
* Dark-eyed Junco
* White-crowned Sparrow
* Golden-crowned Sparrow
* White-throated 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
* Lazuli Bunting
There are still some common species that we didn't locate. Here's the list of all of those that were tallied during previous ABC weekends:
# Brant
# Wood Duck
# Canvasback
# Greater Scaup
# Black Scoter
# Common Goldeneye
# Hooded Merganser
# Gambel's Quail
# Chukar
# Horned Grebe
# Common Ground-Dove
# Ridgway's Rail
# Sandhill Crane
# Ruddy Turnstone
# Red Knot
# Ruff
# Stilt Sandpiper
# Baird's Sandpiper
# Pectoral Sandpiper
# Semipalmated Sandpiper
# Pomarine Jaeger
# Parasitic Jaeger
# Scripps's Murrelet
# Cassin's Auklet
# Rhinoceros Auklet
# Sabine's Gull
# Laughing Gull
# Franklin's Gull
# Short-billed Gull
# Iceland Gull (Thayer's Gull)
# Glaucous Gull
# Black Tern
# Common Tern
# Yellow-billed Loon
# Black-footed Albatross
# Leach's Storm-Petrel
# Northern Fulmar
# Pink-footed Shearwater
# American Bittern
# Least Bittern
# California Condor
# Golden Eagle
# Zone-tailed Hawk
# Ferruginous Hawk
# Flammulated Owl
# Northern Pygmy-Owl
# Burrowing Owl
# Spotted Owl
# Long-eared Owl
# Red-naped Sapsucker
# Crested Caracara
# Prairie Falcon
# Least Flycatcher
# Thick-billed Kingbird
# Plumbeous Vireo
# Clark's Nutcracker
# Purple Martin
# LeConte's Thrasher
# Mountain Bluebird
# Varied Thrush
# Red-throated Pipit
# Evening Grosbeak
# Pine Siskin
# Grasshopper Sparrow
# Clay-colored Sparrow
# Field Sparrow
# Harris's Sparrow
# Vesper Sparrow
# Orchard Oriole
# Baltimore Oriole
# Northern Waterthrush
# Black-and-white Warbler
# Tennessee Warbler
# Hooded Warbler
# American Redstart
# Northern Parula
# Chestnut-sided Warbler
# Red-faced Warbler
# Painted Redstart
# Summer Tanager
# Indigo Bunting
If you found any of these, please let us know!
It's possible that more reports could arrive in the next couple of days, and some species are under review, so our total could still change, perhaps as much as several species. I'll provide a brief update on Monday and then post a full summary in about a week.
Thank you everyone for all your hard work!
More soon,
Lance
Lance Benner
Altadena |
Greetings Everyone,
Since the last update we have added three species:
White-winged Dove: Gorman, Daniel Irons
Williamson's Sapsucker: Blue Ridge, Cathy McFadden and Paul Clarke
Brewer's Sparrow: Blue Ridge, Cathy & Paul
Our total is now 261 species, which is approaching our long-term average.
Here are the species we've FOUND:
* 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
* White-winged Scoter
* Long-tailed Duck
* Bufflehead
* Common Merganser
* 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
* Red Phalarope
* Spotted Sandpiper
* Solitary Sandpiper
* Wandering Tattler
* Greater Yellowlegs
* Willet
* Lesser Yellowlegs
* Common Murre
* Bonaparte's Gull
* Heermann's Gull
* Ring-billed Gull
* Western Gull
* California Gull
* Herring Gull
* Lesser Black-backed 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
* White-tailed Kite
* 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
* Northern Saw-whet Owl
* Belted Kingfisher
* Williamson's Sapsucker
* Red-breasted Sapsucker
* Lewis's Woodpecker
* Acorn Woodpecker
* Downy Woodpecker
* Nuttall's Woodpecker
* Ladder-backed Woodpecker
* Hairy Woodpecker
* White-headed Woodpecker
* Northern Flicker
* American Kestrel
* Merlin
* Peregrine Falcon
* Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
* Red-Crowned Parrot
* Lilac-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
* Dusky-capped 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
* Brewer's Sparrow
* Black-throated Sparrow
* Lark Sparrow
* Fox Sparrow
* Dark-eyed Junco
* White-crowned Sparrow
* Golden-crowned Sparrow
* White-throated 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
* Lazuli Bunting
I'll send the list of MISSING species separately in a couple of minutes.
Regards,
Lance
Lance Benner
Altadena |
Hi Everyone,
Since the last update we have added three more species:
Red Phalarope: Ballona Wetlands, Saturday
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Northern Saw-whet Owl: Santa Catalina Island, Saturday
This is the first time that we've gotten northern saw-whet owl during ABC weekend.
Here's the list of all the species we've FOUND 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
* White-winged Scoter
* Long-tailed Duck
* Bufflehead
* Common Merganser
* 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
* Red Phalarope
* Spotted Sandpiper
* Solitary Sandpiper
* Wandering Tattler
* Greater Yellowlegs
* Willet
* Lesser Yellowlegs
* Common Murre
* Bonaparte's Gull
* Heermann's Gull
* Ring-billed Gull
* Western Gull
* California Gull
* Herring Gull
* Lesser Black-backed 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
* White-tailed Kite
* 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
* Northern Saw-whet Owl
* Belted Kingfisher
* Red-breasted Sapsucker
* Lewis's Woodpecker
* Acorn Woodpecker
* Downy Woodpecker
* Nuttall's Woodpecker
* Ladder-backed Woodpecker
* Hairy Woodpecker
* White-headed Woodpecker
* Northern Flicker
* American Kestrel
* Merlin
* Peregrine Falcon
* Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
* Red-Crowned Parrot
* Lilac-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
* Dusky-capped 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
* White-throated 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
* Lazuli Bunting
We've also been keeping track of introduced species that haven't been accepted yet as established by the California Bird Records Committee. Here's what we've found so far in the order that we heard about them:
Pin-tailed Whydah
Muscovy Duck
Swinhoe's White-eye
Northern Cardinal
Egyptian Goose
Indian Peafowl
Yellow-headed Parrot
European Goldfinch
This doesn't include various domestic ducks and geese.
I'll provide the list of missing species shortly in a different email.
Thank you!
Lance
Lance Benner
Altadena |
Hi Everyone,
Our total is now 256 species. Since last night's update we have added:
White-winged Scoter, Pollywog Park
Lesser Black-backed Gull, LA River/Slauson
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Common Merganser
Bonaparte's Gull
Herring Gull
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Lilac-Crowned Parrot
White-tailed Kite
White-throated Sparrow
Some of these are rare and are pending review.
Here's the list of everything 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
* White-winged Scoter
* Long-tailed Duck
* Bufflehead
* Common Merganser
* 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
* Bonaparte's Gull
* Heermann's Gull
* Ring-billed Gull
* Western Gull
* California Gull
* Herring Gull
* Lesser Black-backed 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
* White-tailed Kite
* 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
* Ladder-backed Woodpecker
* Hairy Woodpecker
* White-headed Woodpecker
* Northern Flicker
* American Kestrel
* Merlin
* Peregrine Falcon
* Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
* Red-Crowned Parrot
* Lilac-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
* White-throated 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
* Lazuli Bunting
We're doing really well! I'll post a list of MISSING species in a separate email shortly.
Than you,
Lance
Lance Benner Altadena |
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 |
Hi Everyone,
Since the last update we have added six more species and our total is now 232 species. The latest additions were:
Common Murre
Black-throated Sparrow
Scott's Oriole
Willet
Rock Wren
Green-tailed Towhee
Tropical Kingbird
The kingbird was reported by Jeff Boyd along the LA River between 25th and 28th streets along the utility lines.
Here's the list of all the species we have FOUND:
* 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 * 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 * Sanderling * Dunlin * Least Sandpiper * Western Sandpiper * 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 * Elegant Tern * Black Skimmer * Red-throated Loon * Pacific Loon * Common Loon * Black-vented Shearwater * Brandt's 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 * Cooper's Hawk * Bald Eagle * Red-shouldered Hawk * Swainson's Hawk * Red-tailed Hawk * Barn Owl * Western Screech-Owl * Great Horned Owl * Belted Kingfisher * Lewis's Woodpecker * Acorn Woodpecker * Downy Woodpecker * Nuttall's Woodpecker * Hairy 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 * Ruby-crowned Kinglet * Red-breasted Nuthatch * White-breasted Nuthatch * 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 * Swainson's Thrush * Hermit Thrush * American Robin * Cedar Waxwing * Phainopepla * House Sparrow * Scaly-breasted Munia * American Pipit * House Finch * Purple 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 * Yellow-rumped Warbler * Black-throated Gray Warbler * Townsend's Warbler * Hermit Warbler * Wilson's Warbler * Western Tanager * Black-headed Grosbeak * Blue Grosbeak * Lazuli Bunting
I'll send a list of species we're MISSING in a separate email.
Thank you!
Regards,
Lance
Lance Benner Altadena |
Hi Everyone, We've added nearly a lot more species since last night and our total is now 226 species. Here are the species we've added, in no particular order: Marbled Godwit Long-billed Curlew Sanderling Wandering Tattler Heermann's Gull Least Tern Elegant Tern Red-throated Loon Common Loon Black-vented shearwater American White Pelican Osprey Bald Eagle Barn Owl Lewis's Woodpecker Merlin Bank Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch Fox Sparrow Lesser Nighthawk Vaux's Swift Common Gallinule Snow Goose Ross's Goose Cackling Goose Say's Phoebe American Dipper Hutton's Vireo Common Poorwill Calliope Hummingbird Gray Flycatcher Black-chinned sparrow Here's the list of ALL the species we've FOUND: * 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 * 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 * Sanderling * Dunlin * Least Sandpiper * Western Sandpiper * Long-billed Dowitcher * Wilson's Snipe * Wilson's Phalarope * Red-necked Phalarope * Spotted Sandpiper * Solitary Sandpiper * Wandering Tattler * Greater Yellowlegs * Lesser Yellowlegs * Heermann's Gull * Ring-billed Gull * Western Gull * California Gull * Glaucous-winged Gull * Least Tern * Caspian Tern * Forster's Tern * Elegant Tern * Black Skimmer * Red-throated Loon * Pacific Loon * Common Loon * Black-vented Shearwater * Brandt's 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 * Cooper's Hawk * Bald Eagle * Red-shouldered Hawk * Swainson's Hawk * Red-tailed Hawk * Barn Owl * Western Screech-Owl * Great Horned Owl * Belted Kingfisher * Lewis's Woodpecker * Acorn Woodpecker * Downy Woodpecker * Nuttall's Woodpecker * Hairy 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 * 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 * Ruby-crowned Kinglet * Red-breasted Nuthatch * White-breasted Nuthatch * Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * California Gnatcatcher * Canyon Wren * House Wren * Marsh Wren * Bewick's Wren * Cactus Wren * American Dipper * European Starling * California Thrasher * Northern Mockingbird * Western Bluebird * Swainson's Thrush * Hermit Thrush * American Robin * Cedar Waxwing * Phainopepla * House Sparrow * Scaly-breasted Munia * American Pipit * House Finch * Purple Finch * Lesser Goldfinch * Lawrence's Goldfinch * American Goldfinch * Chipping Sparrow * Black-chinned 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 * Spotted Towhee * Yellow-breasted Chat * Yellow-headed Blackbird * Western Meadowlark * Hooded Oriole * Bullock'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 * Yellow-rumped Warbler * Black-throated Gray Warbler * Townsend's Warbler * Hermit Warbler * Wilson's Warbler * Western Tanager * Black-headed Grosbeak * Blue Grosbeak * Lazuli Bunting There are still many species we haven't found that we usually get, plus some rare birds that turned up in previous years. Here's that list: # Brant # Wood Duck # Canvasback # Greater Scaup # White-winged Scoter # Black Scoter # Common Goldeneye # Hooded Merganser # Common Merganser # Gambel's Quail # Chukar # Horned Grebe # Inca Dove # Common Ground-Dove # White-winged Dove # Ridgway's Rail # Sandhill Crane # Ruddy Turnstone # Black Turnstone # Red Knot # Surfbird # Ruff # Stilt Sandpiper # Baird's Sandpiper # Pectoral Sandpiper # Semipalmated Sandpiper # Short-billed Dowitcher # Red Phalarope # Willet # Pomarine Jaeger # Parasitic Jaeger # Common Murre # Scripps's Murrelet # Cassin's Auklet # Rhinoceros Auklet # Sabine's Gull # Bonaparte's Gull # Laughing Gull # Franklin's Gull # Short-billed Gull # Herring Gull # Lesser Black-backed Gull # Iceland Gull (Thayer's Gull) # Glaucous Gull # Black Tern # Common Tern # Royal Tern # Yellow-billed Loon # Black-footed Albatross # Leach's Storm-Petrel # Northern Fulmar # Pink-footed Shearwater # Sooty Shearwater # Pelagic Cormorant # American Bittern # Least Bittern # California Condor # White-tailed Kite # Golden Eagle # Sharp-shinned Hawk # Zone-tailed Hawk # Ferruginous Hawk # Flammulated Owl # Northern Pygmy-Owl # Burrowing Owl # Spotted Owl # Long-eared Owl # Northern Saw-whet Owl # Williamson's Sapsucker # Red-naped Sapsucker # Red-breasted Sapsucker # Ladder-backed Woodpecker # White-headed Woodpecker # Crested Caracara # Prairie Falcon # Lilac-Crowned Parrot # Red-masked Parakeet # Least Flycatcher # Dusky-capped Flycatcher # Tropical Kingbird # Thick-billed Kingbird # Plumbeous Vireo # Clark's Nutcracker # Purple Martin # Golden-crowned Kinglet # Pygmy Nuthatch # Brown Creeper # Rock Wren # LeConte's Thrasher # Mountain Bluebird # Townsend's Solitaire # Varied Thrush # Red-throated Pipit # Evening Grosbeak # Cassin's Finch # Red Crossbill # Pine Siskin # Grasshopper Sparrow # Clay-colored Sparrow # Field Sparrow # Brewer's Sparrow # Black-throated Sparrow # Harris's Sparrow # White-throated Sparrow # Vesper Sparrow # Green-tailed Towhee # Orchard Oriole # Baltimore Oriole # Scott's Oriole # Northern Waterthrush # Black-and-white Warbler # Tennessee Warbler # Hooded Warbler # American Redstart # Northern Parula # Chestnut-sided Warbler # Palm Warbler # Red-faced Warbler # Painted Redstart # Summer Tanager # Indigo Bunting There are still species we've never found on ABC weekend that have been in the county recently such as blue-headed vireo, sage thrasher, Pacific wren, and others. If you find any of those, please let us know! Thank you! Best wishes, Lance Lance Benner Altadena |
Hi Everyone,
Since the last email at about 4 pm on Friday we've added another 20 species and our total is now 192.
Here's what we've found so far:
* Greater White-fronted Goose
* Tundra Bean-Goose NEW!
* 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
* Mourning Dove
* Greater Roadrunner
* White-throated Swift
* Black-chinned Hummingbird
* Anna's Hummingbird
* Costa's Hummingbird
* Rufous Hummingbird
* Allen's Hummingbird
* Virginia Rail
* Sora
* American Coot
* Black-necked Stilt
* American Avocet
* Black Oystercatcher
* 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
* Greater Yellowlegs
* Lesser Yellowlegs
* Ring-billed Gull
* Western Gull
* California Gull
* Glaucous-winged Gull
* Caspian Tern
* Forster's Tern
* Black Skimmer
* Pacific Loon
* Brandt's Cormorant
* Neotropic Cormorant
* Double-crested Cormorant
* 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
* Northern Harrier
* Cooper's Hawk
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Swainson's Hawk
* Red-tailed Hawk
* Western Screech-Owl
* Great Horned Owl
* Belted Kingfisher
* Acorn Woodpecker
* Downy Woodpecker
* Nuttall's Woodpecker
* Hairy Woodpecker
* Northern Flicker
* American Kestrel
* Peregrine Falcon
* Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
* Red-Crowned Parrot
* Mitred Parakeet
* Olive-sided Flycatcher
* Western Wood-Pewee
* Hammond's Flycatcher
* Dusky Flycatcher
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher
* Black Phoebe
* Vermilion Flycatcher
* Ash-throated Flycatcher
* Cassin's Kingbird
* Western Kingbird
* Bell'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
* Barn Swallow
* Cliff Swallow
* Red-Whiskered Bulbul
* Bushtit
* Wrentit
* Ruby-crowned Kinglet
* White-breasted Nuthatch
* Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
* California Gnatcatcher
* Canyon Wren
* House Wren
* Marsh Wren
* Bewick's Wren
* Cactus Wren
* European Starling
* California Thrasher
* Northern Mockingbird
* Western Bluebird
* Swainson's Thrush
* Hermit Thrush
* American Robin
* Cedar Waxwing
* Phainopepla
* House Sparrow
* Scaly-breasted Munia
* American Pipit
* House Finch
* Purple Finch
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Lawrence's Goldfinch
* American Goldfinch
* Chipping Sparrow
* Lark 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
* Spotted Towhee
* Yellow-breasted Chat
* Yellow-headed Blackbird
* Western Meadowlark
* Hooded Oriole
* Bullock'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
* Yellow-rumped Warbler
* Black-throated Gray Warbler
* Townsend's Warbler
* Hermit Warbler
* Wilson's Warbler
* Western Tanager
* Black-headed Grosbeak
* Blue Grosbeak
* Lazuli Bunting
We swept up more rare species, perhaps most notably one of the swamp sparrows reported by Keith Condon at Bonelli Park.
Most of the species we've found are from reports that people have sent via email. I've scraped a couple of eBird reports today but haven't had time to check thoroughly yet, so there could be additional species in eBird that we don't know about yet.
We're still missing quite a few common species. Here's the list of species reported during previous counts that we haven't found yet this time:
# Snow Goose
# Ross's Goose
# Brant
# Cackling Goose
# Wood Duck
# Canvasback
# Greater Scaup
# White-winged Scoter
# Black Scoter
# Common Goldeneye
# Hooded Merganser
# Common Merganser
# Gambel's Quail
# Chukar
# Horned Grebe
# Inca Dove
# Common Ground-Dove
# White-winged Dove
# Lesser Nighthawk
# Common Poorwill
# Vaux's Swift
# Calliope Hummingbird
# Ridgway's Rail
# Common Gallinule
# Sandhill Crane
# Long-billed Curlew
# Marbled Godwit
# Ruddy Turnstone
# Black Turnstone
# Red Knot
# Surfbird
# Ruff
# Stilt Sandpiper
# Sanderling
# Baird's Sandpiper
# Pectoral Sandpiper
# Semipalmated Sandpiper
# Short-billed Dowitcher
# Red Phalarope
# Wandering Tattler
# Willet
# Pomarine Jaeger
# Parasitic Jaeger
# Common Murre
# Scripps's Murrelet
# Cassin's Auklet
# Rhinoceros Auklet
# Sabine's Gull
# Bonaparte's Gull
# Laughing Gull
# Franklin's Gull
# Heermann's Gull
# Short-billed Gull
# Herring Gull
# Lesser Black-backed Gull
# Iceland Gull (Thayer's Gull)
# Glaucous Gull
# Least Tern
# Black Tern
# Common Tern
# Royal Tern
# Elegant Tern
# Red-throated Loon
# Common Loon
# Yellow-billed Loon
# Black-footed Albatross
# Leach's Storm-Petrel
# Northern Fulmar
# Pink-footed Shearwater
# Sooty Shearwater
# Black-vented Shearwater
# Pelagic Cormorant
# American White Pelican
# American Bittern
# Least Bittern
# California Condor
# Osprey
# White-tailed Kite
# Golden Eagle
# Sharp-shinned Hawk
# Bald Eagle
# Zone-tailed Hawk
# Ferruginous Hawk
# Barn Owl
# Flammulated Owl
# Northern Pygmy-Owl
# Burrowing Owl
# Spotted Owl
# Long-eared Owl
# Northern Saw-whet Owl
# Williamson's Sapsucker
# Red-naped Sapsucker
# Red-breasted Sapsucker
# Lewis's Woodpecker
# Ladder-backed Woodpecker
# White-headed Woodpecker
# Crested Caracara
# Merlin
# Prairie Falcon
# Lilac-Crowned Parrot
# Nanday Parakeet
# Red-masked Parakeet
# Least Flycatcher
# Gray Flycatcher
# Say's Phoebe
# Dusky-capped Flycatcher
# Tropical Kingbird
# Thick-billed Kingbird
# Hutton's Vireo
# Plumbeous Vireo
# Clark's Nutcracker
# Purple Martin
# Bank Swallow
# Golden-crowned Kinglet
# Red-breasted Nuthatch
# Pygmy Nuthatch
# Brown Creeper
# Rock Wren
# American Dipper
# LeConte's Thrasher
# Mountain Bluebird
# Townsend's Solitaire
# Varied Thrush
# Red-throated Pipit
# Evening Grosbeak
# Cassin's Finch
# Red Crossbill
# Pine Siskin
# Grasshopper Sparrow
# Clay-colored Sparrow
# Black-chinned Sparrow
# Field Sparrow
# Brewer's Sparrow
# Black-throated Sparrow
# Fox Sparrow
# Harris's Sparrow
# White-throated Sparrow
# Vesper Sparrow
# Green-tailed Towhee
# Orchard Oriole
# Baltimore Oriole
# Scott's Oriole
# Northern Waterthrush
# Black-and-white Warbler
# Tennessee Warbler
# Hooded Warbler
# American Redstart
# Northern Parula
# Chestnut-sided Warbler
# Palm Warbler
# Red-faced Warbler
# Painted Redstart
# Summer Tanager
# Indigo Bunting
Please note that there have been other species reported recently such as hooded warbler, blue-headed vireo, black-and-white warbler, white-throated sparrow, and sage thrasher (among others) that we haven't found today. Some of those have been reported in previous years but the thrasher and vireo would be new.
I'll post anothere update on Saturday morning.
Good luck to us,
Lance
Lance Benner Altadena |
Hi Everyone, We've added nearly 30 species since the last update only about 90 minutes ago and our total is now 171. Here's the list of everything that we've FOUND so far: * Greater White-fronted Goose * Tundra Bean-Goose NEW! * 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 * 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 * Greater Yellowlegs * Lesser Yellowlegs * Ring-billed Gull * Western Gull * California Gull * Glaucous-winged Gull * Caspian Tern * Forster's Tern * Black Skimmer * Brandt's Cormorant * Neotropic Cormorant * Double-crested Cormorant * 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 * Northern Harrier * Cooper's Hawk * Red-shouldered Hawk * Red-tailed Hawk * Great Horned Owl * Belted Kingfisher * Acorn Woodpecker * Downy Woodpecker * Nuttall's Woodpecker * American Kestrel * Peregrine Falcon * Yellow-chevroned Parakeet * Red-Crowned Parrot * Hammond's Flycatcher * Dusky Flycatcher * Pacific-slope Flycatcher * Black Phoebe * Vermilion Flycatcher * Ash-throated Flycatcher * Cassin's Kingbird * Western Kingbird * Bell's Vireo * Warbling Vireo * Loggerhead Shrike * California Scrub-Jay * American Crow * Common Raven * Mountain Chickadee * Oak Titmouse * Verdin * Horned Lark * Northern Rough-winged Swallow * Tree Swallow * Barn Swallow * Cliff Swallow * Red-Whiskered Bulbul * Bushtit * Wrentit * Ruby-crowned Kinglet * White-breasted Nuthatch * Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * Canyon Wren * House Wren * Marsh Wren * Bewick's Wren * European Starling * California Thrasher * Northern Mockingbird * Western Bluebird * Swainson's Thrush * Hermit Thrush * American Robin * Cedar Waxwing * Phainopepla * House Sparrow * Scaly-breasted Munia * American Pipit * House Finch * Lesser Goldfinch * Lawrence's Goldfinch * Chipping Sparrow * Lark Sparrow * Dark-eyed Junco * White-crowned Sparrow * Golden-crowned Sparrow * Bell's Sparrow * Savannah Sparrow * Song Sparrow * Lincoln's Sparrow * California Towhee * Rufous-crowned Sparrow * Spotted Towhee * Yellow-breasted Chat * Yellow-headed Blackbird * Western Meadowlark * Hooded Oriole * Bullock's Oriole * Red-winged Blackbird * Tricolored Blackbird * Brown-headed Cowbird * Brewer's Blackbird * 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 * Blue Grosbeak * Lazuli Bunting We're still missing numerous common species such as all three loons, purple finch, northern flicker, hairy woodpecker, barn owl, elegant tern, black-throated sparrow, black-chinned sparrow, western wood pewee, mountain quail, and various shorebirds. Here's the list of species found in previous years that we HAVEN'T found yet this time. Note that some were really rare (yellow-billed loon, crested caracara) that we don't expect to find. # Snow Goose # Ross's Goose # Brant # Cackling Goose # Wood Duck # Canvasback # Greater Scaup # White-winged Scoter # Black Scoter # Common Goldeneye # Hooded Merganser # Common Merganser # Mountain Quail # Gambel's Quail # Chukar # Horned Grebe # Spotted Dove # Inca Dove # Common Ground-Dove # White-winged Dove # Lesser Nighthawk # Common Poorwill # Vaux's Swift # Rufous Hummingbird # Calliope Hummingbird # Ridgway's Rail # Common Gallinule # Sandhill Crane # Black Oystercatcher # Long-billed Curlew # Marbled Godwit # Ruddy Turnstone # Black Turnstone # Red Knot # Surfbird # Ruff # Stilt Sandpiper # Sanderling # Baird's Sandpiper # Pectoral Sandpiper # Semipalmated Sandpiper # Short-billed Dowitcher # Red Phalarope # Wandering Tattler # Willet # Pomarine Jaeger # Parasitic Jaeger # Common Murre # Scripps's Murrelet # Cassin's Auklet # Rhinoceros Auklet # Sabine's Gull # Bonaparte's Gull # Laughing Gull # Franklin's Gull # Heermann's Gull # Short-billed Gull # Herring Gull # Lesser Black-backed Gull # Iceland Gull (Thayer's Gull) # Glaucous Gull # Least Tern # Black Tern # Common Tern # Royal Tern # Elegant Tern # Red-throated Loon # Pacific Loon # Common Loon # Yellow-billed Loon # Black-footed Albatross # Leach's Storm-Petrel # Northern Fulmar # Pink-footed Shearwater # Sooty Shearwater # Black-vented Shearwater # Pelagic Cormorant # American White Pelican # American Bittern # Least Bittern # California Condor # Osprey # White-tailed Kite # Golden Eagle # Sharp-shinned Hawk # Bald Eagle # Swainson's Hawk # Zone-tailed Hawk # Ferruginous Hawk # Barn Owl # Flammulated Owl # Western Screech-Owl # Northern Pygmy-Owl # Burrowing Owl # Spotted Owl # Long-eared Owl # Northern Saw-whet Owl # Williamson's Sapsucker # Red-naped Sapsucker # Red-breasted Sapsucker # Lewis's Woodpecker # Ladder-backed Woodpecker # Hairy Woodpecker # White-headed Woodpecker # Northern Flicker # Crested Caracara # Merlin # Prairie Falcon # Lilac-Crowned Parrot # Nanday Parakeet # Mitred Parakeet # Red-masked Parakeet # Olive-sided Flycatcher # Western Wood-Pewee # Least Flycatcher # Gray Flycatcher # Say's Phoebe # Dusky-capped Flycatcher # Tropical Kingbird # Thick-billed Kingbird # Hutton's Vireo # Cassin's Vireo # Plumbeous Vireo # Steller's Jay # Clark's Nutcracker # Purple Martin # Violet-green Swallow # Bank Swallow # Golden-crowned Kinglet # Red-breasted Nuthatch # Pygmy Nuthatch # Brown Creeper # California Gnatcatcher # Rock Wren # Cactus Wren # American Dipper # LeConte's Thrasher # Mountain Bluebird # Townsend's Solitaire # Varied Thrush # Red-throated Pipit # Evening Grosbeak # Purple Finch # Cassin's Finch # Red Crossbill # Pine Siskin # American Goldfinch # Grasshopper Sparrow # Clay-colored Sparrow # Black-chinned Sparrow # Field Sparrow # Brewer's Sparrow # Black-throated Sparrow # Fox Sparrow # Harris's Sparrow # White-throated Sparrow # Vesper Sparrow # Swamp Sparrow # Green-tailed Towhee # Orchard Oriole # Baltimore Oriole # Scott's Oriole # Northern Waterthrush # Black-and-white Warbler # Tennessee Warbler # MacGillivray's Warbler # Hooded Warbler # American Redstart # Northern Parula # Chestnut-sided Warbler # Palm Warbler # Red-faced Warbler # Painted Redstart # Summer Tanager # Indigo Bunting I'll send another update tonight. Thank you to everyone for all the hard work so far! Regards, Lance Lance Benner Altadena |
Hi Everyone, Here's additional information about the "America's Birdiest County" event that will happen in Los Angeles County on April 28-30, 2023. The count starts at midnight on Thursday night/Friday morning and ends at midnight on Sunday night/Monday morning. The objective is to find as many species in Los Angeles County over this three day interval as possible. We've been doing this since 2003 and regularly find more than 260 species. Birds can be identified by sight or sound, and as usual, rare species require documentation. All birds must be counted from land, so we can't accept anything seen on a whale watch, or from a boat on a lake, but we'd be glad to count any birds seen from Santa Catalina and San Clemente Islands or from seawatches at places such as Point Vicente and Point Dume. I will act as compiler again this year. Since the count in 2022, the California Bird Records Committee has accepted Nanday Parakeet and Red-masked Parakeet to the state list, so we can now count them. They should be straightforward to find. HISTORY America's Birdiest County started in 2003 in San Diego as a friendly competition among counties across the country to see how many species people could find in a single 24-hour period. After the first three years, the organizers changed the protocol to make it a three-day event.There were also various categories across the country to try to level the playing field so that counties in very different areas wouldn't be competing against those in other areas that have vastly more birds. Thus, counties in, say, Maine weren't competing against counties in California. Los Angeles was in the "Coastal West" category and our chief competition, at least initially, was with San Diego and Monterey. After the format changed to a three-day event, Monterey stopped competing in order to continue their traditional one-day county-wide birdathon. After 2011, the organizers discontinued the nationwide event, but selected counties continued due to strong local interest.Los Angeles and Kern Counties, which usually did very well, both continued. Here are the number of species found in Los Angeles County since 2003: Year Total 2023 265 2021 277 2020 No count due to covid 19 2019 257 2018 263 2017 264 2016 270 2015 275 2014 272 2013 265 2012 262 2011 277 2010 271 2009 264 2008 255 2007 272 2006 265 2005 246 2004 240 2003 239 Our total jumped in 2006 due to better organization and increased interest. This event has turned into an intensive sweep of the whole county each spring and has provided a useful snapshot of the species that are present in late April. Many people who participate also record their observations in eBird, and as a result, tens of thousands of bird sightings are permanently archived, so in addition to having fun, we're also making a scientifically useful contribution. ###################################### LOGISTICS Please email reports to me at lbenner@... and/or to the LA County listserve. ([email protected]) We welcome you to send ebird lists: the easiest way is to email eBird lists to your self and then forward them to me: This makes checking for new species really easy. I will provide updates two to four times each day to track our progress and to help guide searches for species we're missing. The first update will probably happen by mid afternoon on Friday. We will also provide updates each night so that we everyone can see what we still need first thing in the morning. We welcome reports on the county listserve all weekend regardless of what you see: the species do not have to be rare. Please note that we can't count birds seen from boats, but birds seen from Santa Catalina and San Clemente Island count. Also, the Gambel's quail and chukars on San Clemente Island are self-sustaining so we can count them. Also, to continue the protocol we adopted a few years ago, we are now glad to count bald eagles seen from Santa Catalina and San Clemente Islands. ###################################### NON-NATIVE SPECIES: Kimball Garrett asks us to please report established non-native species even if they're not the list that's accepted by the AOS or the CBRC. This means that we want to hear about introduced species such as parakeets and parrots, pin-tailed whydahs, orange bishops, white-eyes, Egyptian goose, Mandarin ducks, and so forth. Monitoring those populations is becoming increasingly important so please report them, and, of course, enter your sightings into eBird. We'll keep them in a supplemental list separate from the "regular" species. ###################################### RARE SPECIES There have been a number of rare species in the county recently. Here's an abbrevicated list of some reported in the last week or so: Tundra Bean Goose Long-tailed Duck Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Broad-winged Hawk Blue-headed Vireo Pacific Wren Sage Thrasher Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Hooded Warbler The Bean Goose, hawk, vireo, thrasher, and Wren would all be new if we could find them. This is a partial list: I haven't had time yet to go through all the rarities found in the county in the last month. As always, anything flagged as "rare" in eBird is going to require documentation, so please take photos, jot down notes, obtain recordings and videos, or make sketches. Please remember that your cell phone probably has an app that allows you to record sounds. They're quite sensitive and can be good for documetation. ###################################### SPECIES PREVIOUSLY RECORDED Below is the list of every species we've found during previous ABC weekends. There are some species that we get regularly that are actually quite local and require special effort to find and/or that are just leaving or arriving at this time of year . Among them, in no particular order, are prairie falcon, American dipper, common ground-dove, Inca dove, spotted owl, northern saw-whet owl, northern pygmy owl, flammulated owl, burrowing owl, golden-crowned kinglet, LeConte's thrasher, Williamson's sapsucker, red crossbill, Swainson's hawk, common merganser, hooded merganser, summer tanager, golden eagle, and wandering tattler. We often struggle to find pelagic species; alcids are particularly difficult. The table below lists every species we've recorded during the ABC weekend since 2004 and the number of years in which we've found it. N = number of years we've found a species from 2004-present N SPECIES 14 Snow Goose 18 Ross's Goose 17 Greater White-fronted Goose 17 Brant 16 Cackling Goose 18 Canada Goose 17 Wood Duck 18 Blue-winged Teal 18 Cinnamon Teal 18 Northern Shoveler 18 Gadwall 18 American Wigeon 18 Mallard 16 Northern Pintail 18 Green-winged Teal 04 Canvasback 18 Redhead 18 Ring-necked Duck 02 Greater Scaup 18 Lesser Scaup 18 Surf Scoter 02 White-winged Scoter 04 Black Scoter 02 Long-tailed Duck 18 Bufflehead 03 Common Goldeneye 11 Hooded Merganser 15 Common Merganser 17 Red-breasted Merganser 18 Ruddy Duck 18 Mountain Quail 18 California Quail 14 Gambel's Quail 14 Chukar 17 Pied-billed Grebe 11 Horned Grebe 18 Eared Grebe 18 Western Grebe 18 Clark's Grebe 18 Rock Pigeon 18 Band-tailed Pigeon 17 Eurasian Collared-Dove 18 Spotted Dove 13 Inca Dove 15 Common Ground-Dove 02 White-winged Dove 18 Mourning Dove 18 Greater Roadrunner 18 Lesser Nighthawk 18 Common Poorwill 18 Vaux's Swift 18 White-throated Swift 18 Black-chinned Hummingbird 18 Anna's Hummingbird 18 Costa's Hummingbird 18 Rufous Hummingbird 18 Allen's Hummingbird 13 Calliope Hummingbird 01 Ridgeway's Rail 17 Virginia Rail 18 Sora 18 Common Gallinule 18 American Coot 01 Sandhill Crane 18 Black-necked Stilt 18 American Avocet 18 Black Oystercatcher 18 Black-bellied Plover 03 Pacific Golden-Plover 18 Snowy Plover 18 Semipalmated Plover 18 Killdeer 18 Whimbrel 17 Long-billed Curlew 18 Marbled Godwit 18 Ruddy Turnstone 17 Black Turnstone 02 Red Knot 18 Surfbird 01 Ruff 01 Stilt Sandpiper 18 Sanderling 18 Dunlin 04 Baird's Sandpiper 18 Least Sandpiper 01 Pectoral Sandpiper 02 Semipalmated Sandpiper 18 Western Sandpiper 14 Short-billed Dowitcher 18 Long-billed Dowitcher 12 Wilson's Snipe 13 Wilson's Phalarope 17 Red-necked Phalarope 02 Red Phalarope 18 Spotted Sandpiper 14 Solitary Sandpiper 18 Wandering Tattler 18 Greater Yellowlegs 18 Willet 17 Lesser Yellowlegs 07 Pomarine Jaeger 10 Parasitic Jaeger 05 Common Murre 04 Scripps' Murrelet 02 Cassin's Auklet 03 Rhinoceros Auklet 01 Sabine's Gull 18 Bonaparte's Gull 01 Laughing Gull 10 Franklin's Gull 17 Heermann's Gull 02 Short-billed Gull 18 Ring-billed Gull 18 Western Gull 18 California Gull 16 Herring Gull 02 Iceland Gull (Thayer's Gull) 01 Lesser Black-backed gull 18 Glaucous-winged Gull 01 Glaucous Gull 17 Least Tern 18 Caspian Tern 05 Black Tern 01 Common Tern 18 Forster's Tern 18 Royal Tern 18 Elegant Tern 18 Black Skimmer 18 Red-throated Loon 18 Pacific Loon 18 Common Loon 01 Yellow-billed Loon 01 Black-footed albatross 01 Leach's Storm-petrel 03 Northern Fulmar 13 Pink-footed Shearwater 17 Sooty Shearwater 07 Black-vented Shearwater 18 Brandt's Cormorant 18 Pelagic Cormorant 03 Neotropic Cormorant 18 Double-crested Cormorant 17 American White Pelican 18 Brown Pelican 04 American Bittern 18 Least Bittern 18 Great Blue Heron 18 Great Egret 18 Snowy Egret 15 Cattle Egret 18 Green Heron 18 Black-crowned Night-Heron 05 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 18 White-faced Ibis 01 California Condor 18 Turkey Vulture 18 Osprey 17 White-tailed Kite 16 Golden Eagle 17 Northern Harrier 18 Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 Cooper's Hawk 06 Bald Eagle 18 Red-shouldered Hawk 18 Swainson's Hawk 01 Zone-tailed Hawk 18 Red-tailed Hawk 04 Ferruginous Hawk 18 Barn Owl 12 Flammulated Owl 18 Western Screech-Owl 18 Great Horned Owl 17 Northern Pygmy-Owl 14 Burrowing Owl 16 Spotted Owl 06 Long-eared Owl 15 Northern Saw-whet Owl 18 Belted Kingfisher 13 Lewis's Woodpecker 18 Acorn Woodpecker 14 Williamson's Sapsucker 01 Red-naped Sapsucker 18 Red-breasted Sapsucker 15 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 18 Nuttall's Woodpecker 18 Downy Woodpecker 18 Hairy Woodpecker 18 White-headed Woodpecker 18 Northern Flicker 01 Crested Caracara 18 American Kestrel 15 Merlin 18 Peregrine Falcon 16 Prairie Falcon 00 Nanday Parakeet 2023 will be the first year we can count it 01 Mitred Parakeet: 2022 was the first year we can count it 00 Red-masked Parakeet 2023 will be the first year we can count it 02 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet. 2021 was the first year we could count it 18 Red-crowned Parrot 01 Lilac-crowned Parrot: 2022 was the first year we can count it. 18 Olive-sided Flycatcher 18 Western Wood-Pewee 18 Hammond's Flycatcher 18 Gray Flycatcher 18 Dusky Flycatcher 18 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 18 Black Phoebe 18 Say's Phoebe 09 Vermilion Flycatcher 03 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 18 Ash-throated Flycatcher 07 Tropical Kingbird 18 Cassin's Kingbird 02 Thick-billed Kingbird 18 Western Kingbird 18 Bell's Vireo 18 Hutton's Vireo 18 Cassin's Vireo 11 Plumbeous Vireo 18 Warbling Vireo 18 Loggerhead Shrike 18 Steller's Jay 18 California Scrub-Jay 16 Clark's Nutcracker 18 American Crow 18 Common Raven 18 Mountain Chickadee 18 Oak Titmouse 17 Verdin 18 Horned Lark 18 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 09 Purple Martin 18 Tree Swallow 18 Violet-green Swallow 16 Bank Swallow 18 Barn Swallow 18 Cliff Swallow 02 Red-whiskered Bulbul. 2021 was the first year we could count it. 18 Bushtit 18 Wrentit 18 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 08 Golden-crowned Kinglet 18 Red-breasted Nuthatch 18 White-breasted Nuthatch 18 Pygmy Nuthatch 18 Brown Creeper 18 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 18 California Gnatcatcher 18 Rock Wren 18 Canyon Wren 18 House Wren 18 Marsh Wren 18 Bewick's Wren 18 Cactus Wren 12 American Dipper 18 European Starling 18 California Thrasher 13 LeConte's Thrasher 18 Northern Mockingbird 18 Western Bluebird 01 Mountain Bluebird 15 Townsend's Solitaire 18 Swainson's Thrush 18 Hermit Thrush 18 American Robin 01 Varied Thrush 18 Cedar Waxwing 18 Phainopepla 08 Scaly-Breasted Munia 18 House Sparrow 01 Red-throated Pipit 18 American Pipit 01 Evening Grosbeak 18 House Finch 18 Purple Finch 18 Cassin's Finch 12 Red Crossbill 15 Pine Siskin 18 Lesser Goldfinch 18 Lawrence's Goldfinch 18 American Goldfinch 04 Grasshopper Sparrow 18 Chipping Sparrow 03 Clay-colored Sparrow 18 Black-chinned Sparrow 01 Field Sparrow 14 Brewer's Sparrow 18 Black-throated Sparrow 17 Lark Sparrow 18 Fox Sparrow 18 Dark-eyed Junco 18 White-crowned Sparrow 18 Golden-crowned Sparrow 03 Harris' Sparrow 13 White-throated Sparrow 18 Bell's Sparrow 03 Vesper Sparrow 18 Savannah Sparrow 18 Song Sparrow 16 Lincoln's Sparrow 01 Swamp Sparrow 18 California Towhee 18 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 18 Green-tailed Towhee 18 Spotted Towhee 18 Yellow-breasted Chat 18 Yellow-headed Blackbird 18 Western Meadowlark 03 Orchard Oriole 18 Hooded Oriole 18 Bullock's Oriole 01 Baltimore Oriole 18 Scott's Oriole 18 Red-winged Blackbird 18 Tricolored Blackbird 18 Brown-headed Cowbird 18 Brewer's Blackbird 18 Great-tailed Grackle 02 Northern Waterthrush 05 Black-and-white Warbler 01 Tennessee Warbler 18 Orange-crowned Warbler 18 Nashville Warbler 18 MacGillivray's Warbler 18 Common Yellowthroat 01 Hooded Warbler 02 American Redstart 03 Northern Parula 18 Yellow Warbler 01 Chestnut-sided Warbler 10 Palm Warbler 18 Yellow-rumped Warbler 18 Black-throated Gray Warbler 18 Townsend's Warbler 18 Hermit Warbler 18 Wilson's Warbler 01 Red-faced Warbler 07 Summer Tanager 18 Western Tanager 18 Black-headed Grosbeak 18 Blue Grosbeak 18 Lazuli Bunting 02 Indigo Bunting Total: 344 species New in 2022: We added three new species last year: Least Flycatcher Lilac-crowned Parrot. Introduced: recently accepted by the CBRC Mitred Parakeet Introduced: recently accepted by the CBRC Removed: black swift and willow flycatcher because we think those reports were in error. If you think you see them, be prepared to provide outstanding documentation! Please start thinking of where you might be able to contribute, and we look forward to hearing from you on April 28, 29, and 30! Best wishes, Lance lbenner@... Lance Benner Altadena, CA |
I have seen this with two Barn owls and it was very surprising the first time. I believe this clicking call is mating related. Lots of detailed info on this site including a recording if you scroll down (track 6, kleak-kleak calls. Common Barn Owl soundapproach.co.uk I could not find it on xeno canto scrolling through many pages, but I assume it is there. Kumaran Arul Santa Cruz, CA |
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