Geese, Swans, Ducks

Gr. White-fronted Goose		  X
  X
  X
 X 
 X 
  
  About 300 max
Snow Goose X XX X X   15,000 SNWLR
Ross' Goose   XX        
Canada Goose X          25
Cackling Goose X          8000 Woodbr. Rd
Tundra Swan X    X   5000 nr Marysville
Gadwall  X X X     
American Wigeon  X XX X   
Mallard X  X X      
Cinnamon Teal  XX     
Northern Shoveler XX XX     
Northern Pintail X XX X     
Green-winged Teal  X X      
Canvasback X       State Is Rd
Ring-necked Duck  X       
Bufflehead    X      
Common Merganser       X females
Ruddy Duck  X       
Game Birds
Ring-necked Pheasant  X XX    Introduced
Wild Turkey        X Elinor et al
Loons, Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe X  XX    
Eared Grebe  X       
Pelicans, Cormorants
American White Pelican     Forgot where!
Double-crested Cormorant X        
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Ibis
American Bittern  X X     
Great Blue Heron X  XX  X 
Great Egret X X        
Snowy Egret XX  X     
Green Heron X         
Black-crowned Night Heron   X       
White-faced Ibis   X  X     
Vultures, Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons
Turkey Vulture XX  X  X 
White-tailed Kite X   XX    
Northern Harrier XX XX  X 
Sharp-shinned Hawk   X  X    
Cooper's Hawk    X     
Red-shouldered Hawk X  XX    
Swainson's Hawk X       Rusty
Red-tailed Hawk XX XX X X 
Rough-legged Hawk          Rusty-Yuba R.
American Kestrel XX  X X X 
Peregrine Falcon   XX     SNWLR - dark
Prairie Falcon        XBob - Sp'ville
Rails
Virginia Rail   hrd      
Common Moorhen XX XX     
American Coot X XX X      
Cranes
Sandhill Crane X        2500
Plovers, Stilts, Avocets, Sandpipers
Killdeer   X XX    
Black-necked Stilt XX X      
Greater Yellowlegs X         
Spotted Sandpiper        XYuba River
Least Sandpiper X        
Dunlin X X       
Long-billed Dowitcher X       
Wilson's Snipe X    X   
Gulls, Terns
Ring-billed Gull X        
California Gull X          
Herring Gull    X   X 
Pigeons, Doves
Rock Pigeon X  XX  X  
Mourning Dove X   X X    
Owls
Great Horned Owl  X X    Elinor et al
Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher XX X X      
Woodpeckers
Lewis' Woodpecker        XBob - Sp'ville
Acorn Woodpecker        X 
Red-breasted Sapsucker     X  X 
Nuttall's Woodpecker     X  X 
Northern Flicker XX XX  X 
Flycatchers
Black Phoebe X  XX  X 
Say's Phoebe        X 
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike XX  X    
Corvids
W. Scrub Jay X   X  X 
YB Magpie       XX  
American Crow    X   XX  
Common Raven    X X     
Chickadees, Titmice, Bushtits, Nuthatches
Oak Titmouse        X  
Bushtit     X     
White-breasted Nuthatch        X  
Wrens
Rock Wren       XYuba R.
Bewick's Wren    X    
House Wren     X  X 
Marsh Wren  X  X    
Kinglets, Thrushes
Ruby-crowned Kinglet   XX    
Western Bluebird    X  XLunch; Bob et al
Hermit Thrush       X 
American Robin X   X    
Mockingbirds, Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird X   X    
Starlings, Pipits
European Starling XX XX  X  
American Pipit XX XX    
Warblers
Yellow Warbler   X    Rusty SNWLR
Yellow-rumped Warbler X     X  
Sparrows
Spotted Towhee    X  X 
California Towhee     X   X  
Rufous-crowned Sp        X 
Lark Sparrow        X 
Savannah Sparrow    X   X 
Fox Sparrow X         
Song Sparrow X      X  
Lincoln's Sparrow       X X  
White-crowned Sparrow X      X  
Golden-crowned Sparrow X      X  
Dark-eyed Junco       X 
Blackbirds, Orioles
Red-winged Blackbird XX XX    
Western Meadowlark X   X    
Brewer's Blackbird XX XX  X 
Finches
House Finch X  X  X   
Lesser Goldfinch   X      
American Goldfinch X         
Weavers
House Sparrow X  X     
 
Total 5539 43 47 13 40  
 
Total seen during quarter 108 
Numbers are often VERY approximate, but are intended to give a rough idea of count
Dowitchers unidentified unless * indicating confirmation to species

() indicates species not meeting listing criteria of being seen by instructor and at least one student during class (may have been while driving, seen by instructor or a student only, etc.)

Locations:  San Joaquin County - Westgate Landing County Park, Woodbridge Rd, Staten Island Rd.  Glenn County - Sacramento NWLR.  Butte County - Gray Lodge.  Yuba County - Irrigation District 10 near Marysville, Hammon Grove County Park, Spenceville Wildlife Area


 Last Updated on 11/24/2006
By Robert Lewis