Swans, Geese, Ducks
Greater White-fronted Goose
300
50
200
1000
3000
200
Snow Goose   300+2000 many 1000's   10  
Ross's Goose   10 some 5000     Gray Lodge
Cackling Goose 3000+   1        
Canada Goose 15            
Tundra Swan 50       800    
Gadwall   200 500 800      
Eurasian Wigeon   2          
American Wigeon   50 200 2000      
Mallard 10 100 50 400      
Cinnamon Teal   10 15 50      
Northern Shoveler 50 800 1000 1000's      
Northern Pintail 100 500 3000 1000's 100's    
Green-winged Teal   20 20        
Canvasback 100            
Redhead 6            
Ring-necked Duck   2 2        
Bufflehead   3          
Common Merganser           3  
Ruddy Duck 2 8 10 10      
Grouse, Quail
Wild Turkey       (10)     Hanno
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe 8 10 4 7 2    
Eared Grebe     1        
Pelicans,Cormorants
American White Pelican 20 2          
Double-crested Cormorant 15 4 1 1   1  
Herons & Egrets; Ibis
American Bittern   (1)          
Great Blue Heron 2   4 3   2  
Great Egret 6 3 8 20 10    
Snowy Egret 1 1 2 3      
Green Heron 1            
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2            
White-faced Ibis 1 800 10   1500    
American Vultures
Turkey Vulture 3 15 15 5 2 30  
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
White-tailed Kite   5 2        
Bald Eagle           1 imm  
Northern Harrier 20 10 10 15 1    
Sharp-shinned Hawk   (1)          
Cooper's Hawk   1 1 1      
Red-shouldered Hawk 1   1 2   hrd  
Red-tailed Hawk 20 10 10 10 2 4  
Rough-legged Hawk   (1)         Nel
Falcons
American Kestrel 40 2 5 10 1    
Peregrine Falcon   1 1       Photo crew
Rails
Sora   1          
Common Moorhen   5 6 30      
American Coot 300 500 500 500      
Cranes
Sandhill Crane 1500     4      
Plovers
Killdeer 20 15 4 4      
Oystercatchers, Stilts & Avocets
Black-necked Stilt 10 50 50 15      
Sandpipers
Greater Yellowlegs 30     2 10    
Spotted Sandpiper           (1)  Shelley
Least Sandpiper 20            
Dunlin 60     50 200    
Long-billed Dowitcher * 30 30   30 100    
Wilson's Snipe 1 1     (1)    
Gulls & Terns
Ring-billed Gull 200 75 30 3      
Herring Gull   1 10     10  
Forster's Tern 5            
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon 150     10      
Mourning Dove 6            
Eurasian Collared Dove 2            
Owls
Great Horned Owl   1          
Swifts
White-throated Swift           35  
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher 3 1   1   1  
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker           20  Wow!!
Acorn Woodpecker           6  
Nuttall's Woodpecker     1 2      
Downy Woodpecker       2      
Hairy Woodpecker              
Northern Flicker 1 1 1 1   3  
Flycatchers
Black Phoebe 4 2 4 6 1 5  
Say's Phoebe 1            
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike     (1)       Pete & Shelley
Corvids
Western Scrub Jay 1     1   2  
Yellow-billed Magpie           (26) Rusty AM
American Crow 100 200   50 50    
Common Raven       2      
Swallows
Tree Swallow 3     2      
Titmice, Chickadees, etc.
Oak Titmouse       1      
Bushtit       10      
White-breasted Nuthatch           2  
Brown Creeper           (1)  
Wrens
Rock Wren           1  
Bewick's Wren     1 1      
Marsh Wren 1+   hrd        
Thrushes, Gnatcatchers
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 4 2 8   4  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     (1)        
Western Bluebird           10  
American Robin 5         4  
Thrashers & Mockingbirds
Northern Mockingbird 3     4   2  
Starlings & Pipits
European Starling 300+         10  
American Pipit 1   4 5 10    
Waxwings, Silky Flycatchers
Cedar Waxwing           40 Hotel
Warblers, Tanager
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10 6 10 10   8  
Common Yellowthroat 1     1      
Buntings, Sparrows, Grosbeaks
Spotted Towhee 1     3   1  
California Towhee 2   2 4   5  
Rufous-crowned Sparrow           1 Rusty
Savannah Sparrow 1   6 2   2  
Fox Sparrow 1   1        
Song Sparrow 2 2 2 1      
Lincoln's Sparrow     1        
White-crowned Sparrow 12   20 10      
Golden-crowned Sparrow hrd   4 5      
Dark-eyed Junco 5            
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird 1000's 1000's 100's 100"s      
Tri-colored Blackbird 15   2       Hwy 12
Western Meadowlark 100   30     30  
Yellow-headed Blackbird 15           Hwy 12
Brewer's Blackbird 1000's 1000's 100's 100's 100's    
Finches
House Finch 30 5 4 2   6  
Lesser Goldfinch 6   2     10  
American Goldfinch 15            
Weavers
House Sparrow       20      
               
TOTAL              

Total species seen during quarter: 113
*  Asterisk indicates at least one Dowitcher id'd ; otherwise interpret as "species"
()  Seen only by instructor, or only by a student

** County Names include the following sites:  SJO (San Joaquin):  Westgate Landing County Park;
Glenn:  Sacramento NWLR; Butte:  Gray Lodge; Yuba:  Spenceville Wildlife Area

Last Updated on 11/18/2007
by Bob