Swans, Geese, Ducks
Brant 1500
Canada Goose 6   10      
American Wigeon 4   3      
Mallard 2   6      
Northern Shoveler     1      
Northern Pintail 2 flight 4 flight    
Green-winged Teal     8      
Greater Scaup 15   20   30  
Lesser Scaup     2      
Surf Scoter 5       6  
Bufflehead         1f  
Ruddy Duck     10   2  
Loons
Pacific Loon            
Common Loon         6 a/b
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe            
Horned Grebe         3 a
Clark's Grebe     2   3  
Western Grebe     40   15  
Cormorants, Pelicans
Brown Pelican     2      
Brandt's Cormorant         8  
Double-crested Cormorant 3   4      
Pelagic Cormorant         6  
Herons & Egrets; Ibis
Great Egret 1       1  
Snowy Egret 5       2  
American Vultures
Turkey Vulture         1  
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Osprey         4  
Red-tailed Hawk 1          
Falcons
Peregrine Falcon         2  
Rails
American Coot     3   3  
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover 6 Mbat        
Semipalmated Plover     5 Mba 2  
Killdeer     1 R    
Oystercatchers, Stilts & Avocets
Black Oystercatcher     3 R 5 R
American Avocet 10 Ra        
Black-necked Stilt 6 R        
Sandpipers
Greater Yellowlegs 1 M        
Willet 300 Ma 6 Ma 4  
Wandering Tattler         1 Ma
Spotted Sandpiper     1 Ma    
Whimbrel 1 M 1 M 1  
Marbled Godwit 400 M 10 M 2000 M
Ruddy Turnstone 5 M     1 Mb
Black Turnstone     1 M (far) 30 Ma
Surfbird         2 Mb
Red Knot 20 Mbat        
Sanderling     1 Mb 31 M
Western Sandpiper 1 Mt 500 Ma 50 M
Least Sandpiper 120 Mba        
Dunlin     100 Ma 50 Ma
  Dowitcher sp. 30 Mt 75   10  
Short-billed Dowitcher         10 Ma
Long-billed Dowitcher     2 Ma    
Gulls & Terns
Western Gull 2   1   10  
Glaucous-winged Gull         3  
Caspian Tern 2   1   6  
Forster's Tern     5      
Alcids
Pigeon Guillemot         5  
Pigeons & Doves
Mourning Dove     5      
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird 2   5      
Corvids
Common Raven         1  
Swallows
N Rough-winged Swallow     2      
Barn Swallow 15          
Starlings & Pipits
European Starling     1   4  
Warblers, Tanager
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5          
Buntings, Sparrows, Grosbeaks
California Towhee 2   2      
Savannah Sparrow 1          
Song Sparrow 10       1  
White-crowned Sparrow         4  
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird 6   6      
Brewer's Blackbird         4  
Finches
House Finch     4   4  
American Goldfinch     4   2  
Weavers
House Sparrow     4      
             
TOTAL (shorebird total) 32 (12)   39 (13)   32 (11)  

Total shorebird species seen during quarter: 16
()  Seen only by instructor, or only by a student

R = resident, M=migrant; b=basic plumage, a=alternate plumage, t=transitional molt

Last Updated on 4/27/09
by Bob