Swans, Geese, Ducks
Canada Goose
 
 
2
2
 
 
 
Gadwall     8,y   3    
Mallard   2 6 2      
Cinnamon Teal     4        
Northern Shoveler     2        
Redhead     5        
Common Merganser           1f  
Ruddy Duck     4       displaying
Grouse, Quail
Sooty Grouse (hrd)            
Mountain Quail 1   hrd hrd   hrd  
California Quail     hrd hrd      
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe     4,y        
Herons & Egrets; Ibis
American Bittern     1       Evening in scope!
Black-cr. Night-Heron     2        
White-faced Ibis   2 30        
American Vultures
Turkey Vulture   2 2 2 2 3  
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Osprey   1 1   1 1  
Bald Eagle     1 ad        
Northern Harrier     1m     1m  
Golden Eagle     2       Smithneck
Swainson's Hawk     2,n        
Red-tailed Hawk     1 1, hrd y      
Falcons
American Kestrel   2   1      
Peregrine Falcon     1        
Rails
Virginia Rail     hrd        
American Coot     10,y,n   3    
Cranes
Sandhill Crane     4,y 2      
Plovers
Killdeer     2       Roberti's
Oystercatchers, Stilts & Avocets
American Avocet     8,y       Roberti's
Sandpipers
Willet   3 12 2      
Spotted Sandpiper         1    
Wilson's Snipe   1          
Wilson's Phalarope     1        
Gulls & Terns
Ring-billed Gull     2   4    
California Gull     2        
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon   10          
Band-tailed Pigeon         2    
Eurasian Collared Dove     1        
Mourning Dove   2     2 2  
Owls
Barn Owl     3y       Roberti's
Burrowing Owl   1          
Goatsuckers
Common Nighthawk 2   1       Smithneck
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird           1 Bassett's
Calliope Hummingbird           6 Bassett's
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher     1       Smithneck
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker   4,n          
Red-breasted Sapsucker 2 2   1      
Hairy Woodpecker   1     1    
White-headed W'pecker 1 2   1 1 2  
Northern Flicker 1 5,n   2 1 3  
Pileated Woodpecker         hrd    
Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher         1 1,n  
Western Wood-Pewee 1 2   3,n 2 3  
Gray Flycatcher         1    
Dusky Flycatcher 2       1 2  
Western Kingbird     2        
Vireos
Cassin's Vireo       1      
Warbling Vireo 3 2   2 5    
Corvids
Steller's Jay 1 4   2 4 1  
Western Scrub Jay   2          
Black-billed Magpie 4 3          
American Crow     2        
Common Raven 1 2   2   2  
Larks
Horned Lark   4 2        
Swallows
N Rough-winged Swallow   2   2      
Tree Swallow   4   2 10 4  
Cliff Swallow     25   2    
Barn Swallow     4   2    
Titmice, Chickadees, etc.
Mountain Chickadee 5 2   4,n      
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1       1 1  
Pygmy Nuthatch         1    
Brown Creeper hrd       3,n    
Wrens
House Wren   2   2     Singing
Marsh Wren     3        
Dippers
American Dipper   1     2,n   Under PE bridge; CRR
Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1       hrd    
Thrushes, Gnatcatchers
Western Bluebird       2,n      
Mountain Bluebird       4,n      
Townsend's Solitaire 1       3    
Hermit Thrush hrd       hrd    
American Robin 3 4     2 2  
Thrashers & Mockingbirds
Sage Thrasher     4        
Starlings & Pipits
European Starling   2   2      
Warblers, Tanager
Orange-crowned Warbler       1     Canyon Ranch Resort
Nashville Warbler   1          
Yellow Warbler 1 1     1 5  
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3     2 2 3  
MacGillivray's Warbler       1   3 Canyon Ranch Resort
Wilson's Warbler 1 1   1 1 1 Canyon Ranch Resort
Western Tanager 1       1 2  
Buntings, Sparrows, Grosbeaks
Green-tailed Towhee   2   2   3  
Spotted Towhee   2   1 1 2  
Chipping Sparrow       4,n,y      
Brewer's Sparrow   1 5 2      
Vesper Sparrow   1          
Savannah Sparrow     1        
Fox Sparrow 2       2 10  
Song Sparrow 1 1   hrd   1  
White-crowned Sparrow       hrd      
Dark-eyed Junco 4     2 4 6  
Black-headed Grosbeak       2      
Lazuli Bunting       4      
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird     10 4 2    
Western Meadowlark     6        
Yellow-headed Blackbird     30        
Brewer's Blackbird 3 10 20 4      
Brown-headed Cowbird     2 2      
Bullock's Oriole   (1)   1     Carman Valley, briefly
Finches
Purple Finch         2    
Cassin's Finch 3     1   2f  
House Finch     1        
Pine Siskin       2      
Lesser Goldfinch       2      
Evening Grosbeak         2    
Weavers
House Sparrow     4 4      
               
TOTAL 28 39 50 43 39 29  

Total species seen or heard during trip: 115
()  Seen only by instructor, or only by a student; 

** County Names include the following sites:  Sierra:  Yuba Pass  (6/17);
S. Sierra Valley and Smithneck Rd (6/18); Carman Valley (6/19);Sardine Lake (6/20);
Plumas: N. Sierra Valley (6/18); Plumas-Eureka SP and Lake Madora (6/19)

Last Updated on 6/23/2010
by Bob