5.1 [SFBirds] Re: [SFBirds] Mt. Davidson,
04/27/01 (7:05-8:25 AM)
Paul Saraceni wrote:
>
> Brian Fitch was also birding Mt. D. and told me he observed
a Pac.-slope
> Flycatcher and early Swainson's Thrush within the eucalyptus
forest (and
> perhaps other species after I left).
>
I don't have McCaskie, Morlan et al. here,
but if recollection serves,
the last week of April is a typical first arrival date for SWTH
in our
area.
5.2 [SFBirds] Re: [SFBirds] quail X road;
need trip leader
harryfuller@techtvcorp.com wrote:
>
> If you missed the bird box...the Tropical Kingbird at Buffalo
Paddock made it
> onto my May list. Does this guy intend to stay? He seems
to love the flies
> that seem to love the buffalo .... He apparenrtly does not
mind sharing the
> flies with the B.Phoebes nesting in the buffalo shed there.
>
It's not unusual for overwintering TRKI to
stay into May, according to
McCaskie, Morlan et al. I don't recall if there are any June
records,
though...
5.3 [SFBirds] 5.3 sighings
I too thought something interesting
might be shaking this morning.
However, after I went up to Mt. Davidson around 6:20, I discovered
that
the
wind that was nearly blowing me off the hill was coming from
the
northeast, and thought it unlikely to carry many northward passerine
migrants with it.
Clearly, Paul had better luck up there later in the morning.
At the south end of Ocean Beach, shorebird
migration appears to be in
full swing. Nothing quite as interesting as Alan's birds, but
numbers
were high:
225+ peep sp. (no apparent Dunlins therein)
30+ WHIMBREL
8 MARBLED GODWIT
8 FORSTER'S TERNS
6-7 CASPIAN TERNS
plus the usual assortment of gulls and other birds.
5.4 Wilson's Phalarope,
Crissy Field Lagoon, SF
I arrived around 8:00 in the morning at Crissy Lagoon, not
really expecting to refind Alan's SOLITARY SANDPIPER which caused
a ruckus yesterday. I didn't but decided to scan the lagoon in
the off chance that something more interesting had shown up.
Sure enough, near the western edge of the lagoon, there was a
bird which initially I thought to be a Red-necked Phalarope,
but on further reflection realized to be an alternate-plumaged
WILSON'S PHALAROPE. Below is a description from an observation
later that day in the company of Paul Saraceni:
A medium sized shorebird notable for a fairly long, thin all black bill. The head was relatively small with a medium gray stripe running from the forehead across the top of the head, down the nape and just onto the back. Above the eye there was a white supercilium looking rather like the border between the gray top of the head and the prominent wide black eye line which ran from the eye down the side of the neck all the way onto the sides of the upper breast. The throat was white and the eye appeared dark. The dark eye stripe became suffused with red or reddish brown as it joined the breast.
The breast itself was suffused with buff, gradually becoming the reddish brown suffusion mentioned above as it approached the eye line. The buff on the breast gradually became white on the belly and lower flanks. Undertail coverts were not observed. The scapulars and wing coverts were medium slate gray, and there was a prominent medium rust brown chevron marking the scapulars, similar conceptually to chevron found on an alternate plumage Western Sandpiper. Also, there were additional like-colored bands along the wing coverts, roughly parallel to the half of the chevron on that side of the bird. The flight feathers were dark brown, with the edges just barely fringed paler. The legs were black.
The bird was quite active, and alternately flew and actively fed from several locations at the edge of the lagoon. When the bird fed, it angled its head to one side and swept its head along the ground in an apparent attempt to sweep up small insects along the shore. At one point, the bird flew north across the lagoon, possibly to the beach along the northern shore of Crissy Field.
Discussion:
The thin black bill pretty much identifies this bird as a phalarope, and further eliminates Red Phalarope. The bird is clearly in alternate plumage as all phalaropes in basic plumage are more or less gray and white shorebirds. Red Phalarope male and female have the dark eyeline confined to the area immediately around the eye and further have a prominent red (female) or reddish (male) stripe coming from the auricular region down the side of the neck and coming across the breast under a white throat. This is clearly in consistent with this bird, leaving us with WILSON'S PHALAROPE.
Alternate plumage WIPH exhibit sexual dimorphism. Females are far more brightly colored than males; the eyeline on males is less well-defined and the buffy wash is less extensive. Also, the markings on the scapulars and coverts are less well-defined. Thus, it appears that this bird is an alternate-plumaged female WILSON'S PHALAROPE..
This is the first WIPH I have seen in Northern California west of the Sierra Nevada and appears to be only the third record for WIPH in San Francisco.
Let the record show that Alan had this bird
earlier this morning, so I
technically "refound" the bird without knowledge from
Alan.
5.4 [SFBirds] Re: [SFBirds] No SOSA, yes
WIPH
Let the record show that Alan had
this bird earlier this morning, so I
technically "refound" the bird without knowledge from
Alan.
5.4 [SFBirds] Gray Flycatcher behind the
Legion of Honor...
...found by Brian Fitch and also seen
by Gary Deghi. Today's rarities
include:
Hammond's Flycatcher at Mt. D.
Wilson's Phalarope at Crissy Field
Gray Flycatcher behind the Legion of Honor
Northern Parula in the East Wash
What else is out there?!
5.5 [SFBirds] Breeding Canada Geese at
Crissy
BTW, in the rarity frenzy yesterday,
I forgot to mention two adult CANADA
GEESE along with six cuter-than-words goslings. The were hanging
out at the
south edge of the lagoon, north of the grassy knoll with the
little
observation walk. They can be hard to see from the sidewalk along
the
road. Did I miss something or am I just the last to hear about
this?
5.6 Mines
Road
On Sunday, May 6th, I too did the
Mines Road circuit and had reasonably good success. Of particular
note were the
estimated 35 WESTERN KINGBIRDS seen throughout the day at various
different locations, though most of them were confined to Del
Puerto Canyon Road.
Unusual/migrants:
Stanislaus County:
4-5 CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS at milepost 3.7 and another at milepost
9.9 along Del
Puerto Canyon Road. Several were calling, but I did not see any
direct
evidence of nesting behavior.
MacGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, singing at milepost 17.7 in the willows
Santa Clara County:
WESTERN TANAGER, calling at milepost 22.3 along Del Puerto
Canyon Road
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, singing at milepost 23.3 along Del Puerto
Canyon Road
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, at the Fire Station just south of the junction.
WILSON'S WARBLER, a silent female at milepost 24.7 along San
Antonio Road
(a.k.a the summit)
Regular occuring species of interest:
Stanislaus County:
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, 2 at milepost 1.8 along Del Puerto Canyon
Road, just
west of a cattle gard near a small stream. I flushed one and
another
perched on the barbed wire obligingly for a rare photograph.
GOLDEN EAGLE, one at milepost 3.7 along Del Puerto Canyon Road.
RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW, singing at milepost 3.7 along Del Puerto
Canyon Road
COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD, a male perched high in a tree at milepost
5.4
Santa Clara County:
WOOD DUCK, in the usual pond on the south side of Del Puerto
Canyon Road at
milepost 23.8
LEWIS' WOODPECKER, at least two at milepost 0.3 of San Antonio
Road
LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH, at least three at the Fire Station
Alameda County:
CALIFORNIA THRASHER, singing from the top of a mature oak
tree at milepost
10.68 along Mines Road
PHAINOPEPLA, at milepost 5.65 along Mines Road
Stanislaus County
Del Puerto Canyon Road
1.8
Grasshopper Sparrow
Say's Phoebe
Killdeer
Western Meadowlark
2.3
American Crow
Common Raven
2.7
Brewer's Blackbird
Western Kingbird
3.2
Red-winged Blackbird
3.6
Bullock's Oriole
3.7
Golden Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
California Towhee
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Brown-headed Cowbird
Lesser Goldfinch
Cassin's Kingbird
House Finch
Mourning Dove
3.9
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
5.4
Lark Sparrow
Costa's Hummingbird
Yellow-billed Magpie
5.5
Rock Wren
5.9
Northern Flicker
Western Bluebird
6.8
Black Phoebe
9.7
Western Scrub-Jay
9.9
Cassin's Kingbird
10.5
Canyon Wren
Lesser Goldfinch
11.1
Spotted Towhee
12.5
Canyon Wren
12.8
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Lesser Goldfinch
13.4
House Wren
14.2
California Quail
14.7
Acorn Woodpecker
Frank Raines
Hutton's Vireo
American Robin
Oak Titmouse
17.1
MacGillivray's Warbler
17.7
Violet-green Swallow (nesting)
18.1
Chipping Sparrow
Wrentit
19.0
Bewick's Wren
19.7
Anna's Hummingbird
21.0
Bushtit
Santa Clara County
21.7
Northern Flicker
Hutton's Vireo
22.3
Western Tanager
23.3
Orange-crowned Warbler
23.8
Wood Duck
Junction
White-breasted Nuthatch
European Starling
St. Antonio Road
0.3 miles south of the junction
Lewis' Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch
1.1 miles south of the junction
Tricolored Blackbird
Turkey Vulture
Fire Station
House Sparrow
Western Kingbird
Western Wood-Pewee
Lawrence's Goldfinch
20.0
American Coot
24.7
Bewick's Wren
Wilson's Warbler
Wrentit
Ash-throated Flycatcher
26.2
Western Bluebird
Mines Road
Alameda County
19.26
House Wren
Acorn Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
16.96
Lark Sparrow
Oak Titmouse
16.5
Belted Kingfisher
11.5
Nuttall's Woodpecker
10.68
California Thrasher
5.65
Phainopepla
5.8 [SFBirds] Mt. Davidson 5.8 AM and 5.7
PM
This morning, I birded Mt. Davidson
and had the following birds:
5.8
Western Tanager 4
Wilson's Warbler 8+
Townsend's Warbler 1 male, barely singing
Yellow Warbler 1 singing that could not be located, unfortunately
Hermit Warbler 1 (fide Gary Deghi)
Warbling Vireo 1 (+ 1 fide Gary)
Black-headed Grosbeak 7, several singing
Western Kingbird 1, present for about 2 minutes
Band-tailed Pigeon 3
Swainson's Thrush 5-6, one singing, the others calling
Hutton's Vireo 1
Nice brown goo over the bay and the ocean
5.7
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Close to 50 lepidoptera sp. milling around the summit (any idea
what's going
on there?)
5.9 [SFBirds] Mt. Davidson 5.9 AM
Pretty quiet up there. I got a late
start again, but I don't think it
affected much.
Black-headed Grosbeak 5
Swainson's Thrush 4
Band-tailed Piegeon 1
Cedar Waxwing 3
Wilson's Warbler 3-4
Western Tanager 1
and some presumed exotic calling up there not sounding like anything
from
this state (or even Florida :-)
5.11 [SFBirds]
Foggy morning birds
The fog lifted just enough at Mt. Davidson for the following
birds:
Black-headed Grosbeak 7
Swainson's Thrush 8
Western Tanager 2
Band-tailed Pigeon 1
Rufous Hummingbird 1
The TROPICAL KINGBIRD was at Middle Lake today
and, with some patience, I
finally got decent photos of the bird. There was also another
Western
Tanager there.
5.15 Glossy Ibis,
Pond northeast of the Highway 237 and Lafayette/Gold Street,
Alviso, SCL
After learning that the GLOSSY IBIS
found by Mike Rogers was still being seen this morning, I drove
down to Alviso in the late morning to find a small cache of birders
admiring the ibis flock. However, the Glossy Ibis had not been
relocated, so I oriented my scope from a more distant vantage
point where I could see most of the birds clearly. After
scanning for about five to ten minutes, I located a bird which
appeared not to have any red on the bare patch of skin immediately
in front of the eye. I called Paul Saraceni over and we
agreed that the bird was in fact a Glossy Ibis. The rest of the
notes below were from observations at various points around the
point, finally ending up on the eastern edge of the pond where
prolonged unobstructed views of the bird in the immediate company
of WHITE-FACED IBISes were had in bright, contrasty light:
An obvious ibis which looked essentially identical to the numerous alternate-plumaged adult White-faced Ibises which were present. However, on closer inspection, the bird differed from the White-faced Ibises in several details. Most importantly, the bare patch of skin between the eye and the bill showed absolutely no red coloration. Rather, the coloration of the skin varied from bluish-gray to almost purplish-gray depending on how the skin was illuminated. Once this essential difference was observed, other finer differences were also observed.
The pattern of white bordering the facial area was subtly different as well. Whereas the white border on a White-faced Ibis can show significant variation in width (and this was well-observed on the individuals in this flock), the white border became noticeable fainter towards the rear of the eye of the Glossy Ibis, becoming almost invisible immediately to the rear of the eye. Also, the iris on the Glossy Ibis was dark, visible only in very good light, in marked contrast with red iris on the White-faced Ibises.
The coloration of the legs was noticeably different as well. Whereas the White-faced Ibises all had more or less uniformly colored legs, tinged slightly reddish throughout the tibia, ankle and tarsus, the tibia and tarsus on the Glossy Ibis were more or less uniformly drab olive gray, but the ankle joint was clearly tinged reddish and noticeably, if barely, contrasted with both the tibia and the tarsus.
After observing the Glossy Ibis in the company of White-faced Ibises for tens of minutes, it did become apparent that the Glossy Ibis was slightly larger than a White-faced Ibis. Finally, the nape on the Glossy Ibis appeared to show less iridescence than the nape on a White-faced Ibis. This comparison was only possible when the birds were illuminated in the same manner.
The Glossy Ibis foraged in the company of the White-faced Ibises with no overt differences other than perhaps keeping its mouth open more so than the White-faced Ibises. At one point, the bird raised its back feathers while feeding, making it easier to locate, but then several White-faced Ibises were observed doing likewise.
Discussion:
Given that the bird was essentially identical to a White-faced Ibis, there can only be two North American species, White-faced Ibis and Glossy Ibis. However, facial pattern alone is sufficient to separate the two species. The combination of the facial skin color, iris color and facial skin border unambiguously identify this bird as an alternate-plumage GLOSSY IBIS.
There are no accepted records for Glossy Ibis in California, though there are pending records from the Salton Sea. I have good and recent field experience with this species from South Florida.
5.16 [SFBirds] FWD: San Francisco White-Faced
Ibis
Let's try this again...
Too bad Steve didn't realize how unusual a
sighting this was; his flock is
apparently the third through the 21st city records, unless of
course there
was a GLOSSY IBIS in there.
Nah... :-)
Mark
steven bauer wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> On Friday May 11 at about 1 PM nineteen White-Faced Ibis
flew low (30-40
> ft.) over North Lake Merced. They circled a couple of times
as if looking
> for a place to land and then headed toward South Lake Merced.
I didn't know
> if this was unusual enough to warrant a call to the Rare
Bird Alert so I
> didn't call it in. However, when I mentioned it to Alan
Hopkins he said
> there was only one previous San Francisco record so I thought
I would let
> you know as well.
>
> Steve Bauer
5.17 [SFBirds] Question about Light-mantled
Albatross
Any idea why this is not on the ABA
checklist? It's on the California Bird
List.
5.17 [SFBirds] Re: [SFBirds] Black-and-White
Warbler @ Mt. Davidson, 05/17/01
Alan Hopkins wrote:
>
> I had an unconfirmed report in 1998 from an alley below
Mt. Davidson.
> There were also older unconfirmed reports from the Diamond
Hights area.
> I had one report this year from Stern Grove. I wonder where
these birds
> are coming from?
>
Post-breeding dispersal? Or is too early for that?
5,18 [SFBirds]
Cassin's Finch
On the 18th, I observed a carpodacus
finch in good light from fairly close range for about twenty
seconds or so at the East Wash.
Description:
An obvious carpodacus finch in female type plumage. The breast,
belly and undertail coverts were white and covered with well-defined,
fine brown streaks. The streaks were relatively short and did
not join with each other. The tail wasn't significantly notched.
The face was more or less uniformly brown, with the brown coloration
being formed by fairly dense, well-defined brown streaks. The
supercilium was poorly defined, being more a hint of paleness
above the eye than anything else. The bill was finch-like, but
resembled a larger version of the bill of a Pine Siskin in that
there was little observed curvature to the culmen. Upper parts
were not observed. The bird was in close proximity to House Finches,
but I did not notice any size difference. The bird did not vocalize.
Discussion:
Frankly, the streaking the on the underparts effectively eliminates
all by CASSIN'S FINCH. Pine Siskin might be considered, but Pine
Siskin would be noticeably smaller, have a distinctly notched
tail, have a much thinner bill and usually shows some yellow
(though Sibley indicates adult females having virtually no yellow
on them). In fact, my initial impression was that it was indeed
a Cassin's Finch, which I pretty much dismissed as too good to
be true, more so when I found House Finches feeding young further
down the hill. Yet the juvenile House Finches didn't really look
like this bird...
Is there a separate juvenile plumage for House Finch? If so, it's not described in any of my references. Also, it would seem very unlikely that the juvenile plumage of one specius in a genus would resemble adult female-plumaged birds of another species in the genus. Other alternatives have been attempted, but the pattern on the underparts is firmly etched into my memory and doesn't reconcile with any other bird that I'm familiar with.
Cassin's Finch is very rare in coastal Northern California in fall and known in spring by only a single record, a specimen from the Farallones in June. I have quite a bit of field experience with Cassin's Finch. :-|.
5.21 Summer Tanager,
East Wash, Lincoln Park, SF
This morning, there was a SUMMER TANAGER
calling high from the eucalyptus grove in the low dense fog at
the north end of the East Wash. Despite searching for ten or
fifteen minutes, I could not visually locate the bird. Once the
fog lifted, the bird sang briefly and then departed.
Description:
The call might be best described as a "pit-a-tick-took"
or "pit-a-tik-took-took", descending so that the "took"
note is considerably lower than the "pit" note.
Discussion:
The call pretty much restricts the bird to the genus _piranga_.
Scarlet and Hepatic Tanger calls are significantly different
from Western/Summer. Western Tanager call can sound similar,
but doesn't descend at the end and is more usually "pit-tick"
or "pit-a-tick". At no point did the bird issue a call
which resembled a Western Tanager.
5.21 [SFBirds] Re: [SFBirds] Rose-breasted
Grosbeak continues @ Mt. Davidson, 05/21/01
Paul Saraceni wrote:
>
> Also, yesterday morning one of the City parakeet flocks
circled over Mt. D.,
> containing 10 Yellow-chevroned and 7 White-winged Parakeets.
>
Sounds like the Mission Street flock, unless
some of the birds from the
Kendall (FL) Baptist Hospital flock got lost... :-)
5.21 [SFBirds] Re: [SFBirds] Rose-breasted
Grosbeak continues @ Mt. Davidson, 05/21/01
Alan Hopkins wrote:
>
> Paul Saraceni wrote:
>
> > Other than that, a somewhat slow morning despite the
"hot" weather
> > conditions that are usually so productive.
>
> In my experience it is not nearly hot enough to get a good
hot weather
> fallout. I think the temperature needs to be around 90 for
it to get
> really good. Usually when there is a hot weather fallout
there is an
> inversion and the winds blow from the east first thing in
the morning
> after westerly breezes the previous evening. I have also
noticed that it
> can be really hot, but if the pine cones and albiza seeds
are not
> popping, there is not much activity — this may have
to do with air
> pressure. There is still a lot to learn on this one.
>
Yes, this weather pattern is unusual even
for hot weather around here,
because the fog is still in and very low at the coast yet it's
hotter than
blue blazes in the Central Valley.
5.22 [SFBirds] Glen Park Canyon
Sightings of local interest below.
Of particular interest were two
PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERs in the same general area, roughly halfway
between
the beginning of the willows and the day care center. However,
both may
have been males since one was giving a partial song and the other
may have
as well.
5.23 Mines
Road
Alan Hopkins and I did the Mines Road
circuit today and a nice, if toasty warm day.
Birds of note:
CASSIN'S KINGBIRD, one at MP 8.7 and another at MP 9.0 on Del
Puerto Canyon Road. We did not see any at MP 3.7, but did not
spend a lot of time looking
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, one at MP 0.8 on Del Puerto Canyon Road
just beyond the cattle guard. They were not singing even at 8:00
this morning.
RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW, two at MP 3.7 on Del Puerto Canyon Road
BLUE GROSBEAK, one at MP 3.9 on Del Puerto Canyon Road
3 COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRDS, at MP 3.9 on Del Puerto Canyon Road
GREATER ROADRUNNER, one at MP 3.9 on Del Puerto Canyon Road and
another ridiculously cooperative bird at MP 6.74 along Mines
Road
PHAINOPEPLA, one at MP 7.4 along Del Puerto Canyon Road
GREEN HERON, a surprise flyover at MP 8.7 along Del Puerto Canyon
Road
SWAINSON'S THRUSH, one or two at the Summit along San Antonio
Road
CALIFORNIA THRASHER, two at MP 15.3 along Del Puerto Canyon Road
and another pair at the Summit along San Antonio Road
Also of note was an apparent family group of ROCK WRENS at MP
7.4 along Del Puerto Canyon Road, a probable breeding record.
Partial bird list:
Del Puerto Canyon Road
0.8
Grasshopper Sparrow
1.1
Horned Lark
2.0
Loggerhead Shrike
3 Western Kingbird
3.0
Rock Wren
Bullock's Oriole
3.7
Lark Sparrow
Bullock's Oriole
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Red-tailed Hawk
3.9
Blue Grosbeak
3 Costa's Hummingbird
Greater Roadrunner
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
5.8
California Towhee
7.4
3 Rock Wren (PR)
Phainopepla
Bewick's Wren
Canyon Wren
Ash-throated Flycatcher
8.7
Green Heron
Cassin's Kingbird
9.0
Cassin's Kingbird
10.4
Black Phoebe
Canyon Wren
11.7
Oak Titmouse
13
House Finch
14.3
Western Scrub-Jay
California Quail
Acorn Woodpecker
15.3
California Thrasher
Spotted Towhee
Black-headed Grosbeak
Frank Raines
White-breasted Nuthatch
17.x
Wrentit
25
Lewis' Woodpecker
Junction
Western Bluebird
Anna's Hummingbird
Birding-hostile locals
San Antonio Road
Barn Swallow
Metal Bridge
Violet-green Swallow
Wood Duck
Cattle Guard
Turkey Vulture
Summit
Swainson's Thrush
Spotted Towhee
Wrentit
Mines Road
6.74
Greater Roadrunner
Western Kingbird
5.23 [SFBirds] Re: [SFBirds] a subspecies
question
Dan and Joan Murphy wrote:
>
> What subspecies of Common Yellowthroat do we have at Lake
Merced?
>
> I always thought it was the same one in SF Bay. That would
be "sinuosa"
> subspecies / the "saltmarsh" Yellowthroat. I know
the SF Bay Bird
> Observatory did a population study of them several years
ago on the
> premise they were of that subspecies. The reason I ask is
because Dan
> Cooper of the National Audubon Society has questioned that
aspect of our
> application for IBA status for Lake Merced.
>
Grinnell and Miller (1944) confirm G.t. sinuosa
as the breeding species at
Lake Merced.
5.30 [SFBirds] Swainson's Hawk report on
BirdBox...
...seen near Stowe Lake. Call for
more details.
5.31 [SFBirds] Lake Merced
After birding with Paul on Mt. Davidson
this morning, I checked both the
willows at the southeast end of Lake Merced and the concrete
bridge.
Nothing of interest at the former, while the concrete bridge
had PINE
SISKINs and I counted eight active CLIFF SWALLOW nests on the
north side of
the bridge with some apparent juveniles in the flock nearby.
5.31 Yuba
Pass
White-headed Woodpecker (CO) at Herrington's
(May 31)
78 species seen:
Pied-billed Grebe (15)
American White Pelican (9, 15)
American Bittern (15)
Great Blue Heron (15)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (15)
White-faced Ibis (15)
Turkey Vulture (7)
Gadwall (15)
Mallard (15)
Cinnamon Teal (16)
Common Merganser (5)
Northern Goshawk (2)
American Kestrel (13)
Mountain Quail (7, 11)
Sandhill Crane (15)
Killdeer (15)
American Avocet (16)
Willet (15)
Spotted Sandpiper (5)
Wilson's Phalarope (15)
California Gull (15)
Band-tailed Pigeon (8)
Mourning Dove (2)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (13)
Common Nighthawk (13, 14)
Anna's Hummingbird (8)
Rufous Hummingbird (8)
Lewis's Woodpecker (19)
Downy Woodpecker (2)
Hairy Woodpecker (3, 9, 18)
White-headed Woodpecker (1, 2)
Northern Flicker (18)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (9, 18)
Western Wood-Pewee (1, 9, 11, 18)
Dusky Flycatcher (9)
Cassin's Vireo (11)
Warbling Vireo (2, 18)
Common Raven (2, 15)
Horned Lark (14, 17)
Tree Swallow (2, 10)
Cliff Swallow (14)
Barn Swallow (15)
Mountain Chickadee (3)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (5)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (12)
White-breasted Nuthatch (3)
Marsh Wren (15)
American Dipper (1)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (12)
Townsend's Solitaire (6)
Hermit Thrush (12)
American Robin (1)
Sage Thrasher (17)
Nashville Warbler (3, 9, 11)
Yellow Warbler (2, 9)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (2, 9)
MacGillivray's Warbler (1, 2, 4, 9)
Wilson's Warbler (2)
Western Tanager (1, 9, 11)
Spotted Towhee (13, 18)
Chipping Sparrow (3)
Brewer's Sparrow (14)
Vesper Sparrow (14, 15)
Savannah Sparrow (15, 17)
Fox Sparrow (7, 18)
Song Sparrow (2, 18)
Lincoln's Sparrow (3, 18)
Dark-eyed Junco (3)
Black-headed Grosbeak (1, 2, 18)
Red-winged Blackbird (15)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (15)
Brewer's Blackbird (1)
Brown-headed Cowbird (4, 15)
Cassin's Finch (3, 18)
House Finch (15)
Pine Siskin (3)
Evening Grosbeak (2)
House Sparrow (10, 15)
Locations:
1) Herrington's (May 31)
2) Basset's Pullout (Jun 01)
3) Yuba Pass (Jun 01)
4) Basset's (Jun 01)
5) Herrington's (Jun 01)
6) Hwy 49 (Jun 02)
7) Yuba Pass (Jun 02)
8) Basset's (Jun 02)
9) Salmon Lake Lodge Road Pond (Jun 02)
10) Clio (Jun 02)
11) Vista point east of Yuba Pass (Jun 02)
12) Yuba Pass (Jun 02)
13) Herrington's (Jun 02)
14) Calpine Corner (Jun 03)
15) Dyson Lane (Jun 03)
16) Spur off of Dyson Lane (Jun 03)
17) Turnoff from Dyson Lane to Loyalton (Jun 03)
18) Turnout above Loyalton (Jun 03)
19) Above turnout (Jun 03)
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