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America's Birdiest City Contest
ORANGE COUNTY CITY:  NEWPORT BEACH, CA
Count was conducted from noon May 4 to noon May 5, 2002
Organizers:  Steve & Marian Alter
 
Last spring, we entered the Birdiest City Contest, focusing our efforts on Newport Beach because of its very diverse habitat. Under the direction of Steve and Marian Alter, a large team of birders scoured the area within the city limits, locating a grand total of 155 species! This placed us third in the small city category, the other two being Duluth, MN, with 183 species, and Santa Cruz, CA, with 170 species.  San Diego emerged as America's Birdiest Large City with 218 species.  Here is a copy of the bird list for the Newport Beach count which was conducted from noon on May 4 to noon on May 5th., 2002.
1 Pacific loon 53 Ruddy turnstone 104 Bushtit
2 Common loon 54 Sanderling 105 Cactus wren
3 Red-throated loon 55 Western sandpiper 106 Bewick's wren
4 Pied-billed grebe 56 Long-billed dowitcher 107 House wren
5 Eared grebe 57 Red phalarope  108 Marsh wren
6 Western grebe 58 Heermann's gull 109 Ruby-crowned kinglet
7 Clark's grebe 59 Ring-billed gull 110 California gnatcatcher
8 Pink-footed shearwater 60 California gull 111 Western bluebird
9 Sooty shearwater 61 Western gull 112 Swainson's thrush
10 Black-vented shearwater 62 Glaucous-winged Gull 113 Hermit thrush
11 Brown pelican 63 Caspian tern 114 American robin
12 Double-crested cormorant 64 Royal tern 115 Wrentit
13 Brandt's cormorant 65 Elegant tern 116 Northern mockingbird
14 Pelagic cormorant 66 Forster's tern 117 California thrasher
15 Great blue heron 67 Least tern 118 Cedar waxwing
16 Great egret 68 Black skimmer 119 European starling
17 Snowy egret 69 Rock dove 120 Bell's vireo
18 Green heron 70 Mourning dove 121 Plumbeous vireo
19 Black-crowned night heron 71 Greater roadrunner 122 Hutton's vireo
20 Brant 72 Barn owl 123 Warbling vireo
21 Mallard 73 Common poorwill 124 Orange-crowned warbler
22 Blue-winged teal 74 Vaux's swift 125 Nashville warbler
23 Cinnamon teal 75 White-throated swift 126 Yellow warbler
24 Gadwall 76 Black-chinned hummingbird 127 Yellow-rumped warbler
25 American wigeon 77 Anna's hummingbird 128 Black-throated gray warbler
26 Ruddy duck 78 Costa's hummingbird 129 Townsend's warbler
27 Turkey vulture 79 Rufous hummingbird 130 Hermit warbler
28 Osprey 80 Allen's hummingbird  131 McGillivray's warbler
29 White-tailed kite 81 Nuttall's woodpecker 132 Common yellowthroat
30 Northern harrier 82 Downy woodpecker 133 Wilson's warbler
31 Cooper's hawk 83 Olive-sided flycatcher 134 Yellow-breasted chat
32 Red-shouldered hawk 84 Western wood-pewee 135 Summer tananger 
33 Red-tailed hawk 85 Willow flycatcher  136 Western tanager
34 American kestrel 86 Hammond's flycatcher 137 Black-headed grosbeak
35 California quail 87 Gray flycatcher 138 Blue grosbeak
36 Clapper rail 88 Dusky flycatcher 139 Lazuli bunting
37 Virginia rail 89 Pacific-slope flycatcher 140 Spotted towhee
38 Sora 90 Black phoebe 141 California towhee
39 American coot 91 Say's phoebe 142 Chipping sparrow
40 Black-bellied plover 92 Ash-throated flycatcher 143 Savannah sparrow
41 Semipalmated plover 93 Cassin's kingbird 144 Grasshopper sparrow
42 Killdeer 94 Western kingbird 145 Song sparrow
43 Black-necked stilt 95 Tree swallow 146 Red-winged blackbird
44 American avocet 96 Violet-green swallow 147 Western meadowlark
45 Greater yellowlegs 97 Northern rough-winged swallow 148 Brewer's blackbird
46 Lesser yellowlegs 98 Cliff swallow 149 Brown-headed cowbird
47 Willet 99 Barn swallow 150 Hooded oriole
48 Wandering tattler 100 Western scrub-jay 151 Bullock's oriole
49 Spotted sandpiper 101 American crow 152 House finch
50 Whimbrel 102 Common raven 153 Lesser goldfinch
51 Long-billed curlew 103 Oak titmouse 154 American goldfinch
52 Marbled godwit . . 155 House sparrow


posted Sept. 12, 2002

Last Modified July 8, 2007

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