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Sea & Sage Audubon
The 2001 Northeastern CBC - 12/16/01
updated July 13, 2002

THE SECTIONS ARE LISTED BELOW WITH THEIR COUNT LEADERS:  (1) IRVINE PARK -  Curtis Johnson (2) IRVINE LAKE - Nancy Kenyon  (3) SILVERADO CYN.  -  Dick Kust    (4A) BLACK STAR CANYON (upper & lower sections) - Barbara Berton & Carolyn Honer   (4B) MT. AREAS,  MAPLE SPRINGS -  Brian Leatherman  (5)MODJESKA & HARDING CANYONS -  Bruce Aird  (6/7) O’NEILL PARK & PLANO TRABUCO-  Jerry Tolman   (8) LION COUNTRY & AREAS SOUTH -  Larry Tripp (9/10)   MISSION VIEJO,  EL TORO & FOOTHILL AREAS -  Dick Purvis (9) Jim Pike (11/12)  EL TORO MARINE BASE & FOOTHILL AREAS - Kaaren Perry  (13) RATTLESNAKE & SIPHON RESERVOIRS & FOOTHILLAREAS - Roy Poucher (14) PETER’S CANYON-  Maya Decker  (15) LEMON HEIGHTS - Doug Willick.  Rick Derevan made the arrangements for Sea & Sage to obtain entrance  permits  from the  Irvine Company.  Curtis Johnson  coordinated  the  entire event and  compiled all of the data.  The total  number of species  was 169.
. SPECIES 1 2 3 4a 4b 5 6/7 8a/b 9/10 11/12 13 14 15 Total
01 Pied-billed Grebe . 1 . . . . 1 8 4 . 7 11 4 3
02 Horned Grebe . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1
03 Eared Grebe . 13 . . . . 2 . 4 . 3 8 . 3
04 Western Grebe . 18 . . . . 15 . 4 . . . . 3
05 Clark's Grebe . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 5
06 American White Pelican 2 22 . . . . 1 . . . . 4 . 2
07 Double-crested Cormorant 5 47 . . . . 42 255 47 4 45 18 57 52
08 Great Blue Heron 2 9 . . . . 1 3 1 . 4 2 . 2
09 Great Egret 2 7 . . . . 2 5 4 . 12 2 . 3
10 Snowy Egret 3 7 . . . . . 3 3 . 9 1 . 2
. Cattle Egret cw . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
11 Green Heron 1 . . . . . . 3 . . 2 2 . 8
12 Black-crowned Night-Heron . 1 . . . . . 6 2 . 9 5 . 2
13 Turkey Vulture 25 5 . 5 . 33 15 18 7 22 53 16 2 20
. Egyptian Goose (Exotic) . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . 3
14 Canada Goose 23 125 . 50 . . . 113 8 32 35 10 . 39
15 Wood Duck 82 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 4 8
. Mandarin Duck (Exotic) 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
16 Gadwall . 4 . . . . 35 . 8 . 20 . . 6
17 Eurasian Wigeon . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 2
18 American Wigeon 6 . . . . . 2 . 77 . 54 120 . 25
19 Mallard 57 8 . . . . 15 16 41 . 177 93 . 39
20 Cinnamon Teal . . . . . . 6 2 2 . 13 12 . 3
21 Northern Shoveler . 10 . . . . 10 105 35 . 13 50 . 22
22 Northern Pintail . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . 3
23 Green-winged Teal . 4 . . . . 3 2 . . . 2 . 1
24 Canvasback 2 . . . . . . 4 . . 1 1 1 9
25 Redhead . 2 . . . . . . 3 . . . . 5
26 Ring-necked Duck 15 . . . . . . . 169 . 34 33 2 25
27 Lesser Scaup . 2 . . . . 1 . 41 . 4 . . 2
28 Bufflehead . 2 . . . . 8 18 4 . 15 5 . 5
29 Common Merganser . 2 . . . . 1 . . . . . . 3
30 Ruddy Duck . 17 . . . . 300 50 100 . 130 115 . 71
31 Osprey 1 6 . . . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 1
32 White-tailed Kite . . . . . 2 . 1 . . 6 1 . 1
33 Northern Harrier 1 1 . . . 5 . . . 3 2 . . 1
34 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 1 . 2 . 1 1 3 2 1 3 . . 1
35 Cooper's Hawk 2 1 1 2 . . 2 1 3 3 4 2 . 2
36 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 1 1 1 . 3 9 7 3 4 11 3 3 5
37 Swainson's Hawk . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
38 Red-tailed Hawk 15 3 3 1 . 31 14 22 9 60 61 7 4 23
39 Ferruginous Hawk . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 6
40 Golden Eagle 1 . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . 3
41 American Kestrel 4 . . 5 . 9 6 6 1 6 10 1 1 4
42 Merlin 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 1 4
. SPECIES 1 2 3 4a 4b 5 6/7 8a/b 9/10 11/12 13 14 15 Total
43 Peregrine Falcon . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 2
. Common Peafowl (Exotic) 38 . . 2 . . 2 . . . 1 . . 4
44 Mountain Quail . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1
45 California Quail 2 1 49 22 . 71 10 1 . 3 2 42 . 20
46 Virginia Rail . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2
47 Sora . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 . 1
48 Common Moorhen . . . . . . . 1 . . 2 8 . 1
49 American Coot 25 65 . . . . 340 80 1425 . 336 162 . 243
50 Killdeer 42 10 . . . . . 12 9 250 40 16 . 37
51 Black-necked Stilt . . . . . . . . 6 1 7 . . 1
52 Greater Yellowlegs . . . . . . . 2 . . 5 . . 7
53 Spotted Sandpiper . 4 . . . . 1 3 1 . 7 2 . 1
54 Whimbrel . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . 5
55 Long-billed Curlew . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . 3
56 Western Sandpiper . 91 . . . . . . . . . . . 9
57 Least Sandpiper . 30 . . . . . 7 . . 48 3 . 8
58 Long-billed Dowitcher . . . . . . . 9 . . 53 . 5 6
59 Common Snipe . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . 4
60 Mew Gull . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1
61 Ring-billed Gull 12 13 . . . . 26 37 325 . 95 4 . 51
62 California Gull 600 8 . . . . . 116 4 37 415 8 . 118
63 Western Gull . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . 4
64 Glaucous-winged Gull . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
65 Caspian Tern . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1
66 Rock Dock 6 . . 53 . . 30 130 19 29 14 12 . 29
67 Band-tailed Pigeon . . . . 13 17 . . . 10 . . . 4
68 Spotted Dove . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 3
69 Mourning Dove 146 3 2 21 . 15 50 61 102 100 102 44 20 66
70 Common Ground-Dove . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . 5
71 Greater Roadrunner 1 . . . . . . . . 2 1 2 . 6
72 Barn Owl . 1 . . . 4 . . . . 1 . . 6
73 Western Screech-Owl 1 2 . 1 . 25 . . . . 11 . . 4
74 Great Horned Owl 1 1 . 1 . 25 1 1 . 3 9 . . 4
75 Long-eared Owl . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . 4
76 White-throated Swift 80 105 . 1 . 21 65 160 . . 15 120 . 56
77 Anna's Hummingbird 33 2 24 9 1 22 36 80 197 71 110 49 70 70
78 Costa's Hummingbird 1 . . 1 . . . 1 3 . . 2 . 8
79 Allen's Hummingbird 1 . 2 . . . . 1 4 . 1 14 2 2
80 Belted Kingfisher 2 1 . . . . 1 . 2 . 5 1 . 1
81 Acorn Woodpecker 125 18 9 14 14 64 50 13 4 21 26 . 3 36
82 Red-naped Sapsucker . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . 2
83 Red-breasted Sapsucker . . . . . . 2 2 1 1 . . . 6
84 Williamson's Sapsucker . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . 2
85 Nuttall's Woodpecker 21 2 10 1 . 10 26 13 17 12 8 1 2 12
86 Downy Woodpecker 3 2 . . . . . 4 1 1 4 1 1 1
. SPECIES 1 2 3 4a 4b 5 6/7 8a/b 9/10 11/12 13 14 15 Total
. Pacific-Slope Flycatcher . . . . . . . . . cw 2 . . . 0
88 "Western type" Flycatcher . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 2
89 Black Phoebe 39 12 8 11 . 7 33 27 40 62 90 48 7 38
90 Say's Phoebe 9 2 3 5 . 13 13 10 1 24 14 28 . 12
91 Cassin's Kingbird 7 1 . . . . 6 21 14 41 30 15 3 13
92 Loggerhead Shrike . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 7
93 Hutton's Vireo . . . . . 2 4 . . . 6 . 2 1
94 Western Scrub-Jay 87 8 39 35 25 97 61 31 47 31 19 1 16 49
95 American Crow 41 17 1 4 . 41 47 128 440 110 550 57 30 146
96 Common Raven 250 20 30 13 4 60 26 21 10 30 530 32 8 103
97 Horned Lark . . 11 . . . . 115 . 28 370 . . 52
98 Tree Swallow . 115 . . . . . 50 . . 74 . . 23
99 Northern Rough-winged Swallow . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
100 Mountain Chickadee . . 5 2 . 4 12 2 4 . . . . 2
101 Oak Titmouse 45 2 6 7 15 64 68 3 4 22 25 . . 26
102 Bushtit 104 19 93 46 60 63 277 83 324 194 185 98 100 164
103 Red-breasted Nuthatch . . . . . . .