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Sea & Sage Audubon
The 2003 Northeastern CBC - 12/14/03
THIS DATA WAS COMPILED BY CURTIS JOHNSON, CBC CHAIRMAN FOR SEA & SAGE AUDUBON.
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 CYN.  - Barbara Berton (4a)  BLACK STAR CYN. - Kim Gould & Carolyn Honer  (4B) MT. AREAS,  MAPLE SPRINGS -  Brian Leatherman  (5) MODJESKA & HARDING CYNS. -  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 & FOOTHILL AREAS - Roy Poucher (14) PETER’S CYN. -  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. 

 
. Area Leaders CJ NK DK BB KG BL BA JT LT JP DP KP RP MD DW .
. SPECIES & AREAS 1 2 3 4A 4a 4B 5 6/7 8 9 9/10 11/12 13 14 15 total
1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 2 . . . . . 16 8 3 4 . 7 29 . 70
. Horned Grebe . . . . . . . cw . . . . . . . 0
2 Eared Grebe . . . . . . . 4 . . 2 . . 35 . 41
3 Western Grebe . 93 . . . . . 20 . . . . 5 . . 118
4 Clark's Grebe . 1 . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . 6
5 American White Pelican 13 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6 Double-crested Cormorant 29 38 . . . . . 12 19 25 25 . 212 132 . 492
7 Great Blue Heron 5 7 . . . . . 1 4 . . . 5 1 . 23
8 Great Egret 1 8 . . . . . 2 3 . 2 . 6 6 2 30
9 Snowy Egret . 10 . . . . . 5 14 . 1 . 5 7 . 42
10 Green Heron 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 1 10
11 Black-crowned Night-Heron . 3 . . . . . . 2 . 5 . 1 11 . 22
12 Turkey Vulture 26 22 1 3 cw . 8 7 19 . 45 37 3 6 . 177
. Egyptian Goose (Exotic) . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 5 . . 8
13 Ross' Goose . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 2
14 Canada Goose . 1 . . cw . . . 9 30 27 . 2 94 140 303
15 Wood Duck 66 . . . . . . . . 1 3 . . . . 70
16 Gadwall . 7 . . . . . 25 . . 9 . 13 2 1 57
17 Eurasian Wigeon . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 2
18 American Wigeon 10 . . . . . . 15 1 10 52 . . 123 . 211
19 Mallard 103 5 . . . . . 2 153 20 71 . 129 57 . 540
20 Cinnamon Teal . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 23 . . 25
21 Northern Shoveler 1 . . . . . . 30 70 . . . 6 15 . 122
22 Green-winged Teal . 12 . . . . . 10 . . . . . 3 2 27
23 Canvasback . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 2
. Area Leaders CJ NK DK BB KG BL BA JT LT JP DP KP RP MD DW .
. SPECIES 1 2 3 4A 4a 4B 5 6/7 8 9 9/10 11/12 13 14 15 total
24. Redhead . . . . . . . . 1 . 3 . . . . 4
25 Ring-necked Duck 6 . . . . . . . 1 . 115 . 13 115 . 250
26 Lesser Scaup . . . . . . . 1 . 6 8 . 4 2 . 21
27 Bufflehead . . . . . . . 10 2 . 17 . 10 6 14 59
28 Common Goldeneye . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1
29 Ruddy Duck . . . . . . . 100 33 . 87 . 51 31 . 302
30 Osprey 5 9 . . cw . . . 1 . . . 3 2 . 20
31 White-tailed Kite 2 3 . . . . . . 5 . . 1 1 2 . 14
32 Bald Eagle 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
33 Northern Harrier 2 . . . 1 1 3 1 . . . 1 8 . . 17
34 Sharp-shinned Hawk . . . . . 1 . . 1 . 1 1 . . . 4
35 Cooper's Hawk 1 . 2 . cw . . . 5 . 1 5 9 . 2 25
36 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 1 3 1 cw . 4 7 9 1 4 7 7 9 6 67
37 Red-tailed Hawk 22 9 4 5 4 . 32 12 29 1 5 26 47 4 5 205
38 Ferruginous Hawk . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 5
39 Golden Eagle . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 2 4
40 American Kestrel 3 2 1 2 6 . 3 . 6 . . 8 11 6 1 49
41 Merlin 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 . . . . 1 1 6
42 Peregrine Falcon 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . 4
43 Prairie Falcon . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1
. Common Peafowl (Exotic) 39 . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . 45
44 Mountain Quail . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 5
45 California Quail 6 . . . cw . 137 . 10 . 24 22 41 35 41 316
46 Common Moorhen . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . 4
47 American Coot 8 125 . . . . . 120 92 35 1202 . 180 66 . 1828
48 Killdeer . 2 . . . . . . 10 . 2 120 82 3 . 219
49 Black-necked Stilt . . . . . . . . . . 8 . 1 . . 9
. Area Leaders CJ NK DK BB KG BL BA JT LT JP DP KP RP MD DW .
. SPECIES 1 2 3 4A 4a 4B 5 6/7 8 9 9/10 11/12 13 14 15 total
50 Greater Yellowlegs . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 . 7
51 Willet . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1
52 Spotted Sandpiper . 1 . . . . . 2 1 . 6 . 4 1 . 15
53 Least Sandpiper . 50 . . . . . . 18 . 4 . 159 . . 231
54 Long-billed Dowitcher . 33 . . . . . . 4 . . . 32 . 8 77
. dowitcher, sp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . 10
55 Wilson's Snipe . 20 . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 . 26
56 Bonaparte's Gull . 1 . . . . . . 1 . 34 . 8 18 . 62
57 Mew Gull . . . . . . . 1 . . 3 . . . . 4
58 Ring-billed Gull . . . . . 1 . 12 102 . 46 . 53 103 . 317
59 California Gull 15 . . . . . . 3 . 35 2 . . . 80 135
. gull, sp. 34 . . . . . . . . . . . 436 26 . 496
60 Rock Pigeon 20 . . . . . . 7 12 2 18 40 5 19 4 127
61 Band-tailed Pigeon 71 . 33 15 cw 11 132 30 . . . . 338 . . 630
62 Mourning Dove 81 24 7 18 25 . 23 52 93 35 40 500 290 55 25 1268
63 Common Ground-Dove . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . 6
64 Red-crowned Parrot 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 39
. Lilac-crowned Parrot (Exotic) 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
. Red-lored Parrot (Exotic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
. parrot sp. (Exotic) 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 8
65 Greater Roadrunner . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . 2 . 4
66 Barn Owl . . 1 . . . 8 . . . . . 4 . . 13
67 Western Screech-Owl 1 . 8 . . . 34 1 . . . . 10 . . 54
68 Great Horned Owl 1 . 10 . 1 . 25 . . . 1 . 14 . . 52
69 Long-eared Owl . . 3 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . 5
70 Northern Saw-whet Owl . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
71 Common Poorwill . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
72 White-throated Swift 20 . . . . . . . 10 . . cw 105 . . 135
73 Anna's Hummingbird 32 1 5 4 5 . 20 14 112 75 118 77 115 63 107 748
74 Costa's Hummingbird . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 2 3
75 Allen's Hummingbird . . . . . . . . 12 1 29 . 7 18 36 103
. selasphorus, sp. . . . . . . . . . 30 . . 2 . . 32
. Area Leaders CJ NK DK BB KG BL BA JT LT JP DP KP RP MD DW .
. SPECIES 1 2