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Sea & Sage Audubon
The 2004 Northeastern CBC - 12/19/04
This data was compiled by Curtis Johnson, CBC Chairman for Sea & Sage Audubon. 

 
The count is divided into sections which are listed with their count leaders. (1)  IRVINE PARK -  Curtis Johnson (2)  IRVINE LAKE - Nancy Kenyon  (3) SILVERADO CYN.  -  Richard Kust   (4a/b)  BLACK STAR CANYON - Kim Gould  (4c) MOUNTAIN AREAS -  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 (11/12) EL TORO MARINE BASE & FOOTHILL AREAS - Kaaren Perry  (13) RATTLESNAKE & SIPHON RESERVOIRS & FOOTHILL AREAS - Roy Poucher (14) PETER’S CANYON -  Maya Decker (15) LEMON HEIGHTS Area - 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. 
161 Area Leaders CJ NK DK KG KG BL BA JT LT JP DP KP RP MD DW .
sp. Species & Areas 1 2 3 4A 4B 4CB 5 6/7 8A,B 9 9/10 11/12 13 14 15 Total
1 Pied-billed Grebe . . . . . . . 10 4 1 2 . 12 19 . 48
2 Eared Grebe . 82 . . . . . 5 . . . . 7 8 . 102
3 Western Grebe . 97 . . . . . 24 . . . . 15 . . 136
4 Clark's Grebe . cw . . . . . 4 . . . . 2 . . 6
. Aechmophorus sp. . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 American White Pelican 37 22 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 60
6 Double-crested Cormorant 7 6 . . . . . 35 139 1 47 . 18 24 . 277
7 Great Blue Heron 1 16 . . . . . . 2 . 1 . 3 2 . 25
8 Great Egret 4 12 . . . . . 3 5 . 1 . 6 4 . 35
9 Snowy Egret 1 19 . . . . . 10 4 . 1 . 5 3 . 43
10 Green Heron 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 2 . 4
11 Black-crowned Night-Heron . 7 . . . . . . . . 6 . 1 2 . 16
. Mute Swan (Exotic) . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . 2
12 Turkey Vulture 14 34 11 . 22 1 23 6 23 2 8 31 37 5 2 219
. Egyptian Goose (Exotic) . . . . . . . . 2 . 2 . . . . 4
13 Snow Goose . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
14 Canada Goose . . . . . . . . 35 14 47 . . . . 96
15 Wood Duck 100 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 102
16 Gadwall . . . . . . . 70 40 . . . 15 2 . 127
17 Eurasian Wigeon . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 2
18 American Wigeon . . . . . . . 200 . . 70 . 40 24 . 334
19 Mallard 160 2 . . . . . 6 47 5 63 . 194 52 . 529
20 Blue-winged Teal . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1
21 Cinnamon Teal . . . . . . . 16 . . . . 20 . . 36
22 Northern Shoveler . 1 . . . . . 30 50 . 2 . 91 35 . 209
Area Leaders CJ NK DK KG KG BL BA JT LT JP DP KP RP MD DW .
Species & Areas 1 2 3 4A 4B 4C 5 6/7 8A,B 9 9/10 11/12 13 14 15 total
23 Northern Pintail . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . 22
24 Green-winged Teal . 2 . . . . . 20 16 . . . 1 . . 39
25 Canvasback . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . 3
26 Redhead . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . 10
27 Ring-necked Duck . . . . . . . 14 46 . 139 . 14 62 . 275
28 Lesser Scaup . . . . . . . . . . 14 . 12 4 . 30
29 Bufflehead . . . . . . . 12 32 . 6 . 30 13 . 93
30 Common Goldeneye . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1
31 Ruddy Duck . . . . . . . 180 20 . 169 . 146 60 . 575
32 Osprey 1 9 . . . . . . . . 1 . 2 1 . 14
33 White-tailed Kite 4 4 1 . 1 . . . 3 . . . 4 2 . 19
34 Northern Harrier . . . . 7 . 3 . 4 . . 1 8 . . 23
35 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 . . . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . 1 . 9
36 Cooper's Hawk 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 1 3 . 4 3 3 2 . 20
. accipiter, sp. 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . 3
37 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 . . . 3 . 3 4 8 . 4 1 8 2 1 39
38 Red-tailed Hawk 24 10 9 . 14 2 30 6 24 3 11 49 71 11 . 264
39 Ferruginous Hawk . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 5
40 Golden Eagle . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . 2
41 American Kestrel 6 1 1 . 4 . 5 . 12 1 2 11 15 5 . 63
42 Merlin 1 . . . . . . . . 1 3 . . . . 5
43 Peregrine Falcon . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 2
. Common Peafowl (Exotic) 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
44 Mountain Quail . . . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 3
45 California Quail 4 . 13 . 25 . 31 . 30 . 13 . 66 40 . 222
46 Sora . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . 2
47 Common Moorhen . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 . 6
48 American Coot 18 148 . . . . . 350 37 30 3053 . 338 105 . 4079
49 Killdeer 2 23 . . . . . 7 20 . . 58 25 1 . 136
. Area Leaders CJ NK DK KG KG BL BA JT LT JP DP KP RP MD DW .
. Species & Areas 1 2 3 4A 4B 4C 5 6/7 8A,B 9 9/10 11/12 13 14 15 total
50 Black-necked Stilt . . . . . . . . . . 11 . 1 . . 12
51 Greater Yellowlegs . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 7 . . 9
52 Spotted Sandpiper . 1 . . . . . 5 1 . 5 . 1 5 . 18
53 Long-billed Curlew . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . 25
54 Western Sandpiper . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
55 Least Sandpiper . 74 . . . . . . 4 . . . 4 . . 82
56 Long-billed Dowitcher . 3 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 4
57 Wilson's Snipe . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 3 . 4
58 Mew Gull . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1
59 Ring-billed Gull . 2 . . . . 263 5 93 . 164 14 120 31 . 692
60 California Gull 120 30 . . . . . 30 . . . . 3 4 . 187
61 Herring Gull . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1
. gull, sp. . . . . . . . . . . . 89 67 . . 156
62 Caspian Tern . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1
63 Rock Pigeon 4 . . . . . 9 5 45 . 87 7 18 3 . 178
64 Band-tailed Pigeon . . 54 . 13 80 1 . .
.		 . . 5 . . 153
65 Eurasian-collared Dove . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 2
66 Mourning Dove 115 4 30 . 19 . 64 13 68 30 120 44 222 81 40 850
67 Common Ground-Dove . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . 36
68 Red-crowned Parrot 9 . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2 . 27
. Lilac-crowned Parrot (Exotic) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. parrot sp. (Exotic) 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . 8
69 Greater Roadrunner . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . 2
70 Barn Owl 6 . 1 . . . 6 1 . . . . 5 . . 19
71 Western Screech-Owl 4 . 5 . . . 15 . . . . . 20 . . 44
72 Great Horned Owl 6 . 7 . 1 . 13 2 . . . . 23 . . 52
73 Northern Saw-whet Owl . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
74 White-throated Swift 48 . . . 5 . 89 . . . . 10 25 . . 177
75 Anna's Hummingbird 33 . 23 . 11 6 56 17 74 30 96 36 56 79 66 583
76 Costa's Hummingbird . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1
77 Allen's Hummingbird . . . . . . 1 . 2 3 22 . 6 5 23 62
. selasphorus, sp. . . . . . . . . 3 12 . . . . . 15