Bird & Wildlife Information

THE COASTAL COUNT SECTIONS & THEIR COUNT LEADERS:   (2) WESTMINSTER MEM. PARK, GOLDEN WEST & CORNER OF SEAL BEACH NWR  - Vic Leipzig (3) HUNTINGTON CENTRAL PARK, WINTERSBERG CHANNEL, CARR PARK  - Loren Hays  (4) BOLSA CHICA  - Terry Hill  (5) MILE SQUARE PARK -  Irene Horiuchi  (6) SA RIVER MOUTH, HB PIER, 19th ST. WILLOWS, CANYON PARK, GOLF COURSE- J im Pike  (7) OLDER AREAS IN SANTA ANA- Carol Getz  (8/9) CENTENNIAL PARK, MCAS BLIMP BASE - Dick Purvis (10/11)  WESTSIDE of UPPER NEWPORT BAY -  Larry Tripp  (12) EAST SIDE of UPPER NEWPORT BAY - Dick Kust  (13) UCI, SAN JOAQUIN MARSH, SJWS - John Bradley  (14) MASONPARK, UCIFOOTHILLS, CORONA DEL MAR - Doug Willick  (15) NEWPORT HARBOR & BEACHES - John Hargrove   (16) PELAGIC AREAS - Jerry Tolman.  Rick Derevan dealt with the legal aspects of obtaining entrance permits.  Curtis Johnson coordinated the event & compiled all the data.  SPECIES SEEN DURING COUNT WEEK,  but not on count day: White-winged Scoter, Royal Tern, Plumbeous Vireo, Bank Swallow, Large-billed Savannah Sparrow.  EXOTIC SPECIES seen on count day or during count week:  Egyptian Goose, Mute Swan, Black Swan, Mitred Parakeet, parrot sp., Red Bishop, Nutmeg Mannikin

.	SPECIES	2	3	4	5	6	7	8/9	10/11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
01	Red throated Loon	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2	4
02	Pacific Loon	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	5
03	Common Loon	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	13	5	2
04	Pied-billed Grebe	1	.	24	4	3	.	8	18	4	46	6	2	.	11
05	Horned Grebe	1	.	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4
06	Eared Grebe	1	.	23	2	.	.	1	9	5	14	3	35	3	9
07	Western Grebe	1	1	22	.	900	.	.	40	30	1	.	52	10	105
08	Clark's Grebe	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	2	.	1	.	2	.	6
.	Aechmophorus sp.	.	.	.	.	300	.	.	.	.	.	.	80	30	41
09	Black-vented Shearwater	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	19	34	150	20
10	American White Pelican	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	7	14	17	7	.	.	4
11	Brown Pelican	1	.	7	.	185	.	.	6	5	3	67	130	100	50
12	Brandt's Cormorant	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	50	5
13	Double-crested Cormorant	35	35	98	80	71	.	66	85	17	69	52	16	2	62
14	Pelagic Coastal	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	.	3
15	Great Blue Heron	17	10	17	1	7	.	4	17	13	30	2	.	.	11
16	Great Egret	14	21	12	1	5	.	7	17	21	10	2	1	.	11
17	Snowy Egret	9	16	24	8	10	1	10	24	8	4	4	3	.	12
18	Green Heron	4	1	1	.	1	.	3	1	.	2	.	.	.	1
19	Black-crowned Night-Heron	1	9	7	.	1	.	1	1	17	58	.	.	.	9
20	White-faced Ibis	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
21	Turkey Vulture	12	7	12	.	4	3	70	9	.	10	5	.	.	13
.	Egyptian Goose (Exotic)	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	1	.	.	.	.	.	4
22	Ross' Goose	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	1
23	Canada Goose	600	.	cw	.	3	.	.	.	.	63	.	.	.	66
.	Mute Swan (Exotic)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	1
.	Black Swan (Exotic)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	2
24	Gadwall	.	8	45	.	30	.	28	41	4	20	.	.	.	17
25	Eurasian Wigeon	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	.	.	.	2
.	SPECIES	2	3	4	5	6	7	8/9	10/11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
26	American Wigeon	118	250	86	80	125	37	108	447	392	1	50	.	.	169
27	Mallard	207	435	91	50	53	28	153	219	186	73	75	92	.	166
28	Blue-winged Teal	25	.	13	.	1	1	.	8	24	.	.	.	.	7
29	Cinnamon Teal	38	1	2	.	28	.	22	21	50	51	.	.	.	21
30	Northern Shoveler	7	21	531	42	20	.	93	56	10	189	5	.	.	97
31	Northern Pintail	.	4	518	.	78	2	.	27	24	1	.	.	.	65
32	Green-winged Teal	28	.	92	.	15	.	.	79	102	159	.	.	.	47
.	Eurasian Teal	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	1
33	Canvasback	.	.	2	.	31	.	.	3	.	2	.	.	.	3
34	Redhead	.	1	cw	.	.	.	.	8	.	.	.	.	.	9
35	Ring-necked duck	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	.	29	.	.	.	3
36	Greater Scaup	.	.	2	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3
37	Lesser Scaup	8	.	420	.	200	.	.	695	96	.	.	18	.	143
38	Surf Scoter	.	.	16	.	3200	.	.	.	.	.	2	81	.	329
.	White-winged Scoter	.	.	cw	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
39	Bufflehead	22	.	154	.	70	.	.	63	36	11	.	22	.	37
40	Common Goldeneye	.	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
41	Hooded Merganser	.	.	.	.	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7
42	Common Merganser	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
43	Red-breasted Merganser	1	.	15	.	10	.	3	.	2	.	.	1	.	3
44	Ruddy Duck	15	18	600	6	124	.	35	521	96	51	10	.	.	147
45	Osprey	1	.	3	.	2	.	2	5	1	3	.	.	.	1
46	White-tailed Kite	1	.	2	.	.	.	.	2	.	5	1	.	.	1
47	Northern Harrier	3	.	8	.	2	.	1	3	.	14	.	.	.	3
48	Sharp-shinned Hawk	2	1	3	.	1	3	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	1
49	Cooper's Hawk	3	5	2	2	.	2	1	3	2	2	2	.	.	2
.	accipiter, sp.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	.	.	2
50	Red-shouldered Hawk	2	3	.	.	1	.	1	4	1	7	7	.	.	2
51	Red-tailed Hawk	27	8	15	1	5	4	18	15	2	16	6	.	.	11
52	Ferruginous Hawk	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
.	SPECIES	2	3	4	5	6	7	8/9	10/11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
53	American Kestrel	5	7	8	2	6	1	4	9	2	7	2	.	.	5
54	Merlin	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	4
55	Peregrine Falcon	1	1	2	1	1	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	7
56	California Quail	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	47	.	.	4
57	Clapper Rail	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	2	.	.	.	.	1
58	Virginia Rail	1	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	.	4
59	Sora	2	1	1	.	.	.	.	3	3	2	.	.	.	1
60	Common Moorhen	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	cw	.	5	.	.	.	5
61	American Coot	171	300	360	200	40	1	510	513	405	136	390	7	.	303
62	Black-bellied Plover	115	.	1006	.	57	.	.	474	18	.	.	50	.	172
63	Pacific-Golden Plover	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
64	Snowy Plover	.	.	6	.	48	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5
65	Semipalmated Plover	.	.	192	.	209	.	.	.	79	.	.	.	.	48
66	Killdeer	8	3	6	.	6	1	3	11	4	2	.	.	.	4
67	Black-necked Stilt	52	75	194	.	35	8	6	3	20	108	.	.	.	50
68	American Avocet	15	.	169	.	49	.	2	249	266	11	.	.	.	76
69	Greater Yellowlegs	13	1	7	.	8	.	14	2	.	7	.	.	.	5
70	Lesser Yellowlegs	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1
71	Willet	45	1	100	.	312	.	.	145	151	.	3	53	.	81
72	Wandering Tattler	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	2
73	Spotted Sandpiper	5	.	.	.	3	.	10	6	.	4	1	.	.	2
74	Whimbrel	1	.	1	.	3	.	.	7	.	.	2	.	.	1
75	Long-billed Curlew	30	.	5	.	5	.	.	7	3	.	10	.	.	6
76	Marbled Godwit	30	.	191	.	156	.	.	239	348	.	4	45	.	101
77	Ruddy Turnstone	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	1	.	4
78	Black Turnstone	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	3	4	8
79	Surfbird	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18	20	.	3
80	Red Knot	.	.	19	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
81	Sanderling	.	.	23	.	460	.	.	.	.	.	8	255	.	74
.	SPECIES	2	3	4	5	6	7	8/9	10/11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
82	Western Sandpiper	500	.	3265	.	400	.	.	860	.	35	.	15	.	507
83	Least Sandpiper	24	2	242	.	650	.	35	372	10	100	.	2	.	143
.	peep, sp.	.	.	12	.	.	.	.	.	383	.	.	.	.	39
84	Dunlin	1	.	128	.	3	.	.	19	.	.	.	.	.	15
85	Short-billed Dowitcher	1	.	3	.	.	.	.	416	.	.	.	.	.	42
86	Long-billed Dowitcher	1	11	.	.	180	.	12	.	20	17	.	.	.	24
.	dowitcher, sp	135	.	467	.	.	.	.	6	435	116	.	1	.	116
87	Common Snipe	10	.	.	.	5	.	.	1	.	1	.	.	.	1
88	Red Phalarope	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	5
89	Pomarine Jaeger	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	5	7
90	Parasitic Jaeger	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
91	Bonaparte's Gull	.	.	.	120	450	.	.	.	.	.	.	350	500	142
92	Heermann's Gull	.	.	.	.	226	.	.	.	.	.	125	141	100	59
93	Mew Gull	.	.	.	1	16	.	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
94	Ring-billed Gull	170	462	162	1	210	26	108	112	56	14	62	25	.	140
95	California Gull	22	2700	7	1	700	10	6	92	.	.	53	82	500	417
96	Herring Gull	.	.	2	.	21	.	.	.	2