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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
104 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 . 1 . 2 2 9 . . . 1 . . 1
105 Cactus Wren . . 3 . . 3 7 3 . 13 8 4 . 4
106 Rock Wren 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 2
107 Canyon Wren . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1
108 Bewick's Wren 30 1 5 9 2 21 27 11 7 10 11 . 4 13
109 House Wren 12 2 . 3 . 9 10 2 9 6 8 . 4 6
110 Marsh Wren . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . 2
111 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 80 9 8 1 22 60 54 56 48 21 40 20 32 45
112 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher . 1 . . . . . . 1 14 8 1 y 2
113 California Gnatcatcher 15 . 3 1 . . 4 3 . 10 33 7 y 7
114 Western Bluebird 14 2 . 8 . 25 3 18 15 11 20 5 . 12
115 Hermit Thrush 36 1 . 1 1 2 17 1 8 1 13 4 17 10
116 American Robin 535 22 2 32 . 61 78 24 137 78 17 8 55 104
117 Varied Thrush 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 3
118 Wrentit 47 6 21 28 17 40 23 6 17 43 43 5 3 29
119 Northern Mockingbird 9 3 1 4 . 9 15 26 33 22 27 9 5 17
120 California Thrasher 15 1 5 5 3 18 16 2 9 18 26 4 . 12
121 European Starling 137 23 7 15 . 64 129 128 392 240 410 59 60 166
122 American Pipit 37 11 . . . . 1 85 30 110 136 157 . 56
123 Cedar Waxwing 41 47 . . . 152 153 208 380 48 231 24 30 131
124 Phainopepla 2 2 . 1 . 3 1 1 . . 9 . . 1
125 Tennessee Warbler . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
126 Orange-crowned Warbler 29 . 2 . . 11 19 20 44 5 17 7 4 15
127 Nashville Warbler . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . 2
128 Yellow Warbler . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . 2
. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) . . . . . . 1 . 3 . . . 1 5
129 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Aud) 780 101 227 369 . 554 825 385 630 406 2114 715 199 730
130 Black-throated Gray Warbler . . . . . 1 . 1 2 . 3 . . 7
131 Warbler, Townsend's 2 . . . . . . 3 11 . 5 . 4 2
132 Black-throated Green Warbler . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
133 Black & White Warbler . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
. SPECIES 1 2 3 4a 4b 5 6/7 8a/b 9/10 11/12 13 14 15 Total
134 American Redstart 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
135 Common Yellowthroat 10 9 . . . . 3 12 23 4 33 21 5 12
136 Wilson's Warbler . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 2
137 Summer Tanager . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
138 Western Tanager . . . . . . . cw 13 . . . 2 1
139 Spotted Towhee 63 5 13 20 9 38 39 3 19 12 17 7 9 25
140 California Towhee 91 12 45 94 4 117 57 18 33 58 89 37 8 66
141 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 14 . . . . 17 1 . . . 4 . . 3
142 Chipping Sparrow 38 . . . . . . 22 7 11 2 1 5 8
143 Brewer's Sparrow . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . 2
144 Vesper Sparrow 5 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 6
145 Lark Sparrow 17 15 . 7 . . 29 29 1 45 35 1 . 17
146 Savannah Sparrow 92 1 3 . . 37 3 17 1 85 41 . . 28
147 Grasshopper Sparrow . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . 5
148 Fox Sparrow . . 1 1 6 2 3 . 3 1 . . 1 1
149 Song Sparrow 6 4 2 2 . 16 7 17 18 12 115 52 10 26
150 Lincoln's Sparrow 5 . . . . 1 . 1 1 2 4 5 1 2
151 White-throated Sparrow . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . 2
152 White-crowned Sparrow 25 54 85 245 . 187 153 209 77 725 290 187 60 229
153 Golden-crowned Sparrow 22 2 1 1 6 14 5 . 1 3 . 1 1 5
. Dark-eyed Junco(slate-color.) 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 2
154 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 123 . 33 360 18 195 228 16 21 37 142 4 35 121
. Dark-eyed Junco (gray-head.) 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 4
155 Red-winged Blackbird 5 13 6 1 . . 9 44 6 2 98 8 93 28
156 Tricolored . . . . . . . . . . 190 . . 19
157 Western Meadowlark 202 20 3 . . 4 51 . 1 110 127 . . 51
158 Brewer's Blackbird 14 . . . . . 20 32 74 50 127 74 . 39
159 Great-tailed Grackle . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 2
160 Brown-headed Cowbird . . . . . . 3 12 6 10 . . . 3
161 Hooded Oriole . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
162 Baltimore Oriole . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
163 Bullock's Oriole . . . . . . . cw 6 . . . . 6
164 Scott's Oriole . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1
165 Purple Finch . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 3
166 House Finch 110 42 40 98 . 135 109 146 237 385 556 135 50 204
167 Lesser Goldfinch 65 14 18 21 . 28 86 66 145 50 61 112 25 69
168 American Goldfinch 64 1 . . . 2 . 4 11 5 111 52 10 26
169 House Sparrow 2 . 1 . . 1 13 6 52 77 132 . . 28
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. Number of Species 98 83 46 76 21 64 92 101 154 74 122 88 74 16
. Number of Individual Birds 4801 1314 838 1646 225 2558 3913 3539 6131 3986 9365 3039 1097 4245
. Area Exclusives 2 1 1 1 0 4 5 3 9 3 6 2 1 3
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. Number of Observers 6 5 10 10 1 7 6 5 5 11 10 7 1 8
. Number of Birding Groups 5 2 5 5 1 4 2 2 3 6 10 3 1 4
. Owling - not included above 2 . . 0 . 1 . . . . 2 . .
BIRDERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE COUNT:  Jeff Ahrens, Bruce Aird, Neal Anderson, Ebbe Banstorp, Don Bauman, Jean Beaton, Tom Benson, Barbara Berton, Tom Bishop, Jay Bock, Jeff Boyd, Steve Brad, John Bradley, Deborah Brin, Nancy Brown, Colin Campbell, Claudine Casey, Maya Decker, Bettina Eastman, Dale Felts, Dane Ferrell, Bill Fischer, Lucy Fischer, Robbie Fischer, Kelly Goocher, Robb Hamilton, Beverly Hargrove, John Hargrove, Debra Hays, Loren Hays, Terry Graham Hill, Sue Hoffman, Carolyn Honer, Irene Horiuchi, Bob Houtz, Mary James, Travis James, Curtis Johnson, Terese Kastner, Nancy Kenyon, Joe Kessler, Richard Kust, Brian Leatherman, Lucy Lee, Vic Leipzig, Merri Levy, Dan Lockshaw, Lois Loughran, Donna Malloy, Gary Meredith, Malcolm Morrison, Rachel Morrison, Roxanne Morrison, Barbara Natland, Martin Natland, Diane Nielen, Carolyn Noble, Jay Oberholtzer, Linda Oberholtzer, Bonnie Parlee, Kaaren Perry, Jim Pike, Robert Polkinghorn, Roy Poucher, Mary Pryor, Dick Purvis, Carolyn Raynesford, Les Redpath, Nizan Rubin, Al Russell, Larry Schmahl, Barbara Sentovich, Mike Sentovich, Susan Sheakley, Margaret Smith, Mike Smith, Renee Stokes, Lorene Strong, Gerald Tolman, Larry Tripp, Dusty Waggoner, Sylvia Walker, Doug Willick, Stan Winterman.

Last Modified May 23, 2010

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