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Monthly Bird Counts at Upper Newport Bay
from Shellmaker Island to the upper channel boat limit & back
from aboard the electric boat

Sept. 2002 to Aug. 2003

Species1 09/11 10/09 10/11 10/12 11/13 12/11 01/08 01/30 FEB 3/12 4/03 5/13 6/11 7/09 8/20
LOONS & GREBES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common Loon . . , . .  1 . .
T
 . . . . . .
Pied-billed Grebe 1 1 X X 7 8 4 1
R
 10 8 . 1 1 8
Eared Grebe . 1 X X 8 6 9 6
I
 15 7 . . . .
Horned Grebe . . , . 2 3 1 1
P
 8 . . . . .
Western Grebe . 3 , . 10 9 9 5 . 13 15 3 1 . .
Clark's Grebe 2 2 X X . 1 2 1
C
 7 . . . . .
PELICANS & CORMORANTS . . . , . . . .
A
 . . . . . .
Brown Pelican 12 1 X X 1 13 4 2
N
 1 5 . 1 . .
American White Pelican . . . . . . . .
C
 3 4 . . . .
.Double-crested Cormorant .6 .13 .X .X 22 21 23 2
E
 49 9 3 6 9 12
HERONS & EGRETS . . , . . . . .
L
 . . . . . .
Great Blue Heron 2 14 X X 4 5 1 2
L
 3 3 6 3 14 4
Great Egret 8 11 X X 4 3 11 3
E
 4 9 1 3 5 11
Snowy Egret 11 4 X X 28 22 3 9
D
 35 20 19 15 25 28
Green Heron . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 . , . . . . .
D
 . 1 . 1 . .
DUCKS & GEESE . . , . . . . .
U
 . . . . .
Canada Goose . . , . . . . .
E
 . . . . . .
Gadwall . . , . 1 1 1 . . . . . . 2 .
American Wigeon . . X X 329 372 176 .
T
  278 . . . . .
Eurasian Wigeon . . , . 1 . . .
O
 . . . . . .
Mallard 6 . X X 1 . 4 1 . 5 10 10 7 20 111
Blue-winged Teal . . , X 5 8 4 .
R
 13 8 . . . .
Cinnamon Teal . . X X 72 32 23 2
A
 15 2 . 2 . .
Northern Shoveler . . , . 4 12 . .
I
 . . . . . .
Northern Pintail . . X X 4 44 20 13
N
 1 . . . . .
Green-winged Teal . . X X 12 148 111 . . 26 . . . . .
Canvasback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Redhead . . , . . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Lesser Scaup . . , . . 165 140 23 . 94 2 . . . .
Surf Scoter . . X X . . . . . 1 . . . 1 2
Bufflehead . . , . 11 95 207 98 . 73 2 . . . .
Red-breasted Merganser . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ruddy Duck . . X . 40 9 210 . . 152 35 . . . .
DIURNAL BIRDS of PREY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Turkey Vulture 1 . , . 6 2 1 1 . 2 4 9 7 4 7
Osprey 1 . X X 1 5 1 4 . 1 1 . 1 . 1
White-tailed Kite . . X X 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . . . 1
Northern Harrier . . X X 2. 2 2 1 . 4 . . . . .
Red-tailed Hawk . . X X 3 4 . . . 2 2 . . . 2
Red-shouldered Hawk . . , X . . . . . 2 . . 1 2 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cooper's Hawk . . , . . . . . . . . 1 . . 2
accipter sp. . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Kestrel . . X X 1 . . . . . . . . . .
Merlin . . , X . . . . . . . . . . .
Peregrine Falcon . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
RAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clapper Rail . . 3 6 . . . . . . . . . 1 3
Virginia Rail 1 . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sora . . X X . . . . . . . . . . .
Common Moorhen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Coot . . X X 546 502 341 260 . 495 148 2 . . .
PLOVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black-bellied Plover 52 . X X 287 106 164 24 . 27 19 . 10 2 115
Killdeer 3 . X X 8 25 5 8 . 19 6 1 4 . .
Semipalmated Plover . . X . 3 45 . 11 . . 69 . . . 3
Snowy Plover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
STILTS & AVOCETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black-necked Stilt . 2 . . . . . . . . 4 . . 1 .
American Avocet . . . . 14 54 346 51 . 276 126 . . . .
SHOREBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greater Yellowlegs . . X X 7 3 . 1 . 2 . . . 3 .
Lesser Yellowlegs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Willet 161 297 X 5 194 117 288 36 . 183 272 17 26 123 185
Spotted Sandpiper . 2 X X 2 2 2 . . 1 . . . . 1
Whimbrel 3 . X X . 1 8 . . . 17 . . . .
Long-billed Curlew 8 4 X X 9 5 7 1 . 9 . . 1 1 8
Marbled Godwit 148 250 X X 282  111 201 111 . 346 193 17 28 44 102
Sanderling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Least Sandpiper 5 . X X 423 511 61 11 . 144 31 . . . 6
Western Sandpiper 1103 . X X 1084 1713 1450 521 . 2327 1717 . . 56 292
sandpiper sp. . 1000 . . . . . . . . 530 . . . .
Dunlin . . X X 7 18 33 . . 4 . . . . .
Dowitcher (Short-billed) 33 . X X 28 1 5 . . 2 . . . . .
Dowitcher (Long-billed) . . X X 527 . . . . 1 32 . . . .
dowitcher sp. 94 1000 . . . 566 595 142 . 747 309 . . . 175
Red Knot . . . . . . . . . 13 7 . . . .
Ruddy Turnstone . . . . 3 2 2 . . . . . . . .
GULLS, TERNS, SKIMMERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Western Gull 6 1 X X 7 4 2 4 . 61 9 3 5 1 7
Ring-billed Gull . . . X 25 26 14 148 . 4 3 7 . . .
California Gull . . X . . . . . . . . . . . .
Heermann's Gull . . . . . 4 2 3 . . 1 . . . .
Bonaparte's Gull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
gull sp. . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . 30
Forster's Tern 19 5 X X 25 30 8 11 . 11 26 87 14 55 132
Caspian Tern 8 7 X X 16 5 .9 13 . 13 6 4 36 9 21
Elegant Tern 47 . . . . . . . . 1 40 . 4 50 18
Least Tern . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 2 4
Black Skimmer 11 2 X X 18 27 65 75 . 120 153 6 . 20 .
DOVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mourning Dove 2 1 X X 1 . 15* . . 1 . 6 3 1 15
Rock Dove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SWIFTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
White-throated Swift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HUMMINGBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Anna's Hummingbirds 1 1 X X . . . 1 . 1 2 1 . . 3
KINGFISHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Belted Kingfisher 1 3 X X 2 2 1 1 . 2 . . . . 1
FLYCATCHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black Phoebe . 8 X X 1 2 . . . 2 1 1 . 3 3
Say's Phoebe . 5 X X . . . 1 . . 1 . . . .
Cassin's Kingbird . . . . 1 2 . 2 . . 2 1 . . .
Western Kingbird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CROWS & JAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Crow . 12 X X . 8 2 18 . 11 23 17 1 49 7
Common Raven . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Western Scrub-Jay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SWALLOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tree Swallow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
N. Rough-winged Swallow . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 10 . .
Cliff Swallow . . . . . . . . . . 9. . 1 4 2
Barn Swallow 1 1 X X . . . . . 1 1 3 4 2 2
BUSHTITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bushtit . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . .
WRENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marsh Wren 1 2 X X 3 4 . 3 . 3 5 . 5 7 2
Bewick's Wren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
House Wren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
KINGLETS & GNATCATCHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ruby-crowned Kinglet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
California Gnatcatcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BABBLERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wrentit  1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MOCKINGBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Northern Mockingbird 1 5 X X . 1 . . . 2 4 2 6 10 1
SHRIKES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loggerhead Shrike . , . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
THRUSHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
STARLINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
European Starling . . . . . 15 7 . . . . 1 3 . .
WARBLERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yellow-rumped Warbler . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Common Yellowthroat . 1 X X . . . . . 3 10 3 10 17 1
Orange-crowned Warbler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wilson's Warbler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SPARROWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
California Towhee . 1 X X . . . . . 2 . . 5 3 5
Spotted Towhee . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
Song Sparrow 6 1 X X . 3 5 . . 5 8 3 . 3 .
Belding's Savannah Sparrow 4 7 X X 2 . 2 . . 9 15 18 10 10 .
White-crowned Sparrow . 1 X X . 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
BLACKBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Red-winged Blackbird 1 . X X 13 1 . . . . 1 . 1 . 1
Western Meadowlark . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brewer's Blackbird . . , . . . . . . . 4 . . . .
FINCHES . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
House Finch . 15 X . . 2 3 . . 23 23 27 60 23 15
Lesser Goldfinch . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Goldfinch . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
WEAVER FINCH . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
House Sparrow . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
EXOTIC WATERFOWL . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mute Swan . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 1

updated Sept. 17, 2003

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Last Modified September 4, 2007

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