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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

Aug. 2003 - July 2004

2002 - 2003
08/20/03
09/17/03
10/15/03
11/19/03
12/17/03
01/21/04
FEB
03/17/04
4/21/04
5/19/04
6/16/04
7/21/04
 
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LOONS & GREBES . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common Loon . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . .
Pied-billed Grebe 8 2 4 14 5 3 . 1 3 5 . 2
Eared Grebe . 1 7 7 3 5 . 10 . . . .
Horned Grebe . . . 1 2 1 . 2 . . . .
Western Grebe . . . 3 1 2 . 2 6 . . .
Clark's Grebe . . . . . . . . . . . .
PELICANS & CORMORANTS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brown Pelican . . . 8 14 . . . . . . .
Double-crested Cormorant 12 11 8 118 18 17 . 28 5 1 3 16
HERONS & EGRETS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Great Blue Heron 4 3 12 11 5 5 . 1 1 6 2 10
Great Egret 11 7 16 12 2 7 . 4 2 . 1 2
Snowy Egret 28 12 7 44 22 11 . 8 14 18 15 35
Green Heron . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black-crowned Night-Heron . . . . . . . . . 2 . .
Little Blue Heron . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
DUCKS & GEESE . . . . . . . . . . . .
Canada Goose . . . . 2 . . . . . . .
Gadwall . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Wigeon . 4 76 157 881 30 . 9 18 . . .
Mallard 111 10 17 5 3 6 . 4 4 9 3 53
Blue-winged Teal . . . 5 2 . . 41 39 . . .
Cinnamon Teal . 4 . 4 5 4 . 12 . . . .
Northern Shoveler . . . 10 1 . . . . . . .
Northern Pintail . 5 14 10 18 5 . . . . . .
Green-winged Teal . . . . 10 1 . . . . . .
Canvasback . . . . . . . . . . . .
Redhead . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesser Scaup . . . . . 12 . . . . . .
Surf Scoter 2 . . . . . . . . . . .
Bufflehead . . . 41 52 281 . 100 . . . .
Red-breasted Merganser . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ruddy Duck . . . 7 . 175 . 75 33 . . .
DIURNAL BIRDS of PREY . . . . . . . . . . . .
Turkey Vulture 7 3 . . 1 2 . 2 4 11 2 3
Osprey 1 2 2 1 2 2 . . . . 1 .
White-tailed Kite 1 . . . 2 2 . . . . . .
Northern Harrier . . 2 . . 2 . . 2 1 . .
Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 . 3 1 2 . . 3 3 1 .
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . .
Sharp-shinned Hawk . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
Cooper's Hawk 2 2 . . . 1 . . . . . .
accipter sp. . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Kestrel . . . 1 . 2 . . . . . .
Peregrine Falcon . . . . . . . . . . . .
RAILS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clapper Rail 3 7 . 2 . 1 . . 2 . . .
Virginia Rail . . . 2 . . . . 1 1 . .
Sora
Common Moorhen . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Coot . 1 28 540 378 42 . 503 233 . . .
PLOVERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black-bellied Plover 115 69 1 105 17 1 . 88 1 43 9 27
Killdeer . 3 1 24 24 8 . . 2 . . 1
Semipalmated Plover 3 1 . 24 38 . . . 2 . . 15
Snowy Plover . . . . . . . . . . . .
STILTS & AVOCETS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black-necked Stilt . . . . . . . . . . 2 .
American Avocet . . . 4 8 33 . 198 14 . . .
SHOREBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greater Yellowlegs . . . 1 4 . . 2 . . . .
Lesser Yellowlegs . . 4 . . . . . . . . 1
Willet 185 121 491 204 86 131 . 117 61 74 20 71
Spotted Sandpiper 1 . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . .
Whimbrel . . . . 1 2 . 1 . . . .
Long-billed Curlew 8 2 3 2 11 . . 3 . . . 3
Marbled Godwit 102 189 329 182 102 251 . 171 72 34 28 121
Sanderling . . . . . . . . . . . .
Least Sandpiper 6 . . 68 235 . . 1 5 . . 34
Western Sandpiper 292 645 9 1935 695 . . 325 85 . . 15
sandpiper sp. . . . . . 35 . . . . . 50
Dunlin . . . . 11 . . . . . . .
Dowitcher (Short-billed) . 2 . . . . . . . . . .
Dowitcher (Long-billed) . . 125 166 135 3 . 466 12 . 8 .
dowitcher sp. 175 163 . . . . . . . . . 13
Ruddy Turnstone . . . . . . . . . . . .
GULLS, TERNS, SKIMMERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Western Gull 7 6 1 2 1 3 . 1 2 1 2 3
Ring-billed Gull . . 11 14 12 120 . 20 . . . .
California Gull . . . . . 340 . . . 3 . .
Heermann's Gull . . . 1 2 . . . . . . .
Bonaparte's Gull . . . . . . . . . . . .
gull sp. 30 . . . . . . . . . . .
Forster's Tern 132 3 1 27 21 17 . 9 24 23 16 19
Caspian Tern 21 16 2 1 1 . . 3 16 36 15 16
Elegant Tern 18 . . . . . . . 18 2 . 19
Least Tern 4 . . . . . . . 3 1 . 2
Black Skimmer . 38 11 . 40 30 . 50 . . 18 7
DOVES . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mourning Dove 15 17 2 2 . . . 1 6 1 3 1
Rock (Dove) Pigeon . . . . . 25 . . . . . .
SWIFTS . . . . . . . . . . . .
White-throated Swift . . . . . . . . . . . .
HUMMINGBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Anna's Hummingbirds 3 1 . 1 . 4 . . 2 2 . .
WOODPECKERS
Northern Flicker . . . 1 . 2 . . . . . .
KINGFISHERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Belted Kingfisher 1 4 3 4 2 3 . 2 . . . .
FLYCATCHERS . . . . . . . . . . .
Black Phoebe 3 . 2 1 . . . 1 2 . . 1
Say's Phoebe . . 4 . . 1 . 1 . . . .
Cassin's Kingbird . 2 . . . . . . 1 . . .
Western Kingbird . . . . . . . . . . . .
SHRIKES . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loggerhead Shrike . . . . . . . . . . . .
CROWS & JAYS . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Crow 7 57 44 1 . 6 . 6 36 11 22 9
Common Raven 2 1 1 . . . . 2 1 . .
Western Scrub-Jay . . . . . . . . . . . .
SWALLOWS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tree Swallow 1 . . . . . . . 2 . 5 .
N. Rough-winged Swallow . . . . . . . . 2 . . .
Cliff Swallow 2 . . . . . . . . . 4 .
Barn Swallow 2 . . . . . . . 3 . 8 .
BUSHTITS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bushtit . 2 . . . . . . . . . .
WRENS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marsh Wren  . 3 . . . . . . . 6 . 4
Bewick's Wren . . . . . . . . . . . .
House Wren . . . . . . . . . . . .
KINGLETS & GNATCATCHERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ruby-crowned Kinglet . . . . . . . . . . . .
California Gnatcatcher . 3 . . 1 . . . . . . .
WRENTITS
Wrentit . . . 1 . . . . . . . .
MOCKINGBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Northern Mockingbird 1 . . . . . . 1 3 3 3 .
THRUSHES  . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Robin 1 . . . . . . . . . . .
STARLINGS . . . . . . . . . . . .
European Starling . . . 5 . . . . 7 4 . .
WARBLERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yellow-rumped Warbler . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common Yellowthroat 1 3 . . . . . 4 2 5 7 .
Orange-crowned Warbler . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wilson's Warbler . . . . . . . . . . . .
SPARROWS . . . . . . . . . . . .
California Towhee 5 2 . . . . . . . 1 . .
Spotted Towhee . . . . . . . . . . . .
Song Sparrow . 1 3 1 . 4 . 10 . 4 4 .
Belding's Savannah Sparrow . 9 . . 1 6 . 2 14 14 9 6
White-crowned Sparrow . . . 1 . . . . . . . .
BLACKBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Red-winged Blackbird 1 7 5 . . 1 . . . 1 . .
Western Meadowlark . . . . . 9 . . . . . .
Brewer's Blackbird . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hooded Oriole . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
FINCHES . . . . . . . . . . . .
House Finch 43 18 . 1 . 3 . 5 2 2 65 .
Lesser Goldfinch . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Goldfinch . . . . . . . . . . . .
WEAVER FINCH . . . . . . . . . . . .
House Sparrow . . . . . . . . . . . .
EXOTIC WATERFOWL . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mute Swan 1 . . . . . . . . . . .

updated July 21, 2004
 

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Last Modified September 4, 2007

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