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Monthly Bird Census at Upper Newport Bay

from Shellmaker Island to the upper channel boat limit & back
from aboard the electric boat

Aug. 2004 - July 2005

2004-2005
8/18
 9/15 10/20
11/17
 12/15 01/19 02/16 03/16 04/20 05/18 06/15 07/20
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LOONS & GREBES . . .   . . . . . . . .
Common Loon . .
R
.
 . . . . . . . .
Pied-billed Grebe 2 5
A
 12 1 13 6 2 . . 1 3
Eared Grebe . .
I
 10 11 2 7 3 . . . .
Horned Grebe . .
N
.
 2 1 1 2  . . . .
Western Grebe . 2 . 11 . 5 1 7 . . . .
Clark's Grebe . . . . . 4 . . . . . .
PELICANS & CORMANTS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brown Pelican 1 1 . 7 27 6 1 . . . . .
American White Pelican . 7 . . . 1 8 1 . . . .
Double-crested Cormorant 17 7 . 13 46 28 34 54 8 3 6 3
HERONS & EGRETS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Great Blue Heron 11 10 . 6 5 3 4 7 3 2 6 14
Great Egret 5 11 . 5 9 15 5 8 4 3 3 4
Snowy Egret 33 9 . 11 12 17 22 13 11 12 17 10
Green Heron . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
Little Blue Heron . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Black-crowned Night-Heron . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . 1
DUCKS & GEESE . . . . . . . . . . . .
Canada Goose . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gadwall . . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
American Wigeon . . . 11 8 14 289 125 . . . .
Eurasian Wigeon . . . . . . 1 1  . . . .
Mallard 48 45 . 3 7 8 10 2 8 3 31 54
Blue-winged Teal . 15 . . . 8 15 16 . . . .
Cinnamon Teal 3 1 . . . 6 30 . 2 . . .
Northern Shoveler . . . . . 2 . . . . . .
Northern Pintail . . . . 12 . 2 . . . . .
Green-winged Teal . . . . 11 17 172 8 . . . .
Canvasback . . . . . . . . . . . .
Redhead . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesser Scaup . . . 22 7 4 27 . . . . .
Surf Scoter . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bufflehead . . . . 117 100 141 58 . . . .
Red-breasted Merganser . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Ruddy Duck . . . . 2 45 162 44 . . . .
2004-2005
8/18
9/15
 10/20 11/17 12/15 01/19 02/16 03/16 04/20 05/18 06/15 07/20
DIURNAL BIRDS of PREY . . . . . . . . . . . .
Turkey Vulture 3 5
R
 12 1 . 9 3 3 17 2 1
Osprey . 1
A
 2 2 . 2 . 2 . 1 .
White-tailed Kite . .
I
 . . 3 . . . . . .
Northern Harrier . 1
N
 3 7 1 1 2 . . . 1
Red-tailed Hawk . . . 1 . 1 4 1 2 . 1 .
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 . . . 1 . 3 . . 1 . .
Sharp-shinned Hawk . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cooper's Hawk . . . . . . . . . . . .
accipter sp. . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Kestrel . 1 . 1 . 1 . . . . . .
Merlin . . . . . . . . . . . .
Peregrine Falcon . . . . . . . . . . . .
RAILS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Virginia Rail . . . . 1 . . . . . . .
Clapper Rail 6 2 . . 5 4 1 . 1 3 6 .
Sora . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common Moorhen . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Coot . 1 . 825 174 336 672 444 16 . . .
PLOVERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black-bellied Plover 49 . . 66 2 40 201 18 . 5 21 16
Killdeer 1 2 . . 2 . . 9 . . 2 1
Semipalmated Plover 4 . . . . . 2 . . . . .
Snowy Plover . . . . . . . . . . . .
STILTS & AVOCETS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black-necked Stilt . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Avocet . . . 45 30 118 277 212 . 1 . .
SHOREBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greater Yellowlegs . . . . . 2 . . 1 . . .
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 . . . . . 3 1 . . . .
Willet 139 85 . 125 164 93 101 204 74 42 32 214
Spotted Sandpiper . 5 . . 1 3 3 2 . . . .
Whimbrel . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . .
Long-billed Curlew . . . 7 2 5 5 6 2 . 1 .
Marbled Godwit 156 32 . 237 140 100 128 224 39 18 52 23
Sanderling . . . . . . . . . . . .
Least Sandpiper . . . . . 59 95 7 25 . . .
Western Sandpiper 277 . . 210 57 151 714 59 15 . . 7
Sandpiper species . . . . 77 1063 . . . . . .
2003-2004
.8/18
9/15
 10/20
11/17
 12/15 01/19 02/16 03/16 04/20 05/18 06/15 .07/20
Dunlin . .
R
 . . 2 2 9 . . . .
Dowitcher (Short-billed) . .
A
 . . . . 9 . . . .
Dowitcher (Long-billed) . .
I
 . 2 . . . . . . .
dowitcher sp. 82 .
N
 . . 102 162 35 . . . 25
Red Knot . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ruddy Turnstone . . . . . . . . . . . .
GULLS, TERNS, SKIMMERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Western Gull 6 3 . 6 2 3 16 2 7 4 3 1
Ring-billed Gull . . . 5 2 132 54 8 1 1 . 1
California Gull . . . . . . . . . . . .
Heermann's Gull . 1 . . 2 . . . . . . .
Bonaparte's Gull . . . . . . . . . . . .
gull sp. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forster's Tern 11 10 . 278 27 16 6 13 35 16 14 45
Caspian Tern 23 20 . 7 2 6 2 3 27 21 4 21
Elegant Tern 1 . . 1 . . . . 23 2 . 40
Least Tern . . . . . . . . . . 2 6
Black Skimmer 6 4 . 80 20 108 144 172! . 5 14 2
DOVES . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mourning Dove 23 24 . 4 . . 1 1 1 2 3 3
Rock Pigeon 1 . . . . . . . . . . .
SWIFTS . . . . . . . . . . . .
White-throated Swift . . . . . . . . . . . .
HUMMINGBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Anna's Hummingbird . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . 1
KINGFISHERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Belted Kingfisher 1 4 . 1 2 1 . 1 . . . .
WOODPECKERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Northern Flicker . . . . 1 . 2 . . . . .
FLYCATCHERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black Phoebe . 1
R
 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . 4
Say's Phoebe . .
A
 . . 1 . . 1 . . .
Cassin's Kingbird . 3
 I
 2 1 . . . 1 . . .
Western Kingbird . .
N
 . . . . . . . . .
SHRIKES . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loggerhead Shrike . . . . . . . . . . . .
CROWS & JAYS . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Crow 9 9 .  2 . . 35 13 5 11 4 5
Common Raven . . . . . . . 1 2 . . .
Western Scrub-Jay . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
2004-2005
8/18
9/15
 10/20
11/7
 12/15 01/19 02/16 03/16 04/20 05/18 06/15 07/20
SWALLOWS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tree Swallow . .
R
 1 . . . . . . . .
N. Rough-winged Swallow . .
A
 . . . . . 5 4 . .
Cliff Swallow . .
I
 . . . . . . . 7 .
Barn Swallow 6 32
N
 . . . . 2 8 . . 2
BUSHTITS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bushtit . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
WRENS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marsh Wren  . 2 . . . 1 . . 5 . 7 .
Bewick's Wren . . . . . . . . . . . .
House Wren . . . . . . . . . . . .
KINGLETS & GNATCATCHERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ruby-crowned Kinglet . . . . . . . . . . . .
California Gnatcatcher . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
BABBLERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wrentit  . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 .
MOCKINGBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Northern Mockingbird 1 2 . 1 . . 3 5 3 7 5 .
THRUSHES . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Robin  . . . . . . . . . . . .
STARLINGS . . . . . . . . . . . .
European Starling . . . . . . . . 3 2 2 .
WARBLERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yellow-rumped Warbler . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common Yellowthroat 3 2 . . 1 . 3 2 2 1 17 .
Orange-crowned Warbler . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wilson's Warbler . . . . . . . . . . . .
SPARROWS: . . . . . . . . . . . .
California Towhee 2 .
R
 . 1 . . 2 . 1 4 .
Spotted Towhee . .
A
 . . . . . . . . .
Song Sparrow 2 .
I
 . 5 . 10 15 5 14 8 2
Belding's Savannah Sparrow 2 3
N
 2 3 . 21 5 10 . 13 17
White-crowned Sparrow . . . . 1 . . . . . . .
BLACKBIRDS . . . . . . . . . . . .
Red-winged Blackbird 1 . . . 13 . . . . . . .
Western Meadowlark . . . 2 . . . . . . . .
Brewer's Blackbird . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hooded Oriole . . . . . . . . . . . .
FINCHES . . . . . . . . . . . .
House Finch 5 9 . 2 . 1 7 19 5 7 5 6
Lesser Goldfinch . . . . 1 . . . . . . .
American Goldfinch . . . . . . . . . . . .
2004-2005
8/18
9/15
10/20
 11/17 12/15 01/19 02/16 03/16 04/20 05/18 06/15 07/20
WEAVER FINCH . . . . . . . . . . . .
House Sparrow . . . . . . . . . . . .
EXOTIC WATERFOWL . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mute Swan . . . . . . . . . . . .

updated 7/22/05

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Last Modified September 4, 2007

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