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#003399
Field
Trip Reports for 2011 - 2012 |
August
2011 - July 2012 |
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section contains the Field Trip Reports & Lists for the
2011-2012 field trip season. After each outing, a list of birds
seen on the trip will be posted here. Those of you who
just returned from going on a particular trip, will be able
to look it up to find out what the group as a whole saw.
And, if you missed a trip and wonder what you missed, this page
will provide you with an opportunity to find out. |
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| FIELD
TRIPS for which there are trip reports: |
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| Other
Trips (August): |
Sun,
Aug. 7: SUMMER SEARCH AT THE PIUTE PONDS in the
Antelope Valley
Leader: Jon
Feenstra |
| Trip
Lists for the last 5 trips there: (2007,
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) The numbers in blue
mark sp. seen at Lancaster Sewage Ponds. |
| Trip
Comments for the Aug. 7 trip: We
birded the entire complex, driving the north ponds and the DU
ponds, walking and scoping often. The DU ponds were down with
lots of edge (though strangely not very birdy). Most shorebirds
were at an exposed mudflat on the east side of the main pond.
The north pond is still dry save for channel along its edge.
(55 species) At the Lancaster Sewage Ponds, we drove the dikes
around the pond complex on the west side of Sierra Highway.
(18 species) -Jon
Feenstra. |
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| Other
Trips (September): |
| Tues,
Sept. 20 - Sat, Sept. 24: CAPE MAY TRIP |
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| Areas
covered: Brigantine
NWR, Higbees Beach Wildlife Management Agency, Cape May Point,
2nd Avenue Jetty, The Beanery, the Meadows, Cox Hall, Ponderlust
Country Club, Norbury's Landing, Salt Marsh Cruise aboard the
Osprey, 2nd Avenue Beach Pavilion, Cape May Lewis Ferry, Cape
Hemlopen State Park, Bombay Hook, Stone Harbor Point, Nummy
Island, paved walkway by the MicroTel Hotel in Dover. |
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List: Snow
Goose, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Wood Duck, Gadwall, American
Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern
Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Wild Turkey,
Pied-billed Grebe, Brown Booby, Northern Gannet, Brown Pelican,
Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy
Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Green Heron, Black-crowned
Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Glossy Ibis, Black
Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier,
Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American
Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Clapper Rail, Sora, Black-bellied
Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher,
American Avocet, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Willet,
Lesser Yellowlegs, Whimbrel, Hudsonian Godwit, Marbled Godwit,
Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling , Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western
Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral
Sandpiper, Dunlin, Stilt Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher,
Wilson's Snipe, Laughing Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull,
Lesser Black-backed Gull, Caspian Tern, Black Tern, Common Tern,
Forster's Tern Black Skimmer, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Eurasian-collared
Dove, Barred Owl, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird,
Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker,
Northern Flicker, White-eyed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay,
American Crow, Fish Crow, Horned Lark, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow,
Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch,
Brown-headed Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Marsh Wren,
Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird,
Brown Thrasher, European Starling, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler,
Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Prairie Warbler,
Palm Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, American
Redstart, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern
Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Seaside Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp
Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Blue Grosbeak, Bobolink, Red-winged
Blackbird, Common Grackle, Boat-tailed Grackle, Brown-headed
Cowbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, House Finch, American Goldfinch. |
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Fri,
Sept. 30: BOLSA CHICA
Leaders: Pat & Dick Cabe |
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List: Brant,
Mallard, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, Loon
sp., Pied-billed Grebe. Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, Brown Pelican,
Double-crested Cormorant, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Green Heron,
Reddish Egret, Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Turkey
Vulture, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, American
Kestrel, American Coot, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover,
Killdeer, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone,
Western Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Western Gull, Royal
Tern, Forster's Tern, Parasitic Jaeger, Belted Kingfisher, Black
Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, American Crow, Barn Swallow, Common Yellowthroat,
Belding's Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Western Meadowlark,
House Finch. (46 species) |
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| Other
Trips (October): |
| Fri,
Oct. 14: HUNTINGTON CENTRAL PARK & WEIDER PARK
(W) |
| Leaders:
Pat & Dick Cabe |
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List: Mallard,
American Wigeon, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant,
Black-crowned Night-Heron, Green Heron, Snowy Egret, Great Egret,
White-tailed Kite (W), Northern Harrier (W), American Kestrel,
Peregrine Falcon (W), American Coot, Mountain
Plover (W), California Gull, Great Horned Owl, Anna's
Hummingbird, Allen's Hummingbird, Northern Flicker, Nuttall's
Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Black
Phoebe, Tropical Kingbird (W),
Hutton''s Vireo, American Crow, Bushtit, House Wren, Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Western Bluebird, Hermit Thrush,
Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated
Gray Warbler, Townsend's Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat,
California Towhee, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Bullock's
Oriole, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, Nutmeg Mannikin. |
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| Other
Trips (November) |
| Mon,
Nov. 28:SEAL BEACH NWR |
| Leaders:
John
Fitch and Mark Beaty |
Burrowing
Owl seen on trip
photo by Peter Ridley
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Trip
List: Greater
White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Cackling Goose, Canada
Goose, Blue-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail,
Northern Shoveler, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoter, Common Goldeneye,
Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Pied-billed
Grebe, Eared Grebe, Clark's Grebe, Western Grebe, Brown
Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Reddish Egret, Snowy
Egret, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture,
Osprey, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel,
Peregrine Falcon, Clapper Rail, American Coot, Pacific
Golden-Plover, Killdeer, American Avocet, Willett, Great
Yellowlegs, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy
Turnstone, Red Knot, Dunlin, Western Sandpiper, Least
Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Ring-billed Gull, California
Gull, Western Gull, Forster's Tern, Rock Pigeon, Mourning
Dove, Burrowing Owl, Anna's Hummingbird, Allen's Hummingbird,
Belted Kingfisher, Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, Cassin's
Kingbird, American Crow, Common Raven, Horned Lark, House
Wren, Marsh Wren, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling,
American Pipit, Orange-crowned Warbler, Common Yellowthroat,
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow,
Fox Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Western Meadowlark. Red-winged
Blackbird, House Finch, American Goldfinch, and 4 Coyotes. |
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| Other
Trips (December): |
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| Other
Trips (January): |
| Sun,
Jan. 15: ANTELOPE VALLEY HAWK-BANDING TRIP |
| Leaders:
Pete Bloom & Scott Thomas |
Trip
List: Banded
birds:
2 American Kestrels, 3 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 immature Cooper's
Kawk, and 1 Loggerhead Shrike.
Other
birds sighted on the trip: numerous
Red-tailed Hawks, Common Raven White-crowned Sparrow,
Savannah Sparrow, American Pipit, Western Meadowlark,
Mountain Bluebird, European Starling, Eurasian Collared-Dove,
Rock Pigeon, Loggerhead Shrike, Horned Lark, Northern
Harrier, a Merlin eating a Horned Lark on top of a telephone
pole, 1 Ring-billed gull, American Crow, and 2 Coyotes. |
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| Other
Trips (February): |
| Fri, Feb. 1: NIX NATURE CENTER & BARBARA'S LAKE |
| Leader:
Paul Klahr |
| Trip
List: Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Cinnamon Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Snowy Egret, Turkey Vulture, White-tailed Kite, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, American Coot, Killdeer, Mourning Dove, Anna's Hummingbird, Allen's Hummingbird, Acorn Woodpecker, Nuttall's Woodpecker, Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe. Cassin's Kingbird, Hutton's Vireo, Western Scrub-Jay, Common Raven, Tree Swallow, Wrentit, Bushtit, Bewick's Wren, Northern Mockingbird, California Thrasher, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Phainopepla, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, California Towhee , Spotted Ttowhee, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch. |
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| Sat, Feb. 4: WINTER PELAGIC TRIP out of Dana Point |
| Leaders:
Jon Dunn, Brian Daniels, Curtis Marantz, Robert McNab, and Tom Benson |
| Trip
Report by Tom Benson: Sea & Sage Audubon held their annual winter pelagic trip out of Dana Point this morning (Feb 4) aboard the Ocean Institute's Sea Explorer. We were out from 8 AM to 2 PM, during which time Captain Mike and the Ocean Institute staff did an excellent job of getting us to the birds efficiently, safely, and comfortably. Leaders on board today included Jon Dunn, Brian Daniels, Robert McNab, Curtis Marantz, and myself. We started out from the Ocean Institute cruising slowly along the jetty for rocky shorebirds, then paralleling the coastline within about a mile of shore northwest to around Laguna Beach, then headed out to the Lausen Sea Mount, and back to Dana Point (54 miles total). A pair of Black Oystercatchers were on the harbor side of the jetty as we departed in the morning. We had excellent numbers of alcids throughout the day, including good looks at Xantus's Murrelets (10+), Rhinocerous Auklets (75+), Common Murres (30+), and no so good looks at Cassin's Auklets (30+). Black-vented Shearwaters were encountered in small numbers throughout the day, a distant Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater was seen over the sea mount, and two Parasitic Jaegers and one Pomarine Jaeger were seen relatively close to shore. We also had a relatively good showing of marine mammals, with a very cooperative pod of 15 Risso's Dolphins, as well as Bottlenose Dolphins, Common Dolphins, California Sea Lions, and two Elephant Seals. |
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| Sat, Feb. 11: SAN JACINTO WILDLIFE AREA |
| Leader: John McKeever |
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List: Canada Goose, Mallard, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Cinnamon Teal, Redhead, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Eared Grebe, Snowy Egret, Great Egret, White-faced Ibis, Turkey Vulture, White-tailed Kite, Northern Harrier, Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, American Kestrel, Prairie Falcon, Peregrine Falcon, Sora, Common Gallinule, American Coot, Killdeer, American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt, Greater Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher, Ring-billed Gull, Mourning Dove,Greater Roadrunner, Long-eared Owl, Nuttall's Woodpecker, Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Common Raven, Horned Lark, Tree Swallow, Bushtit, House Wren, Rock Wren, Canyon Wren, Marsh Wren, 6 Sage Thrashers, European Starling, American Pipit, Yellow-rumped Warblere, California Towhee, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow (Nevadensis), Lincoln's Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, White-crowed Sparrow, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Tricolored Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, House Finch. |
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