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County Notes
We have only visited this county 8 times since we started birding, so we think of it as rare.
132 Species
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Redhead
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
New World Quail
Mountain Quail
California Quail
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Bitterns and Herons
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills
White-faced Ibis
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Plovers
Killdeer
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Willet
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Typical Owls
Great Horned Owl
Goatsuckers
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Swifts
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Vireos
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Jays and Crows
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Larks
Horned Lark
Swallows
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice
Mountain Chickadee
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Creepers
Brown Creeper
Wrens
Rock Wren
Dippers
American Dipper
Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Sage Thrasher
Starlings
European Starling
Wood-Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Hermit Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Tanagers
Western Tanager
Emberizids
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Cardinals and Saltators
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Northern Finches
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
8 Trips
2007 Jun 11, High Sierra Workshop Day One
2007 Jun 12, High Sierra Workshop Day Two
2007 Jun 13, High Sierra Workshop Day Three
2007 Jun 14, High Sierra Workshop Day Four
2008 May 26, High Sierra Workshop Day One
2008 May 27, High Sierra Workshop Day Two
2008 May 28, High Sierra Workshop Day Three
2008 May 29, High Sierra Workshop Day Four
County Photos
County Map
Yuba Pass
Bassett's
Sierra Valley
Hariot Lane
Antelope Valley Road
Sierra City
Carmen Valley
Baja Carmen Valley
Plumas-Eureka State Park
Sardine Lakes
Lemon Canyon Road
Smithneck Road