Trip : Christmas Bird Count Login
Drawbridge, 59 Sightings
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Snow Goose
2 birds
Canada Goose
144 birds
Gadwall
4 birds
Mallard
26 birds
Northern Shoveler
30 birds
Green-Winged Teal
49 birds
Grebes
Eared Grebe
456 birds
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron
1 bird
Great Egret
2 birds
Snowy Egret
2 birds
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
4 birds
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
White-tailed Kite
3 birds
Northern Harrier
3 birds
Red-tailed Hawk
12 birds
Golden Eagle
2 birds, one defending its meal. The first challenger was a Northern Harrier, the second was the other Eagle.
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel
5 birds
Peregrine Falcon
2 birds
Prairie Falcon
1 bird
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Virginia Rail
2 birds
Sora
5 birds
American Coot
10 birds
Plovers
Snowy Plover
8 birds
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
651 birds
American Avocet
62 birds
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs
8 birds
Willet
7 birds
Sanderling
1 bird
Western Sandpiper
263 birds
Least Sandpiper
183 birds
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Ring-billed Gull
744 birds
California Gull
766 birds
Herring Gull
1533 birds
Glaucous-winged Gull
1 bird
Glaucous Gull
1 bird, seen sleeping on a berm in the salt ponds. At first, we mistook it for a white Goose, much bigger and whiter than the other gulls in the flock.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
212 birds
Mourning Dove
23 birds
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
3 birds
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe
4 birds
Say's Phoebe
5 birds
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
2 birds
Jays and Crows
American Crow
20 birds
Common Raven
4 birds
Wrens
Marsh Wren
7 birds
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3 birds
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird
7 birds
Starlings
European Starling
41 birds
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
22 birds
Wood-Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler
23 birds
Common Yellowthroat
3 birds
Emberizids
Savannah Sparrow
1 bird
Song Sparrow
7 birds
Lincoln's Sparrow
1 bird
White-crowned Sparrow
22 birds
Golden-crowned Sparrow
7 birds
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird
26 birds
Western Meadowlark
14 birds
Brewer's Blackbird
36 birds
Northern Finches
House Finch
26 birds
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
13 birds
Trip Notes
Also saw: 69 sparrows, 106 dowitchers, 483 gulls
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