2009 Bakersfield Christmas Bird Count Highlights

Current Schedule & Recap of Last Year's California CBCs     Kern County CBCs

Hyperlink on count names lead to photo pages which are a hodgepodge taken by Alison Sheehey during the respective counts.

2009/2010

Tehachapi    Tejon    Butterbredt Spring    Bakersfield    Buena Vista   Death Valley  

South Fork Valley     Kern River Valley     Bear Valley Springs

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Bakersfield, Kern County: Compiler: John Wilson, 140 species

Highlights - 936 Rose-ringed Parakeets, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Wood Duck, Phainopepla

Species seen personally along Kern River between Lake Ming and Hart Park and at Union and California - Wood Duck, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, California Quail, Pied-billed Grebe, Western Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Turkey Vulture, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Prairie Falcon, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, California Gull, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Mourning Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Barn Owl, Great Horned Owl, White-throated Swift, Anna's Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Acorn Woodpecker, Nuttall's Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Black Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Western Scrub-Jay, American Crow, Common Raven, Horned Lark, Bushtit, White-breasted Nuthatch, Rock Wren, Canyon Wren, Bewick's Wren, House Wren, Marsh Wren, American Dipper, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Western Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, Northern Mockingbird, California Thrasher, European Starling, American Pipit, Phainopepla, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Spotted Towhee, California Towhee, Lark Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brewer's Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow


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2008

Buena Vista    Butterbredt Spring     China Lake     Kern River Valley     South Fork     Tehachapi     Tejon

2007

Bakersfield    Bear Valley Springs    Buena Vista    Butterbredt Spring   Kern River Valley    Tehachapi 

Previous years

Bakersfield      Kern River Valley     Red Rock    Springville   South Fork Valley

 Photos by other photographers of rarities or on counts not attended by Ali welcome and will be posted with citation. E-mail


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