SUNDAY,
January 3, 2010
Kern River Valley:
117 species: A total of 26 people participated in
the field with 2 people at feeders. We saw 117 species plus one
form on count day. This was
below the average of 122.7 species. The number of individuals was above average with
24,878 total individuals observed on count day. Eight species had high counts:
Common Merganser, Eared Grebe, American
White Pelican, Peregrine Falcon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Acorn Woodpecker,
Red-naped Sapsucker, American Dipper. Unusual birds this year: NORTHERN
GOSHAWK, AMERICAN CROW,
SLATE-COLORED JUNCO.
Gadwall 81,
American Wigeon 46,
Mallard 209,
Northern Shoveler 4,
Northern Pintail 3,
Green-winged Teal 136,
Bufflehead 17,
Common Goldeneye 38,
Hooded Merganser 4,
Common Merganser 4805,
Red-breasted Merganser 1,
Ruddy Duck 1,
Mountain Quail 3,
California Quail 358,
Pied-billed Grebe 8,
Eared Grebe 3968,
Western Grebe 110,
Clark's Grebe 10,
Aechmophorus sp. 1729,
American White Pelican 103,
Double-crested Cormorant 832,
Great Blue Heron 29,
Osprey 9,
Bald Eagle 4,
Northern Harrier 5,
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4,
Cooper's Hawk 6,
Northern Goshawk 1,
Accipiter sp. 1,
Red-shouldered Hawk 11,
Red-tailed Hawk 50,
Ferruginous Hawk 1,
Golden Eagle 7,
American Kestrel 8,
Merlin 1,
Peregrine Falcon 2,
Prairie Falcon 1, Sora 1,
American Coot 225,
Killdeer 47,
Spotted Sandpiper 1,
Least Sandpiper 278,
Wilson's Snipe 6,
Ring-billed Gull 203,
California Gull 845,
Herring Gull 3,
gull sp. 2093,
Rock Pigeon 2,
Eurasian Collared-Dove 71,
Mourning Dove 226,
Greater Roadrunner 3,
Western Screech-Owl 1,
Great Horned Owl 13,
Anna's Hummingbird 15,
Belted Kingfisher 3,
Lewis's Woodpecker 1,
Acorn Woodpecker 267,
Red-naped Sapsucker 5,
Red-breasted Sapsucker 8,
sapsucker sp. 1,
Nuttall's Woodpecker 23,
Downy Woodpecker 8,
Hairy Woodpecker 10,
White-headed Woodpecker 3,
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker 42,
Black Phoebe 19,
Say's Phoebe 17,
Loggerhead Shrike 10,
Steller's Jay 5,
Western Scrub-Jay 460,
American Crow 2,
Common Raven 490,
Horned Lark 506,
Mountain Chickadee 26,
Oak Titmouse 188,
Bushtit 75,
Red-breasted Nuthatch 16,
White-breasted Nuthatch 36,
Brown Creeper 7,
Rock Wren 21,
Canyon Wren 12,
Bewick's Wren 38,
House Wren 3,
Marsh Wren 3,
American Dipper 26,
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 114,
Western Bluebird 195,
Mountain Bluebird 50,
Townsend's Solitaire 5,
Hermit Thrush 7,
American Robin 14,
Wrentit 16,
Northern Mockingbird 57,
California Thrasher 9,
European Starling 278,
American Pipit 11,
Cedar Waxwing 4,
Phainopepla 56,
Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler 26,
Spotted Towhee 123,
California Towhee 113,
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 6,
Lark Sparrow 108,
Savannah Sparrow 8,
Fox Sparrow 79,
Song Sparrow 151,
Lincoln's Sparrow 3,
White-crowned Sparrow 1336,
Golden-crowned Sparrow 341,
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 1023,
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 2,
Red-winged Blackbird 205,
Western Meadowlark 11,
Brewer's Blackbird 282,
Brown-headed Cowbird 12,
blackbird sp. 59,
Purple Finch 98,
House Finch 611,
Pine Siskin 3,
Lesser Goldfinch 103,
American Goldfinch 47,
House Sparrow 341.
Thanks to the twenty-six
field
participants and the 2 feeder watchers for their efforts on this year: field crew:
Liga Auzins, Bob Barnes, Darrell Barnes, Chana Cortez, Scott Frazer, Terri
Gallion, Bruce Garlinger,
Frank Gibson, Denise LaBerteaux, Marya Miller, Susan Moore, Rodney Olsen, Chuck
Peck,
Julie Rowe, Sean Rowe, John Schmitt, Mark Schmitt, Pat Seamount, Alison Sheehey, Bob Steele, Susan Steele,
Reed Tollefson, Sandra Wieser, Peter Woodman, Sam Woodman, Tom Wurster. And
feeder watchers: Bill & Birdie Foster.
Compiler:
Alison Sheehey, Phone: , E-mail
Photos by Alison Sheehey, all taken on count day or during count week.
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