Birds seen in California 17-29 August 1996. B.J. Bergstrom (161 spp.)
*Localities **Abundance
Eared Grebe SS 2
Pied-billed Grebe SS 2
Western Grebe SS 2
*Black-footed Albatross MP 2
Sooty Shearwater MP 5/6
*Pink-footed Shearwater MP 3
*Buller's Shearwater MP 3
*Black Storm-Petrel MP 3/4
*Ashy Storm-Petrel MP 4/5
Northern Fulmar MP 3
American White Pelican SS 5/6
Brown Pelican MP,ML,SD,SB 4
Double-crested Cormorant SS,SB 5
Brandt's Cormorant MP,ML,SB,SD 6
Great Blue Heron SS,SD 4
Cattle Egret SS 4
Great Egret SS,SD,ML,SB 4
Snowy Egret SD,SB,ML,SS 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron SD,ML,SS,SL 3
Green-backed Heron SD 1
White-faced Ibis SS 5
Flamingo spp. SS 2
Canada Goose SD,SL 3
*Ross's Goose SL 1
Greater White-fronted Goose SL 1
Green-winged Teal SS 2
Cinnamon Teal SS 3
Mallard SL 3
Gadwall ML 2
Bufflehead ML 2
Harlequin Duck ML 1
Surf Scoter MP,SB 2
Turkey Vulture SD,LM,AB,ML,SL,SB 3
[White-tailed Kite- seen by L. Hunt] SB 1
Red-shouldered Hawk SD,ML,LM,SB 2
Red-tailed Hawk SD,LM,AB,SS,ML,SB 2
American Kestrel SD 2
Merlin SB 1
*California Quail AB 3
Common Moorhen SS 2
American Coot SS 3
Black-bellied Plover SS,SD,SB 4
Snowy Plover SB 3/4
Semipalmated Plover SB 3
Killdeer SS,SD 2
Black Oystercatcher ML 2
Black-necked Stilt SD,SS 5
American Avocet SS 5
Greater Yellowlegs SS 3
Least Sandpiper SD,SS,SB 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper SS,SB 2
Stilt Sandpiper SS 2
Western Sandpiper SD,SS,SB 4
Sanderling SB 4
Short-billed Dowitcher SS,SB 3
Long-billed Curlew SS 4/5
Willet SD,SS,SB,ML 3
Whimbrel ML,SB 2
Wandering Tattler ML 1
Black Turnstone ML 1
Marbled Godwit SD,SS 2
Wilson's Phalarope SD 3
Red-necked Phalarope SD,MP 4
Pomarine Jaeger MP 1
Laughing Gull SS 2
California Gull SS 5
*Yellow-footed Gull SS 2
Heermann's Gull ML,MP,SD,SB,SL 4
Sabine's Gull MP 2/3
Western Gull ML,MP,SD,SB,SL,SS 4
Arctic Tern MP 3
Black Tern SS 3
Caspian Tern SS 5
Common Tern SS,MP 4
Forster's Tern SS 3
Least Tern SS,SD 2
Elegant Tern SD 2
Black Skimmer SS 4
Common Murre MP,ML 4
Pigeon Guillemot MP,ML 3
Rhinoceros Auklet MP 3
Cassin's Auklet MP 2
Rock Dove SD,SB,ML,AB,SS 3
Band-tailed Pigeon ML 2
Common Ground Dove AB 2
Mourning Dove SD,LM,AB,SS,ML,SL,SB 4
White-winged Dove AB 2
Greater Roadrunner AB 2
Common Barn Owl SB 1
Great Horned Owl SB 1
Allen's Hummingbird ML 1
Anna's Hummingbird SD,SB,LM,AB 4
Black-chinned Hummingbird SD,LM 3
Costa's Hummingbird?? AB 1
Belted Kingfisher SB 2
Acorn Woodpecker SD,LM,AB,ML 4
Hairy Woodpecker LM 2
Ladder-backed Woodpecker AB 1
Nuttall's Woodpecker LM 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) SD,LM 2
Ash-throated Flycatcher SD, 2
Dusky Flycatcher LM 1
Pacific-slope (Western) Flycatcher LM 2
Western Wood-pewee LM 2
Black Phoebe SD,LM,AB,SB 3
Western Kingbird AB 2
Purple Martin LM 2
Barn Swallow SD,ML,MP,SL,SB 4
Cliff Swallow LM,SS 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow LM 2
Steller's Jay SD,LM,ML 3
Western Scrub Jay SD,LM,ML,SB 4
American Crow SD,LM,AB,SS,ML,SB 4
Common Raven SD,LM,AB,ML,SB 3
Mountain Chickadee LM,ML 3
Plain Titmouse LM 2
Verdin AB,SS 3
Common Bushtit SD,LM,AB,SS,ML 4
Wrentit SD,AB,SB 4
White-breasted Nuthatch LM,ML 2
Pygmy Nuthatch LM 4
Bewick's Wren LM,AB 2
Cactus Wren AB 3/4
Canyon Wren AB 2
House Wren SD,LM,AB,SS 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher AB 2
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher AB 2
*California Gnatcatcher SD 2
Western Bluebird LM 3
American Robin LM 2
Northern Mockingbird SD,AB,SB 3
*California Thrasher SD 2
Phainopepla LM 2
Loggerhead Shrike LM,AB 2
European Starling LM 2
Hutton's Vireo LM,ML 2
MacGillivray's Warbler AB 1
Orange-crowned Warbler LM 2
Wilson's Warbler LM,SB 2
Yellow Warbler LM 2
Western Meadowlark LM 2
Brown-headed Cowbird SD 3
Bullock's (Northern) Oriole SS 1
Hooded Oriole SD 2
House Finch SD,AB,ML,SB 3
Purple Finch LM 3
American Goldfinch SD,LM,AB 3
Lesser Goldfinch LM,AB 3
California (Brown) Towhee SD,LM,AB,ML,SB 4
Spotted (Rufous-sided) Towhee LM,ML 2
Black-throated Sparrow AB 3
House Sparrow SD,SB 2
Lark Sparrow LM 2
Rufous-crowned Sparrow LM 1
[Belding's] Savannah Sparrow SB 1
Song Sparrow ML 2
White-crowned Sparrow ML 3/4
Oregon (Dark-eyed) Junco LM 3
Brewer's Blackbird LM 4
Red-winged Blackbird SD,LM,SB 4
*Localities; birding times:
SD= San Diego area (coast & inland); 3.5 days
LM= Laguna Mountains; 1 day
AB= Anza Borrego (desert); 1.3 days
SS= Salton Sea, south end; 2 hrs.
MP= Monterey Bay pelagic; 1 day
ML= Monterey/Big Sur land; 1.3 days
SL= San Luis Obispo Co.; 1 hr.
SB= Santa Barbara Co.; 3 hrs.
**Abundance Codes: 1 = just one seen (or heard); 2 = 2-8; 3 = 9 to 20 or so;
4 = scores!; 5 = hundreds!!; 6 = thousands!!!
Mammals Seen: California Ground Squirrel, Western Gray Squirrel, Montane
Pocket Gopher, House Mouse, Mule Deer, Kit Fox, Sea Otter, California Sea
Lion, Northern Fur Seal, Elephant Seal, Harbor Seal, Pacific White-sided
Dolphin, Northern Right-Whale Dolphin, Humpback Whale, Blue Whale.
[Tracks of Bobcat and Desert Bighorn Sheep].