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Annual Bird
Records in Santa Cruz County, California
This list denotes species recorded in
Santa Cruz County from 1999 to the present. All species on the
county list are shown. A date indicates when the species was first
reported in each year. The record for 1999 simply indicates whether the
bird was seen that year, as dates of first records were not kept.
The status code indicates each species general status in the county during the course of the
year. Codes are defined at the end of the list. If you see a species which does not already
have a date near its name, please let us know. This list will be updated
monthly. Additions, corrections or inquiries should sent to David Suddjian at
dsuddjian@aol.com .
2008 Statistics (through 5/31/08).
May brought 14 additions to the annual list, bringing the total to 266 species (8.4 species below the 8-year average). This is our lowest ever for the year to date (by two species) since we began keeping track in 2000. There were a few highlights in May (Solitary Sandpiper, Rock Wren, Black-chinned Sparrow), but it has been a slow spring season for vagrants, and rarities are a significant part of our shortfall. A few rare residents (or former residents) also did not appear (such as Purple Martin and Sage Sparrow). There is much progress yet to be made among the seabirds, but that is typical ahead of the late summer pelagic birding season.
New additions for May: Pink-footed Shearwater 5/19), Solitary Sandpiper (5/2), Ruddy Turnstone (5/7), Wilson’s Phalarope (5/2), Red Phalarope (5/8), Franklin’s Gull (5/9), Sabine’s Gull (5/16), Common Poorwill (5/12), Black Swift (5/8), Dusky Flycatcher (5/5), Rock Wren (5/8), Black-chinned Sparrow (5/22), Lark Sparrow (5/14), Lazuli Bunting (5/8).
“Code 6” species found in 2008: Barrow’s Goldeneye, Crested Caracara, Rock Sandpiper, Williamson’s Sapsucker, Vermilion Flycatcher, and Cassin’s Finch. “Code 5” species reported so far: Eurasian Wigeon, Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Laysan Albatross, Cassin’s Kingbird, Yellow-billed Magpie, Rock Wren, Black-chinned Sparrow, and Harris’s Sparrow.
Big Year 2008 Perspective. The Santa Cruz Bird Club is doing a Big Year, based only on species seen in the county during advertised Bird Club field trips. Check out our progress here: http://www.santacruzbirdclub.org/The_Big_Year.html . Our Big Year tally was 229 species at the end of May, 86% of the collective annual list presented here.
Please advise of any errors or omissions.
New
species added per month
| Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total |
| 2000 |
217 |
12 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
15 |
20 |
4 |
0 |
334 |
| 2001 |
213 |
11 |
22 |
19 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
19 |
22 |
11 |
5 |
4 |
341 |
| 2002 |
211 |
15 |
17 |
25 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
17 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
325 |
| 2003 |
222 |
8 |
19 |
19 |
13 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
16 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
332 |
| 2004 |
198 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
21 |
9 |
5 |
9 |
20 |
13 |
5 |
3 |
336 |
| 2005 |
213 |
4 |
13 |
27 |
12 |
19 |
5 |
11 |
13 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
318 |
| 2006 |
199 |
10 |
14 |
32 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
25 |
18 |
2 |
5 |
333 |
| 2007 |
217 |
5 |
15 |
23 |
19 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
15 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
324 |
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2008 |
200 |
10 |
19 |
23 |
14 |
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266 to date |
| 00-07 Avg |
211.3 |
10.3 |
16.6 |
22.4 |
14.0 |
6.3 |
3.5 |
11.6 |
17.0 |
11.3 |
3.9 |
2.5 |
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