Locations:
Santa Barbara County: (21st)- Santa
Ynez River Mouth (SYRM), Miguelito Regional Park(MRP),Tecolocito
Creek (TC) , Goleta Slough overlook (GSO),
Los Angeles County:- Eldorado Regional
Park (22nd, ERP), Palmdale area
Orange County(22nd-23rd)- Fairhaven
Memorial Park (FMP), Mile Square Park
San Luis Obispo County- Highway 166
(166), Morro Rock (MR).
Other Observors:
John Mckeever (Orange County)
Symbols: ** = lifer, * = rare, SDLA= San Diego Lagoons,
IM= Imperial
Species Total: 199
Red-Throated
Loon (SYRM)
Common Loon
(SB, SLO county)
Horned Grebe
(SYRM, BC, SDR)
Eared Grebe (SDR,TS, OB, RHM
Pied-billed
Grebe(ERP, BC, SDR, FRL)
Western Grebe
(SYRM, ERP, SDR, FRM, OB)
Clark’s Grebe
(BVL, SDR, FRL,)
Black-vented
Shearwater (DSB)
Shearwater
Sp. (DSB)
American White
Pelican (SEL, TS, OB, RHMA, WRD)
Brown Pelican
(DSB, BL, SEL, TS, OB, WRD)
Double-crested
Cormorant (SYRM, ERP, MSP, BC, SDLA, OB, etc.)
Brandt’s Cormorant
(SD county)
Great Blue
Heron (SYRM, ERP, SDLA, SSWR, etc.)
Great Egret
(ERP, MSP, BL, SEL, SDR, TS, SSWR,)
Snowy Egret
(SYRM, ERP, BC, SEL, SDR,)
**Reddish Egret
(SDR, TS)
**Little Blue
Heron (SDR, TS)
Cattle Egret
(Imperial/ San Diego Countys)
Green Heron
(ERP)
Black-crowned
Night Heron (SYRM, ERP, MSP, DMP, FRL)
White-faced
Ibis (Imperial County)
Canada Goose
(GSO, ERP, BVL "cackling", FRL)
Brant (BC,
SDR, SLO)
Ross’s Goose
(SSWR)
Snow Goose
(SSWR ,WU)
Wood Duck (IRP)
Mallard (Every
County)
Gadwall (SYRM,
GSO, BC, SDLA, SDR, TS, FRL, etc.)
Northern Pintail
(SYRM, GSO, ERP, MSP, SDLA, SDR, TS, OB, etc.)
American Widgeon
(SYRM, GSO, ERP, MSP, BC, CC, SDR, FRL, etc.)
* Eurasian
Widgeon (SDR)
Northern Shoveler
(SYRM, GSO, ERP, MSP, BS, SDLA, SDR, SSWR, etc.)
Cinnamon Teal
(GSO, ERP, BC, SEL, SDR, DMP, CC, SSWR, )
Blue Winged
Teal (BC, SDR)
Green Winged
Teal (SYRM, GSO, BC, SDLA, SDR *"Eurasian type", TS, SSW; etc.)
Canvasback
(BVL)
Redhead (BVL,
SDR, OB,)
Ring Neck Duck
(GSO, BVL, DMP)
Greater Scaup
(SDR, OB)
Lesser Scaup
(BC, BVL, SDR, RHM)
Surf Scoter
(SB county)
Common Goldeneye
(OB, RHM)
Bufflehead
(SYRM, MSP, BC, SDLA, SDR, TS, OB, etc.)
*Hooded Merganser
(SDR)
Red-breasted
Merganser (BC, SDR, OB, RHM, WRD)
Ruddy Duck
(Every County exc. San Bernadino)
Turkey Vulture
(BVL, FRL, WU, WRD)
Northern Harrier
(SB County, BC, SDLA, TS, SSWR, OB, DR, PA)
White Tailed
Kite (BC, SEL, TS, TRV)
Sharp-shinned
Hawk (FRL)
Cooper’s Hawk
(BC, FRL, WU)
Accipiter Species
(BL)
Red-Shouldered
Hawk (ERP, I-5 just N of BL)
Red-Tailed
Hawk (SYRM, SDR, TS, YPR, WRD, PA)
Ferruginous
Hawk (166)
Golden Eagle
(166)
Osprey (BC,
BL, SEL, SDR, OB, WRD)
Merlin (SEL)
American Kestrel
(ERP, MSP, SEL, SDR, TS, AB, LFD)
Prairie Falcon
(YPR, RR, PA)
Peregrine Falcon
(DR)
California
Quail (TRV, BM)
Gambel’s Quail
(CC, LFD, SSWR, WU)
**Clapper Rail
(TS)
Common Moorhen
(BVL, OB)
American Coot
(Every county except San Bernardino)
Semipalmated
Plover(BC, SEL, SDR, DR,WRD,Lancaster
Sewage Ponds)
Snowy Plover
(SYRM)
Killdeer (every
county except San Bernardino)
**Mountain
Plover (Highway 86 SE of Westmorlan; PA)
Black-bellied
Plover (SYRM, BC, SEL, SDR, OB, WRD)
American Avocet
(BC, BL, SEL, TS, SSWR, OB, RHM, WRD)
Black-necked
Stilt (BC, SDLA, SSWR, OB, RHM, DR, WRD)
Greater Yellowlegs
(SYRM, GSO, BC, BL, SEL, SDR, TS, OB, etc.)
Lesser Yellowlegs
(SEL, OB)
Spotted Sandpiper
(SDR)
Long-billed
Curlew (BC, TS, IM,)
Whimbrel (BC,
TS,)
Willet (BC,
BL, SEL, SDR, TS, OB, RHM, WRD)
Marbled Godwit
(BC, BL, SEL, SDR, TS, RHM, WRD,)
Black Turnstone
(SYRM)
Ruddy Turnstone
(SDR)
Western Sandpiper
(BC, SEL, SDR, TS, OB, DR, WRD)
Least Sandpiper
(BC, SEL, SSWR, DR, OB, WRD)
Sanderling
(SYRM)
Dunlin (SYRM,
BC, SEL, DR, RHM,)
Short-Billed
Dowitcher (BC, BL, SEL, TS, OB, SSWR, RHM)
Bonaparte’sGull
(BVL)
Heerman’s Gull
(SYRM, DSB, SD)
Mew Gull (SYRM,
DSB, SD)
Ring-billed
Gull (SYRM, ERP, MSP, BC, DSB, SDLA, OB, WRD, etc.)
California
Gull (SYRM, SB, DSB, ERP, OB, RHM, WRD, SDLA, etc.)
Herring Gull
(SYRM, SB, DSB, SDR, TS, OB, RHM, WRD)
Thayer’s Gull
(SYRM adult)
Glaucous-winged
Gull (SYRM, DSB, SDR, OB)
Western Gull
(SYRM, DSB, SEL, SDR, TS)
Caspian Tern
(BC, SEL, SDR)
**Royal Tern
(SYRM)
Forster’s Tern
(BC, SDR, OB)
Mourning Dove
(Every County)
**White-winged
Dove (CC)
**Inca Dove
(LFD, WU)
**Common Ground
Dove (CC, LFD, SSWR, WU)
Rock Dove (All
counties)
Greater Roadrunner
(CC)
Burrowing Owl
(OB)
* Lesser Nighthawk
(FRL)
White-throated
Swift (SEL, LS)
Anna’s Hummingbird
(MP, ERP, MSP, FMP, PRP, DSB, BL, SDR, FRL, LS, BMP)
Costa’s Hummingbird
(PRP, PCT, MB, FRL)
Allen’s Hummingbird
(ERP, DSB)
Belted Kingfisher
(SDR, SSWR, FRL, WRD)
Acorn Woodpecker
(MP, FMP, IRP, BMP)
**Gila Woodpecker
(LFD, BC)
Red-naped Sapsucker
(IRP)
Downy Woodpecker
(CC, ERP, FMP, SEL)
Nutall’s Woodpecker
(MP, IRP, SEL, BM)
**Ladder-backed
Woodpecker (WU)
Northern Flicker
(MP, ERP, MSP, FMP, SEL, LFD, BM)
**Gray Flycatcher
(MSP)
Black Phoebe
(every county)
Say’s Phoebe
(SYRM, BL, SDR, TS, WU, BM)
**Vermillion
Flycatcher (ERP, WU)
Cassin’s Kingbird
(BL, PRP)
Loggerhead
Shrike (PCT, YPR, FRL, DR, PA)
Hutton’s Vireo
(MP, IRP, DMP)
Western Scrub
Jay (MP, IRP, BM, DMP)
Yellow-billed
Magpie (166)
American Crow
(ERP, SDR)
Common Raven
(PRP, IRP, SDR, IC, RC, SBDC)
Horned Lark
(TS, SSWR, PA)
Tree Swallow
(SEL, FRL, WRD)
Plain Titmouse
( MP,IRP, TRV, FRL,)
Chesnut-backed
Chickadee (SLO)
Mountain Chickadee
(PCT)
**Verdin (AB
visitors center, PCT, CC, YW, SSWR, FRL, WU, LS, BM)
Bushtit (MP,
BL, SEL, TS, TRV)
Red-breasted
Nuthatch (MP)
Brown Creeper
(FMP)
Bewick’s Wren
(MP, AB, PA, MR)
House Wren
(BL, SEL)
Marsh Wren
(SYRM, BL, SEL, TS, FRL)
**Cactus Wren
(PCT, WU, PA)
Rock Wren (PCT)
Canyon Wren
(PCT, MR)
Wrentit (MP,
IRP, BL, SEL, TRV,)
**California
Gnatcatcher (PRP)
**Black-tailed
Gnatcatcher (PCT, YW, SSWR, WU)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
(DMP, TRV)
Golden-crowned
Kinglet (MP, ERP, MSP, FMP)
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet (every county)
Mountain Bluebird
(*TS, BR, PA)
Western Bluebird
(ERP, MSP, IRP, FMP, CC)
American Robin
(MP, MSP, SDR, CC, LFD)
Hermit Thrush
(MP, SEL)
Northern Mockingbird
(FMP, CC, LFD, BM)
California
Thrasher ( MP, TRV)
** Crissal
Thrasher(MB)
** Le Conte’s
Thrasher (PA)
Ratbird (European
Starling) (Where wasn’t it)
American Pipit
(SYRM, ERP, SSWR)
Phainopepla
(MB, YW, FRL)
Cedar Waxwing
(LFD)
*Northern Parula
(WU)
Orange-crowned
Warbler (MP, ERP, MSP, FMP, DSB, SEL, BL, WU)
**Golden-winged
Warbler (MP)
*Chesnut-sided
Warbler (TC)
Yellow-rumped
Warbler (every county)
Townsend’s
Warbler (MP, ERP, FMP, MSP)
*Palm Warbler
(DMP)
**Pine Warbler
(FMP)
*Black-and-white
Warbler (CCr)
*American Redstart
(WU)
Common Yellowthroat
(MP, ERP, BL, SEL, TS, OB, WU, WRD)
Spotted Towhee
(MP, FMP, WU, BM)
**Abert’s Towhee
(LFD, SSWR, WU)
California
Towhee (PRP, SEL, TRV)
Black-throated
Sparrow (PCT, JT)
Brewer’s Sparrow
(JT)
Chipping Sparrow
(FMP)
Savannah Sparrow
(SYRM, BC "beldings", TS, SSWR, PA)
Vesper Sparrow
(JT)
Lark Sparrow
(CC)
Golden-crowned
Sparrow (TRV)
White-crowned
Sparrow ( every county)
Fox Sparrow
(MP)
Song Sparrow
(SYRM, MP, BVL, BL, SEL, SDR, TS, SSWR, WRD)
Lincoln’s Sparrow
(PR)
Dark-eyed Junco
(MP, FMP *"slate-colored", PCT)
Western Meadowlark
(TS, PA)
Brown-headed
Cowbird (DSB, DMP, SSWR)
Red-winged
Blackbird (SEL, SDR,LS)
Brewer’s Blackbird
(FMP, MSP, DSB, SDR, LS)
Great-tailed
Grackle (ERP, MSP, BVL, DMP-30+, SSWR, FRL, DR, RHM, WU, WRD)
House Finch
(MP, ERP, FMP, PRP, TS- 1 albino, PCT, BM)
Pine Siskin
(WU)
Lesser Goldfinch
(PRP, BL, AB)
American Goldfinch
(MSP, DMP)
House Sparrow
(whatever)
--compiled by Rob Fowler
Monterey, California