[MDOsprey] California Results

a (guzzy@erols.com)
Sun, 18 Jul 1999 16:06:39 -0400


Dear Ospreyers,

On Thursday I returned from my trip to California.  After a slow start I
netted 93 total species which included 53 life birds.  I had a goal of
50 lifers so atleast I surpassed that.  Still, do to some extenuating
circumstances and that fact that my family aren't birders I feel I
really could have had many more.  I kept detailed notes so if anyone has
any questions on abundance or location on where I saw birds feel free to
email me.  Also, thanks for all the very helpful tips.


Sooty Shearwater
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
California Gull
Western Gull
Heerman's Gull
Caspian Tern
Elegant Tern
Least Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant
Mallard
Redhead
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
American Coot
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Green heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Oystercatcher
Long-billed Curlew
Killdeer
Wilson's Pharalope
Lesser Nighthawk
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
American Kestrel
White-throated Swift
Vaux's Swift
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Tree Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Allen's Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
many unidentified hummers
Greater Roadrunner
California Quail
Mourning Dove
Rock Dove
Northern "Red-shafted" Flicker
White-headed Woodpecker
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Loggerhead Shrike
Western Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Black Phoebe
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Sage Thrasher
Rock Wren
Common Raven
American Crow
Stellar's Jay
Western scrub-jay
Northern Mockingbird
Great-tailed Grackle
European Starling
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Western Meadowlark
Bullock's Oriole
Western Tanager
American Robin
Western Bluebird
"Audobon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Verdin
Bushtit
California Towhee
Black-headed Grosbeak
American Goldfinch
House Finch
"Oregon" Slate-colored Junco
Black-chinned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Song Sparrow
House Sparrow
Orange Bishop (!!!!!!gorgeous!!!!!!)