Tuesday, December 31, 2013

BYB 2013 Bird List

    1. Brant  (22 Mar) Morning Hawk Watch
    2. Canada Goose (02 Jan)
    3. Wood Duck (02 May) BS Resort
    4. Gadwall (21 Nov) BS Resort
    5. American Wigeon (01 Jan)
    6. Mallard (01 Jan)
    7. Blue-winged Teal (09 Jan)
    8. Cinnamon Teal (26 Jan)
    9. Northern Shoveler (11 Jan)
    10. Green-winged Teal (02 Feb)
    11. Canvasback (02 Feb)
    12. Redhead (02 Jan)
    13. Ring-necked Duck (02 Jan)
    14. Lesser Scaup (22 Jan)   *
    15. Surf Scoter (16 Mar) BS Resort   *
    16. Bufflehead (28 Jan)
    17. Hooded Merganser (02 Jan)
    18. Ruddy Duck (02 Jan)
    19. Wild Turkey (15 Dec) Roadrunner Tree Farm, CBC
    20. Mountain Quail (30 Mar) Big Spring Trail
    21. California Quail (05 Jan)
    22. Gambel's Quail (18 Feb)
    23. Pied-billed Grebe (02 Jan)
    24. Western Grebe (02 Nov) Roadrunner Club   *
    25. Laysan Albatross (24 Dec) deceased, found in Narrows Earth Trail   *
    26. Blue-footed Booby (11 Sep) Borrego Springs Rd
    27. American White Pelican (21 Oct) BS Resort
    28. Brown Pelican (04 Aug) Flyover Country Club Dr
    29. Double-crested Cormorant (16 Mar) BS Resort
    30. American Bittern (15 May) Borrego yard bird   *
    31. Great Blue Heron (05 Jan)
    32. Great Egret (01 Jan)
    33. Snowy Egret (02 Jan)
    34. Cattle Egret (02 Jan
    35. Green Heron (28 Mar) De Anza CC
    36. Black-crowned Night Heron (02 Jan)
    37. White-faced Ibis (17 Apr) BS Resort
    38. Turkey Vulture (07 Jan)
    39. Northern Harrier (26 Feb)
    40. Osprey (23 Feb)
    41. White-tailed Kite (06 Mar)
    42. Sharp-shinned Hawk (05 Jan)
    43. Cooper's Hawk (02 Jan)
    44. Red-shouldered Hawk (03 Aug) Borrego citrus grove
    45. Swainson's Hawk (08 Feb)
    46. Red-tailed Hawk (01 Jan)
    47. Rough-legged Hawk (23 Mar) Morning Hawk Watch   *
    48. Golden Eagle (25 Feb)
    49. American Kestrel (02 Jan)
    50. Merlin (05 Jan)
    51. Peregrine Falcon (15 Mar) Morning Hawk Watch
    52. Prairie Falcon (05 Jan)
    53. Virginia Rail (17 Apr) BS Resort
    54. Sora (05 Jan) Settling Ponds
    55. American Coot (02 Jan)
    56. Killdeer (02 Jan)
    57. Spotted Sandpiper (17 Apr) BS Resort
    58. Solitary Sandpiper (04 Apr) Settling Ponds
    59. Greater Yellowlegs (01 Apr) Settling Ponds
    60. Long-billed Curlew (15 Apr) Morning Hawk Watch   *
    61. Least Sandpiper (07 Apr) Settling Ponds
    62. Long-billed Dowitcher (25 Mar) The Springs
    63. Wilson's Snipe (07 Mar)
    64. Wilson's Phalarope (10 Oct) Ram's Hill   *
    65. Bonaparte's Gull (22 Jan) BS Resort
    66. Ring-billed Gull (22 Nov) Christmas Circle
    67. Rock Pigeon (01 Jan)
    68. Eurasian Collared-Dove (01 Jan)
    69. White-winged Dove (01 Jan)
    70. Mourning Dove (01 Jan)
    71. Inca Dove (15 Dec) Roadrunner Club, CBC   *
    72. Common Ground-Dove (02 Jan)
    73. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (09 Jul) Coyote Canyon   *
    74. Greater Roadrunner (06 Jan)
    75. Barn Owl (14 Jan)
    76. Great Horned Owl (02 Jan)
    77. Burrowing Owl (02 Jan)
    78. Long-eared Owl (mid-Feb)
    79. Lesser Nighthawk (25 Mar) Evening Hawk Watch
    80. White-throated Swift (24 Feb)
    81. Broad-billed Hummingbird (15 Nov) Borrego yard bird   *
    82. Black-chinned Hummingbird (19 Mar) Tamarisk Grove
    83. Anna's Hummingbird (01 Jan)
    84. Costa's Hummingbird (01 Jan)
    85.  Rufous Hummingbird (05 Mar) Borrego yard bird
    86. Belted Kingfisher (02 Jan)
    87. Red-naped Sapsucker (15 Dec) De Anza CC, CBC
    88. Red-breasted Sapsucker (15 Dec) De Anza CC, CBC
    89. Ladder-backed Woodpecker (02 Mar)
    90. Nuttall's Woodpecker (06 Jan)
    91. Northern Flicker (06 Jan)
    92. Western Wood-Pewee (05 Apr) Tamarisk Grove
    93. Hammond's Flycatcher (02 Apr) Borrego yard bird
    94. Gray Flycatcher (20 Jan)
    95. Pacific-slope Flycatcher (20 Mar) Tamarisk Grove
    96. Black Phoebe (02 Jan)
    97. Say's Phoebe (02 Jan)
    98. Vermilion Flycatcher (02 Jan)
    99. Ash-throated Flycatcher (30 Mar) Borrego yard bird
    100. Brown-crested Flycatcher (09 May) Roadrunner Club
    101. Western Kingbird (14 Mar) Tamarisk Grove
    102. Loggerhead Shrike (04 Jan)
    103. Least Bell's Vireo (24 Apr) Lower Sentenac
    104. Plumbeous Vireo (16 Mar) Roadrunner Club
    105. Warbling Vireo (16 Mar) Roadrunner Club
    106. Western Scrub-Jay (13 Jan)
    107. American Crow (06 Jan)
    108. Common Raven (01 Jan)
    109. Horned Lark (13 Dec) BS Resort
    110. Tree Swallow (17 Feb)
    111. Violet-green Swallow (19 Feb)
    112. Northern-rough Winged Swallow (20 Feb)
    113. Cliff Swallow (19 Mar) Tamarisk Grove
    114. Barn Swallow (18 Feb)
    115. Mountain Chickadee (15 Dec) De Anza CC, CBC   *
    116. Oak Titmouse (17 Mar) Yaqui Well
    117. Verdin (01 Jan)
    118. Bushtit (02 Jan)
    119. Red-breasted Nuthatch (02 Jan)
    120. White-breasted Nuthatch (04 Jan)
    121. Brown Creeper (23 Jan)
    122. Cactus Wren (01 Jan)
    123. Rock Wren (07 Jan)
    124. Canyon Wren (10 Jan)
    125. Bewick's Wren (05 Jan)
    126. House Wren (05 Jan)
    127. Marsh Wren (02 Jan)
    128. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (02 Jan)
    129. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (05 Jan)
    130. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (05 Jan)
    131. Western Bluebird (01 Jan)
    132. Mountain Bluebird (06 Mar)
    133. Swainson's Thrush (05 May) BS Resort
    134. Hermit Thrush (07 Jan)
    135. American Robin (10 Jan) 
    136. Varied Thrush (18 Mar) Tamarisk Grove   *
    137. Wrentit (13 Jan)
    138. Gray Catbird (31 Oct) Borrego yard bird   *
    139. Northern Mockingbird (01 Jan)
    140. Sage Thrasher (21 Jan)
    141. California Thrasher (27 Jan)
    142. Crissal Thrasher (16 Feb)
    143. Le Conte's Thrasher (21 Jan)
    144. European Starling (01 Jan)
    145. American Pipit (05 Jan)
    146. Cedar Waxwing (13 Oct) Roadrunner Club
    147. Phainopepla (02 Jan)
    148. Orange-crowned Warbler (01 Jan)
    149. Nashville Warbler (27 Mar) The Springs
    150. Lucy's Warbler (16 Mar) Off Yaqui Pass Rd, NE
    151. Yellow Warbler (14 Apr) Settling Ponds
    152. Yellow-rumped Warbler (01 Jan)
    153. Black-throated Gray Warbler (28 Mar) De Anza CC
    154. Townsend's Warbler (07 May) De Anza CC
    155. American Redstart (17 Nov) Tamarisk Grove   *
    156. Kentucky Warbler (08 Sep) Tamarisk Grove   *
    157. MacGillivray's Warbler (31 Mar) Borrego yard bird
    158. Common Yellowthroat (02 Jan)
    159. Wilson's Warbler (11 Mar) Borrego Palm Canyon
    160. Summer Tanager (13 May) Lower Willows
    161. Western Tanager (08 Apr) Palm Canyon Resort
    162. Green-tailed Towhee (13 Apr) Borrego yard bird
    163. Spotted Towhee (16 Mar) Tamarisk Grove
    164. California Towhee (27 Jan)
    165. Chipping Sparrow (23 Jan)
    166. Brewer's Sparrow (18 Feb)
    167. Vesper Sparrow (01 Oct) Settling Ponds
    168. Lark Sparrow (03 Jan)
    169. Black-throated Sparrow (05 Jan)
    170. Bell's/Sagebrush Sparrow (15 Dec) North Mesquite, CBC  
    171. Savannah Sparrow (02 Jan)
    172. Le Conte's Sparrow (25 Oct) BS Resort   *
    173. Fox Sparrow (01 Oct) Borrego yard bird   *
    174. Song Sparrow (02 Jan)
    175. Lincoln's Sparrow (05 Jan)
    176. Harris's Sparrow (26 Jan) Borrego yard bird
    177. White-crowned Sparrow (01 Jan)
    178. Golden-crowned Sparrow (15 Dec) Roadrunner Club, CBC
    179. Lapland Longspur (23 Apr) BS Resort   *
    180. Dark-eyed Junco (07 Jan)
    181. Black-headed Grosbeak (05 Apr) Tamarisk Grove
    182. Blue Grosbeak (13 May) ?Lower Willows
    183. Lazuli Bunting (08 Apr) Palms at Indian Head
    184. Bobolink (02 Oct) Settling Ponds   *
    185. Red-winged Blackbird (02 Jan)
    186. Tri-colored Blackbird (22 Mar) Borrego yard bird
    187. Western Meadowlark (14 Jan)
    188. Yellow-headed Blackbird (07 Apr) Settling Ponds
    189. Brewer's Blackbird (02 Jan)
    190. Great-tailed Grackle (02 Jan)
    191. Bronzed Cowbird (19 May) The Springs   *
    192. Brown-headed Cowbird (20 Jan)
    193. Hooded Oriole (20 Feb) Club Circle
    194. Bullock's Oriole (26 Mar) Club Circle
    195. Scott's Oriole (08 Jan)
    196. House Finch (01 Jan)
    197. Lesser Goldfinch (01 Jan)
    198. Lawrence's Goldfinch (28 Feb)
    199. House Sparrow (03 Jan)      
Observers:  Paulette Ache, Pam Albers, Steve Bier, Beau Boulding, Hal Cohen, Judy Davis, Wes Hetrick, Terry Hunefeld, Jeanne Johnstone, Ann Keenan, Rose Leong, Mark Jorgensen, Becky Rusk, Frank Sterrett, Herb Stone, Bob Theriault and Laura Webb

Additional observations were made by:  Barbara Carlson, Janene Colby, Chris Duthie, John and Hilda Flamholtz, Jim Fuller, Steve and Theresa Graham, Gary Hilton, Llouise Jee, Paul Lehman, Bob Miller, Anne Reilly, Inga Schmidt, Sue Smith, BJ Stacey, Craig Swolgaard, Susan Wells and Christopher Charlesworth



*New to collective list this year

Monday, December 30, 2013

BYB 2012 Bird List

  1. Brant
  2. Canada Goose
  3. Wood Duck (06 Nov)
  4. Gadwall
  5. American Wigeon
  6. Mallard
  7. Blue-winged Teal (14 Nov)
  8. Cinnamon Teal
  9. Northern Shoveler
  10. Northern Pintail (27 Dec)
  11. Canvasback
  12. Redhead (12 Dec)
  13. Green-winged Teal
  14. Ring-necked Duck
  15. Bufflehead
  16. Common Merganser
  17. Hooded Merganser (05 Nov)
  18. Ruddy Duck
  19. Wild Turkey
  20. Mountain Quail (10 Apr)
  21. California Quail
  22. Gambel's Quail
  23. Eared Grebe (13 Nov)
  24. Pied-billed Grebe
  25. American White Pelican
  26. Brown Pelican (late May)
  27. Double-crested Cormorant (20Apr)
  28. Great Blue Heron
  29. Great Egret
  30. Snowy Egret
  31. Cattle Egret
  32. Green Heron (09 Apr)
  33. Black-crowned Night Heron
  34. White-faced Ibis (07 Apr)
  35. Turkey Vulture
  36. Osprey
  37. White-tailed Kite
  38. Bald Eagle (28 Dec)
  39. Northern Harrier
  40. Sharp-shinned Hawk
  41. Cooper's Hawk
  42. Harris's Hawk
  43. Red-shouldered Hawk (12 Dec)
  44. Swainson's Hawk
  45. Zone-tailed Hawk (06 Apr)
  46. Red-tailed Hawk
  47. Golden Eagle
  48. Merlin (14 Nov)
  49. American Kestrel
  50. Peregrine Falcon
  51. Prairie Falcon
  52. Virginia Rail (06 Apr)
  53. Sora (24 Mar)
  54. American Coot
  55. Killdeer
  56. Spotted Sandpiper (19 Apr)
  57. Solitary Sandpiper (15 Apr)
  58. Greater Yellowlegs (05 Apr)
  59. Western Sandpiper (05 Apr)
  60. Least Sandpiper (15 Mar)
  61. Long-billed Dowitcher (22 Mar)
  62. Wilson's Snipe
  63. Bonaparte's Gull (17 Nov)
  64. Ring-billed Gull (16 Dec)
  65. Red-necked Phalarope (26 Apr)
  66. Rock Pigeon
  67. Eurasian Collared-Dove
  68. White-winged Dove
  69. Mourning Dove
  70. Common Ground-Dove
  71. Greater Roadrunner
  72. Barn Owl
  73. Great Horned Owl
  74. Burrowing Owl (10 Apr)
  75. Long-eared Owl
  76. Lesser Nighthawk (23 Mar)
  77. Common Poorwill (19 Jul)
  78. Vaux's Swift (15 Apr)
  79. White-throated Swift
  80. Black-chinned Hummingbird (15 Mar)
  81. Anna's Hummingbird
  82. Costa's Hummingbird
  83. Rufous Hummingbird
  84. Belted Kingfisher
  85. Acorn Woodpecker (16 Dec)
  86. Red-naped Sapsucker (Nov or Dec)
  87. Red-breasted Sapsucker (16 Dec)
  88. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  89. Nuttall's Woodpecker
  90. Downy Woodpecker
  91. Northern Flicker
  92. Western Wood-Pewee (03 May)
  93. Willow Flycatcher (19 May)
  94. Hammond's Flycatcher (11 Apr)
  95. Gray Flycatcher
  96. Pacific-slope Flycatcher (25 Mar)
  97. Black Phoebe
  98. Say's Phoebe
  99. Vermilion Flycatcher
  100. Ash-throated Flycatcher (03 May)
  101. Brown-crested Flycatcher (03 May)
  102. Western Kingbird
  103. Loggerhead Shrike
  104. Least Bell's Vireo (02 Apr)
  105. Plumbeous Vireo (16 Dec)
  106. Warbling Vireo
  107. Western Scrub-Jay (16 Dec)
  108. American Crow
  109. Common Raven
  110. Horned Lark
  111. Tree Swallow
  112. Violet-green Swallow
  113. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (25 Mar)
  114. Cliff Swallow
  115. Barn Swallow
  116. Oak Titmouse
  117. Verdin
  118. Bushtit (19 Apr)
  119. Red-breasted Nuthatch (16 Dec)
  120. White-breasted Nuthatch
  121. Brown Creeper (16 Dec)
  122. Cactus Wren
  123. Rock Wren
  124. Canyon Wren
  125. Bewick's Wren
  126. House Wren (23 Mar)
  127. Marsh Wren
  128. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  129. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (10 Apr)
  130. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
  131. Western Bluebird
  132. Mountain Bluebird
  133. Swainson's Thrush (04 May)
  134. Hermit Thrush (19 Mar)
  135. American Robin
  136. Wrentit (10 Apr)
  137. Northern Mockingbird
  138. Sage Thrasher
  139. California Thrasher
  140. Crissal Thrasher
  141. LeConte's Thrasher
  142. European Starling
  143. American Pipit
  144. Cedar Waxwing
  145. Phainopepla
  146. Orange-crowned Warbler
  147. Nashville Warbler (05 Apr)
  148. Lucy's Warbler (27 Mar)
  149. Magnolia Warbler (11 Oct)
  150. Yellow Warbler (05 Apr)
  151. Yellow-rumped Warbler
  152. Black-throated Gray Warbler (29 Mar)
  153. Townsend's Warbler (21 Apr)
  154. Hermit Warbler (10 Apr)
  155. MacGillivray's Warbler (11 Apr)
  156. Common Yellowthroat
  157. Wilson's Warbler (20 Mar)
  158. Yellow-breasted Chat (02 May)
  159. Summer Tanager (25 May)
  160. Western Tanager (14 Apr)
  161. Green-tailed Towhee (17 Mar)
  162. Spotted Towhee (21 Mar)
  163. California Towhee (10 Apr)
  164. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (10 Apr)
  165. Chipping Sparrow (08 Apr)
  166. Brewer's Sparrow
  167. Clay-colored Sparrow (02 May)
  168. Vesper Sparrow
  169. Lark Sparrow
  170. Black-throated Sparrow
  171. Lark Bunting (05 Apr)
  172. Savannah Sparrow
  173. Song Sparrow
  174. Lincoln's Sparrow
  175. Harris's Sparrow (01 Dec)
  176. White-crowned Sparrow
  177. Golden-crowned Sparrow (16 Dec)
  178. Dark-eyed Junco (18 Mar)
  179. Black-headed Grosbeak (30 Mar)
  180. Blue Grosbeak (19 Apr)
  181. Lazuli Bunting (04 Apr)
  182. Red-winged Blackbird
  183. Tri-colored Blackbird (15 Mar)
  184. Western Meadowlark (09 Apr)
  185. Yellow-headed Blackbird (05 Apr)
  186. Brewer's Blackbird
  187. Great-tailed Grackle
  188. Brown-headed Cowbird
  189. Hooded Oriole
  190. Bullock's Oriole (23 Mar)
  191. Scott's Oriole
  192. House Finch
  193. Pine Siskin (26 Mar)
  194. Lesser Goldfinch
  195. Lawrence's Goldfinch
  196. House Sparrow
Note:  In August 2013, the Sage Sparrow was split into 2 species:  Bell's Sparrow and Sagebrush Sparrow.  The Sage Sparrow has therefore been removed from the total species list for 2012.

Observers:  Paulette Ache, Steve Bier, Hal Cohen, Mark Jorgensen, Paul Jorgensen and Herb Stone

Other observations were made by:  M. A. Cincotta, R. Ingwall, J. Johnstone and J. Williams