2007 Bakersfield Christmas Bird Count Highlights

Schedule & Recap of California CBCs     Kern County CBCs

Hyperlink on count names lead to photo pages which are a hodgepodge taken by Alison Sheehey during the respective counts.

2007

Bakersfield    Bear Valley Springs    Buena Vista    Butterbredt Spring    Tehachapi 

Previous years

Red Rock    Springville   South Fork Valley   Kern River Valley

 Photos by other photographers of rarities or on counts not attended by Ali welcome and will be posted with citation. E-mail

SUNDAY, December 16, 2007

Bakersfield, Kern County: Compiler: John Wilson, 19 participants, 144 species

Highlights - Vaux's Swift, Costa's Hummingbird, Cassin's Kingbird, Townsend's Warbler, Clay-colored Sparrow, 500+ Rose-ringed Parakeets


Photos © Alison Sheehey.  E-mail

Canada Goose

Hart Lake

Mallard

Hart Lake

American Coot

Hart Lake

Greater White-fronted Goose

Hart Lake

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Hart Lake

Pied-billed Grebe

Hart Lake

Great-blue Heron

Hart Lake

Great Egret

Lake Ming

Red-shouldered Hawk

Greenlawn Cemetery

Acorn Woodpecker

Greenlawn Cemetery

Eurasian Collared Dove

Kern River Golf Course

Acorn Woodpecker

Greenlawn Cemetery

Mourning Dove

Bakersfield College

White-crowned Sparrow

Bakersfield College

Northern Mockingbird

Bakersfield College

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Union & California roost

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Union & California roost

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Union & California roost

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Bakersfield College

American Kestrel

Bakersfield College

White-crowned Sparrow

Bakersfield College

Red-tailed Hawk

Hart Park

Lark Sparrow

Greenlawn Cemetery

Western Scrub Jay

Greenlawn Cemetery

American Robin

Hart Park

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Hart Park

Brown Creeper

Hart Park

Brown-headed Cowbird

Kern River Golf Course

Cassin's Kingbird

Lake Ming

Say's Phoebe

Lake Ming

The following photos courtesy of Gary Woods of Fresno

Clay-colored Sparrow

Kern River Park Upper Picnic Area

Clay-colored Sparrow

Kern River Park Upper Picnic Area


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