SUNDAY,
January 4, 2009
Kern River Valley:
120 species (118 count day + 2 count week): A total of 23 people participated in
the field with 4 people at feeders or at a raven roost. We saw 118 plus two
forms of species on count day and two species seen during count week. This was
below the average of 123.25 species. The number of individuals was only slightly
below average with 16,216 total individuals observed on count day. Six species
had high counts: AMERICAN WIGEON, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, WILSON'S SNIPE,
HERRING GULL, EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE, and PURPLE FINCH. Good birds this year:
GREAT EGRET, PEREGRINE FALCON, VARIED THRUSH, TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD (450),
SLATE-COLORED JUNCO, PINK-SIDED JUNCO.
Big misses
this year: MERLIN, VIRGINIA RAIL, BONAPARTE'S GULL, GREATER
ROADRUNNER, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, VESPER SPARROW, SAVANNAH
SPARROW, and CASSIN'S FINCH.
Canada Goose
124,
Wood Duck 2,
Gadwall 22,
American Wigeon 250 HC,
Mallard 68,
Northern Shoveler 20,
Northern Pintail 3,
Green-winged Teal 3,
Bufflehead 14,
Common Goldeneye 43,
Hooded Merganser 5,
Common Merganser 2351,
Ruddy Duck 1,
duck sp. 30,
Mountain Quail 4,
California Quail 386,
Common Loon 2,
Pied-billed Grebe 11,
Eared Grebe 2026,
Western Grebe 66,
Clark's Grebe 31,
Aechmophorus sp. 999,
American White Pelican 6,
Double-crested Cormorant 902 HC,
Great Blue Heron 26,
Great Egret 4,
Turkey Vulture cw,
Osprey 6,
White-tailed Kite cw,
Bald Eagle 2 ad 1 juv,
Northern Harrier 3,
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3,
Cooper's Hawk 6,
Red-shouldered Hawk 7,
Red-tailed Hawk 40,
Ferruginous Hawk 2,
Golden Eagle 4 ad 1 juv,
American Kestrel 4,
Peregrine Falcon 1,
Prairie Falcon 1,
American Coot 129,
Killdeer 86,
Spotted Sandpiper 1,
Greater Yellowlegs 3,
Western Sandpiper 3,
Least Sandpiper 250,
Wilson's Snipe 19 HC,
Ring-billed Gull 172,
California Gull 696,
Herring Gull 19 HC,
gull sp. 515,
Rock Pigeon 8,
Band-tailed Pigeon 2,
Eurasian Collared-Dove 25 HC,
Mourning Dove 222,
Great Horned Owl 1,
White-throated Swift 71,
Anna's Hummingbird 30,
Hummingbird sp. 1,
Belted Kingfisher 6,
Acorn Woodpecker 178,
Williamson's Sapsucker 2,
Red-naped Sapsucker 1,
Red-breasted Sapsucker 3,
Nuttall's Woodpecker 26,
Downy Woodpecker 5,
Hairy Woodpecker 9,
White-headed Woodpecker 1,
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker 33,
Black Phoebe 26,
Say's Phoebe 10,
Loggerhead Shrike 3,
Steller's Jay 1,
Western Scrub-Jay 337,
Common Raven 548,
Horned Lark 120,
Mountain Chickadee 21,
Oak Titmouse 186,
Bushtit 100,
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7,
White-breasted Nuthatch 34,
Brown Creeper 3,
Rock Wren 23,
Canyon Wren 10,
Bewick's Wren 29,
House Wren 2,
Marsh Wren 1,
American Dipper 16,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 110,
Western Bluebird 120,
Mountain Bluebird 57,
Townsend's Solitaire 7,
Hermit Thrush 10,
American Robin 83,
Varied Thrush 1,
Wrentit 24,
Northern Mockingbird 26,
California Thrasher 17,
European Starling 215,
American Pipit 320,
Cedar Waxwing 36,
Phainopepla 61,
Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler 239,
Spotted Towhee 78,
California Towhee 129,
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 4,
Lark Sparrow 39,
Fox Sparrow 12,
Song Sparrow 67,
Lincoln's Sparrow 6,
White-crowned Sparrow 766,
Golden-crowned Sparrow 163,
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 709,
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 5,
Pink-sided Junco 2,
Red-winged Blackbird 42,
Tricolored Blackbird 450,
Western Meadowlark 44,
Brewer's Blackbird 135,
Brown-headed Cowbird 1,
Purple Finch 107 HC,
House Finch 297,
Pine Siskin 32,
Lesser Goldfinch 53,
American Goldfinch 9,
House Sparrow 266,
total species 118,
total individuals 16216,
. 23 participants
in 14 parties plus 5 feeder watchers.
Thanks to the twenty-three
field
participants and the 5 feeder watchers for their efforts on this season's KRV
CBC: field crew: Bob Barnes, Darrell Barnes, Chana Cortez, Bruce Garlinger,
Frank Gibson, Denise LaBerteaux, Charles Masseion, Marya Miller, Barbara Reifel,
Sean Rowe, John Schmitt, Pat Seamount, Alison Sheehey, Bob Steele, Susan Steele,
Reed Tollefson, Sandra Wieser, Peter Woodman, and Sam Woodman. And feeder
watchers: Bill & Birdie Foster, Eve Laeger and Mark Schmitt.
Compiler:
Alison Sheehey, Phone: (760) 378-2029, E-mail
Photos by Alison Sheehey, all taken on count day or during count week.
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