2009/10 Tehachapi Christmas Bird Count Highlights

Current Schedule & Recap of Last Year's 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.

2009/2010

Tehachapi

WEDNESDAY, December 16, 2009

Areas personally covered with teammates Pat Seamount and Michael Gallagher in Sand Canyon, Cameron Canyon, Glider Port.  Compiler: Kerri Esten

Species seen: California Quail, Chukar, Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter sp., Red-tailed Hawk, Golden Eagle, American Kestrel, Killdeer, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Nuttall's Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker, Phainopepla, Loggerhead Shrike, Western Scrub-Jay, Stellar's Jay, Common Raven, Horned Lark, Oak Titmouse, Bushtit (not seen by me), Rock Wren, Bewick's Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Western Bluebird, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Spotted Towhee, California Towhee, Lark Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brewer's Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Purple Finch, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow

California Quail

Sand Canyon

Savannah Sparrow

Sand Canyon

Cooper's Hawk

Sand Canyon

Golden Eagle

Sand Canyon

House Finch

Sand Canyon

Downy Woodpecker

Sand Canyon

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Sand Canyon

Pat & Mike

Sand Canyon

Sand Canyon


2008/2009

Buena Vista    Butterbredt Spring     China Lake     Kern River Valley     South Fork     Tehachapi     Tejon

2007/2008

Bakersfield    Bear Valley Springs    Buena Vista    Butterbredt Spring   Kern River Valley    Tehachapi 

Previous years

Kern River Valley     Red Rock    Springville   South Fork Valley

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