Schedule of 2010/11 and recap of 2009/10

California Christmas Bird Counts

DECEMBER 14, 2010 - JANUARY 5, 2011

Today's Date:

Participants are typically assigned to teams based on their bird identification skill level and endurance. A $5.00 participation fee defrays a portion of the cost of tabulating and publishing the count results by National Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Help is needed on many of these counts, so find one that interests you and contact the compiler for more information. Many counts are weather permitting so make sure you contact your compiler to verify that the count hasn't been postponed.

Compilers please send me your date as soon as you know it. Email (I erase the date each year and start fresh)

Audubon California is offering many cool things to everyone who takes part. Compilers and participants can sign up to be an Audubon California Volunteer. Go here for details. http://ca.audubon.org/cbcs.php 

Please link to this page so it rates higher on Google: http://www.natureali.org/cbcs.htm  Schedule of Kern County Christmas Bird Count and links to Nature Ali photos of various CBCs      2006-07 CBC Anecdotes     2007/08 Anecdotes     2008/09 Anecdotes

Jim Gain's map of California CBCs: http://www.stanislausbirds.org/Events/california_cbc_circles.htm

John Shipman's Christmas Bird Count Database Project        John Shipman's Index to California Bird Counts

Alphabetical Listing

For final count details visit: http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/index.html    

RESULTS - preliminary

CBC Name  (count code)

10/11

DATE

09/10

Participants

09/10

# Species

American Valley (new)

Anderson (CAAD)

16 114

Angwin (CAAG)

Año Nuevo (CAAN)

Anza-Borrego Desert (CAAB)

Arcata (CAAR)

Auburn (CAAA)

     

Bakersfield (CABA)

14 Dec 10

Bear Valley Springs (CABR)

Benicia (CABE)

Big Sur (CABG)

Bill Williams Delta (AZBW)

39 112

Bishop (CABI)

Buena Vista, Kern County (CABV)

7 110

Butterbredt Spring (CABS)

Cachuma (CACU)

Calaveras (CACA)

Calero-Morgan Hill (CACR)

91 151

Carpinteria (new)

Carrizo Plain (CACP)

30 66

Caswell-Westley (CACW)  

Centerville Beach to King Salmon (CACB)

179

Chico (CACO)

China Lake (CACH)

14 99

Claremont (CACM) Pomona Valley AS

49 148

Clear Lake (CACL)

55 95

Contra Costa County (CACC)

56 148

Crystal Springs (CACS)

Death Valley (CADV)

Del Norte County (CADN)

Diamond Valley (CADM)

5 78

Eagle Lake (CAEA)

16 94

East Contra Costa County (CAEC)

30 137
Eastern Alameda County (New) 
70 146

Elsinore (CAEN)

13 123

Escondido (CAES)

70 157

Etna (CAET)

Fall River Mills (CAFR)

Folsom (CAFO)

75 138

Grass Valley (CAGM)

31 102

Groveland (CAGR)

21 75

Havasu NWR (AZHV)

Hayward-Fremont (CAHF)

Honey Lake (CAHL)

Idyllwild (CAID)

10 40

Joshua Tree N.P. (CAJT)

Kaweah (CAKA)

Kern River Valley (CAKR)

2 Jan 10 26 117

La Purisima (CALU)

LaGrange-Waterford (CALW)

Lake Almanor (CALR)

Lake Henshaw (CALH)

Lancaster (CALN)

Lincoln (CALC)

100 136

Long Beach-El Dorado (CALB)

36 166

Los Angeles (CALA)

171

Los Banos (CALS)

Lost Lake/Fresno (CALL)

29 139

Malibu (CAMU)

Marin County (southern) (CAMC)

Marysville (CAMA)

Mendocino Coast (CAMN)

44 137

Merced NWR (CAMW)

110

Milburn-Fresno (CAMF)

Mineral (CAMI)

6 24

Mojave River Valley (CAMJ)

Mono Lake (CAML)

Monterey Peninsula (CAMP)

60 176

Morongo Valley (CAMV)

Morro Bay (CAMR)

Moss Landing (CAMD)

88 202

Mount Hamilton (CAMH)

24 98

Mount Shasta (CAMS)

27 112

Oakland (CAOA)

19 Dec 10 200 175+3

Oceanside-Vista-Carlsbad (CAOV)

Orange County (coastal) (CAOC)

Orange County (inland) (CAON)

Oroville (CAOR)

Palo Alto (CAPA)

Palos Verdes Peninsula (CAPP)

Panoche Valley (CAPN)

Pasadena – San Gabriel Valley (CAPS)

Peace Valley (CAPV)

6 111

Pinnacles NM (CAPI)

27 105

Point Reyes Peninsula (CAPR)

Putah Creek (CAPC)

72 142

Rancho Santa Fe (CARS)

Red Bluff (CARB)

Redding (CARE)

36 136

Redlands (Mill Creek) (CARM)

26 113

Rio Cosumnes (CARC)

65 153

Sacramento (CASM)

Salton Sea (north) (CASH)

22 142

Salton Sea (south) (CASS)

San Bernardino Valley (CASO)

San Diego (CASD)

San Fernando Valley (CASV)

41 139

San Francisco (CASF)

105 159

San Jacinto Lake (CASL)

17 144

San Jose (CASJ)

115 176

San Juan Capistrano (CASU)

68 153

Santa Ana River Valley (CASA)

Santa Barbara (CASB)

220 216

Santa Clarita (CACI)

127

Santa Cruz County (CASC)

69 178

Santa Cruz Island (CACZ)

16 84

Santa Maria-Guadalupe (CASG)

Santa Rosa (CASR)

49 140

Sequoia (CASQ)

17 60

Sierra Valley (CASY)

Sonoma Valley (CASZ)

Sonora (CASN)

43 105

South Fork Valley (CASK)

1 Jan 10 25 98

South Lake Tahoe (CASE)

Springville (CASP)

18 129

Stockton (CAST)

49 141

Tehachapi (CATE)

Tejon Ranch (CATJ)

31 102

Thousand Oaks (CATO)

Tule Lake (CATL)

Ukiah (CAUK)

Ventura (CAVE)

Wallace-Bellota (CAWB)

36 133

Western Sonoma County (CAWS)

Willow Creek (CAWC)

Woodfords (CAWO)

Yosemite NP (CAYO)

Yreka (CAYR)

14 113

Yuma (Martinez Lake) (AZMY)

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2009/2010 Highlights

How many CA CBCs were there in 2009/10 = 129 scheduled

Did the # go up or down or stay the same? 08/09 = 124 up

New counts: American Valley, Carpinteria, Eastern Alameda County

Restarted counts: Elsinore, Red Bluff

California Counts with between 50-100 participants?

California Counts with more than 100 participants?

Highest Number of Participants? 220 Santa Barbara

Lowest Number of Participants? 5 Diamond Valley

California Counts with less than 100 species?

California Counts with at least 100 but less than 200 species?

California Counts with more than 200 species? 2

Highest Species Count Circle?  216 Santa Barbara

Lowest Species Count Circle?  24 Mineral

Nice birds: Five species of Thrasher seen by one team on the Buena Vista CBC

2008/2009 Highlights

How many CA CBCs were there in 2008/09? = 124 scheduled

Did the # go up or down or stay the same? 07/08 = 120 up

New counts: Tejon

California Counts with between 50-100 participants? 30

California Counts with more than 100 participants? 10

Highest Number of Participants? 209 Santa Barbara

Lowest Number of Participants? 5 Mineral

California Counts with less than 100 species? 28

California Counts with at least 100 but less than 200 species? 87

California Counts with more than 200 species? Coastal Orange County 202, San Diego 207, Santa Barbara 209

Highest Species Count Circle?  209 Santa Barbara

Lowest Species Count Circle? 29 Mineral

Highest temp?  80ºF San Juan Capistrano

Lowest temp? -18ºF Sierra Valley... brrrrr...

Most expanded range? Eurasian Collared Dove

Best Bird? Lesser Black-backed Gull - Buena Vista CBC

Most irruptive species? Varied Thrush


OFF SITE other state's CBCs

2009/2010 Schedule of ARIZONA CBCs

2009/2010 Schedule of COLORADO CBCs

2009/2010 Schedule of Montana CBCs

2009/2010 Schedule of NEW MEXICO CBCs

2009/2010 Schedule of northern NEVADA CBCs

2009/2010 Schedule of southern NEVADA CBCs

2009/2010 Schedule of OREGON CBCs

2009/2010 Schedule of TEXAS CBCs

2009/2010 Schedule of UTAH CBCs

2009/2010 Schedule of WASHINGTON CBCs

NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY - CBC SCHEDULES FOR NORTH-CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA


Schedule by Date


December 14, 2011 - January 5, 2011


TUESDAY, December 14, 2010

Bakersfield, Kern County: Compiler: John Wilson

WEDNESDAY, December 15, 2010

THURSDAY, December 16, 2010

FRIDAY, December 17, 2010

SATURDAY, December 18, 2010

SUNDAY, December 19, 2010

Oakland, Alameda County: Compilers: Dave Quady, Phone: (510) 704-9353 and Bob Lewis, Phone: (510) 845-5001

MONDAY, December 20, 2010

TUESDAY, December 21, 2010

WEDNESDAY, December 22, 2010

THURSDAY, December 23, 2010

FRIDAY, December 24, 2010

SATURDAY, December 25, 2010

SUNDAY, December 26, 2010

MONDAY, December 27, 2010

TUESDAY, December 28, 2010

WEDNESDAY, December 29, 2010

THURSDAY, December 30, 2010

FRIDAY, December 31, 2010

SATURDAY, January 1, 2011

South Fork Valley, Kern County: Compiler Denise LaBerteaux, Phone: (760) 378-4278

SUNDAY, January 2, 2011

Kern River Valley, Kern County: Compiler: Alison Sheehey, Phone: (760) 378-2029. Housing available bring sleeping bag.

MONDAY, January 3, 2011

TUESDAY, January 4, 2011

WEDNESDAY, January 5, 2011


TBD

American Valley, Plumas County: Compiler: Darrel Jury

Anderson, Shasta County: Compiler: Rob Santry, Phone: (530) 365-8217

Angwin, Napa County: Compilers: Louise Vicencio and Murray Berner

Año Nuevo, San Mateo & Santa Cruz Counties: Coordinator: Leslie Flint, Phone: (650) 573-6279, Compiler: Al DeMartini

Anza-Borrego, San Diego County: Compiler: Robert Theriault, Phone: (760) 767-3312

Arcata, Humboldt County: Compiler: Kerry Ross, Phone: (707) 826-0300

Auburn, Placer County: Compiler: Deren Ross, by invitation only

Bear Valley Springs, Kern County: Compiler: Kerri Esten

Benicia, Solano County: Compiler: Robin Leong, Phone: (707) 643-1287

Big Sur, Monterey County: Compiler: Blake Matheson

Bill Williams Delta, La Paz and Mohave Counties, AZ & San Bernardino County, CA: Compiler: Kathleen Blair, Phone: (928) 667-4144

Bishop, Inyo County: Compiler: Chris Howard, Phone: (760) 873-7422

Buena Vista, Kern County: Compiler: TBD

Butterbredt Spring, Kern County: Compiler: Charles Bragg, Phone: (310) 454-9662

Cachuma, Santa Barbara County: Compiler: Alex Abela, Coordinator: Mark Holmgren Phone: (805) 683-4045

Calaveras, Calaveras County: Compiler: Barry Boulton, Phone: (209) 795-8225

Calero-Morgan Hill, Santa Clara County: Compiler: Ann Verdi, Phone: (408) 266-5108

Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, Rob Denholtz, Phone: (805) 684-4060

Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County: Complier: Andrea Jones, Phone: (805) 772-1995

Caswell-Westley, San Joaquin/Stanislaus Counties: Compiler: Harold Reeve, Phone: (209) 538-0885

Centerville Beach to King Salmon, Humboldt County: Compiler: Stan Harris, Phone: (707) 822-3802

Chico, Butte County: Compiler: Phil Johnson, Phone: (530) 570-7139

China Lake, Kern County: Compiler: Pete Woodman, Phone: (760) 377-3466

Claremont (Pomona Valley Audubon), Los Angeles County: Compilers: Dan Guthrie and Neil Gilbert

Clear Lake, Lake County: Compiler: Darlene Hecomovich, Phone: (707) 928-5591

Contra Costa County: Compilers: Jimm Edgar & Maury Stern, Phone: (510) 658-2330

Crystal Springs, San Mateo County: Coordinator: Leslie Flint, Phone: (650) 573-6279, Compiler: Al DeMartini

Death Valley, Inyo County: Compiler: Linda Manning, Phone: (760) 786-3252

Del Norte, Del Norte County: Compiler: Alan Barron, Phone: (707) 465-8405 and Gary Lester, Phone: (707) 839-3373

Diamond Valley, Riverside County: Compiler: Steve Adkison, Phone: (951) 652-2907

Eagle Lake, Lassen County: Compilers: Lewis & Kay Oring, by invitation only.

East Contra Costa County: Compilers: Jimm Edgar & Maury Stern, Phone: (510) 658-2330

Eastern Alameda, Alameda County: Compliers: Rich Cimino and Jeff Miller

Elsinore, Riverside County: Compiler: Julie Szabo, Phone: (951) 678-8138

Escondido, San Diego County County: Compiler: Ken Weaver, Phone: (760) 723-2448

Etna, Siskiyou County: Compiler: Mike Taylor

Fall River Mills, Shasta County: Compilers: Bob & Carol Yutzy

Folsom, Sacramento, El Dorado, and Placer Counties: Compiler: Chris Conard, Phone: (916) 203-1610

Grass Valley, Nevada County; Compiler: Rudy Darling, Phone: (530) 272-6504

Groveland, Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties: Compiler: Bill Zachman, (209) 962-6689

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, Mohave County, AZ & San Bernardino County, CA: Compiler: Kathleen Blair, Phone: (928) 667-4144

Hayward - Fremont,  Alameda County: Compilers: Phil and Pat Gordon, Phone: (510) 538-3550

Honey Lake, Lassen County: Compiler: Tim Manolis, Phone: (916) 485-9009 (bad weather date 1/5)

Idyllwild, Riverside County: Compilers: Sherri Stange, (909) 925-4007, Steve Adkison, (951) 652-2907

Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties: Compiler: Joe Zarki  (760) 367-5520 (w) or (760) 366-8913 (h)

Kaweah, Tulare County: Compiler: Rob Hansen, Phone: (559) 627-5473 or Coordinator: John Lockhart

La Purisima, Santa Barbara County: Compiler: Alex Abela, Phone: (805) 934-2873

LaGrange-Waterford, Stanislaus County: Compiler: Jim Gain, Phone: (209) 602-4596

Lake Almanor, Plumas County: Compiler: Ryan Burnett

Lake Henshaw, San Diego County: Compiler: Gretchen Cummings, Phone: (858) 586-0441

Lancaster, Los Angeles County: Compiler: Nick Freeman, Phone: (818) 247-6172

Lincoln, Placer County: Compiler: Ed Pandolfino, Phone: (916) 486-9174

Long Beach-El Dorado Audubon, Los Angeles County: Compiler: Rich Sonnenberg, Phone: (562) 597-3476

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County: Compiler: Daniel S. Cooper

Los Banos, Merced County: Compiler: Harold Reeve, Phone: (209) 538-0885, Coordinator: Tim Poole

Lost Lake, Fresno County: Compiler Kevin Enns-Rempel, Phone: (559) 237-7260

Malibu, Los Angeles County: Compiler Larry Allen, Phone: (626) 288-2701

Marin (Southern), Marin County: Compiler: Harrison Karr, Phone: (415) 713-2224

Marysville, Yuba County: Compiler: Tim Manolis, Phone: (916) 485-9009

Mendocino Coast, Mendocino County: Compiler: Art Morley: Phone: (707) 964-6835

Merced NWR, Merced County: Compiler: Larry Parmeter, Phone: (559) 276-8753

Milburn-Fresno, Fresno County: Compiler: Larry Parmeter, Phone: (559) 276-8753

Mineral, Tehama County: Compiler: Michael Magnuson, Phone: (530) 595-4444 ext. 5174

Mojave River Valley, San Bernardino County: Compiler: Steve Myers Phone: (760) 843-4009 (H) or (909) 369-8060 (W)

Mono Lake, Mono County: Compiler: Kristie Nelson, Phone: (760) 709-1670

Monterey Peninsula, Monterey County: Compiler: Blake Matheson

Morongo Valley, San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: Compilers: Dee Zeller (760) 363 7190 and Margaret Hogan

Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County: Compiler: Tom Edell, Phone: (805) 995-1691, Count Coordinators: Bert Townsend and Elaine Townsend, Phone: (805) 543-1373

Moss Landing, Santa Cruz/Monterey (with a little bit of San Benito thrown in too!) Counties: Compilers: Bob & Bernadette Ramer, Phone: (831) 426-7342 and John & Ricky Warriner

Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County: Compiler: Bob Hirt, Phone: (408) 821-2732

Mount Shasta, Siskiyou County: Compiler: Joey Russell

Oceanside, San Diego County: Compiler: Terry Hunefeld, Phone: (760) 908-3453

Orange County (Coastal): Sea & Sage Audubon. Compiler: Steve Alter. Contact: Nancy Kenyon. Phone: (949) 786-3160

Orange County (inland) [Northeastern]: Sea & Sage Audubon. Compiler: Steve Alter. Contact: Nancy Kenyon. Phone: (949) 786-3160

Oroville, Butte County: Compiler: Scott Huber, Phone: (530) 321-5579

Palo Alto, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Coordinator: Jack Cole, Phone: (408) 996-0434

Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County: Compilers: Ross Landry & David Bradley: Phone: (714)  322-1558

Panoche Valley, San Benito/Fresno Counties: Compiler: Clay Kempf, Phone: (831) 761-8260

Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County: Compiler: Jon L. Fisher

Peace Valley, Sutter/Butte Counties, Compilers: Bruce Deuel, and Pete Sands

Pinnacles National Monument, San Benito/Monterey Counties: Compliers: Steve Lombardi,  Phone: (925) 735-8332 and Rusty Scalf, Phone: (510) 666-9936

Point Reyes Peninsula, Marin County: Compilers: John Longstreth: Phone: (415) 669-7514 and Tom Gaman Phone: (415) 669-7100. Email: ptreyescbc@gmail.com

Putah Creek, Yolo/Solano/Napa Counties: Compiler: Steve Hampton

Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County: Compiler: Robert Patton, Phone: (858) 560-0923

Red Bluff, Tehama County: Compiler: Karen Scheuermann, Phone: (530) 347-1687

Redding, Shasta County: Compiler: Bill Oliver, Phone: (530) 941-7741

Redlands (Mill Creek), San Bernardino County: Compiler: Gene Cardiff, Phone: (909) 875-5358

Rio Cosumnes, Sacramento County: Compiler: Andrew Engilis, Jr., Phone: (530) 902-1881

Sacramento, Sacramento County: Compiler:  Mark Cudney, (916) 987-2422

Salton Sea - North, Riverside County: Compiler: Chet McGaugh, Phone: (951) 781-3699 (H) or (909) 369-8060 (W)

Salton Sea South, Imperial County: Compiler: Oscar Johnson, Phone: (805) 276-8878

San Bernardino Valley, San Bernardino County: Compiler: Dori Myers,  Phone: (714) 779-2201

San Diego, San Diego County: Compiler: Phil Unitt, Phone: (619) 283-0818

San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County: Compiler: Arthur Langton, Phone: (818) 887-0973

San Francisco, San Francisco County: Compilers: Dan Murphy, Phone (415) 564-0074; Alan Hopkins, Phone (415) 664-0983

San Jacinto Lake, Riverside County: Compilers: Tony Metcalf, Phone: (951) 242-7038, Tom Benson, Phone: (909) 648-0899

San Jose, Santa Clara County: Compiler: Kirsten Holmquist, Phone: (408) 747-0988

San Juan Capistrano: Sea & Sage Audubon and Starr Ranch Sanctuary. Compilers: Jessica Griffiths & Nancy Kenyon, Phone:  (949) 786-3160

Santa Ana River Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties: Compiler: Larry LaPre, Phone: (951) 276-1213 (h) (951) 697-5218 (w)

Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co. Compiler: Joan Lentz, Coordinator: Joan Murdoch Phone: (805) 969-5132 Email

Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County: Compiler: Daniel S. Cooper

Santa Cruz County: Compiler David Suddjian, Phone: (831) 479-9603

Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County: counter quota full - by invitation only

Santa Maria-Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County: Compiler: Alex Abela, Phone: (805) 934-2873

Santa Rosa, Sonoma County: Coordinator: Ruth Rudesill, Phone: (707) 833-6026

Sequoia NP, Tulare County: Compiler: Daniel Gammons

Sierra Valley, Sierra & Plumas Counties: Compiler: Colin Dillingham, Phone: (530) 283-1133

Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County: Compilers: Tom Rusert & Darren Peterie, Phone: (707) 939-8007

Sonora, Tuolumne County: Coordinator: Steven Umland, Phone: (209) 352-6985

South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County (Douglas Co. NV): Compiler: Will Richardson, Phone: (530) 412-2792

Springville, Tulare County: Compiler: John Lockhart

Stockton, San Joaquin County: Compiler: Jim Rowoth, Phone: (209) 956-2648

Tehachapi, Kern County: Compiler: Kerri Esten

Tejon Ranch, Kern County: Compiler: Michael White; by invitation only

Thousand Oaks, Ventura County: Compiler: David Pereksta, Phone: (805) 659-5740

Tule Lake, Siskiyou County: Compiler: Kevin Spencer, Phone: 541-884-5739: Four large areas covered by 4 groups; contact the compiler to participate.

Ukiah, Mendocino County: Compilers: Cheryl Watson and Bob Keiffer

Ventura, Ventura County: Coordinator: Laura Robinson Phone: (805) 701-8185

Wallace-Bellota, San Joaquin/Calaveras Counties: Compiler: Kasey Foley, Phone (209) 473-3904

Western Sonoma County: Chairperson Veronica Bowers, Phone: (707) 829-2955

Willow Creek, Humboldt & Trinity Counties: Compiler: Gary Lester, Phone: (707) 839-3373

Woodfords, Alpine County: Coordinator: Tim Fitzer, Phone: (916) 870-5207 or Compiler: Andi Salmi, Phone: (916) 691-7216

Yosemite, Mariposa County: Compiler: Sarah Stock, Phone: (209) 379-1435

Yreka, Siskiyou County: Compiler: TBD

Yuma (Martinez Lake), Yuma County AZ & Imperial County CA: Compiler: Henry Detwiler, Phone: (928) 210-6474

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Frontispiece: Winter on the Sprague Ranch - part of the South Fork Valley CBC © Alison Sheehey 2007

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