Trip Log

Species recorded on Southern CA trip Mostly California, part Arizona Stuart Healy, Eugene & Eloise Armstrong and Jim Sinclair; April 3-9, 1998

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204 species recorded from April 3 to April 9, 1998 (7 birding days in 2 states)

Location	Species Seen	Unique Species	Birding Days
Arizona	81	27	3
California	177	123	6

204 species recorded 7 birding days in 2 states	A Z	C A
DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL (17)
Brant		x
Gadwall	x	x
American Wigeon	x	x
Mallard	x	x
Blue-winged Teal		x
Cinnamon Teal	x	x
Northern Shoveler	x	x
Northern Pintail		x
Green-winged Teal	x	x
Redhead		x
Ring-necked Duck	x
Lesser Scaup	x	x
Surf Scoter		x
White-winged Scoter		x
Bufflehead		x
Red-breasted Merganser		x
Ruddy Duck	x	x
NEW WORLD QUAIL (3)
Mountain Quail		x
California Quail		x
Gambel's Quail	x
LOONS (2)
Red-throated Loon		x
Common Loon		x
GREBES (4)
Pied-billed Grebe		x
Eared Grebe		x
Western Grebe		x
Clark's Grebe		x
SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS (1)
Black-vented Shearwater		x
PELICANS (2)
American White Pelican		x
Brown Pelican		x
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS (3)
Brandt's Cormorant		x
Double-crested Cormorant	x	x
Pelagic Cormorant		x
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (7)
Great Blue Heron		x
Great Egret		x
Snowy Egret		x
Little Blue Heron		x
Cattle Egret		x
Green Heron		x
Black-crowned Night-Heron		x
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (1)
White-faced Ibis	x	x
NEW WORLD VULTURES (1)
Turkey Vulture	x	x
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (8)
White-tailed Kite	x	x
Northern Harrier	x	x
Sharp-shinned Hawk		x
Cooper's Hawk		x
Common Black-Hawk	x
Harris's Hawk	x
Red-shouldered Hawk		x
Red-tailed Hawk		x
FALCONS (1)
American Kestrel	x	x
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (4)
Clapper Rail		x
Sora		x
Common Moorhen		x
American Coot	x	x
PLOVERS (4)
Black-bellied Plover		x
Snowy Plover		x
Semipalmated Plover	x	x
Killdeer	x	x
STILTS AND AVOCETS (2)
Black-necked Stilt	x	x
American Avocet	x	x
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES (20)
Spotted Sandpiper		x
Wandering Tattler		x
Greater Yellowlegs		x
Willet		x
Lesser Yellowlegs		x
Whimbrel		x
Long-billed Curlew		x
Marbled Godwit		x
Ruddy Turnstone		x
Black Turnstone		x
Surfbird		x
Red Knot		x
Sanderling		x
Western Sandpiper		x
Least Sandpiper	x	x
Dunlin		x
Stilt Sandpiper		x
Short-billed Dowitcher		x
Long-billed Dowitcher	x	x
Wilson's Snipe	x
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS (13)
Bonaparte's Gull		x
Heermann's Gull		x
Ring-billed Gull		x
Western Gull		x
California Gull		x
Glaucous-winged Gull		x
Gull-billed Tern		x
Caspian Tern		x
Common Tern		x
Forster's Tern		x
Royal Tern		x
Elegant Tern		x
Black Skimmer		x
PIGEONS AND DOVES (6)
Rock Pigeon		x
Band-tailed Pigeon		x
Spotted Dove		x
Mourning Dove	x	x
Inca Dove		x
Common Ground-Dove		x
CUCKOOS (1)
Greater Roadrunner	x	x
OWLS (1)
Burrowing Owl		x
NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES (1)
Lesser Nighthawk		x
SWIFTS (1)
White-throated Swift		x
HUMMINGBIRDS (3)
Black-chinned Hummingbird	x
Anna's Hummingbird	x	x
Allen's Hummingbird		x
WOODPECKERS (8)
Acorn Woodpecker		x
Gila Woodpecker	x
Red-breasted Sapsucker		x
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	x
Nuttall's Woodpecker		x
Hairy Woodpecker		x
White-headed Woodpecker		x
Northern Flicker		x
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (5)
Pacific-slope Flycatcher		x
Black Phoebe		x
Say's Phoebe	x	x
Cassin's Kingbird	x
Western Kingbird	x	x
SHRIKES (1)
Loggerhead Shrike	x	x
VIREOS (3)
Gray Vireo	x
Hutton's Vireo		x
Warbling Vireo		x
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES (6)
Steller's Jay		x
Western Scrub-Jay	x	x
Yellow-billed Magpie		x
American Crow		x
Chihuahuan Raven	x
Common Raven	x	x
LARKS (1)
Horned Lark		x
SWALLOWS (5)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	x	x
Tree Swallow		x
Violet-green Swallow	x
Barn Swallow	x	x
Cliff Swallow	x	x
CHICKADEES AND TITS (2)
Mountain Chickadee		x
Oak Titmouse		x
PENDULINE TITS (1)
Verdin		x
LONG-TAILED TITS (1)
Bushtit		x
NUTHATCHES (1)
Pygmy Nuthatch		x
WRENS (6)
Cactus Wren	x	x
Rock Wren	x	x
Canyon Wren		x
Bewick's Wren	x	x
House Wren		x
Marsh Wren	x	x
GNATCATCHERS (3)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher		x
California Gnatcatcher		x
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	x	x
KINGLETS (1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	x	x
THRUSHES AND ALLIES (2)
Western Bluebird		x
American Robin		x
BABBLERS (1)
Wrentit		x
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (6)
Northern Mockingbird	x	x
Sage Thrasher	x
Bendire's Thrasher	x
California Thrasher		x
Crissal Thrasher	x
Le Conte's Thrasher	x
STARLINGS (1)
European Starling	x	x
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)
Phainopepla	x	x
NEW WORLD WARBLERS (8)
Orange-crowned Warbler		x
Lucy's Warbler	x
Yellow Warbler	x	x
Yellow-rumped Warbler	x	x
Black-throated Gray Warbler		x
Townsend's Warbler		x
Common Yellowthroat	x	x
Wilson's Warbler		x
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES (19)
Green-tailed Towhee	x
Spotted Towhee	x	x
Canyon Towhee	x
California Towhee		x
Abert's Towhee	x	x
Cassin's Sparrow	x
Rufous-crowned Sparrow	x
Chipping Sparrow	x
Brewer's Sparrow	x
Black-chinned Sparrow	x	x
Vesper Sparrow	x
Black-throated Sparrow	x
Savannah Sparrow		x
Fox Sparrow		x
Song Sparrow	x	x
Lincoln's Sparrow		x
White-crowned Sparrow	x	x
Golden-crowned Sparrow		x
Dark-eyed Junco		x
CARDINALS AND ALLIES (2)
Northern Cardinal	x
Lazuli Bunting		x
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES (9)
Red-winged Blackbird	x	x
Tricolored Blackbird		x
Western Meadowlark	x	x
Yellow-headed Blackbird	x	x
Brewer's Blackbird		x
Great-tailed Grackle	x	x
Brown-headed Cowbird		x
Bullock's Oriole		x
Scott's Oriole	x
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (4)
Purple Finch		x
House Finch	x	x
Lesser Goldfinch		x
Lawrence's Goldfinch		x
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)
House Sparrow		x
204 species recorded 7 birding days in 2 states	A Z	C A

Trip Log

Species recorded on Southern CA trip Mostly California, part Arizona Stuart Healy, Eugene & Eloise Armstrong and Jim Sinclair; April 3-9, 1998

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