northern and southern CA; coast and inland locations
Stuart Healy with Birdfinders, UK tour participants, September 4-19, 2000
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Trip Log
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Species recorded on Birdfinders CA Tour northern and southern CA; coast and inland locations Stuart Healy with Birdfinders, UK tour participants, September 4-19, 2000 |
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| 257 species recorded 16 birding days |
| DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL (19) |
| Snow Goose |
| Canada Goose |
| Wood Duck |
| Gadwall |
| American Wigeon |
| Mallard |
| Blue-winged Teal |
| Cinnamon Teal |
| Northern Shoveler |
| Northern Pintail |
| Green-winged Teal |
| Canvasback |
| Redhead |
| Ring-necked Duck |
| Lesser Scaup |
| Surf Scoter |
| Common Merganser |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
| Ruddy Duck |
| NEW WORLD QUAIL (3) |
| Mountain Quail |
| California Quail |
| Gambel's Quail |
| PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES (2) |
| Greater Sage-Grouse |
| Sooty Grouse |
| GREBES (4) |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
| Eared Grebe |
| Western Grebe |
| Clark's Grebe |
| SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS (3) |
| Pink-footed Shearwater |
| Sooty Shearwater |
| Black-vented Shearwater |
| PELICANS (2) |
| American White Pelican |
| Brown Pelican |
| CORMORANTS AND SHAGS (3) |
| Brandt's Cormorant |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Pelagic Cormorant |
| HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (8) |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Great Egret |
| Snowy Egret |
| Little Blue Heron |
| Reddish Egret |
| Cattle Egret |
| Green Heron |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
| IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (1) |
| White-faced Ibis |
| STORKS (1) |
| Wood Stork |
| NEW WORLD VULTURES (1) |
| Turkey Vulture |
| OSPREY (1) |
| Osprey |
| HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (7) |
| White-tailed Kite |
| Northern Harrier |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
| Cooper's Hawk |
| Red-shouldered Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Golden Eagle |
| FALCONS (3) |
| American Kestrel |
| Peregrine Falcon |
| Prairie Falcon |
| RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (5) |
| Clapper Rail |
| Virginia Rail |
| Sora |
| Common Moorhen |
| American Coot |
| PLOVERS (4) |
| Black-bellied Plover |
| Snowy Plover |
| Semipalmated Plover |
| Killdeer |
| OYSTERCATCHERS (1) |
| Black Oystercatcher |
| STILTS AND AVOCETS (2) |
| Black-necked Stilt |
| American Avocet |
| SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES (21) |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
| Wandering Tattler |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
| Willet |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
| Whimbrel |
| Long-billed Curlew |
| Marbled Godwit |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
| Black Turnstone |
| Surfbird |
| Red Knot |
| Sanderling |
| Western Sandpiper |
| Least Sandpiper |
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
| Dunlin |
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
| Wilson's Phalarope |
| Red-necked Phalarope |
| GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS (17) |
| Bonaparte's Gull |
| Laughing Gull |
| Franklin's Gull |
| Heermann's Gull |
| Ring-billed Gull |
| Western Gull |
| Yellow-footed Gull |
| California Gull |
| Herring Gull |
| Gull-billed Tern |
| Caspian Tern |
| Black Tern |
| Common Tern |
| Forster's Tern |
| Royal Tern |
| Elegant Tern |
| Black Skimmer |
| SKUAS AND JAEGERS (2) |
| Pomarine Jaeger |
| Parasitic Jaeger |
| AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS (3) |
| Common Murre |
| Pigeon Guillemot |
| Marbled Murrelet |
| PIGEONS AND DOVES (7) |
| Rock Pigeon |
| Band-tailed Pigeon |
| Spotted Dove |
| White-winged Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Inca Dove |
| Common Ground-Dove |
| CUCKOOS (1) |
| Greater Roadrunner |
| OWLS (2) |
| Great Horned Owl |
| Burrowing Owl |
| NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES (1) |
| Lesser Nighthawk |
| SWIFTS (2) |
| Vaux's Swift |
| White-throated Swift |
| HUMMINGBIRDS (5) |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird |
| Anna's Hummingbird |
| Costa's Hummingbird |
| Rufous Hummingbird |
| Allen's Hummingbird |
| KINGFISHERS (1) |
| Belted Kingfisher |
| WOODPECKERS (13) |
| Lewis's Woodpecker |
| Acorn Woodpecker |
| Gila Woodpecker |
| Williamson's Sapsucker |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
| Nuttall's Woodpecker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
| White-headed Woodpecker |
| Black-backed Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| Pileated Woodpecker |
| TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (10) |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
| Western Wood-Pewee |
| Willow Flycatcher |
| Hammond's Flycatcher |
| Dusky Flycatcher |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
| Black Phoebe |
| Say's Phoebe |
| Cassin's Kingbird |
| Western Kingbird |
| SHRIKES (1) |
| Loggerhead Shrike |
| VIREOS (3) |
| Cassin's Vireo |
| Hutton's Vireo |
| Warbling Vireo |
| CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES (9) |
| Steller's Jay |
| Island Scrub-Jay |
| Western Scrub-Jay |
| Pinyon Jay |
| Black-billed Magpie |
| Yellow-billed Magpie |
| Clark's Nutcracker |
| American Crow |
| Common Raven |
| LARKS (1) |
| Horned Lark |
| SWALLOWS (5) |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
| Tree Swallow |
| Violet-green Swallow |
| Barn Swallow |
| Cliff Swallow |
| CHICKADEES AND TITS (4) |
| Mountain Chickadee |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
| Oak Titmouse |
| Juniper Titmouse |
| PENDULINE TITS (1) |
| Verdin |
| LONG-TAILED TITS (1) |
| Bushtit |
| NUTHATCHES (3) |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
| Pygmy Nuthatch |
| CREEPERS (1) |
| Brown Creeper |
| WRENS (6) |
| Cactus Wren |
| Rock Wren |
| Canyon Wren |
| Bewick's Wren |
| House Wren |
| Marsh Wren |
| GNATCATCHERS (3) |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
| California Gnatcatcher |
| Black-tailed Gnatcatcher |
| DIPPERS (1) |
| American Dipper |
| KINGLETS (2) |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| THRUSHES AND ALLIES (5) |
| Western Bluebird |
| Townsend's Solitaire |
| Swainson's Thrush |
| Hermit Thrush |
| American Robin |
| BABBLERS (1) |
| Wrentit |
| MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (4) |
| Northern Mockingbird |
| Sage Thrasher |
| California Thrasher |
| Le Conte's Thrasher |
| STARLINGS (1) |
| European Starling |
| WAXWINGS (1) |
| Cedar Waxwing |
| SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1) |
| Phainopepla |
| NEW WORLD WARBLERS (14) |
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
| Nashville Warbler |
| Yellow Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler |
| Townsend's Warbler |
| Hermit Warbler |
| Blackpoll Warbler |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
| American Redstart |
| Northern Waterthrush |
| MacGillivray's Warbler |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Wilson's Warbler |
| BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES (17) |
| Green-tailed Towhee |
| Spotted Towhee |
| California Towhee |
| Abert's Towhee |
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow |
| Chipping Sparrow |
| Brewer's Sparrow |
| Vesper Sparrow |
| Lark Sparrow |
| Black-throated Sparrow |
| Sage Sparrow |
| Savannah Sparrow |
| Fox Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| Lincoln's Sparrow |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
| CARDINALS AND ALLIES (3) |
| Summer Tanager |
| Western Tanager |
| Black-headed Grosbeak |
| TROUPIALS AND ALLIES (7) |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Tricolored Blackbird |
| Western Meadowlark |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird |
| Brewer's Blackbird |
| Great-tailed Grackle |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
| SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (6) |
| Pine Grosbeak |
| Cassin's Finch |
| House Finch |
| Lesser Goldfinch |
| American Goldfinch |
| Evening Grosbeak |
| OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1) |
| House Sparrow |
| 257 species recorded 16 birding days |
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Black-footed Albatross Northern Fulmar Buller's Shearwater Wilson's Storm-Petrel Black Storm-Petrel Ashy Storm-Petrel Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Red Phalarope |
Sabine's Gull South Polar Skua Cassin's Auklet Rhinoceros Auklet Horned Puffin Purple Martin Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Itinerary Summary
Day 1: Monday, Sep 4 - Day List 35
Ventura Harbor
Day 2: Tuesday, Sep 5 - Day List 61, Trip List 65
Ventura Harbor; Island Packers trip to Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz Island.
Day 3: Wednesday, Sep 6 - Day List 90, Trip List 110
Alisal Canyon; Nojoqui Falls County Park; Oceano; Morro Bay
Day 4: Thursday, Sep 7 - Day List 109, Trip List 139
Morro Bay State Park, Montaņa de Oro State Park; Elkhorn Slough
Day 5: Friday, Sep 8 - Day List 49, Trip List 156
Pelagic trip out of Monterey, Locke-Padden Park (Marina), Moss Landing Harbor
Day 6: Saturday, Sep 9 - Day List 30, Trip List 162
Lighthouse Point (Santa Cruz); McGurk Meadow (Yosemite NP)
Day 7: Sunday, Sep 10 - Day List 41, Trip List 182
Yosemite NP: Glacier Point, Westfall Meadow, Yosemite Valley, Chevron Meadow
Day 8: Monday, Sep 11 - Day List 61, Trip List 196
Yosemite NP: Hwy 120 roadside birding to Tioga Pass; Log Cabin Mine Road, Mono Lake
Day 9: Tuesday, Sep 12 - Day List 70, Trip List 208
Crowley Lake area, Tinemaha Reservoir (Big Pine), White Mountains, Kern River Valley
Day 10: Wednesday, Sep 13 - Day List 77, Trip List 220
Mojave area: Jawbone Canyon, California City Central Park, Galileo (Silver Saddle Resort)
Day 11: Thursday, Sep 14 - Day List 60, Trip List 227
California City Central Park; Galileo (Silver Saddle Resort), Big Morongo Preserve
Day 12: Friday, Sep 15 - Day List 106, Trip List 249
Salton Sea North: Lincoln Rd, Salton Sea State Recreation Area
Salton Sea South: Wister Unit, Davis & Garst Roads, Red Hill Area, NWR Headquarters
Las Flores Drive, Brawley .
Day 13: Saturday, Sep 16 - Day List 81, Trip List 256
Sheldon Reservoir Area near Brawley, Anza-Borrego State Park Visitor Center
Laguna & Cuyamaca Mountains: Julian, Cuyamaca Lake, Mt. Laguna, Kitchen Creek Road
Day 14: Sunday, Sep 17 - Day List 79, Trip List 266
Otay Lakes, Tijuana Slough NWR, Imperial Beach, Silver Strand, SD River, Chula Vista
Day 15: Monday, Sep 18 - Day List 93, Trip List 269
Tijuana River Valley, San Elijo Lagoon, Bolsa Chica
Day 16: Tuesday, Sep 19 - Day List 41, Trip List 272
Palos Verdes Peninsula: Banning Park, Point Vicente, Forrestal Drive, Averill Park
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Trip Log |
Species recorded on Birdfinders CA Tour northern and southern CA; coast and inland locations Stuart Healy with Birdfinders, UK tour participants, September 4-19, 2000 |
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