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Species seen in Southern CA, October. 2001
Stuart Healy, Carmen Tarantino and Colleen Martin

Day 1: Thursday, October 4; night in San Diego
Newport Back Bay

Day 2: Friday, October 5; night in San Diego
Otay Lake, Tijuana Slough NWR, Imperial Beach, La Jolla Cove, Santee Lakes

Day 3: Saturday, October 6; night in Lompoc
Salton Sea (south), San Gabriel Mountains (Chilao area)

Day 4: Sunday, October 7; night in Morro Bay
Alisal Road, Solvang, Lopez Lake, Oceano, Montaņa de Oro State Park

Day 5: Monday, October 8; night in Oceanside
Montaņa de Oro State Park, Palos Verdes Peninsula

Day 6: Tuesday, October 9
La Jolla Cove, Point Loma, Lake Hodges.

Note: In addition to the species listed below for October 4-9, I saw 9 additional species in CA 
on October 3: Snow Goose, Gambel'
s Quail, Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs, Snowy Plover, 
Rock Wren, Verdin, Chipping Sparrow and Abert's Towhee.


146 species from Oct. 4 through Oct. 9, 2001.
(Listed in Clements' order)
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
CORMORANTS
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
PELICANS
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
DUCKS, GEESE
Ruddy Duck
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
HERONS, EGRETS
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
IBIS
White-faced Ibis
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
OSPREY
Osprey
HAWKS, KITES
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
FALCONS
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
TURKEYS
Wild Turkey
WOOD-PARTRIDGES
California Quail
RAILS AND COOTS
Clapper Rail
Sora
American Coot
SANDPIPERS
Marbled Godwit
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Spotted Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
OYSTERCATCHERS
Black Oystercatcher
AVOCETS AND STILTS
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
PLOVERS
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
GULLS AND TERNS
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Western Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Herring Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Sabine's Gull
Black Tern
Caspian Tern
Elegant Tern
Forster's Tern
SKIMMERS
Black Skimmer
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
OWLS
Burrowing Owl
HUMMINGBIRDS
Anna's Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Say's Phoebe
Black Phoebe
Cassin's Kingbird
CROWS AND JAYS
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
VIREOS
Hutton's Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
THRUSHES
Western Bluebird
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Northern Mockingbird
California Thrasher
STARLINGS
European Starling
NUTHATCHES
Pygmy Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
WRENS
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
California Gnatcatcher
LONG-TAILED TITS
Bushtit
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
OLD WORLD WARBLERS
Wrentit
CHICKADEES, TITS
Mountain Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
LARKS
Horned Lark
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES
Lesser Goldfinch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Savannah Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Great-tailed Grackle
Brewer's Blackbird

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Species seen in Southern CA, October. 2001
Stuart Healy, Carmen Tarantino and Colleen Martin