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Species recorded in Southern California - March, 2003
Floyd, Kathleen & Glenn Mitchell and Stuart Healy

March 25 - Day list: 68         
San Diego Area, Night in El Cajon. 

March 26 - Day list: 86   Trip List: 119
Laguna and Cuyamaca Mountains; Salton Sea. Night in Calipatria

March 27 - Day List: 85   Trip List: 136
Salton Sea; San Gabriel Mountains. Night in Buellton

March 28 - Day List: 95   Trip list: 166
Solvang area, Oceano, Pismo Beach, Morro Bay area. Night in Morro Bay

March 29 - Day List: 85   Trip List: 171
Montana De Oro State Park, Santa Barbara Area. Night in Harbor City

March 30  Day List: 84   Trip List: 177
Palos Verdes Peninsula, Coastal Orange County and San Elijo Lagoon 

177 species from March 25 through March 30, 2003. (Listed in Clements' order)
Links are to photos and corresponding journal entries.
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant  28
PELICANS
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
DUCKS AND GEESE
Ruddy Duck
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Brant
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
HERONS AND 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 AND KITES
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
FALCONS
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
PHEASANTS AND TURKEYS
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
WOOD-PARTRIDGES
California Quail
Gambel's Quail
RAILS AND COOTS
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
SANDPIPERS
Marbled Godwit
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler  25
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
SANDPIPERS continued
Long-billed Dowitcher
Surfbird
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
OYSTERCATCHERS
Black Oystercatcher
AVOCETS AND STILTS
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
PLOVERS
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Snowy Plover
GULLS AND TERNS
Heermann's Gull  25
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Western Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Elegant Tern
Forster's Tern
AUKS, ALCIDS
Pigeon Guillemot
LOONS
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
OWLS
Burrowing Owl  26
NIGHTJARS
Lesser Nighthawk
SWIFTS
White-throated Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Anna's Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Black Phoebe
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
CROWS AND JAYS
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
VIREOS AND ALLIES
Warbling Vireo
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
THRUSHES
Western Bluebird
American Robin
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Northern Mockingbird
California Thrasher
STARLINGS
European Starling
NUTHATCHES
Pygmy Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
WRENS
Cactus Wren
Canyon Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
GNATCATCHERS
Verdin
California Gnatcatcher
LONG-TAILED TITS
Bushtit
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff 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
PIPITS
American Pipit
SISKINS AND ALLIES
American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch
Purple Finch
House Finch
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Chipping Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Abert's Towhee
BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES
Bullock's Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Great-tailed Grackle
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird

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Species recorded in Southern California - March, 2003
Floyd, Kathleen & Glenn Mitchell and Stuart Healy