Devereux Slough Christmas Bird Count Tally, 2001 - 2006

Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Date 1/6/06 1/5/07 1/4/08 1/3/09 1/1/10 12/31/10

SPECIES

           

SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gr. White-fronted Goose            
Snow Goose*         1  
Ross's Goose*   2x     2 1
Cackling Goose         3 4
Canada Goose 63 45x 103   42 110
Brant            
Wood Duck            
Gadwall 2 8 8   1 3
Eurasian Wigeon*     1   1  
American Wigeon 4 15 18   30 31
Mallard 30 7 16   8 82
Blue-winged Teal*            
Cinnamon Teal            
Northern Shoveler 30 15 37 14 100 103
Northern Pintail 30 5 15   2 18
Green-winged Teal   4 1 4 10 75
Canvasback            
Redhead     12   8 43
Ring-necked Duck         2  
Greater Scaup*     1      
Lesser Scaup           3
Surf Scoter            
Bufflehead   2     2 14
Common Goldeneye            
Hooded Merganser     1      
Common Merganser            
Red-breasted Merganser   2   4   1
Ruddy Duck     27 1 15 87

QUAIL & TURKEYS

           
Wild Turkey            
California Quail            
Mountain Quail            

LOONS

           
Red-throated Loon            
Pacific Loon            
Common Loon            
loon sp.            

GREBES

           
Pied-billed Grebe   2 5 2 6 2
Horned Grebe           1
Eared Grebe   3     4 3
Western Grebe         1  
Clark's Grebe         1  

SHEARWATERS

           
Northern Fulmar            
Black-vented Shearwater            

PELICANS

           
Brown Pelican 3 1        

CORMORANTS

           
Brandt's Cormorant            
Double-cr. Cormorant 1 1 10 8 80 2
Pelagic Cormorant            

HERONS

           
American Bittern*            
Least Bittern*            
Great Blue Heron 1 4 3 4 2 1
Great Egret 5 4 2 20 20 4
Snowy Egret   2 1 8 3 1
Cattle Egret            
Green Heron   1        
Black-cr. Night-Heron 12 11 18 36 16 5

NEW WORLD VULTURE

           
Turkey Vulture 5 2 3 6 2 6

HAWKS

           
Osprey*            
White-tailed Kite 1 1 2 1 1x 2
Northern Harrier     1   1x  
Sharp-shinned Hawk         1  
Cooper's Hawk     1 1 1x 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2   1 3   1
Red-tailed Hawk 1 2 1 1 2 2
Golden Eagle            

FALCONS

           
American Kestrel 2 1 2   1 1
Merlin   2       1
Peregrine Falcon*         2x 1

RAILS & GALLINULES

           
Virginia Rail            
Sora            
Common Moorhen            
American Coot   2 25 52 150 100

PLOVERS

           
Black-bellied Plover 1 30   45~ 10x  
Snowy Plover 100~ 100~   368~    
Semipalmated Plover 4 1   29    
Killdeer 5 20     3 2

STILTS & AVOCETS

           
Black-necked Stilt   1   12   5x
American Avocet            

SANDPIPERS

           
Greater Yellowlegs   4 3 1   3
Lesser Yellowlegs*            
Willet 4~ 30~   16    
Spotted Sandpiper         1x  
Whimbrel 2~ 2~   3~   1
Long-billed Curlew   2~     1x  
Marbled Godwit 36~ 30~   82~    
Ruddy Turnstone 1~          
Black Turnstone 6~          
Sanderling 70~          
Western Sandpiper 4 6   5   3x
Least Sandpiper 2 10   144   23
Dunlin   1   6   2
Long-billed Dowitcher       54   9
Wilson's Snipe            
Red Phalarope*            

JAEGERS, GULLS & TERNS

           
Pomarine Jaeger*            
Parasitic Jaeger*            
jaeger sp.            
Bonaparte's Gull 1 1x   19    
Heermann's Gull            
Mew Gull   2   3 2 9
Ring-billed Gull   15 1 4 1 11
California Gull 50 5 1 95   14
Herring Gull 1~          
Thayer's Gull*            
Western Gull 3~     3 2 1
Glaucous-winged Gull            
Black-legged Kittiwake"            
Caspian Tern*   2   1    
Royal Tern            
Forster's Tern   2   37   2
Black Skimmer            

ALCIDS

           
Common Murre            
Cassin's Auklet            
Rhinoceros Auklet            

PIGEONS

           
Rock Pigeon 20     15    
Band-tailed Pigeon            
Eurasian Collared-Dove         8  
Spotted Dove*            
White-winged Dove*            
Mourning Dove 4 15 8 4 10 1
Common Ground-Dove            

CUCKOOS

           
Greater Roadrunner            

OWLS

           
Barn Owl            
Western Screech-Owl            
Great Horned Owl            
Northern Pygmy-Owl            
Burrowing Owl            

SWIFTS

           
White-throated Swift     10      

HUMMINGBIRDS

           
Anna's Hummingbird 10 5 15 6 4 5
Costa's Hummingbird*            
Allen's Hummingbird*            
Selasphorus sp.            

KINGFISHERS

           
Belted Kingfisher   1 1 2 2 2

WOODPECKERS

           
Acorn Woodpecker            
Red-naped Sapsucker*            
Red-breasted Sapsucker            
Nuttall's Woodpecker     2      
Downy Woodpecker         1x  
Hairy Woodpecker            
No. (Red-shaft.) Flicker 1 1 1 1    
No. (Yel.-shaft.) Flicker*            

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

           
Black Phoebe 5 2 10 2 3 3
Say's Phoebe 3 2 1 4 1 1
Tropical Kingbird*         1  
Cassin's Kingbird   3 4 3 1 3

SHRIKES

           
Loggerhead Shrike   1 1 4 1x 1

VIREOS

           
Hutton's Vireo            

LARKS

           
Horned Lark            

JAYS & CROWS

           
Steller's Jay            
Western Scrub-Jay 5 2 2 2 1  
Yellow-billed Magpie            
American Crow 8 5 10 10 2 2
Common Raven            

CHICKADEES & TITMICE

           
Mountain Chickadee            
Oak Titmouse 1       4  

BUSHTITS

           
Bushtit 20 16 20 20   20

NUTHATCHES

           
Red-breasted Nuthatch            
White-breasted Nuthatch            

CREEPERS

           
Brown Creeper            
WREN            
Rock Wren            
Canyon Wren            
BewickÕs Wren 2 1       3x
House Wren     3     1x
Winter Wren            
Marsh Wren     1 1 1  

OLD WORLD WARBLERS AND THRUSHES

           
Golden-crowned Kinglet         3  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 2 1 5 3  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 1 4 3   3
Western Bluebird 2   2     1x
Townsend's Solitaire            
Hermit Thrush            
American Robin            
Varied Thrush            
Wrentit         1x  

THRASHERS

           
Northern Mockingbird 2 1 1 3 2 1
California Thrasher       1    

STARLINGS

           
European Starling 50 2 10 20 1  

WAGTAILS & PIPITS

           
American Pipit   20   1    

WAXWINGS

           
Cedar Waxwing            

SILKY FLYCATCHERS

           
Phainopepla            

WOOD WARBLERS

           
Orange-crowned Warbler   1 1      
Nashville Warbler*   1        
Yellow Warbler*            
Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler 40 15 30 23 6 6
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler       4    
Black-th. Gray Warbler            
Townsend's Warbler   1 1     1
Hermit Warbler*            
Palm Warbler*            
Black-and-white Warbler*            
Common Yellowthroat 3 3 4 3 2 5
Wilson's Warbler*            

TANGERS

           
Summer Tanager*            
Western Tanager            

SPARROWS & GROSBEAKS

           
Spotted Towhee            
California Towhee 2 4 8 9 15 4
Rufous-crowned Sparrow            
Chipping Sparrow            
Lark Sparrow            
Sage Sparrow            
Savannah Sparrow 1       1 5
Fox Sparrow            
Song Sparrow   2 1 1 3 1
Lincoln's Sparrow            
Swamp Sparrow*            
White-throated Sparrow*            
Golden-crowned Sparrow   10   10 4  
White-crowned Sparrow 20 40 10 25 12 30
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco            
Dark-eyed (Sl.-col.) Junco            
Dark-eyed (Gr.-hd) Junco            
Rose-breasted Grosbeak*            
Black-headed Grosbeak*            

BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES

           
Red-winged Blackbird       1    
Tricolored Blackbird            
Western Meadowlark     20 30 30x  
BrewerÕs Blackbird       50    
Great-tailed Grackle            
Brown-headed Cowbird            
Orchard Oriole*            
Hooded Oriole*         1  
Baltimore Oriole*         1  
Bullock's Oriole*            
Scott's Oriole*            

FINCHES

           
Purple Finch            
House Finch 35 20 30 13 20 20
Pine Siskin            
Lesser Goldfinch     2      
Lawrence's Goldfinch            
American Goldfinch            

OLDWORLD SPARROWS

           
House Sparrow            

UNESTABLISHED EXOTICS

           
Nutmeg Mannikin            

ADDITIONAL SPECIES

           
Barn Swallow     4   1  
Tree Swallow       15 10  
Rough-winged Swallow         1  
White-faced Ibis         1  
Tundra Swan           1

GRAND TOTAL ON COUNT DAY (species)

54 68 60 66 63 62
             

Observers:

           
  Mike Collins Mike Collins Mike Collins Mike Collins Mike Collins Mike Collins
  Ruth Ann Collins Ruth Ann Collins Ruth Ann Collins Ruth Ann Collins Ruth Ann Collins Ruth Ann Collins
  Ben Hitz Linda Beuret Ben Hitz Ben Hitz Benn Hitz Ben Hitz
  Carolyn McCleskey Peter Beuret Roger Millikan Roger Millikan Roger Millikan Roger Millikan
  Karen Feeney Kevin Godfrey David Hill David Hill Linda Love Kristal Moffett
  Keven Godfrey Nan Deal Bernie Cullen Carol Pattillo Carol Dougherty Glenne McCulloch
  Darlene Chirman Karen Feeney Elaine St. James Steve Ferry   Sylvelin Edgerton
    Carolyn McCleskey Lisa Bobazak Mardena Waller    
    Roger Millikan Kelly Travers Kelly Travers    
    Darlene Chirman Pete Travers Pete Travers    
    Jayne Valdez Robert Jeffers      
      Mardena Waller      
      Darlene Chirman      

** Except as noted, count does not include birds on or over beach or west of the west side of the slough including pond.  These are counted by another group.
~ These birds were seen from the beach. Beach birds were not counted in 2003, 2005, and 2006.
* These birds are rare and require a written description and/or other documentation for CBC.
An “x” indicates those species found during count period but not seen or heard on count day.  Count period extends 3 days before and 3 days after count day.

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