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The Bird List

Loons and Grebes
Red-throated Loon		wv, 5
Pacific Loon		wv
Common Loon		wv
Pied-billed Grebe		r, BR
Horned Grebe		wv
Red-necked Grebe		4, 8
Eared Grebe		w, FB
Western Grebe		w
Clark’s Grebe		w
Pelicans and Cormorants
Blue-footed Booby		4, 8
American White Pelican		wv, 5
Brown Pelican		3, TE
Double-crested Cormorant		as
Brandt’s Cormorant		4M
Long-legged Waders: Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Ibis, Stork
American Bittern		w, 5, FB
Least Bittern		r, BR, SC
Great Blue Heron		as, NN
Great Egret		as
Snowy Egret		as
Little Blue Heron		fv, 1, 3, 4
Cattle Egret		as
Green Heron		r, BR
Black-crowned Night-Heron		r, BR
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron		1, 8
White-faced Ibis		fv, 6
Wood Stork		5, 8, TE
Waterfowl: Ducks, Geese, Swan
Fulvous Whistling-Duck		6, 8, FB
Tundra (Whistling) Swan		6, 7
Greater White-fronted Goose		4, 5
Snow Goose		3, 8
Ross’ Goose		wv, 5
Brant (Black)		v, 5
Canada Goose		w
minima Canada "Gooselet"		4M
Wood Duck		w
Green-winged Teal		m, w
Mallard		m, w, BR
Northern Pintail		m, w
Garganey		3, 8
Blue-winged Teal		as, BI
Cinnamon Teal		r, BR
Northern Shoveller		m, w
Gadwall		as, BI
American Wigeon		m, w
Canvasback		m
Redhead		m, w, FB
Ring-necked Duck		m, w
Greater Scaup		wv
Lesser Scaup		m, w
Oldsquaw		3
Surf Scoter		3
White-winged Scoter		4M, 8
Common Goldeneye		fv, 3
Bufflehead		m, w
Hooded Merganser		fv, 3, 5
Common Merganser		4M, 8
Red-breasted Merganser		wv
Ruddy Duck		r, BR
Diurnal Raptors and Relatives: Vulture, Kite, Harrier, Eagles, Hawks, Falcons
Turkey Vulture		m
Osprey		m
White-tailed Kite		w, FB
Bald Eagle		4M, 8, TE
Northern Harrier		m
Sharp-shinned Hawk		m, w
Cooper’s Hawk		as, BR
Red-shouldered Hawk		r, BR
Broad-winged Hawk		1, 4M
Swainson’s Hawk		4M
Red-tailed Hawk		r, BR
Harlan’s (R-t) Hawk		3, 4
Ferruginous Hawk		4M, 8
Rough-legged Hawk		4M, 8
Golden Eagle		4M, 8
American Kestrel		r, BR
Merlin		m, w
Peregrine Falcon		m, w, TE
Prairie Falcon		4M, 8
Quail, Rails, Crane
California Quail		6, 8, FB
Black Rail		6, 7, FB, TE
Clapper Rail		6, 7, FB, TE
Virginia Rail		wv, FB
Sora		m, w, FB
Common Moorhen		as, BI
American Coot		r, w, BR
Sandhill Crane		4M, 8
Shorebirds or Sandpipers
Black-bellied Plover		m
American Golden-Plover		4, 8
Pacific Golden-Plover		fv, 5
Snowy Plover		6, 8, FB, TE
Semipalmated Plover		m, w
Killdeer		r, BR
Mountain Plover		2, 4, 8
Black-necked Stilt		as, FB
American Avocet		mv, FB
Greater Yellowlegs		m
Lesser Yellowlegs		m
Solitary Sandpiper		fm
Willet		v
Wandering Tattler		4, 8
Spotted Sandpiper		as
Whimbrel		m
Long-billed Curlew		m
Marbled Godwit		v
Ruddy Turnstone		4, 8
Black Turnstone		4, 8
Red Knot		fv, 5
Sanderling		fv
Semipalmated Sandpiper		fv, 4M
Western Sandpiper		m
Least Sandpiper		m
Baird’s Sandpiper		fm
Pectoral Sandpiper		fm
Dunlin		fv
Stilt Sandpiper		3, 4, 8
Ruff		1, 5, 8
Short-billed Dowitcher		fm
Long-billed Dowitcher		m, w
Common Snipe		w
Wilson’s Phalarope		mv
Red-necked Phalarope		fv, 5
Red Phalarope		fv, 5
Jaegers and Gulls
Pomarine Jaeger		4, 8
Parasitic Jaeger		4, 8
Little Gull		3
Franklin’s Gull		3, 5
Bonaparte’s Gull		m, w
Heermann’s Gull		wv
Mew (Short-billed) Gull		w
Ring-billed Gull		m, w
California Gull		as, SS
Herring Gull		w
Thayer’s Gull		w
Western Gull		as, SS,
Glaucous-winged Gull		w
Glaucous Gull		5
Black-legged Kittiwake		4, 8
Sabine’s Gull		2, 8
Terns and Skimmer
Caspian Tern		as, NN
Royal Tern		4M
Elegant Tern		4M
Common Tern		fv
Arctic Tern		4, 8
Forster’s Tern		as
Least Tern		s, FB, NN, TE
Black Tern		mv
Black Skimmer		3M
Pigeons and Doves
Band-tailed Pigeon		wv
White-winged Dove		fv, wv
Mourning Dove		r, BR
Common Ground-Dove		fv
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo		6, 8, FB, TE
Greater Roadrunner		6, 8, FB
Groove-billed Ani		5
Owls
Barn Owl		as, NN
Great Horned Owl		as, NN
Burrowing Owl		6, FB, SC
Long-eared Owl		6, FB
Short-eared Owl		6, 8
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk		4M
Common Nighthawk		4, 8
Common Poorwill		mv, 4M
Swifts
Black Swift		sv, 5
Chimney Swift		s, 3, 4
Vaux’s Swift		m
White-throated Swift		as, NN
Hummingbirds
Black-chinned Hummingbird		s, m, BR
Costa’s Hummingbird		as, BI
Anna’s Hummingbird		r, BR
Calliope Hummingbird		4M
Rufous Hummingbird		sm
Allen’s Hummingbird		r, BR
Kingfisher and Woodpeckers
Belted Kingfisher		as
Lewis’ Woodpecker		4M
Acorn Woodpecker		3
Red-naped Sapsucker		wv
Red-breasted Sapsucker		w
Nuttall’s Woodpecker		v
Downy Woodpecker		r, BR
Hairy Woodpecker		6, 8, FB
North. (Red-shafted) Flicker		m, w, FB
No. (Yellow-sh) Flicker		w, 5
Flycatchers: Empids, Kingbirds, Pewee, Phoebes
Olive-sided Flycatcher		m
Western Wood-Pewee		m
Willow Flycatcher		m, TE
Least Flycatcher		fv, 4M
Hammond’s Flycatcher		m
Dusky Flycatcher		fm
Gray Flycatcher		m
Western/Pac.-slope Flycatcher		m, BI
Black Phoebe		r, BR
Eastern Phoebe		1, 8
Say’s Phoebe		m, w
Vermillion Flycatcher		5
Ash-throated Flycatcher		m
Great-crested Flycatcher		4M
Brown-crested Flycatcher		1, 4, 8
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher		2, 8
Tropical Kingbird		fv, 3, 4, 5
Cassin’s Kingbird		as, FB
Western Kingbird		m, FB
Eastern Kingbird		4M
Lark and Swallows
Horned Lark		fv, 6, FB
Purple Martin		mv
Tree Swallow		m
Violet-green Swallow		m
N.Rough-winged Swallow		s, m, BR, NN
Bank Swallow		m
Cliff Swallow		s, m, NN
Barn Swallow		s, m, BR, NN
Corvids: Jays, Crow, and Raven
Steller’s Jay		4, 8
Western Scrub-Jay		r, BR
American Crow		r, BR
Common Raven		as, NN
Chicks, Tits, Nuts, and Creeps
Mountain Chickadee		4, 8
Verdin		4, 8
Bushtit		r, BR
Red-breasted Nuthatch		wv
White-breasted Nuthatch		4M, 8
Brown Creeper		4M
Wrens
Cactus Wren		6, 8, FB,
Rock Wren		4, 8
Canyon Wren		4, 8
Bewick’s Wren		wv
House Wren		as, BI
Winter Wren		v, 3, 4
Marsh Wren		r, BR
Thrushes and Allies
Golden-crowned Kinglet		wv
Ruby-crowned Kinglet		w
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher		m, w
California Gnatcatcher		6, TE
Western Bluebird		3
Mountain Bluebird		4M
Townsend’s Solitaire		4, 8
Swainson’s Thrush		m, s, BI, SS
Hermit Thrush		m, w, SS
Wood Thrush		1
American Robin		r, BR
Varied Thrush		wv, 5
Mimids (Thrashers), Pipits, Waxwing, Phainopepla, Shrike
Northern Mockingbird		r, BR
Sage Thrasher		3, 8
Red-throated Pipit		4, 5
American (Water) Pipit		m, w
Cedar Waxwing		m, w
Phainopepla		mv
Loggerhead Shrike		r, BR
Vireos
Bell’s Vireo		5, 6, FB, TE
Cassin’s Vireo		m, w
Plumbeous Vireo		m, w
Hutton’s Vireo		wv, 5
Warbling Vireo		m
Philadelphia Vireo		1, 3
Red-eyed Vireo		4M
Yellow-green Vireo		4
Wood Warblers
Tennessee Warbler		fv
Orange-crowned Warbler		as, SS
Sordida (O-c) [Sordid]		r, BR
Nashville Warbler		m
Virginia’s Warbler		fv
Lucy’s Warbler		1, 3, 4
Northern Parula		1, 3
Yellow Warbler		as, BI
Chestnut-sided Warbler		1, 3, 5
Magnolia Warbler		1, 3, 5
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler		w
Audubon’s (Yellow-rumped) Warbler		m, w
Black-throated Gray Warbler		m, w
Townsend’s Warbler		m, w
Hermit Warbler		m
Black-throated Green Warbler		1, 4, 5, 8
Blackburnian Warbler		1, 4, 5
Prairie Warbler		1, 8
Palm Warbler		fv, wv
Bay-breasted Warbler		1, 3, 5
Blackpoll Warbler		fv, 5
Black-and-White Warbler		v, 5
American Redstart		v, 5
Prothonotary Warbler		1, 4
Worm-eating Warbler		5
Ovenbird		1, 4
Northern Waterthrush		fv
Mourning Warbler		1, 3, 4
MacGillivray’s Warbler		m
Common Yellowthroat		r, BR
Hooded Warbler		4, 8
Wilson’s Warbler		m
Canada Warbler		1, 5
Yellow-breasted Chat		mv, FB
Tanagers, Grosbeaks, and Buntings
Summer Tanager		v, SS
Western Tanager		m
Rose-breasted Grosbeak		mv, 5
Black-headed Grosbeak		m
Blue Grosbeak		m, FB
Lazuli Bunting		m
Indigo Bunting		v
Painted Bunting		4M
Dicksissel		4M
Sparrows and Relatives: Towhees, Juncos, Longspurs
Green-tailed Towhee		wv
Spotted Towhee		wv
California (Brown) Towhee		r, BR
Rufous-crowned Sparrow		4, 8
Chipping Sparrow		m
Clay-colored Sparrow		fv, 5
Brewer’s Sparrow		fm, 5
Black-chinned Sparrow		4, 8
Vesper Sparrow		v
Lark Sparrow		fm
Black-throated Sparrow		4, 8
Sage Sparrow		3, 8
Bell’s (Sage) Sparrow		4, 8
Lark Bunting		3, 4, 8
Savannah Sparrow (nevad.)		m, w
Belding’s (Sav.) Sparrow		6, 8, FB, TE
Rostratus (Sav.) Sparrow		6, 8
Grasshopper Sparrow		6, 8, FB
Fox Sparrow		m, w, SS
Red Fox (zaboria) Sparrow		4
Song Sparrow		r, BR
Lincoln’s Sparrow		m, w
Swamp Sparrow		wv, 5
White-throated Sparrow		wv
Golden-crowned Sparrow		w
White-crowned Sparrow		m, w, SS
Harris’s Sparrow		5
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)		m, w
D-eJ - Slate-colored		w
D-eJ - Gray-headed		8
D-eJ - Pink-sided		4
Chestnut-collared Longspur		4
Icterids: Blackbirds, Cowbird, Orioles, Grackle, Meadowlark
Bobolink		fv, 5
Red-winged Blackbird		r, BR
Tricolored Blackbird		r, BR, SC
Western Meadowlark		m, w, FB
Yellow-headed Blackbird		s, f, FB
Rusty Blackbird		wv, 5
Brewer’s Blackbird		r, BR
Brown-headed Cowbird		as, BR
Orchard Oriole		4M
Hooded Oriole		s, m, BR
Bullock’s Oriole		s, m, BR
Baltimore Oriole		4M
Scott’s Oriole		4, 8
Carduline Finches
Purple Finch		w
Cassin’s Finch		4M
House Finch		r
Red Crossbill		3, 4
Pine Siskin		w
Lesser Goldfinch		r, BR
Lawrence’s Goldfinch		3, 4, 8
American Goldfinch		r, BR
Evening Grosbeak		4
Established Non-natives Long time residents, 30 yrs.+
Rock Dove (Pigeon)		BR
Spotted Dove		BR
Eurasian Starling		BR
House Sparrow		BR
Newcomers breeding since 1995 only
Great-tailed Grackle		BR
Orange Bishop		BR
Nutmeg Mannikin/Chestnut Munia		BR
Questionable origins - escapees?
Nene - Unbanded, returned 3 yrs.		3, 5
Black Duck - once wintered		3
White-tailed Hawk		3
Green Jay - once wintered		3
Mitred Conure - becoming regular		as
Hypothetical List
Trumpeter Swan		4
Northern Goshawk		4
Zone-tailed Hawk		3
Bar-tailed Godwit		4M
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper		4
Buff-breasted Sandpiper		4M
Broad-tailed Hummingbird		4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker		4
Cave Swallow		4
Mangrove Swallow		4
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher		4
Bendire's Thrasher		4
Cape May Warbler		4
Pine Warbler		4
Connecticut Warbler		4M
Scarlet Tanager		4
Smith’s Longspur		4
Lapland Longspur		4

Some list totals:

336 Native Species known from site, plus the seven
non-natives present breeding = 343 Species known
from this half square mile of bird habitat.

40 sps. BR, + 8 BI, + 7 NN, using park while
nesting = 55 species whose nesting depends on park,
currently 30+ sps. FB - formerly bred at site,
but no longer do = 85 species nesting at site
last century, 55 last decade.
Another dozen or more sps. also surely formerly
nested, but citations lacking.

12 sps. TE and 3 special concern species = 15 "sensitive",
rare or declining species known.

I welcome any information on records or reports not included,
or any other suggestions for changes, additions,
or corrections ... please e-mail me.

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