2010 CALBIRDING - Bird Photo Competition - 190 species photographed so far in California

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Greater White-fronted Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose 

Ross's Goose

Ross's Goose 

Brant

Brant

Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Tundra Swan

Tundra Swan 

Muscovy Duck

Wood Duck

Wood Duck 

Gadwall 

American Wigeon

Mallard

Mallard

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

  

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

 

Canvasback 

 

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Lesser Scaup 

King Eider 

Surf Scoter 

  

White-winged Scoter

 

Black Scoter 

Bufflehead 

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

  

Common Merganser 

  

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck 

 

Wild Turkey

California Quail 

Red-throated Loon

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

 

Pied-billed Grebe 

Horned Grebe 

Eared Grebe 

 

Western Grebe 

 

 

Clark's Grebe 

 

  

Black-vented Shearwater

 

American White Pelican 

 

Brown Pelican 

Brandt's Cormorant 

Double-crested Cormorant 

  

Pelagic Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret 

Snowy Egret 

Cattle Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron 

White-faced Ibis 

Wood Stork  

Turkey Vulture 

Osprey 

White-tailed Kite 

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk 

Cooper's Hawk 

Red-shouldered Hawk 

Red-tailed Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk 

Golden Eagle

American Kestrel

Merlin 

Peregrine Falcon 

Prairie Falcon 

  

Virginia Rail 

  

Sora 

Common Moorhen

American Coot 

Sandhill Crane 

Snowy Plover

Killdeer 

Black Oystercatcher

American Avocet

Black-necked Stilt

Spotted Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs

Willet 

Whimbrel

Long-billed Curlew

Marbled Godwit 

Black Turnstone

Sanderling 

Least Sandpiper

Dunlin

 

Long-billed Dowitcher 

 

Wilson's Snipe 

Heermann's Gull 

Mew Gull 

Ring-billed Gull 

Western Gull 

California Gull 

 

Herring Gull 

Glaucous-winged Gull

Caspian Tern

Forster's Tern

Royal Tern 

Common Murre

Pigeon Guillemot

Rock Pigeon 

Band-tailed Pigeon 

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Greater

Roadrunner

Barn Owl

 

Western Screech-Owl

 

Great Horned Owl

 

Burrowing Owl

Long-eared Owl

 

Short-eared Owl

White-throated Swift

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's

Hummingbird

 

Costa's Hummingbird

 

Rufous Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher 

Lewis's Woodpecker

Acorn Woodpecker

Williamson's Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied

Sapsucker

Red-naped Sapsucker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Nuttall's Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

 

White-headed Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

    

Western Wood-Pewee

Olive-sided Flycatcher

 

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Gray Flycatcher

Hammond's Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Black Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

 

Cassin's Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Loggerhead Shrike

Cassin's Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Steller's Jay

  

Western Scrub-Jay

 

Yellow-billed Magpie

American Crow 

Common Raven

Horned Lark

Tree Swallow

  

Violet-green Swallow
 

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

 

Cliff Swallow 

 

Mountain Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Oak Titmouse

  

Verdin

Bushtit

White-breasted Nuthatch

  

Pygmy Nuthatch

Cactus Wren

Rock Wren

Canyon Wren 

Bewick's Wren

House Wren

Marsh Wren

American Dipper

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

California Gnatcatcher

Western Bluebird

 

Mountain Bluebird

Hermit Thrush

American Robin 

Wrentit

Northern Mockingbird

California Thrasher

European Starling

American Pipit

Cedar Waxwing

 

Phainopepla

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

 

MacGillivray's Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Western Tanager

Summer Tanager

    

Spotted Towhee

California Towhee

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

  

Brewer's Sparrow

 

  

Vesper Sparrow

 

Lark Sparrow 

Black-throated Sparrow  

Sage Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

 White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow 

Dark-eyed Junco

Black-headed Grosbeak

Red-winged Blackbird

Tricolored Blackbird

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Brewer's Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

 Brown-headed Cowbird

Bullock's Oriole

  

Purple Finch

House Finch

Pine Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch

Lawrence's Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

 

House Sparrow

 

 

 
             

Semipalmated Plover

            
             

Checklist of Birds seen during 2010 in California

  Species Location first observed Date
1 Greater White-fronted Goose  Hart Park (Kern Co.)   13-Jan-10
2 Ross's Goose  California City Central Park  15-Feb-10
3 Brant  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
4 Canada Goose  Torrance  1-Jan-10
5 Tundra Swan  California City Central Park  15-Feb-10
6 Wood Duck  Hart Park (Kern Co.)  13-Jan-10
7 Gadwall  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
8 American Wigeon  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
9 Mallard  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
10 Cinnamon Teal  Kern NWR  21-Feb-10
11 Northern Shoveler  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
12 Northern Pintail  Kern NWR  21-Feb-10
13 Green-winged Teal  Lake Isabella--Kissack Cove  3-Jan-10
14 Canvasback  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
15 Redhead  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
16 Ring-necked Duck  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
17 Greater Scaup  Tomales Bay @ Marshall  24-Mar-10
18 Lesser Scaup  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
19 King Eider  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
20 Surf Scoter  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
21 White-winged Scoter  Torrance  1-Jan-10
22 Black Scoter  Torrance  1-Jan-10
23 Bufflehead  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
24 Common Goldeneye  Lake Isabella--Kissack Cove  3-Jan-10
25 Hooded Merganser  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
26 Common Merganser  Lake Isabella--French Gulch Marina  9-Jan-10
27 Red-breasted Merganser  Tomales Bay @ Marshall  24-Mar-10
28 Ruddy Duck  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
29 Wild Turkey  Fairfax  23-Mar-10
30 Mountain Quail  Frog Spring  25-Apr-10
31 California Quail  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
32 Red-throated Loon  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
33 Pacific Loon  West Cliff Dr.  26-Mar-10
34 Common Loon  Tomales Bay @ Marshall  24-Mar-10
35 Pied-billed Grebe  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
36 Horned Grebe  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
37 Eared Grebe  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
38 Western Grebe  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
39 Clark's Grebe  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
40 Black-vented Shearwater  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
41 American White Pelican  Lake Isabella--Kissack Cove  3-Jan-10
42 Brown Pelican  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
43 Brandt's Cormorant  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
44 Double-crested Cormorant  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
45 Pelagic Cormorant  Point Reyes - South Beach to the Lighthouse  24-Mar-10
46 Great Blue Heron  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
47 Great Egret  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
48 Snowy Egret  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
49 Cattle Egret  Arvin Landfill--sewer ponds  14-Mar-10
50 Green Heron  Hart Park (Kern Co.)  2-May-10
51 Black-crowned Night-Heron  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
52 White-faced Ibis  Kern NWR  21-Feb-10
53 Wood Stork  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
54 Turkey Vulture  Torrance  1-Jan-10
55 Osprey  Lake Isabella--Kissack Cove  3-Jan-10
56 White-tailed Kite  Arvin  4-Jan-10
57 Bald Eagle  Wofford Heights--Hwy 155  31-Jan-10
58 Northern Harrier  Arvin  4-Jan-10
59 Sharp-shinned Hawk  Kern River Preserve--Mill Field/Flour Mill Marsh  31-Jan-10
60 Cooper's Hawk  Torrance  1-Jan-10
61 Red-shouldered Hawk  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  2-Jan-10
62 Red-tailed Hawk  Torrance  1-Jan-10
63 Ferruginous Hawk  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
64 Golden Eagle  Arvin  4-Jan-10
65 American Kestrel  Torrance  1-Jan-10
66 Merlin  Lake Isabella--Kissack Cove  3-Jan-10
67 Peregrine Falcon  Lake Isabella--Tillie Creek Campground  9-Jan-10
68 Prairie Falcon  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  2-Jan-10
69 Virginia Rail  Canebrake Ecological Reserve  31-Jan-10
70 Sora  Kern NWR  21-Feb-10
71 Common Moorhen  Lake Ming  23-Jan-10
72 American Coot  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
73 Sandhill Crane  Pixley NWR  21-Feb-10
74 Snowy Plover  Moss Landing SB  26-Mar-10
75 Semipalmated Plover  Piute Ponds  5-May-10
76 Killdeer  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
77 Black Oystercatcher  Natural Bridges SB--entrance overlook  26-Mar-10
78 Black-necked Stilt  Kern NWR  21-Feb-10
79 American Avocet  Piute Ponds  5-May-10
80 Spotted Sandpiper  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
81 Greater Yellowlegs  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
82 Willet  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
83 Lesser Yellowlegs  Piute Ponds  5-May-10
84 Whimbrel  Stinson Beach  25-Mar-10
85 Long-billed Curlew  Pixley NWR  21-Feb-10
86 Marbled Godwit  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
87 Black Turnstone  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
88 Sanderling  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
89 Western Sandpiper  Piute Ponds  5-May-10
90 Least Sandpiper  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
91 Dunlin  Arvin  4-Jan-10
92 Long-billed Dowitcher  Arvin  4-Jan-10
93 Wilson's Snipe  Kern NWR  21-Feb-10
94 Wilson's Phalarope  Piute Ponds  5-May-10
95 Red-necked Phalarope  Piute Ponds  5-May-10
96 Heermann's Gull  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
97 Mew Gull  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
98 Ring-billed Gull  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
99 Western Gull  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
100 California Gull  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
101 Herring Gull  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
102 Glaucous-winged Gull  Golden Gate Park--Spreckels Lake  25-Mar-10
103 Caspian Tern  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
104 Forster's Tern  Elkhorn Slough NERR  26-Mar-10
105 Royal Tern  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
106 Common Murre  Point Reyes - South Beach to the Lighthouse  24-Mar-10
107 Pigeon Guillemot  West Cliff Dr.  26-Mar-10
108 Rock Pigeon  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
109 Band-tailed Pigeon  Lake Isabella--Tillie Creek Campground  31-Jan-10
110 Eurasian Collared-Dove  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
111 Mourning Dove  Torrance  1-Jan-10
112 Rose-ringed Parakeet  Hart Park (Kern Co.)  13-Jan-10
113 Greater Roadrunner  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
114 Barn Owl  Kern River Preserve--Migrant Corner Trail at Sierra Way  14-Apr-10
115 Western Screech-Owl  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  2-Jan-10
116 Great Horned Owl  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  2-Jan-10
117 Burrowing Owl  Pixley NWR  21-Feb-10
118 Long-eared Owl  Cerro Coso Community College  29-Jan-10
119 Short-eared Owl  Pixley NWR  21-Feb-10
120 White-throated Swift  Torrance  1-Jan-10
121 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Wind Wolves Preserve--The Crossing  14-Mar-10
122 Anna's Hummingbird  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
123 Costa's Hummingbird  California City Central Park  15-Feb-10
124 Rufous Hummingbird  Bear Valley trail - Point Reyes  24-Mar-10
125 Allen's Hummingbird  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
126 Belted Kingfisher  Hart Park (Kern Co.)  13-Jan-10
127 Lewis's Woodpecker  Lewis' Woodpecker  10-Jan-10
128 Acorn Woodpecker  Fay Ranch Ford  2-Jan-10
129 Williamson's Sapsucker  Scodie Park  9-Jan-10
130 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  Scodie Park  9-Jan-10
131 Red-naped Sapsucker  Lake Isabella--Tillie Creek Campground  9-Jan-10
132 Red-breasted Sapsucker  Scodie Park  9-Jan-10
133 Ladder-backed Woodpecker  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  2-Jan-10
134 Nuttall's Woodpecker  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
135 Downy Woodpecker  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
136 Hairy Woodpecker  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
137 White-headed Woodpecker  Greenhorn Mtns.--Rancheria Rd. (FS 25S15)  10-Jan-10
138 Northern Flicker  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
139 Olive-sided Flycatcher  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
140 Western Wood-Pewee  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
141 Willow Flycatcher  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
142 Hammond's Flycatcher  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
143 Gray Flycatcher  Kern River Preserve--Sprague Ranch House  15-Apr-10
144 Dusky Flycatcher  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
145 Pacific-slope Flycatcher  Elkhorn Slough NERR  26-Mar-10
146 Black Phoebe  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
147 Say's Phoebe  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
148 Ash-throated Flycatcher  Frog Spring  25-Apr-10
149 Cassin's Kingbird  Torrance  1-Jan-10
150 Western Kingbird  Kern River Preserve--Sprague Ranch House  19-Mar-10
151 Loggerhead Shrike  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
152 Plumbeous Vireo  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
153 Cassin's Vireo  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
154 Warbling Vireo  Bolinas Lagoon  25-Mar-10
155 Red-eyed Vireo  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
156 Steller's Jay  Lake Isabella--Tillie Creek Campground  3-Mar-10
157 Western Scrub-Jay  Torrance  1-Jan-10
158 Yellow-billed Magpie  Stanislaus  22-Mar-10
159 American Crow  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
160 Common Raven  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
161 Horned Lark  Lake Isabella--Kissack Cove  3-Jan-10
162 Tree Swallow  Canebrake Ecological Reserve  14-Feb-10
163 Violet-green Swallow  Lake Isabella--Tillie Creek Campground  3-Mar-10
164 Northern Rough-winged Swallow  Hart Park (Kern Co.)  4-Mar-10
165 Bank Swallow  Edwards AFB--south evaporation ponds  5-May-10
166 Cliff Swallow  Kern NWR  21-Feb-10
167 Barn Swallow  Marin  22-Mar-10
168 Mountain Chickadee  Greenhorn Mtns.--Rancheria Rd. (FS 25S15)  10-Jan-10
169 Chestnut-backed Chickadee  Bear Valley trail - Point Reyes  24-Mar-10
170 Oak Titmouse  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
171 Verdin  Cerro Coso Community College  29-Jan-10
172 Bushtit  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  2-Jan-10
173 White-breasted Nuthatch  Mountain Mesa  3-Jan-10
174 Pygmy Nuthatch  Golden Gate Park--Lloyd Lake  25-Mar-10
175 Cactus Wren  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  2-Jan-10
176 Rock Wren  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  2-Jan-10
177 Canyon Wren  Canebrake Ecological Reserve  31-Jan-10
178 Bewick's Wren  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
179 House Wren  Rancheria Road  28-Mar-10
180 Winter Wren  Bear Valley trail - Point Reyes  24-Mar-10
181 Marsh Wren  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
182 American Dipper  Lake Isabella--Main Dam Campground  16-Jan-10
183 Ruby-crowned Kinglet  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
184 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  Hart Park (Kern Co.)  13-Jan-10
185 California Gnatcatcher  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
186 Western Bluebird  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
187 Mountain Bluebird  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
188 Hermit Thrush  Torrance  1-Jan-10
189 American Robin  Arvin  4-Jan-10
190 Wrentit  Canebrake Ecological Reserve  31-Jan-10
191 Northern Mockingbird  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
192 California Thrasher  Canebrake Ecological Reserve  31-Jan-10
193 European Starling  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
194 American Pipit  Lake Isabella--Kissack Cove  3-Jan-10
195 Cedar Waxwing  Arvin  4-Jan-10
196 Phainopepla  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
197 Orange-crowned Warbler  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
198 Nashville Warbler  Frog Spring  25-Apr-10
199 Yellow Warbler  Kern River Preserve--Headquarters  14-Apr-10
200 Yellow-rumped Warbler  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
201 Townsend's Warbler  Golden Gate Park--North Lake  25-Mar-10
202 Hermit Warbler  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
203 MacGillivray's Warbler  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
204 Common Yellowthroat  Kern NWR  21-Feb-10
205 Wilson's Warbler  Marin  22-Mar-10
206 Summer Tanager  Kern River Preserve--Headquarters  1-May-10
207 Western Tanager  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
208 Green-tailed Towhee  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
209 Spotted Towhee  Fay Ranch Ford  2-Jan-10
210 California Towhee  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
211 Rufous-crowned Sparrow  Kern River--Lower-Mouth  23-Jan-10
212 Brewer's Sparrow  Arvin  4-Jan-10
213 Vesper Sparrow  Arvin  4-Jan-10
214 Lark Sparrow  Arvin  4-Jan-10
215 Black-throated Sparrow  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  2-Jan-10
216 Sage Sparrow  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
217 Savannah Sparrow  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  2-Jan-10
218 Fox Sparrow  Hart Park (Kern Co.)  13-Jan-10
219 Song Sparrow  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
220 Lincoln's Sparrow  Arvin  4-Jan-10
221 White-throated Sparrow  Tomales Bay - Nicks Cove to Point Reyes Station  25-Mar-10
222 White-crowned Sparrow  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
223 Golden-crowned Sparrow  Fay Ranch Ford  2-Jan-10
224 Dark-eyed Junco  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  2-Jan-10
225 Black-headed Grosbeak  Kern River Preserve--Headquarters  1-May-10
226 Blue Grosbeak  Kern River Preserve--Fay Ranch Rd.  1-May-10
227 Lazuli Bunting  Butterbredt Springs  5-May-10
228 Red-winged Blackbird  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
229 Tricolored Blackbird  Canebrake Ecological Reserve  31-Jan-10
230 Western Meadowlark  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
231 Yellow-headed Blackbird  Kern River Preserve--Mill Field/Flour Mill Marsh  24-Apr-10
232 Brewer's Blackbird  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10
233 Great-tailed Grackle  Hart Park (Kern Co.)  13-Jan-10
234 Brown-headed Cowbird  Arvin  4-Jan-10
235 Bullock's Oriole  Kern River Preserve--Sprague Ranch House  27-Mar-10
236 Purple Finch  Mountain Mesa  3-Jan-10
237 House Finch  Bonelli Park  1-Jan-10
238 Pine Siskin  Mountain Mesa  3-Jan-10
239 Lesser Goldfinch  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
240 Lawrence's Goldfinch  Tejon Ranch--Old Headquarters  14-Mar-10
241 American Goldfinch  Doyle Ranch Road to Fay Ranch Road along Hwy 178  2-Jan-10
242 House Sparrow  Cabrillo Beach  1-Jan-10

 

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