Springville Christmas Bird Count

Bakersfield    Red Rock    Buena Vista      Springville     Tehachapi     Bear Valley Springs    South Fork Valley    Kern River Valley

Springville, Tulare County: Compiler: Bob Barnes
Phone: (760) 378-3044, E-mail 

Photos are a hodgepodge by Alison Sheehey.  E-mail

Springville, Tulare County (honorary Kern County count): 137 species: 23 Participants: Highlights: 2 Eurasian Wigeon, 5 species of owls, 100+ American White Pelican, Snow Goose, Canvasback, Redhead, Hooded Merganser, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Northern Goshawk, Ferruginous Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Mountain Quail, Virginia Rail, Sora, Long-billed Curlew, Spotted Owl, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, Red-naped Sapsucker, White-headed Woodpecker, Winter Wren, 12-15 American Dipper, Townsend's Solitaire, HUTTON'S VIREO, Townsend's Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Chipping Sparrow, 15-20 Vesper Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, 100s Tricolored Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle

          Red-shouldered Hawk                                Cooper's Hawk                                    Acorn Woodpecker             

         Ruby-crowned Kinglet                                California Ground Squirrel                                    Canyon Wren             

           Rufous-crowned Sparrow                                California Towhee                                  California Ground Squirrel         

          Bushtit                                             Hornet's Nest                                    American Dipper           

Waterfalls on the north fork of the Tule River

Moss and lichen

Wildlife grows where natural water is allowed to flow