Date: 11/12/24 8:49 pm From: Brooke Miller via groups.io <brooke.bam...> Subject: [southbaybirds] October 2024 Cumulative Bird Report - Santa Clara County
Greetings South Bay Birders,
For October we had a total of 3 new species, bringing us to 284 species at
the end of October. The average for October is 5, and the average total is
281. Thank you to everyone who birded, and took the time to report birds
either on SBB, eBird, or send emails directly to me.
The 3 new birds seen in October are as follows:
1. Lapland Longspur (6), 10/6/2024, seen by Pete Dunten along Laguna Ave.
in Coyote Valley;
2. Clay-colored Sparrow (5), 10/14/2024, found by Adam Burnett at the
O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm;
3. Vesper Sparrow (5), 10/29/2024, seen by Caroline Bliss at the Palo Alto
Baylands.
As a reminder, here is what each rarity code means:
**Rarity Codes:
1 = common, always seen in habitat in season.
2 = fairly common, usually in habitat in season, but missed sometimes.
3 = uncommon, always around, but sometimes you can't find.
4 = rare, occurs yearly in the county, but not always in same places.
5 = very rare, does not occur every year.
6 = casual or vagrant, generally fewer than 10 records.
Do not disclose information that identifies the location of nesting birds of any species, to minimize stress on the nesting birds and the risk of vandalism or abuse.
