Date: 1/7/25 6:08 pm From: Brooke Miller via groups.io <brooke.bam...> Subject: [southbaybirds] REVISED December and Final 2024 Cumulative Bird Report - Santa Clara County
Happy New Year, yet again, Birders!
This is a *REVISED* report for December. I received a late report of a
sighting that wasn’t included in the original data, so have revised this
narrative as well as the data.
We had *1 new species for December*, and 1 new species reported for
November that wasn’t included in November’s report:
A *Yellow Rail* (6), was found during the San Jose CBC on 12/15/2024, by
Steve Rottenborn, along Alviso Slough Trail.
A Pacific Loon (5), was found on 11/24/2024, by Naomi Goodman, at Los Gatos
Creek County Park and Oka Ponds.
The addition of these birds brings us to 291 species at the end of the
year. The average birds for December is 3, and the average total is 287.
Thank you to everyone who birded, and took the time to report birds either
on SBB, eBird, or send emails directly to me.
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.
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From: Brooke Miller <brooke.bam...>
Date: Sun, Jan 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: December and Final 2024 Cumulative Bird Report - Santa Clara
County
To: South Bay Birds <southbaybirds...>
Happy New Year Birders!
For December we had no new species. However, one new species was reported
for November that wasn’t included in November’s report:
A Pacific Loon (5), found on 11/24/2024, by Naomi Goodman, at Los Gatos
Creek County Park and Oka Ponds.
The addition of this bird brings us to 290 species at both the end of
November and the end of the year. The average birds for December is 3, and
the average total is 287. Thank you to everyone who birded, and took the
time to report birds either on SBB, eBird, or send emails directly to me.
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.
