Date: 4/26/24 12:06 pm From: Lance Benner via groups.io <lbenner...> Subject: [LACoBirds] America's Birdiest County: 126 species, noon on Friday
Hi Everyone, As of noon on Friday our total is 126 species. Here are the species we have FOUND so far:
* Canada Goose
* Gadwall
* Mallard
* Ring-necked Duck
* Lesser Scaup
* Surf Scoter
* Long-tailed Duck
* Red-breasted Merganser
* Ruddy Duck
* Mountain Quail
* California Quail
* Eared Grebe
* Western Grebe
* Rock Pigeon
* Band-tailed Pigeon
* Eurasian Collared-Dove
* Mourning Dove
* Common Poorwill
* Vaux's Swift
* White-throated Swift
* Black-chinned Hummingbird
* Anna's Hummingbird
* Costa's Hummingbird
* Allen's Hummingbird
* American Coot
* Black Oystercatcher
* Semipalmated Plover
* Killdeer
* Whimbrel
* Marbled Godwit
* Surfbird
* Sanderling
* Least Sandpiper
* Spotted Sandpiper
* Wandering Tattler
* Willet
* Bonaparte's Gull
* Heermann's Gull
* Ring-billed Gull
* Western Gull
* California Gull
* Herring Gull
* Caspian Tern
* Forster's Tern
* Royal Tern
* Elegant Tern
* Red-throated Loon
* Pacific Loon
* Common Loon
* Brandt's Cormorant
* Pelagic Cormorant
* Double-crested Cormorant
* Brown Pelican
* Great Blue Heron
* Great Egret
* Snowy Egret
* Green Heron
* Black-crowned Night-Heron
* Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
* Turkey Vulture
* Northern Harrier
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Red-tailed Hawk
* Barn Owl
* Acorn Woodpecker
* Nuttall's Woodpecker
* Ladder-backed Woodpecker
* Red-Crowned Parrot
* Hammond's Flycatcher
* Western Flycatcher
* Black Phoebe
* Ash-throated Flycatcher
* Cassin's Kingbird
* Western Kingbird
* Hutton's Vireo
* Warbling Vireo
* California Scrub-Jay
* American Crow
* Common Raven
* Oak Titmouse
* Verdin
* Northern Rough-winged Swallow
* Tree Swallow
* Violet-green Swallow
* Barn Swallow
* Cliff Swallow
* Red-Whiskered Bulbul
* Bushtit
* Wrentit
* Red-breasted Nuthatch
* Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
* Bewick's Wren
* Cactus Wren
* European Starling
* California Thrasher
* Northern Mockingbird
* Western Bluebird
* American Robin
* Cedar Waxwing
* House Sparrow
* House Finch
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Lawrence's Goldfinch
* American Goldfinch
* Chipping Sparrow
* Black-throated Sparrow
* Dark-eyed Junco
* White-crowned Sparrow
* Bell's Sparrow
* Song Sparrow
* California Towhee
* Spotted Towhee
* Hooded Oriole
* Scott's Oriole
* Red-winged Blackbird
* Brown-headed Cowbird
* Great-tailed Grackle
* Orange-crowned Warbler
* Common Yellowthroat
* Yellow Warbler
* Yellow-rumped Warbler
* Black-throated Gray Warbler
* Wilson's Warbler
* Western Tanager
* Black-headed Grosbeak
* Lazuli Bunting
Note that we got the yellow-footed gull at Bonelli. We don't have the Cassin's sparrow from the Antelope Valley yet, although it's not clear if the bird is still in the area.
