All, Thank you to everyone who has sent emails with reports. They have raised our total to 163 species as of 2 pm on Friday. This is one of the fastest starts we've ever had. Here's a list of everything we've FOUND so far:
* Snow Goose
* Canada Goose
* Blue-winged Teal
* Cinnamon Teal
* Gadwall
* Mallard
* Ring-necked Duck
* Lesser Scaup
* Surf Scoter
* Long-tailed Duck
* Bufflehead
* Red-breasted Merganser
* Ruddy Duck
* Mountain Quail
* California Quail
* Pied-billed Grebe
* Eared Grebe
* Western Grebe
* Clark's 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
* Rufous Hummingbird
* Allen's Hummingbird
* American Coot
* Black-necked Stilt
* American Avocet
* Black Oystercatcher
* Semipalmated Plover
* Killdeer
* Whimbrel
* Marbled Godwit
* Surfbird
* Sanderling
* Least Sandpiper
* Western Sandpiper
* Long-billed Dowitcher
* Spotted Sandpiper
* Wandering Tattler
* Greater Yellowlegs
* Willet
* Bonaparte's Gull
* Heermann's Gull
* Ring-billed Gull
* Yellow-footed Gull NEW
* Western Gull
* California Gull
* Herring Gull
* Caspian Tern
* Forster's Tern
* Royal Tern
* Elegant Tern
* Black Skimmer
* 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
* Cooper's Hawk
* Red-shouldered Hawk
* Red-tailed Hawk
* Barn Owl
* Great Horned Owl
* Belted Kingfisher
* Acorn Woodpecker
* Nuttall's Woodpecker
* Ladder-backed Woodpecker
* Northern Flicker
* Prairie Falcon
* Red-Crowned Parrot
* Nanday Parakeet
* Mitred Parakeet
* Olive-sided Flycatcher
* Hammond's Flycatcher
* Western Flycatcher
* Black Phoebe
* Ash-throated Flycatcher
* Cassin's Kingbird
* Western Kingbird
* Bell's Vireo
* Hutton's Vireo
* Warbling Vireo
* California Scrub-Jay
* American Crow
* Common Raven
* Oak Titmouse
* Verdin
* Northern Rough-winged Swallow
* Tree Swallow
* Violet-green Swallow
* Bank Swallow
* Barn Swallow
* Cliff Swallow
* Red-Whiskered Bulbul
* Bushtit
* Wrentit
* Red-breasted Nuthatch
* Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
* California Gnatcatcher
* House Wren
* Bewick's Wren
* Cactus Wren
* European Starling
* California Thrasher
* Northern Mockingbird
* Western Bluebird
* American Robin
* Cedar Waxwing
* House Sparrow
* Scaly-breasted Munia
* American Pipit
* House Finch
* Red Crossbill
* Lesser Goldfinch
* Lawrence's Goldfinch
* American Goldfinch
* Chipping Sparrow
* Black-throated Sparrow
* Dark-eyed Junco
* White-crowned Sparrow
* White-throated Sparrow
* Bell's Sparrow
* Song Sparrow
* California Towhee
* Spotted Towhee
* Yellow-breasted Chat
* Hooded Oriole
* Bullock's Oriole
* Scott's Oriole
* Red-winged Blackbird
* Tricolored Blackbird
* Brown-headed Cowbird
* Brewer's Blackbird
* Great-tailed Grackle
* Orange-crowned Warbler
* Nashville Warbler
* Common Yellowthroat
* Yellow Warbler
* Yellow-rumped Warbler
* Black-throated Gray Warbler
* Townsend's Warbler
* Hermit Warbler
* Wilson's Warbler
* Western Tanager
* Black-headed Grosbeak
* Lazuli Bunting
I know it's windy in the Antelope Valley today, but it would be great if someone could check the Piute Ponds. At least 22 species were reported there yesterday that we haven't found yet today. I'll send a list of missing species in a separate email shortly. Thank you! Regards, Lance Lance BennerAltadena _._,_._,_
