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ALPINE COUNTY BIRD LIST |
Reported
on: |
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257
species as of 10/21/02 |
West
Slope |
East
Slope |
|
Pacific
Loon |
|
e
|
|
Common
Loon |
w
|
e
|
|
Pied-billed
Grebe |
w
|
e
|
|
Horned
Grebe |
w
|
e
|
|
Eared
Grebe |
w
|
e
|
|
Western
Grebe |
|
e
|
|
Clark's
Grebe |
|
e
|
|
Amer.White
Pelican |
w
|
e
|
|
Double-crested
Cormorant |
|
e
|
|
Great
Blue Heron |
w |
e
|
|
Great
Egret |
|
e
|
|
Snowy
Egret |
.
|
e
|
|
Black-crowned
Night-Heron |
w
|
.
|
|
White-faced
Ibis |
|
e
|
|
Tundra
Swan |
|
e
|
|
Greater
White-fronted Goose |
|
e
|
|
Snow
Goose |
|
e
|
|
Canada
Goose |
w
|
e
|
|
Wood
Duck |
w
|
e
|
|
Green-winged
Teal |
|
e
|
|
Mallard
|
w
|
e
|
|
No.Pintail
|
|
e
|
|
Blue-winged
Teal |
|
e
|
|
Cinnamon
Teal |
|
e
|
|
No.
Shoveler |
w
|
e
|
|
Gadwall
|
|
e
|
|
Amer.
Wigeon |
|
e
|
|
Canvasback
|
|
e
|
|
Redhead
|
|
e
|
|
Ring-necked
Duck |
|
e
|
|
Greater
Scaup |
|
e
|
|
Lesser
Scaup |
|
e
|
|
Surf
Scoter |
|
e
|
|
White-winged
Scoter |
|
e
|
|
Common
Goldeneye |
|
e
|
|
Barrow's
Goldeneye |
|
e
|
|
Bufflehead
|
w
|
e
|
|
Hooded
Merganser |
|
e
|
|
Common
Merganser |
w
|
e
|
|
Ruddy
Duck |
|
e
|
|
Turkey
Vulture |
w
|
e
|
|
Osprey
|
w
|
e
|
|
Bald
Eagle |
w
|
e
|
|
No.
Harrier |
w
|
e
|
|
Sharp-shinned
Hawk |
|
e
|
|
Cooper's
Hawk |
w
|
e
|
|
No.
Goshawk |
w
|
e
|
|
Red-shouldered
Hawk |
|
e
|
|
Broad-winged
Hawk |
|
e
|
|
Swainson's
Hawk |
|
e
|
|
Red-tailed
Hawk |
w
|
e
|
|
Ferruginous
Hawk |
|
e
|
|
Rough-legged
Hawk |
|
e
|
|
Golden
Eagle |
w
|
e
|
|
Amer.
Kestrel |
w
|
e
|
|
Merlin
|
w
|
e
|
|
Peregrine
Falcon |
w
|
e
|
|
Prairie
Falcon |
w
|
e
|
|
Blue
Grouse |
w
|
|
|
Wild
Turkey |
.
|
e
|
|
White-tailed
Ptarmigan |
|
e
|
|
California
Quail |
|
e
|
|
Mt.
Quail |
w
|
e
|
|
Virginia
Rail |
|
e
|
|
Sora
|
|
e
|
|
Amer.
Coot |
w
|
e
|
|
Sandhill
Crane |
.
|
e
|
|
Black-bellied
Plover |
.
|
e
|
|
Semipalmated
Plover |
.
|
e
|
|
Killdeer
|
w
|
e
|
|
Black-necked
Stilt |
.
|
e
|
|
American
Avocet |
|
e
|
|
Greater
Yellowlegs |
|
e
|
|
Lesser
Yellowlegs |
.
|
e
|
|
Solitary
Sandpiper |
.
|
e
|
|
Willet
|
|
e
|
|
Wandering
Tattler |
|
e
|
|
Spotted
Sandpiper |
w
|
e
|
|
Long-billed
Curlew |
|
e
|
|
Red
Knot |
|
e
|
|
Semipalmated
Sandpiper |
.
|
e
|
|
Western
Sandpiper |
|
e
|
|
Least
Sandpiper |
|
e
|
|
Baird's
Sandpiper |
.
|
e
|
|
Dunlin
|
.
|
e
|
|
Long-billed
Dowitcher |
.
|
e
|
|
Common
Snipe |
w
|
e
|
|
Wilson's
Phalarope |
|
e
|
|
Red-necked
Phalarope |
.
|
e
|
|
Long-tailed
Jaegar |
|
e
|
|
Bonaparte's
Gull |
.
|
e
|
|
Ring-billed
Gull |
.
|
e
|
|
California
Gull |
w
|
e
|
|
Thayer's
Gull |
|
e
|
|
Caspian
Tern |
|
e
|
|
Common
Tern |
.
|
e
|
|
Forster's
Terns |
|
e
|
|
Black
Tern |
.
|
e
|
|
Rock
Dove |
w
|
e
|
|
Band-tailed
Pigeon |
w
|
e
|
|
Mourning
Dove |
w
|
e
|
|
Barn
Owl |
|
e
|
|
Flammulated
Owl |
|
e
|
|
Western
Screech-owl |
|
e
|
|
Great
Horned Owl |
w
|
e
|
|
No.
Pygmy-owl |
w
|
e
|
|
Spotted
Owl |
|
e
|
|
Long-eared
Owl |
|
e
|
|
Short-eared
Owl |
.
|
e
|
|
No.
Saw-whet Owl |
|
e
|
|
Common
Nighthawk |
w
|
e
|
|
Common
Poorwill |
|
e
|
|
Black
Swift |
|
e
|
|
Vaux's
Swift |
w
|
e
|
|
White-throated
Swift |
w
|
e
|
|
Black-chinned
Hummingbird |
|
e
|
|
Anna's
Hummingbird |
w
|
|
|
Calliope
Hummingbird |
w
|
e
|
|
Broad-tailed
Hummingbird |
w
|
e
|
|
Rufous
Hummingbird |
w
|
e
|
|
Allen's
Hummingbird |
w
|
|
|
Belted
Kingfisher |
w
|
e
|
|
Lewis'
Woodpecker |
w
|
e
|
|
Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker |
|
e
|
|
Red-naped
Sapsucker |
|
e
|
|
Red-breasted
Sapsucker |
w
|
e
|
|
Williamson's
Sapsucker |
w
|
e
|
|
Downy
Woodpecker |
w
|
e
|
|
Hairy
Woodpecker |
w
|
e
|
|
White-headed
Woodpecker |
w
|
e
|
|
Black-backed
Woodpecker |
w
|
e
|
|
No.
Flicker |
w
|
e
|
|
Pileated
Woodpecker |
w
|
|
|
Olive-sided
Flycatcher |
w
|
e
|
|
Western
Wood-pewee |
w
|
e
|
|
Willow
Flycatcher |
w
|
e
|
|
Hammond's
Flycatcher |
w
|
.
|
|
Dusky
Flycatcher |
w
|
e
|
|
Gray
Flycatcher |
w
|
e
|
|
Pacific-slope
Flycatcher |
w
|
e
|
|
Black
Phoebe |
w
|
e
|
|
Say's
Phoebe |
|
e
|
|
Ash-throated
Flycatcher |
w
|
e
|
|
Eastern
Kingbird |
w
|
|
|
Western
Kingbird |
|
e
|
|
Horned
Lark |
w
|
e
|
|
Purple
Martin |
.
|
e
|
|
Tree
Swallow |
w
|
e
|
|
Violet-green
swallow |
w
|
e
|
|
N.Rough-winged
Swallow |
w
|
e
|
|
Bank
Swallow |
|
e
|
|
Cliff
Swallow |
w
|
e
|
|
Barn
Swallow |
w
|
e
|
|
Steller's
Jay |
w
|
e
|
|
Western
Scrub-jay |
|
e
|
|
Pinyon
Jay |
|
e
|
|
Clark's
Nutcracker |
w
|
e
|
|
Black-billed
Magpie |
|
e
|
|
Amer.
Crow |
|
e
|
|
Common
Raven |
w
|
e
|
|
Mt.
Chickadee |
w
|
e
|
|
Juniper
Titmouse |
|
e
|
|
Bushtit
|
w
|
e
|
|
Red-breasted
Nuthatch |
w
|
e
|
|
White-breasted
Nuthatch |
w
|
e
|
|
Pygmy
Nuthatch |
|
e
|
|
Brown
Creeper |
w
|
e
|
|
Rock
Wren |
w
|
e
|
|
Canyon
Wren |
|
e
|
|
Bewick's
Wren |
|
e
|
|
House
Wren |
w
|
e
|
|
Winter
Wren |
|
e
|
|
Marsh
Wren |
w
|
e
|
|
Amer.
Dipper |
w
|
e
|
|
Golden-crowned
Kinglet |
w
|
e
|
|
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet |
w
|
e
|
|
Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher |
|
e
|
|
Western
Bluebird |
|
e
|
|
Mt.
Bluebird |
w
|
e
|
|
Townsend's
Solitaire |
w
|
e
|
|
Swainson's
Thrush |
|
e
|
|
Hermit
Thrush |
w
|
e
|
|
Amer.
Robin |
w
|
e
|
|
Varied
Thrush |
w
|
e
|
|
Northern
Mockingbird |
.
|
e
|
|
Gray
Catbird |
|
e
|
|
Sage
Thrasher |
|
e
|
|
American
Pipit |
w
|
e
|
|
Bohemian
Waxwing |
|
e
|
|
Cedar
Waxwing |
w
|
e
|
|
No.
Shrike |
|
e
|
|
Loggerhead
Shrike |
|
e
|
|
European
Starling |
w
|
e
|
|
Cassin's
Vireo |
w
|
e
|
|
Plumbeous
Vireo |
|
e
|
|
Warbling
Vireo |
w
|
e
|
|
Red-eyed
Vireo |
|
e
|
|
Orange-crowned
Warbler |
w
|
e
|
|
Tennessee
Warbler |
|
e
|
|
Nashville
Warbler |
w
|
e
|
|
Virginia's
Warbler |
|
e
|
|
Yellow
Warbler |
w
|
e
|
|
Chestnut-sided
Warbler |
|
e
|
|
Yellow-rumped
Warbler |
w
|
e
|
|
Black-throated
Gray Warbler |
|
e
|
|
Townsend's
Warbler |
w
|
e
|
|
Hermit
Warbler |
w
|
e
|
|
Palm
Warbler |
|
e
|
|
Bay-breasted
Warbler |
|
e
|
|
MacGillivray's
Warbler |
w
|
e
|
|
Common
Yellowthroat |
|
e
|
|
Wilson's
Warbler |
w
|
e
|
|
Yellow-breasted
Chat |
|
e
|
|
Summer
Tanager |
.
|
e
|
|
Western
Tanager |
w
|
e
|
|
Rose-breasted
Grosbeak |
.
|
e
|
|
Black-headed
Grosbeak |
w
|
e
|
|
Blue
Grosbeak |
w
|
|
|
Lazuli
Bunting |
w
|
e
|
|
Indigo
Bunting |
|
e
|
|
Green-tailed
Towhee |
w
|
e
|
|
Spotted
Towhee |
w
|
e
|
|
Amer.Tree
Sparrow |
|
e
|
|
Chipping
Sparrow |
w
|
e
|
|
Brewer's
Sparrow |
w
|
e
|
|
Vesper
Sparrow |
|
e
|
|
Lark
Sparrow |
|
e
|
|
Black-throated
Sparrow |
|
e
|
|
Sage
Sparrow |
|
e
|
|
Savannah
Sparrow |
|
e
|
|
Nelson's
Sharp-tailed Sparrow |
.
|
e
|
|
Fox
Sparrow |
w
|
e
|
|
Song
Sparrow |
w
|
e
|
|
Lincoln's
Sparrow |
w
|
e
|
|
White-throated
Sparrow |
.
|
e
|
|
Golden-crowned
Sparrow |
w
|
e
|
|
White-crowned
Sparrow |
w
|
e
|
|
Harris'
Sparrow |
|
e
|
|
Dark-eyed
Junco |
w
|
e
|
|
Dark-eyed Junco (slate) |
|
e
|
|
Red-winged
Blackbird |
w
|
e
|
|
Western
Meadowlark |
|
e
|
|
Yellow-headed
Blackbird |
|
e
|
|
Rusty
Blackbird |
|
e
|
|
Brewer's
Blackbird |
w
|
e
|
|
Brown-Headed
Cowbird |
w
|
e
|
|
Bullock's
Oriole |
|
e
|
|
Gray-crowned
Rosy-finch |
w
|
|
|
Pine
Grosbeak |
w
|
e
|
|
Cassin's
Finch |
w
|
e
|
|
House
Finch |
|
e
|
|
Purple
Finch |
.
|
e
|
|
Red
Crossbill |
w
|
e
|
|
Pine
Siskin |
w
|
e
|
|
Lesser
Goldfinch |
w
|
e
|
|
American
Goldfinch |
|
e
|
|
Evening
Grosbeak |
w
|
e
|
|
House
Sparrow |
|
e
|
This list was most recently
updated by Penelope K. Bowen with input from several sources.
All reports of birds (common as well as unusual) in Alpine County are very much
appreciated.
Please send corrections and
additions to current Alpine coordinator:
John Sterling
email: ani@cal.net