updated 1/23/04

CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF
CALAVERAS BIG TREES STATE PARK


SEASON
Spring = March through May
Summer = June through August
Fall = September through November
Winter = December through February

ABUNDANCE
Classification is based on how often an observer can expect to see or hear a species in suitable habitat during a given season.

C = Common to abundant (almost certain to be seen or heard)
F = Fairly common (present but may not be seen on every outing)
U = Uncommon (not likely to be seen on more that 50% of outings)
R = Rare (not likely to be seen more than a few times per season)
I =  Irregular (may be locally common one year, absent the next)
X =  Extremely rare, one or two records only, out side of normal range


NESTING STATUS
YES Indicates that the bird nests or has nested within the park.

Birds of Calaveras Big Trees State Park

 

 

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nests

American White Pelican

I

I

Great Blue Heron

U

U

U

U

Snow Goose

R

Mallard

U

U

U

U

Common Merganser

U

U

U

U

Turkey Vulture

F

F

F

Sharp-shinned Hawk

U

U

U

U

Cooper's Hawk

U

U

U

U

Northern Goshawk

F

F

F

F

YES

Swainson's Hawk

R

Red-tailed Hawk

F

F

F

F

Mountain Quail

F

F

F

F

YES

Killdeer

U

U

U

U

Spotted Sandpiper

F

F

R

California Gull

F

F

U

Band-tailed Pigeon

F

C

F

F

YES

Mourning Dove

F

F

F

F

YES

Great Horned Owl

U

U

U

U

YES

Northern Pygmy-owl

U

U

U

U

Spotted Owl

R

R

R

R

YES

Common Nighthawk

U

U

R

Common Poorwill

U

U

U

.

Anna's Hummingbird

F

F

U

R

YES

Calliope Hummingbird

U

U

Rufous Hummingbird

U

F

U

Belted Kingfisher

U

U

U

U

Acorn Woodpecker

U

U

U

U

Red-naped Sapsucker

R

R

Red-breasted Sapsucker

F

C

F

U

YES

Williamson's Sapsucker

U

U

U

U

Downy Woodpecker

U

U

U

U

Hairy Woodpecker

F

F

F

F

YES

White-headed Woodpecker

C

C

C

F

YES

Northern Flicker

C

C

C

C

YES

Pileated Woodpecker

U

U

U

U

YES

Olive-sided Flycatcher

C

C

R

YES

Western Wood-pewee

C

C

U

YES

Willow Flycatcher

R

R

Hammond's Flycatcher

F

F

R

YES

Dusky Flycatcher

F

F

R

YES

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

U

U

R

YES

Black Phoebe

U

U

U

U

.

Tree Swallow

F

F

U

Violet-green Swallow

C

C

U

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

R

R

R

Barn Swallow

C

C

U

Steller's Jay

C

C

C

C

YES

Scrub Jay

U

U

U

U

Common Raven

F

F

F

F

YES

Mountain Chickadee

C

C

C

C

YES

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

U

U

U

U

YES

Bushtit

F

C

F

F

YES

Red-breasted Nuthatch

C

C

C

C

YES

White-breasted Nuthatch

U

U

U

U

Pygmy Nuthatch

R

U

R

R

Brown Creeper

C

C

C

C

YES

Canyon Wren

F

F

U

U

Bewick's Wren

F

F

F

F

.

Winter Wren

F

C

F

F

YES

American Dipper

C

C

F

F

YES

Golden-crowned Kinglet

C

C

C

C

YES

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

F

U

F

F

YES

Western Bluebird

U

U

U

U

Townsend's Solitaire

U

F

U

U

Hermit Thrush

F

F

U

U

YES

American Robin

C

C

C

C

YES

Varied Thrush

I

I

Cassin's Vireo

F

C

U

YES

Hutton's Vireo

U

U

U

U

Warbling Vireo

C

C

R

YES

Orange-crowned Warbler

C

C

F

Nashville Warbler

C

C

F

YES

Yellow Warbler

C

C

U

YES

Yellow-rumped Warbler

C

C

C

U

Black-throated Gray Warbler

C

C

F

YES

Townsend's Warbler

R

R

Hermit Warbler

C

C

U

MacGillivray's Warbler

F

F

U

Wilson's Warbler

F

C

U

YES

Western Tanager

C

C

U

YES

Black-headed Grosbeak

C

C

U

YES

Lazuli Bunting

F

F

U

Green-tailed Towhee

U

U

U

Spotted Towhee

C

C

C

C

YES

Chipping Sparrow

C

C

C

Brewer's Sparrow

R

R

Vesper Sparrow

R

R

Sage Sparrow

.

.

X

.

.

Savannah Sparrow

R

R

Fox Sparrow

C

C

F

U

Golden-crowned Sparrow

R

R

R

R

White-crowned Sparrow

F

F

F

R

Dark-eyed Junco

C

C

C

C

YES

Western Meadowlark

R

R

R

R

Brewer's Blackbird

C

C

C

U

YES

Brown-headed Cowbird

F

F

R

Northern Oriole

R

R

Pine Grosbeak

I

I

I

Purple Finch

C

C

F

F

YES

Cassin's Finch

U

U

U

R

Red Crossbill

I

I

I

I

Pine Siskin

I

F

F

I

.

Lesser Goldfinch

U

U

U

U

.

Lawrence's Goldfinch

U

.

.

.

.

Evening Grosbeak

I

I

I

I



This checklist is based on reported observations of many individual people.
Additional observations are very much appreciated.
This list was most recently updated 10/4/02 by Penelope Bowen,
Formerly Calaveras County Coordinator for the
American Birding Association's "North American Birds".
This list contains 105 species.

Please send comments and corrections to current coordinator:
John Sterling  email: ani@cal.net



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