Sonoma County Gray Jays

Point Reyes Bird Observatory Birdathon Summary

Last update:  November 5, 2007

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Species

1995 9/24/95

1996 9/21/96

1997 9/20/97

1998 9/19/98

1999 9/18/99

2000 9/16/00

2001 9/29/01

2002 9/28/02

2003 9/20/03

2004 9/24/04

2005 9/24/05

2006 9/23/06

2007 9/29/07

Number of Years Found

Red-throated Loon

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Pacific Loon

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Common Loon

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Pied-billed Grebe

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Horned Grebe

x

x

2

Red-necked Grebe

x

1

Eared Grebe

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Western Grebe

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Clark's Grebe

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Northern Fulmar

x

1

Pink-footed Shearwater

x

1

Buller's Shearwater

x

1

Sooty Shearwater

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

8

American White Pelican

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Brown Pelican

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Brandt's Cormorant

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Double-crested Cormorant

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Pelagic Cormorant

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

American Bittern

x

1

Great Blue Heron

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Great Egret

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Snowy Egret

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Tricolored Heron

x

1

Cattle Egret

x

1

Green Heron

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Black-crowned Night-Heron

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Turkey Vulture

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Greater White-fronted Goose

x

x

x

3

Ross's Goose

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7

Cackling Goose

x

1

Canada Goose

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Brant

x

x

x

3

Wood Duck

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Gadwall

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

American Wigeon

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Mallard

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Blue-winged Teal

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

9

Cinnamon Teal

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Northern Shoveler

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Northern Pintail

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Green-winged Teal

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Canvasback

x

1

Redhead

x

x

x

3

Ring-necked Duck

x

x

2

Greater Scaup

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

9

Lesser Scaup

x

x

x

x

4

Surf Scoter

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

White-winged Scoter

x

x

2

Bufflehead

x

x

2

Common Merganser

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Red-breasted Merganser

x

1

Ruddy Duck

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Osprey

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

White-tailed Kite

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Northern Harrier

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Sharp-shinned Hawk

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Cooper's Hawk

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

8

Red-shouldered Hawk

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Red-tailed Hawk

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Golden Eagle

x

x

x

x

x

5

American Kestrel

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Merlin

x

x

x

x

x

5

Peregrine Falcon

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7

Prairie Falcon

x

1

Sooty Grouse

x

x

x

x

x

5

Wild Turkey

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

8

Mountain Quail

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

California Quail

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Black Rail

x

x

x

3

Clapper Rail

x

x

x

3

Virginia Rail

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Sora

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Common Moorhen

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

American Coot

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Black-bellied Plover

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

American Golden-Plover

x

x

2

Pacific Golden-Plover

x

x

x

x

4

Snowy Plover

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Semipalmated Plover

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Killdeer

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Black Oystercatcher

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Black-necked Stilt

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

American Avocet

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Greater Yellowlegs

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Lesser Yellowlegs

x

x

x

x

x

5

Willet

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Wandering Tattler

x

x

x

x

x

5

Spotted Sandpiper

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

9

Whimbrel

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Long-billed Curlew

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Marbled Godwit

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Ruddy Turnstone

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Black Turnstone

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Surfbird

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Red Knot

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Sanderling

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Western Sandpiper

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Least Sandpiper

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Baird's Sandpiper

x

1

Pectoral Sandpiper

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

9

Dunlin

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Stilt Sandpiper

x

1

Ruff

x

1

Short-billed Dowitcher

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Long-billed Dowitcher

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Wilson's Snipe

x

x

x

x

x

5

Wilson's Phalarope

x

x

x

3

Red-necked Phalarope

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

8

Red Phalarope

x

x

2

Parasitic Jaeger

x

1

Franklin's Gull

x

x

2

Bonaparte's Gull

x

x

x

x

x

5

Heermann's Gull

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Mew Gull

x

x

x

x

4

Ring-billed Gull

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

California Gull

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Herring Gull

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7

Thayer's Gull

x

1

Western Gull

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Glaucous-winged Gull

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Sabine's Gull

x

1

Caspian Tern

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

9

Elegant Tern

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Common Tern

x

x

x

x

x

x

6

Forster's Tern

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Common Murre

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Pigeon Guillemot

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Marbled Murrelet

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Rhinoceros Auklet

x

x

x

3

Rock Pigeon

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Band-tailed Pigeon

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Eurasian Collared-Dove

x

1

Mourning Dove

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Barn Owl

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Western Screech-Owl

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Great Horned Owl

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Northern Pygmy-Owl

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Spotted Owl

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Long-eared Owl

x

1

Northern Saw-whet Owl

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Common Poorwill

x

x

2

Vaux's Swift

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

8

Anna's Hummingbird

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Allen's Hummingbird

x

1

Belted Kingfisher

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Acorn Woodpecker

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Red-breasted Sapsucker

x

x

x

x

4

Nuttall's Woodpecker

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Downy Woodpecker

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Hairy Woodpecker

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Northern Flicker

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Pileated Woodpecker

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Olive-sided Flycatcher

x

1

Western Wood-Pewee

x

x

x

x

4

Willow Flycatcher

x

x

x

x

4

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

8

Black Phoebe

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Say's Phoebe

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Tropical Kingbird

x

1

Loggerhead Shrike

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Cassin's Vireo

x

x

x

3

Hutton's Vireo

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Warbling Vireo

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Steller's Jay

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Western Scrub-Jay

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

American Crow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Common Raven

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Horned Lark

x

x

x

x

4

Tree Swallow

x

x

x

x

x

5

Violet-green Swallow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

x

1

Cliff Swallow

x

1

Barn Swallow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Oak Titmouse

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Bushtit

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Red-breasted Nuthatch

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7

White-breasted Nuthatch

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Pygmy Nuthatch

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Brown Creeper

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Bewick's Wren

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

House Wren

x

x

x

x

x

x

6

Winter Wren

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Marsh Wren

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

American Dipper

x

x

x

x

4

Golden-crowned Kinglet

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

8

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Western Bluebird

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Townsend's Solitaire

x

x

2

Swainson's Thrush

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

8

Hermit Thrush

x

x

x

x

x

x

6

American Robin

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Varied Thrush

x

x

x

x

x

5

Wrentit

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Northern Mockingbird

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

California Thrasher

x

1

European Starling

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

American Pipit

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Cedar Waxwing

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

8

Orange-crowned Warbler

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Yellow Warbler

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Yellow-rumped Warbler

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Black-throated Gray Warbler

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

9

Townsend's Warbler

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Hermit Warbler

x

x

2

American Redstart

x

1

MacGillivray's Warbler

x

x

2

Common Yellowthroat

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Wilson's Warbler

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Western Tanager

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Spotted Towhee

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

California Towhee

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7

Chipping Sparrow

x

x

x

x

x

x

6

Vesper Sparrow

x

1

Lark Sparrow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Savannah Sparrow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Fox Sparrow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

9

Song Sparrow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Lincoln's Sparrow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

White-crowned Sparrow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Golden-crowned Sparrow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Dark-eyed Junco

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Black-headed Grosbeak

x

x

x

x

4

Red-winged Blackbird

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Tricolored Blackbird

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Western Meadowlark

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Yellow-headed Blackbird

x

1

Brewer's Blackbird

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Brown-headed Cowbird

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

11

Purple Finch

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

House Finch

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Pine Siskin

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Lesser Goldfinch

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

American Goldfinch

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

House Sparrow

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

White-bellied Shearwater sp.

x

1

Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk

x

1

American/Pacific Golden-Plover

x

x

2

Baird's/Pectoral Sandpiper

x

1

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird

x

x

x

x

x

x

6

Olive-sided Flycatcher/Western Wood-Pewee

x

1

Empidonax sp.

x

1

Chipping/Clay-colored/Brewer's Sparrow

x

x

2

New species

159

26

12

9

10

5

6

2

0

0

2

2

3

Species observed for the second time

-

133

32

12

8

6

4

2

3

1

1

3

3

Species observed for the third time

-

-

123

31

12

6

8

4

2

3

3

2

3

Species missed for the first time

-

26

10

3

3

10

4

2

2

5

0

2

2

Species missed for the second time

-

-

20

11

5

8

6

5

2

6

4

3

2

Species observed all years

-

133

123

120

117

107

103

101

99

94

94

92

90

Average

Totals

159

159

170

172

177

164

173

166

161

156

170

166

169

166.3

Total species all years

236

The Team

Dick Ashford

x

1

Ted Eliot

x

1

Doug Ellis

x

x

x

3

David Hofmann

x

1

Rick Lebaudour

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Richard Merriss

x

x

x

x

4

Dan Nelson

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7

Mike Parmeter

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Alan Wight

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Mammals

Black-tailed Jackrabbit

x

x

x

3

Muskrat

x

x

x

3

Western Gray Squirrel

x

x

2

California Ground Squirrel

x

1

Dusky-footed Woodrat

x

x

x

3

Small Rodent sp.

x

1

Bat sp.

x

1

Gray Fox

x

1

Northern Raccoon

x

1

Striped Skunk

x

1

California Sea Lion

x

x

2

Harbor Seal

x

x

x

3

Mule Deer

x

x

x

3

Harbor Porpoise

x

1

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Alan Wight
Sonoma County, California
Email:  shwand@sonic.net