| Seasonal Bird Counts at Mowitch - Year 2 (2003) | |||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Total Count | Spring | Summer | Fall |
| Cormorants | |||||
| double-crested cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bitterns and Herons | |||||
| great blue heron | Ardea herodias | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Ducks, Geese, and Swans | |||||
| American wigeon | Anas americana | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Canada goose | Branta canadensis | 146 | 66 | 57 | 23 |
| mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | 64 | 21 | 15 | 28 |
| Northern shoveler | Anas clypeata | 3 | 3 | ||
| Grebes | |||||
| pied-bill grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ospreys | |||||
| osprey | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hawks and Falcons | |||||
| red-tailed hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | 1 | 1 | ||
| Plovers | |||||
| killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | 39 | 17 | 12 | 10 |
| Sandpipers | |||||
| semipalmated sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | 14 | 14 | ||
| spotted sandpiper | Actitis macularia | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| western sandpiper | Calidris mauri | 4 | 4 | ||
| sandpiper | Calidris sp. | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gulls and Terns | |||||
| glaucous-winged gull | Larus glaucescens | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| Doves | |||||
| mourning dove | Zenaida macroura | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
| Kingfishers | |||||
| belted kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Swallows | |||||
| barn swallow | Hirundo rustica | 20 | 10 | 10 | |
| cliff swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | 44 | 39 | 5 | |
| violet-green swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | 27 | 19 | 8 | |
| Crows | |||||
| American crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Northwestern crow | Corvus caurinus | 1 | 1 | ||
| crow | Corvus sp. | 3 | 3 | ||
| Thrushes | |||||
| American robin | Turdus migratorius | 11 | 4 | 7 | |
| Starlings | |||||
| European starling | Sturnus vulgaris | 100 | 14 | 69 | 17 |
| Blackbirds and Orioles | |||||
| Brewer's blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | 6 | 6 | ||
| Old World Sparrows | |||||
| house sparrow | Passer domesticus | 3 | 3 | ||
| Finches and Sparrows | |||||
| American goldfinch | Carduelis tristis | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| house finch | Carpodacus mexicanus | 83 | 14 | 44 | 25 |
| savannah sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | 13 | 10 | 3 | |
| song sparrow | Melospiza melodia | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| white-crowned sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | 7 | 7 | ||
| Total Number of Species: | 32 | 26 | 18 | 18 | |
| Total Number of Birds: | 705 | 289 | 265 | 151 | |
| Notes: | Spring = March to May | ||||
| Blank indicates no bird was observed. | Summer = June to August | ||||
| Fall = September to November | |||||