| Seasonal Bird Counts at Middle Waterway (Simpson/Trustees) -
Year 1 (2002) |
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| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Total Count |
Spring |
Summer |
Fall |
| Cormorants |
|
|
|
|
|
| double-crested
cormorant |
Phalacrocorax
auritus |
5 |
|
|
5 |
| Bitterns and Herons |
|
|
|
|
|
| great
blue heron |
Ardea herodias |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
| Waterfowl |
|
|
|
|
|
| American
wigeon |
Anas americana |
6 |
6 |
|
|
| Canada goose |
Branta canadensis |
9 |
4 |
|
5 |
| mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
6 |
|
6 |
|
| Plovers |
|
|
|
|
|
| American
golden plover |
Pluvialis
dominica |
1 |
|
|
1 |
| killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
11 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
| Sandpipers |
|
|
|
|
|
| semipalmated
sandpiper |
Calidris pusilla |
8 |
|
8 |
|
| spotted sandpiper |
Actitis macularia |
2 |
|
2 |
|
| western sandpiper |
Calidris mauri |
5 |
|
|
5 |
| Gulls and Terns |
|
|
|
|
|
| Caspian
tern |
Sterna caspia |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
| glaucous-winged gull |
Larus glaucescens |
73 |
14 |
30 |
29 |
| Heermann's gull |
Larus heermanni |
1 |
|
|
1 |
| Doves |
|
|
|
|
|
| rock
dove |
Columba livia |
6 |
|
4 |
2 |
| Kingfishers |
|
|
|
|
|
| kingfisher |
Ceryle sp. |
1 |
|
|
1 |
| Woodpeckers |
|
|
|
|
|
| red-shafted
flicker |
Colaptes auratus
cafer |
1 |
|
|
1 |
| Swallows |
|
|
|
|
|
| barn
swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
3 |
|
3 |
|
| cliff swallow |
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| swallow |
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
| violet-green swallow |
Tachycineta thalassina |
6 |
|
6 |
|
| Crows |
|
|
|
|
|
| American
crow |
Corvus
brachyrhynchos |
19 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
| Northwestern crow |
Corvus caurinus |
15 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
| Bushtits |
|
|
|
|
|
| bushtit |
Psaltriparus
minimus |
2 |
|
2 |
|
| Thrushes |
|
|
|
|
|
| American
robin |
Turdus
migratorius |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
| Starlings |
|
|
|
|
|
| European
starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
24 |
5 |
18 |
1 |
| Finches
and Sparrows |
|
|
|
|
|
| American
goldfinch |
Carduelis
tristis |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| house finch |
Carpodacus mexicanus |
23 |
5 |
10 |
8 |
| song sparrow |
Melospiza melodia |
11 |
|
4 |
7 |
| white-crowned sparrow |
Zonotrichia leucophrys |
7 |
2 |
5 |
|
| Blackbirds and Orioles |
|
|
|
|
|
| cowbird |
Molothrus sp. |
2 |
|
2 |
|
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Total Number of Species: |
30 |
13 |
20 |
16 |
| |
Total Number of Birds: |
260 |
52 |
121 |
87 |
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| Notes: |
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Spring = March to May |
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| Blank indicates no bird
was observed. |
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Summer = June to August |
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Fall = September to November |
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