| Seasonal Bird Counts at Middle Waterway (Simpson/Trustees) -
Year 2 (2003) |
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| Common
Name |
Scientific Name |
Total Count |
Spring |
Summer |
Fall |
| American crow |
Corvus brachyrhynchos |
19 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
| American goldfinch |
Carduelis tristis |
10 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
| American pipit |
Anthus rubescens |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| American wigeon |
Anas americana |
19 |
|
|
19 |
| barn swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
15 |
5 |
10 |
|
| belted kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
| black-capped chickadee |
Poecile atricapilla |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
| bushtit |
Psaltriparus minimus |
8 |
8 |
|
|
| Canada goose |
Branta canadensis |
39 |
23 |
16 |
|
| Caspian tern |
Sterna caspia |
4 |
|
4 |
|
| cliff swallow |
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| Cooper's hawk |
Accipter cooperii |
2 |
|
|
2 |
| crow |
Corvus sp. |
21 |
|
|
21 |
| double-crested cormorant |
Phalacrocorax auritus |
4 |
|
1 |
3 |
| European starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
18 |
8 |
4 |
6 |
| glaucous-winged gull |
Larus glaucescens |
123 |
58 |
43 |
22 |
| great blue heron |
Ardea herodias |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| gull |
Larus sp. |
14 |
|
14 |
|
| herring gull |
Larus argentatus |
3 |
|
|
3 |
| house finch |
Carpodacus mexicanus |
29 |
6 |
14 |
9 |
| killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
10 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
| least sandpiper |
Calidris minutilla |
7 |
|
3 |
4 |
| mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
| Northwestern crow |
Corvus caurinus |
7 |
4 |
3 |
|
| peregrine falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| rock dove |
Columba livia |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| sandpiper |
Calidris sp. |
12 |
|
12 |
|
| savannah sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| song sparrow |
Melospiza melodia |
1 |
|
|
1 |
| spotted towhee |
Pipilo maculatus |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| swallow |
Tachycineta sp. |
3 |
3 |
|
|
| tree swallow |
Tachycineta bicolor |
2 |
|
2 |
|
| violet-green swallow |
Tachycineta thalassina |
14 |
3 |
11 |
|
| western sandpiper |
Calidris mauri |
3 |
|
2 |
1 |
| western tanager |
Piranga ludoviciana |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| white-crowned sparrow |
Zonotrichia leucophrys |
10 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
| yellow warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
1 |
|
|
1 |
| |
Total Number of Species: |
37 |
21 |
26 |
20 |
| |
Total Number of Birds: |
432 |
159 |
162 |
111 |
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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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