Seasonal Bird Counts at Middle Waterway (Simpson/Trustees) - Year 2 (2003)
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
Notes: Spring = March to May
Blank indicates no bird was observed. Summer = June to August
Fall = September to November