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The Big Sit! 2006: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	California
Country:	United States

1. Common Loon Gavia imme
2. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
3. Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
4. Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
5. Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
6. Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
7. Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
8. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
9. Great Egret Ardea alba
10. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
11. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
12. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
13. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
14. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
15. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
16. American Wigeon Anas americana
17. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
18. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
19. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
20. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
21. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
22. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
23. White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
24. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
25. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
26. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
27. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
28. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
29. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
30. California Quail Callipepla californica
31. American Coot Fulica americana
32. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
33. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
34. Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
35. California Gull Larus californicus
36. Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
37. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
38. Western Screech-Owl Otus kennicottii
39. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
40. Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
41. Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
42. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
43. Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
44. Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
45. Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii
46. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
47. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
48. Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
49. Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
50. Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
51. Common Raven Corvus corax
52. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
53. Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
54. Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
55. Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
56. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
57. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
58. Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
59. American Robin Turdus migratorius
60. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
61. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
62. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
63. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
64. Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
65. Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
66. California Towhee Pipilo crissalis
67. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
68. Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
69. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
70. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
71. Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
72. Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
73. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
74. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
75. Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria
76. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
77. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
78. Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus
79. Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus
80. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
81. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
82. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
83. Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
84. Gadwall Anas strepera
85. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
86. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
87. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
88. Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
89. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
90. Merlin Falco columbarius
91. Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
92. Sora Porzana carolina
93. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
94. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
95. American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
96. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
97. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
98. Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
99. Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
100. Sanderling Calidris alba
101. Dunlin Calidris alpina
102. Red Knot Calidris canutus
103. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
104. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
105. Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
106. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
107. Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
108. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
109. Western Gull Larus occidentalis
110. Elegant Tern Sterna elegans
111. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
112. Royal Tern Sterna maxima
113. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
114. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
115. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
116. Barn Owl Tyto alba
117. Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
118. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
119. Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
120. Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
121. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
122. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
123. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
124. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
125. Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
126. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
127. California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
128. Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
129. Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
130. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
131. Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
132. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
133. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
134. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
135. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata