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The Big Sit! 2007: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	California
Country:	United States

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