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Team Information: Twitch Whiffers
Team Checklist
- Common Loon Gavia imme
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Common Raven Corvus corax
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Team Notes
Participants: George Chaniot, Chuck Vaughn, Cheryl Watson, Geoff Heinecken, Karen Havlena, Barbara Dolan, Matthew Matthiessen, Janet Chaniot
Weather: Fine fall day, 38-73 F, occasional light wind
Location: Mesa Day-Use Area, Lake Mendocino, Mendocino Co., CA
Time At Location: 05:37-18:45
Notes:
This is our 10th year of participation. As usual we drew a beautiful fall day. When I arrived at the circle, Orion and Canis Major were reflected in the lake. At first the owling was slow, but eventually three species spoke up, including the Golden Bird of 2005, Northern Pygmy-Owl. By the time the sun was over the hill we had seen or heard 40 species - a little slow, but by the end of the day we had logged 89 species - beating our previous record by two. Some late-lingering species, Caspian Terns, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, and Cliff Swallow and an early group of Pine Siskins were new for the count and brought our 10-year cumulative list to 127 species.
Anecdotes:
One of the most memorable events of the day was a series of close passes by a pair of Golden Eagles. A close second was a hot breakfast and a string of delicious snacks through the day.
