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California in Spring

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with Paul Lehman as Leader

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3 Greater White-fronted Goose 1 1 Anser albifrons
4 Snow Goose 3 4 Chen caerulescens
5 Ross's Goose 3 2 Chen rossii
5 Brant 5 20 Branta bernicla
4 Cackling Goose 1 1 Branta hutchinsii
5 Canada Goose 2 40 Branta canadensis
2 Tundra Swan 1 1 Cygnus columbianus
2 Wood Duck 1 2 Aix sponsa
5 Gadwall 7 40 Anas strepera
5 American Wigeon 5 75 Anas americana
5 Mallard 9 100 Anas platyrhynchos
5 Blue-winged Teal 4 20 Anas discors
5 Cinnamon Teal 7 50 Anas cyanoptera
5 Northern Shoveler 6 800 Anas clypeata
5 Northern Pintail 4 20 Anas acuta
5 Green-winged Teal 2 2 Anas crecca
1 Canvasback Aythya valisineria
5 Redhead 4 20 Aythya americana
4 Ring-necked Duck 2 25 Aythya collaris
4 Greater Scaup 4 10 Aythya marila
5 Lesser Scaup 5 100 Aythya affinis
5 Surf Scoter 7 200 Melanitta perspicillata
2 White-winged Scoter 1 3 Melanitta fusca
1 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
3 Long-tailed Duck 2 2 Clangula hyemalis
5 Bufflehead 3 10 Bucephala albeola
2 Common Goldeneye 1 1 Bucephala clangula
1 Common Merganser Mergus merganser
5 Red-breasted Merganser 2 4 Mergus serrator
5 Ruddy Duck 8 1500 Oxyura jamaicensis
2 Chukar Alectoris chukar
4 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
4 Wild Turkey 1 3 Meleagris gallopavo
5 Mountain Quail 2 10 Oreortyx pictus
5 California Quail 5 10 Callipepla californica
5 Gambel's Quail 2 6 Callipepla gambelii
5 Red-throated Loon 4 6 Gavia stellata
5 Pacific Loon 5 500 Gavia pacifica
5 Common Loon 4 35 Gavia immer
5 Pied-billed Grebe 6 10 Podilymbus podiceps
5 Horned grebe 3 4 Podiceps auritus
5 Eared Grebe 7 800 Podiceps nigricollis
5 Western Grebe 9 1000 Aechmophorus occidentalis
5 Clark's Grebe 6 200 Aechmophorus clarkii
1 Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
5 Northern Fulmar 1 5 Fulmarus glacialis
4 Pink-footed Shearwater 3 12 Puffinus creatopus
5 Sooty Shearwater 3 300 Puffinus griseus
1 Manx Shearwater 1 1 Puffinus puffinus
3 Black-vented Shearwater 1 3 Puffinus opisthomelas
1 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma furcata
5 American White Pelican 4 25 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
5 Brown Pelican 9 500 Pelecanus occidentalis
5 Brandt's Cormorant 7 700 Phalacrocorax penicillatus
5 Double-crested Cormorant 9 700 Phalacrocorax auritus
5 Pelagic Cormorant 5 5 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
1 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
2 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
3 Least Bittern 1 1 Ixobrychus exilis
5 Great Blue Heron 9 75 Ardea herodias
5 Great Egret 8 75 Ardea alba
5 Snowy Egret 8 30 Egretta thula
5 Little Blue Heron 2 4 Egretta caerulea
1 Tricolored Heron 1 1 Egretta tricolor
1 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
5 Cattle Egret 5 2000 Bubulcus ibis
5 Green Heron 3 2 Butorides virescens
5 Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 30 Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 2 Nyctanassa violacea
5 White-faced Ibis 5 300 Plegadis chihi
5 Turkey Vulture 8 50 Cathartes aura
5 Osprey 6 3 Pandion haliaetus
5 White-tailed Kite 1 1 Elanus leucurus
3 Bald Eagle 1 1 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
5 Northern Harrier 2 1 Circus cyaneus
5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 Accipiter striatus
5 Cooper's Hawk 4 2 Accipiter cooperii
5 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 2 Buteo lineatus
1 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
5 Red-tailed Hawk 10 12 Buteo jamaicensis
5 Golden Eagle 2 1 Aquila chrysaetos
5 American Kestrel 5 2 Falco sparverius
4 Merlin 1 1 Falco columbarius
5 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 Falco peregrinus
1 Prairie Falcon 1 1 Falco mexicanus
1 Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
5 Clapper Rail 3 2 Rallus longirostris
3 Virginia Rail 1 2 Rallus limicola
5 Sora 1 3 Porzana carolina
5 Common Moorhen 1 2 Gallinula chloropus
5 American Coot 10 250 Fulica americana
5 Black-bellied Plover 5 350 Pluvialis squatarola
2 Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
5 Snowy Plover 1 20 Charadrius alexandrinus
5 Semipalmated Plover 5 200 Charadrius semipalmatus
5 Killdeer 9 10 Charadrius vociferus
5 Black Oystercatcher 3 2 Haematopus bachmani
5 Black-necked Stilt 6 200 Himantopus mexicanus
5 American Avocet 5 1000 Recurvirostra americana
5 Spotted Sandpiper 5 3 Actitis macularius
5 Wandering Tattler 3 5 Tringa incanus
5 Greater Yellowlegs 4 10 Tringa melanoleuca
5 Willet 8 300 Tringa semipalmatus
4 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 1 Tringa solitaria
5 Whimbrel 7 20 Numenius phaeopus
5 Long-billed Curlew 6 15 Numenius americanus
5 Marbled Godwit 7 700 Limosa fedoa
5 Ruddy Turnstone 1 8 Arenaria interpres
5 Black Turnstone 4 5 Arenaria melanocephala
5 Surfbird 1 2 Aphriza virgata
4 Red Knot 1 3 Calidris canutus
5 Sanderling 3 500 Calidris alba
5 Western Sandpiper 7 3000 Calidris mauri
5 Least Sandpiper 5 250 Calidris minutilla
5 Dunlin 5 150 Calidris alpina
5 Stilt Sandpiper 2 10 Calidris himantopus
5 Short-billed Dowitcher 3 300 Limnodromus griseus
5 Long-billed Dowitcher 3 1000 Limnodromus scolopaceus
4 Wilson's Snipe 1 1 Gallinago delicata
5 Wilson's Phalarope 3 50 Phalaropus tricolor
5 Red-necked Phalarope 3 800 Phalaropus lobatus
2 Red Phalarope 1 20 Phalaropus fulicarius
2 Laughing Gull 1 1 Larus atricilla
2 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
1 Little Gull Larus minutus
5 Bonaparte's Gull 3 40 Larus philadelphia
5 Heermann's Gull 4 4 Larus heermanni
2 Mew Gull 2 2 Larus canus
5 Ring-billed Gull 8 350 Larus delawarensis
5 California Gull 9 1500 Larus californicus
5 Herring Gull 2 3 Larus argentatus
1 Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
3 Yellow-footed Gull 2 1 Larus livens
5 Western Gull 7 700 Larus occidentalis
5 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 5 Larus glaucescens
1 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
5 Gull-billed Tern 4 35 Geochelidon nilotica
5 Caspian Tern 8 2000 Hydroprogne caspia
3 Black Tern 1 8 Chlidonias niger
2 Common Tern 1 1 Sterna hirundo
5 Forster's Tern 5 200 Sterna forsteri
5 Royal Tern 3 50 Thalasseus maxima
5 Elegant Tern 2 2500 Thalasseus elegans
5 Black Skimmer 3 25 Rynchops niger
4 Pomarine Jaeger 1 1 Stercorarius pomarinus
1 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
4 Common Murre 2 72 Uria aalge
5 Pigeon Guillemot 4 30 Cepphus columba
5 Xantus's Murrelet 1 28 Synthliboramphus hypoleucus scrippsi
1 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
5 Cassin's Auklet 1 3 Ptychoramphus aleuticus
5 Rhinoceros Auklet 1 50 Cerorhinca monocerata
5 Rock Pigeon 10 200 Columba livia
5 Band-tailed Pigeon 4 50 Patagioenas fasciata
5 Eurasian Collared-Dove 8 40 Streptopelia decaocto
4 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
5 White-winged Dove 2 12 Zenaida asiatica
5 Mourning Dove 10 30 Zenaida macroura
5 Inca Dove 2 8 Columbina inca
5 Common Ground-Dove 2 25 Columbina passerina
3 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti
1 Red-crowned Parrot 1 4 Amazona viridigenalis
5 Greater Roadrunner 1 2 Geococcyx californianus
3 Barn Owl 2 2 Tyto alba
5 Western Screech-Owl 1 1 Megascops kennicottii
5 Great Horned Owl 2 1 Bubo virginianus
3 Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
5 Burrowing Owl 2 6 Athene cunicularia
5 Lesser Nighthawk 1 8 Chordeiles acutipennis
2 Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
5 Vaux's Swift 1 1 Chaetura vauxi
5 White-throated Swift 3 8 Aeronautes saxatalis
5 Black-chinned Hummingbird 5 25 Archilochus alexandri
5 Anna's Hummingbird 10 12 Calypte anna
5 Costa's Hummingbird 4 3 Calypte costae
1 Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope
4 Rufous Hummingbird 3 2 Selasphorus rufus
5 Allen's Hummingbird 1 3 Selasphorus sasin
5 Belted Kingfisher 3 2 Megaceryle alcyon
3 Lewis's Woodpecker 2 5 Melanerpes lewis
5 Acorn Woodpecker 7 40 Melanerpes formicivorus
5 Gila Woodpecker 2 6 Melanerpes uropygialis
2 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 3 Sphyrapicus ruber
5 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 3 Picoides scalaris
5 Nuttall's Woodpecker 7 6 Picoides nuttallii
5 Downy Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides pubescens
5 Hairy Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides villosus
5 White-headed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides albolarvatus
5 Northern Flicker 7 5 Colaptes auratus
3 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 1 Contopus cooperi
2 Western Wood-Pewee 2 3 Contopus sordidulus
5 Hammond's Flycatcher 4 10 Empidonax hammondii
3 Gray Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax wrightii
2 Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
5 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 5 4 Empidonax difficilis
5 Black Phoebe 10 12 Sayornis nigricans
5 Say's Phoebe 3 1 Sayornis saya
2 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
5 Ash-throated Flycatcher 9 8 Myiarchus cinerascens
5 Cassin's Kingbird 2 2 Tyrannus vociferans
1 Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
5 Western Kingbird 5 40 Tyrannus verticalis
4 Loggerhead Shrike 1 1 Lanius ludovicianus
5 Bell's Vireo 1 4 Vireo bellii
3 Gray Vireo 1 3 Vireo vicinior
1 Plumbeous Vireo 1 2 Vireo plumbeus
5 Cassin's Vireo 1 2 Vireo cassinii
1 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
5 Hutton's Vireo 2 2 Vireo huttoni
5 Warbling Vireo 4 20 Vireo gilvus
5 Steller's Jay 3 20 Cyanocitta stelleri
5 Island Scrub-Jay 1 2 Aphelocoma insularis
5 Western Scrub-Jay 8 15 Aphelocoma californica
5 Pinyon Jay 1 6 Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
5 Yellow-billed Magpie 2 13 Pica nuttalli
5 American Crow 10 25 Corvus brachyrhynchos
5 Common Raven 7 75 Corvus corax
5 Horned Lark 4 3 Eremophila alpestris
3 Purple Martin 1 4 Progne subis
5 Tree Swallow 8 15 Tachycineta bicolor
5 Violet-green Swallow 3 10 Tachycineta thalassina
5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 20 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
5 Bank Swallow 2 6 Riparia riparia
5 Cliff Swallow 10 400 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
5 Barn Swallow 10 250 Hirundo rustica
5 Mountain Chickadee 2 12 Poecile gambeli
5 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1 2 Poecile rufescens
5 Oak Titmouse 4 4 Baeolophus inornatus
5 Verdin 2 6 Auriparus flaviceps
5 Bushtit 5 15 Psaltriparus minimus
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 1 Sitta canadensis
5 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 3 Sitta carolinensis
5 Pygmy Nuthatch 2 2 H Sitta pygmaea
2 Brown Creeper Certhia americana
5 Cactus Wren 1 3 Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
5 Rock Wren 3 2 Salpinctes obsoletus
5 Canyon Wren 1 1 Catherpes mexicanus
5 Bewick's Wren 7 5 Thryomanes bewickii
5 House Wren 9 12 Troglodytes aedon
5 Marsh Wren 3 4 Cistothorus palustris
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 5 Regulus calendula
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 1 Polioptila caerulea
5 California Gnatcatcher 1 2 Polioptila californica
5 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 1 3 Polioptila melanura
5 Western Bluebird 6 8 Sialia mexicana
1 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
2 Swainson's Thrush 2 1 H Catharus ustulatus
5 Hermit Thrush 2 1 Catharus guttatus
5 American Robin 6 8 Turdus migratorius
1 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
5 Wrentit 7 5 Chamaea fasciata
5 Northern Mockingbird 10 30 Mimus polyglottos
1 Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
5 California Thrasher 4 2 Toxostoma redivivum
2 Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
5 Le Conte's Thrasher 1 2 Toxostoma lecontei
5 European Starling 10 80 Sturnus vulgaris
3 American Pipit Anthus rubescens
5 Cedar Waxwing 4 20 Bombycilla cedrorum
5 Phainopepla 2 5 Phainopepla nitens
5 Orange-crowned Warbler 9 30 Vermivora celata
5 Nashville Warbler 4 125 Vermivora ruficapilla
1 Northern Parula Parula americana
5 Yellow Warbler 2 6 Dendroica petechia
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
5 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Aud.) 9 40 Dendroica coronata auduboni
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myr.) 1 2 Dendroica coronata coronata
5 Black-throated Gray Warbler 3 20 Dendroica nigrescens
1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 1 Dendroica virens
5 Townsend's Warbler 4 20 Dendroica townsendi
3 Hermit Warbler 3 3 Dendroica occidentalis
2 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
5 MacGillivray's Warbler 2 2 Oporornis tolmiei
5 Common Yellowthroat 10 10 Geothlypis trichas
1 Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
5 Wilson's Warbler 9 35 Wilsonia pusilla
1 Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus
4 Yellow-breasted Chat 3 2 Icteria virens
4 Western Tanager 5 12 Piranga ludoviciana
2 Green-tailed Towhee 1 1 Pipilo chlorurus
5 Spotted Towhee 10 10 Pipilo maculatus
5 California Towhee 7 10 Pipilo crissalis
5 Abert's Towhee 2 8 Pipilo aberti
5 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1 2 Aimophila ruficeps
5 Chipping Sparrow 2 2 Spizella passerina
5 Brewer's Sparrow 1 1 Spizella breweri
4 Black-chinned Sparrow 1 3 Spizella atrogularis
5 Lark Sparrow 5 4 Chondestes grammacus
5 Black-throated Sparrow 2 2 Amphispiza bilineata
5 Sage Sparrow 2 6 Amphispiza belli
5 Savannah Sparrow 3 1 Passerculus sandwichensis
5 "Belding's" Savannah Sparrow 2 8 Passerculus sandwichensis beldingii
5 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 2 Ammodramus savannarum
3 "Thick-billed" Fox Sparrow 1 1 Passerella iliaca stephensi
1 "Sooty" Fox Sparrow P. i. unalaschcensis group
1 "Slate-colored" Fox Sparrow 1 1 P. i. schistisagus
1 "Red" Fox Sparrow P. i. zaboria?
5 Song Sparrow 10 15 Melospiza melodia
5 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 8 Melospiza lincolnii
5 White-crowned Sparrow 5 25 Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli
1 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha
5 White-crowned Sparrow 3 15 Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli
5 Golden-crowned Sparrow 3 7 Zonotrichia atricapilla
5 Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 5 8 Junco hyemalis
5 Black-headed Grosbeak 9 20 Pheucticus melanocephalus
3 Blue Grosbeak 4 2 Passerina caerulea
5 Lazuli Bunting 5 8 Passerina amoena
5 Red-winged Blackbird 9 300 Agelaius phoeniceus
5 Tricolored Blackbird 1 200 Agelaius tricolor
5 Western Meadowlark 6 12 Sturnella neglecta
5 Yellow-headed Blackbird 5 40 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
5 Brewer's Blackbird 10 150 Euphagus cyanocephalus
5 Great-tailed Grackle 4 100 Quiscalus mexicanus
4 Bronzed Cowbird 1 1 Molothrus aeneus
5 Brown-headed Cowbird 9 50 Molothrus ater
5 Hooded Oriole 4 4 Icterus cucullatus
5 Bullock's Oriole 9 20 Icterus bullockii
4 Scott's Oriole 1 1 H Icterus parisorum
2 Cassin's Finch 1 1 Carpodacus cassinii
4 Purple Finch 3 3 Carpodacus purpureus
5 House Finch 10 50 Carpodacus mexicanus
1 Red Crossbill 1 1 Loxia curvirostra
4 Pine Siskin 3 20 Carduelis pinus
5 Lesser Goldfinch 10 20 Carduelis psaltria
5 Lawrence's Goldfinch 1 12 Carduelis lawrencei
5 American Goldfinch 6 5 Carduelis tristis
2 Nutmeg Mannakin Lonchura punctulata
5 House Sparrow 10 40 Passer domesticus

Mammals

5 Desert Cottontail X Sylvilagus auduboni
5 Brush Rabbit X Sylvilagus bachmani
4 Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus
3 White-tailed Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus luecurus
5 California Ground Squirrel X Spermophilus beecheyi
3 Round-tailed Ground Squirrel X Spermophilus tereticaudus
4 Merriam's Chipmunk X Tamias merriami
5 Western Gray Squirrel X Sciurus griseus
2 Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Botta's Pocket Gopher X Thomomys bottae
2 Common Muskrat X Ondatra zibetheca
5 Coyote X Canis latrans
1 Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata
5 Sea Otter X Enhydra lutris
5 California Sea Lion X Zalophus californianus
5 Harbor Seal X Phoca vitulina
1 Desert Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis nelsoni
4 Black-tailed (Mule) Deer Odocoileus hermionus
2 Humpback Whale X Megaptera novaeangliae
3 Gray Whale X Eschrichtius robustus
3 Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
5 Common Dolphin X Delphinus delphis/capensis
1 Pacific White-sided Dolphin X Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
1 Dall's Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli
1 Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena

Amphibians and Reptiles

2 Southern Alligator Lizard X Elgaria multicarinata
5 Western Fence Lizard X Sceloporus occidentalis

Butterflies

4 Western Tiger Swallowtail X Papilio rutulus
3 Sarah's Orangetip X Anthocharis sara
3 Cabbage White X Pieris rapae
3 Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
2 American Lady X Vanessa virginiensis
1 West Coast Lady Vanessa anabella
1 Spring Azure X Celastrina ladon
1 Sagebrush Checkerspot Chlosyne acastus
1 Lorquin's Admiral X Limenitis lorquini
2 Monarch X Danaus plexippus