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eBird — Cosumnes River Preserve — Dec 31, 2015

31 Thursday Dec 2015

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Least sandpiper
Least sandpiper
Least sandpiper
Least sandpiper
Least sandpiper
Least sandpiper
Least sandpiper
Least sandpiper
Northern Pintail
Northern Pintail
Northern Harrier
Northern Harrier

Cosumnes River Preserve
Dec 31, 2015
1:35 PM
Traveling
2.00 miles
163 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.4 Build 34

X Greater White-fronted Goose
X Snow Goose
X Canada Goose
5 Tundra Swan
2 Mallard
X Northern Shoveler
X Northern Pintail
X Green-winged Teal
X Bufflehead
1 Great Egret
1 White-faced Ibis
6 Turkey Vulture
2 Northern Harrier
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Sora
X American Coot
X Sandhill Crane
2 Black-necked Stilt
1 Spotted Sandpiper
X Least Sandpiper
2 Wilson’s Snipe
X Herring Gull
4 White-throated Swift
1 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
3 American Kestrel
2 Black Phoebe
2 Western Scrub-Jay
1 American Crow
X Tree Swallow
1 Oak Titmouse
1 Marsh Wren
2 Bewick’s Wren
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
7 Western Bluebird
1 American Pipit
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s)
X White-crowned Sparrow
X Golden-crowned Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
2 Spotted Towhee
X Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)
X Western Meadowlark
X House Finch

Number of Taxa: 45

eBird — Woodbridge Ecological Reserve (Isenberg Crane Reserve) — Dec 31, 2015

31 Thursday Dec 2015

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American pipit
American pipit
Wilson's snipe
Wilson’s snipe

Woodbridge Ecological Reserve (Isenberg Crane Reserve)
Dec 31, 2015
12:15 PM
Traveling
4.00 miles
65 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.4 Build 34

X Greater White-fronted Goose
X Snow Goose
X Tundra Swan
1 Ruddy Duck
1 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
X Snowy Egret
3 Turkey Vulture
2 Northern Harrier
7 Red-tailed Hawk
80 Sandhill Crane
1 Black-bellied Plover
X Killdeer
1 Greater Yellowlegs
X Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
X Wilson’s Snipe
X Mew Gull
X Ring-billed Gull
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
2 American Kestrel
X American Crow
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 Northern Mockingbird
X European Starling
X American Pipit
X White-crowned Sparrow
X Golden-crowned Sparrow
X Brewer’s Blackbird
X House Finch

Number of Taxa: 30

eBird — American Canyon Wetlands–Eucalyptus Rd. — Dec 30, 2015

30 Wednesday Dec 2015

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Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Virginia rail
Virginia rail
Virginia rail
Virginia rail
Sora
Sora
Sora
Sora
Black-tailed jackrabbit
Black-tailed jackrabbit?

American Canyon Wetlands–Eucalyptus Rd.
Dec 30, 2015
12:00
Traveling
6.00 miles
245 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.3 Build 30

X Gadwall
X American Wigeon
14 Cinnamon Teal
X Northern Shoveler
X Green-winged Teal
X Canvasback
X Greater Scaup
X Lesser Scaup
X Bufflehead
X Common Goldeneye
X Ruddy Duck
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Horned Grebe
1 Clark’s Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Snowy Egret
2 Turkey Vulture
2 White-tailed Kite
3 Northern Harrier
1 Bald Eagle
2 Red-shouldered Hawk
4 Red-tailed Hawk
4 Virginia Rail
2 Sora
X American Coot
2 Black-necked Stilt
X American Avocet
X Killdeer
X Willet
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
X Marbled Godwit
X Least Sandpiper
X Western Sandpiper
X Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
X California Gull
1 Eurasian Collared-Dove
2 Mourning Dove
6 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
5 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
1 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
5 Black Phoebe
X American Crow
X Common Raven
7 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
1 Marsh Wren
6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3 Western Bluebird
1 Hermit Thrush
X European Starling
7 Common Yellowthroat
5 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s)
1 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
X White-crowned Sparrow
X Golden-crowned Sparrow
X Savannah Sparrow
X Song Sparrow
1 Lincoln’s Sparrow
1 California Towhee
X Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)
X Western Meadowlark
X Brewer’s Blackbird
X House Finch
1 Lesser Goldfinch
1 American Goldfinch
X House Sparrow

Number of Taxa: 70

eBird — American Canyon Wetlands–Eucalyptus Rd. — Dec 27, 2015

28 Monday Dec 2015

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Peregrine falcon
Peregrine falcon
Peregrine falcon
Peregrine falcon
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Common yellowthroat
Common yellowthroat
Common yellowthroat
Common yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Appears to be both Anatum and Peale’s Peregrine Falcon:

from: http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/info/identification.html

Tundra (Arctic) subspecies (Falco peregrinus tundrius)
The Tundra Peregrine is the palest of the North American subspecies, and also is slightly smaller than the others. Adults have an almost unmarked white breast, and relatively light barring across their mostly white belly. Their back is slate-coloured with bluish-gray tinges, and may take on a silvery appearance, especially lower on the back. The moustache on Tundra Peregrines is very narrow, and the white auricular patch (the area behind the moustache) is large. Juveniles often have a pale buff or whitish crown and forehead, and have a pale superciliary line (over and behind the eye). Their breast is finely streaked, with a cream-coloured background. The brown back feathers have wide buffy edges to them.

Anatum (Continental) subspecies (Falco peregrinus anatum)
The Anatum Peregrine is intermediate in terms of colour and size. It often has a salmon or peach-tinged breast, with stronger barring across the breast than the Tundra subspecies. The back is slightly darker than in the Tundra Peregrine, but still has bluish-gray tinges, especially on the upperwing coverts and uppertail coverts. The moustache on the Anatum Peregrine is very wide, and the auricular patch is often very small. Juveniles have a solid brown crown and forehead, and have a fairly wide moustache, although their auricular patch is often larger than that of adults. They have heavy brown streaks on their cream coloured breast and belly, and have small buffy edges to the feathers on their back.

Peale’s subspecies (Falco peregrinus pealei)
The Peale’s Peregrine is the largest and darkest of the North American subspecies. Adults have dark dense barring across the belly, and even to some degree over the breast. The moustache is narrower than that of the Anatum, but wider than that of the Tundra, and unlike the other subspecies, the Peale’s has dark streaking in the auricular patch. Juveniles have very broad dark streaking on their breast and belly, making their underparts appear almost solid dark. Their back is a dark brown-gray, and the feathers usually have no buffy edges.

American Canyon Wetlands–Eucalyptus Rd.
Dec 27, 2015
1:40 PM
Traveling
2.45 miles
129 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.4 Build 34

7 Canada Goose
X Gadwall
X American Wigeon
X Mallard
6 Cinnamon Teal
X Northern Shoveler
X Green-winged Teal
X Canvasback
X Bufflehead
X Common Goldeneye
1 Ruddy Duck
2 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
5 Turkey Vulture
1 White-tailed Kite
2 Golden Eagle
3 Northern Harrier
2 Red-tailed Hawk
X American Coot
X American Avocet
X Willet
X Marbled Godwit
X California Gull
10 Anna’s Hummingbird
3 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
1 American Kestrel
2 Peregrine Falcon
2 Black Phoebe
1 Say’s Phoebe
3 American Crow
1 Common Raven
4 Barn Swallow — Flying overhead, long wings, long forked tail 2 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
X Bushtit
2 House Wren
1 Marsh Wren
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
X Western Bluebird
14 American Robin
2 European Starling
5 Common Yellowthroat
X Yellow-rumped Warbler
6 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s)
2 Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
X Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
X White-crowned Sparrow
4 Song Sparrow
2 Lincoln’s Sparrow
X Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)
X House Finch
X Pine Siskin
X Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 55

eBird — EBMUD Kings canyon Loop Trail, Contra Costa County — Dec 26, 2015

26 Saturday Dec 2015

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Say's Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Coyote
Coyote

EBMUD Kings canyon Loop Trail, Contra Costa County
Dec 26, 2015
2:50 PM
Traveling
3.60 miles
135 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.4 Build 34

2 Wood Duck
15 Gadwall
7 Mallard
4 Ring-necked Duck
5 Bufflehead
20 Common Merganser
40 Ruddy Duck
1 Horned Grebe
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
4 Turkey Vulture
5 Red-tailed Hawk
40 American Coot
3 Killdeer
2 Spotted Sandpiper
125 Band-tailed Pigeon
1 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
3 American Kestrel
1 falcon sp.
3 Black Phoebe
1 Say’s Phoebe
1 Steller’s Jay
16 American Crow
2 Oak Titmouse
15 Bushtit
1 Bewick’s Wren
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet
6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 Wrentit
1 Hermit Thrush
265 American Robin
45 European Starling
70 Cedar Waxwing
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s)
2 Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
20 White-crowned Sparrow
40 Golden-crowned Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
2 Spotted Towhee
8 Pine Siskin

Number of Taxa: 44

eBird — Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve — Dec 25, 2015

25 Friday Dec 2015

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California Thrasher
California Thrasher
California Thrasher
California Thrasher
California Thrasher
California Thrasher
Pygmy Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Hairy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Acorn Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
California Towhee
California Towhee
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Anna's Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Millipede
Millipede

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Dec 25, 2015
9:20 AM
Traveling
3.85 miles
164 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.4 Build 34

5 California Quail
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
4 Red-tailed Hawk
150 Band-tailed Pigeon
15 Anna’s Hummingbird
4 Acorn Woodpecker
1 Red-breasted Sapsucker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
6 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
1 Hutton’s Vireo
8 Steller’s Jay
2 Western Scrub-Jay
3 American Crow
2 Common Raven
9 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
3 Oak Titmouse
11 Bushtit
3 Red-breasted Nuthatch
4 Pygmy Nuthatch
5 Brown Creeper
2 Bewick’s Wren
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4 Wrentit
4 Hermit Thrush
40 American Robin
3 California Thrasher
8 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s)
1 Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
12 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
13 Golden-crowned Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
12 California Towhee
6 Spotted Towhee
2 House Finch

Number of Taxa: 36

eBird — Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve — Dec 24, 2015

24 Thursday Dec 2015

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Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
Dec 24, 2015
3:50 PM
Traveling
3.00 miles
100 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.4 Build 34

1 Cooper’s Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Band-tailed Pigeon
2 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
2 Hutton’s Vireo
4 Steller’s Jay
2 Western Scrub-Jay
2 American Crow
3 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
4 Oak Titmouse
60 Bushtit
1 Brown Creeper
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5 Wrentit
120 American Robin
1 Varied Thrush
2 California Thrasher
1 Townsend’s Warbler
8 Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
3 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
42 Golden-crowned Sparrow
7 Song Sparrow
8 California Towhee
8 Spotted Towhee

Number of Taxa: 27

eBird — Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve — Dec 17, 2015

17 Thursday Dec 2015

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Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wrentit
Wrentit
Wrentit
Wrentit
Wrentit
Wrentit
Wrentit
Wrentit

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Dec 17, 2015
3:15 PM
Traveling
3.40 miles
129 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.0.0 Build 2

1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Mourning Dove
1 Great Horned Owl
6 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 Acorn Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
3 Steller’s Jay
5 Western Scrub-Jay
2 American Crow
16 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
2 Oak Titmouse
2 Pygmy Nuthatch
2 Brown Creeper
1 House Wren
2 Bewick’s Wren
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
9 Wrentit
5 Hermit Thrush
3 American Robin
1 Varied Thrush
2 California Thrasher
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Townsend’s Warbler
3 Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
5 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
33 Golden-crowned Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
14 California Towhee
9 Spotted Towhee
3 House Finch

Number of Taxa: 31

eBird — Tilden Regional Park–Vollmer Peak — Dec 16, 2015

16 Wednesday Dec 2015

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Tilden Regional Park–Vollmer Peak
Dec 16, 2015
4:50 PM
Traveling
1.15 miles
29 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.0.0 Build 2

1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
2 Wrentit
5 Hermit Thrush
1 American Robin
2 Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
2 Golden-crowned Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
8 California Towhee
2 Spotted Towhee

Number of Taxa: 9

eBird — Lake Temescal — Dec 15, 2015

15 Tuesday Dec 2015

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Lake Temescal
Dec 15, 2015
4:40 PM
Traveling
1.50 miles
36 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.0.0 Build 2

3 Wood Duck
8 Mallard
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron
18 American Coot
1 Black Phoebe
1 Common Raven
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3 American Robin
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Townsend’s Warbler
32 White-crowned Sparrow
3 Golden-crowned Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
X Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)

Number of Taxa: 16

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