[SBB] S.C. Co. Bird List APRIL

["Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]>]

Bill Bousman writes:
I did a slight clean-up and moved the first arrival of BLACK-HEADED 
GROSBEAK from March to April.  Thus, this makes the March total 215 
and with the grosbeak, we've added 18 species to bring the composite 
list to 233.

A lot of 2's showed up in April, including WESTERN KINGBIRD on 1 Apr, 
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER on 10 Apr, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER on 15 Apr, 
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE and LAZULI BUNTING on 16 Apr, and YELLOW WARBLER 
on 23 Apr.

There was only one 3 this month, a CHIPPING SPARROW found on 16 Apr.

As for the 4's, it was a fairly good month.  The first migrant 
NASHVILLE WARBLER was at Smiths Creek on 9 Apr.  The first VAUX'S 
SWIFT of the season was one over Twin Creeks on 13 Apr.  Multiple 
HERMIT WARBLERS were found at Smiths Creek on 15 Apr (an excellent 
spring for them).  Finally, and most surprisingly, a COMMON LOON was 
found at Shoreline Lake on 19 Apr.  They have been much more scarce 
in recent winters, and spring birds are seldom seen.  This 
basic-plumaged bird hung around for at least a couple of weeks.

It was a good month for the 5's.  A HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER was found at 
Smiths Creek on 16 Apr, where now annual.

A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was found at Smiths Creek on 19 Apr, almost all 
of our spring birds are found at inland locations in the Diablo 
Range.  A singing YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was singing along Llagas Creek 
on 20 Apr, another spot where they have been regular in recent years. 
One of the rarest of the 5's, a DUSKY WARBLER was found at Monte 
Bello OSP on 23 Apr.  Finally, a single YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was 
found at the Arzino Ranch on 24 Apr.  They have tended to be regular 
migrants here in early May in recent years, but apparently only this 
single this year.

We had one 6's, two LESSER NIGHTHAWKS near the Stevens Creek Tidal 
Marsh at dusk on 26 Apr.  This nighthawk breeds sparingly in San 
Joaquin County and southeast Monterey County, so April migrants are 
probably birds that have overshot by quite a bit.

Of our regular birds, there is only one 2 left (Wilson's Phalarope) 
and we'll find returning fall bird in June or July.  There are three 
3's still to find (Brown Pelican, Common Poorwill, and Swainson's 
Thrush), but two have already been recorded in May.  So with the easy 
birds mostly out of the way, we are already at something like 235+. 
Shorebirds in July, August, and September will bring an extra 10 or 
so birds, but it is mostly uphill now.  Get out there and find those 
rare birds!

The complete list can be found at:
South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU)
http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/
--
Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D.
927 Mears Court
Stanford, CA  94305-1041
(650) 493-7210  (voice or fax)
[[email protected]]
http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/
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