[SBB] S.C. Co. Year List - 2006
- Subject: [SBB] S.C. Co. Year List - 2006
- From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:43:28 -0800
- Delivery-date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:44:19 -0500
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Title: S.C. Co. Year List - 2006
Bill Bousman writes:
We finished up the year for Santa Clara County with 288 species.
This ties the high count for the previous 6 years that I've analyzed.
(But during the 1990s, we had three counts over 300 birds including
304 in 1997.) Two species were new for the year: Slaty-backed
Gull in January and Zone-tailed Hawk in November. Two other
species have been added to the list: Iceland Gull based on a record in
2005 that has been accepted by the California Bird Records Committee
and Eurasian Collared-Dove based on about a half dozen records away
from the San Martin released birds. That brings the total to
394, which is not bad for a quasi-inland county.
But we missed three 4s in 2006: Mountain Quail, Red-throated Loon, and
White-faced Ibis. I'm not ready to move these into the 5s, but
maybe that's where they belong.
Speaking of Eurasian Collared-Doves, Mike Rogers pointed out that I
overlooked a May record of a bird away from San Martin, so that ups
the tallies for May and all subsequent months by one species.
December was a very good month with 5 new birds where we normally get
only 3. There was only one 4, a SHORT-EARED OWL in the vicinity
of Byxbee Park and the Palo Alto FCB and first seen on 6 Dec.
This bird was seen by many through the end of the month and into the
new year and on a few occasions two birds were seen, which was
nice.
We had two 5s in December. The first was a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
over the Coyote Creek GC on 9 Dec; it was not found again. The
second 5 was a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER wintering in Upper Penitencia
Creek Park and first seen on the San Jose CBC on 17 Dec. This
bird has been seen, photographed, and enjoyed by many into the new
year.
We also had two 6s. A PLUMBEOUS VIREO was seen along the
Guadalupe River in downtown San Jose in an area not often birded.
At least 2 PELAGIC CORMORANTS were found in Salt Pond A2W on the Palo
Alto CBC on 18 Dec. One bird was seen here into the new
year.
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
[[email protected]]
http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/
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