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Location Yolo County Dump
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Owner Chris Conard

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  16
  • Distance:  0.3 mi

Checklist Comments

First stop on CV Bird Club gull ID trip lead by Steve Hampton and Bruce Webb. Beautiful clear weather, but with a steady north breeze. Walked from entrance to west side of landfill pond; pond ~1/4 full.

Totals

25
Species Observed
+3 other taxa, 2,550 individuals

Observations

  1. Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)

    Number observed:  8

  2. Northern Shoveler

    Number observed:  12

  3. Gadwall

    Number observed:  17

  4. Mallard

    Number observed:  3

  5. Black-necked Stilt

    Number observed:  75

  6. Long-billed Curlew

    Number observed:  1

  7. Dunlin

    Number observed:  18

  8. Least Sandpiper

    Number observed:  80

    Details

    One very pale leucistic bird.

  9. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  8

  10. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  300

  11. California Gull

    Number observed:  1200

  12. Glaucous-winged Gull

    Number observed:  15

  13. American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    adult

  14. Iceland Gull (Thayer's)

    Number observed:  30

  15. gull sp.

    Number observed:  600

  16. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  4

  17. American White Pelican

    Number observed:  9

  18. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  6

  19. Swainson's Hawk

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Seen well by entire group as it soared overhead. A fairly light individual.

  20. Red-tailed Hawk

    Number observed:  5

  21. Loggerhead Shrike

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Flushed from cyclone fence. Had been seen better by some members of the group before entering the landfill.

  22. Common Raven

    Number observed:  4

  23. Northern Mockingbird

    Number observed:  1

  24. White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's)

    Number observed:  30

  25. Western Meadowlark

    Number observed:  2

  26. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  4

  27. Brewer's Blackbird

    Number observed:  15

  28. blackbird sp.

    Number observed:  100

Additional species seen by John Lewis:

  1. Iceland Gull (kumlieni/glaucoides)

    Number observed: 30