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Location Holiday Beach CA--Hawk Tower
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Owner Kiah R. Jasper

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Effort

Protocol:  Stationary
  • Observers:  1

Checklist Comments

This morning I arrived at the tower to discover the wind coming from the West, not ideal but a nice change after the past few days. Soon after it shifted WSW, not what was forecasted and certainly not a favourable direction. For the rest of the morning the wind retained a southerly component, while dark and stormy clouds rolled towards us from the West. Just after 12:00 rain began to fall, but it only lasted for around 20 minutes. When the rain band ended the wind shifted WNW and the sky began to open up, changing to 50% cloud cover. The wind was fairly strong all day, averaging 15kph but gusting to 30kph at times. Those conditions held for most of the afternoon, though it started clouding over significantly at 16:30. The temperature started at 6 Degrees C in the morning and rose to 15 C in the afternoon, though it felt cooler with the winds. The barometer went up from 29.93 to 30.05.

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Totals

67
Species Observed
+3 other taxa, 18,744 individuals

Observations

  1. Canada Goose

    Number observed:  86

  2. Mute Swan

    Number observed:  46

  3. Wood Duck

    Number observed:  6

  4. Northern Shoveler

    Number observed:  80

    Details

    Close count

  5. Gadwall

    Number observed:  1100

    Details

    Close estimate

  6. American Wigeon

    Number observed:  64

  7. Mallard

    Number observed:  1800

    Details

    Normal numbers here

  8. American Black Duck

    Number observed:  130

    Details

    Normal numbers here

  9. Northern Pintail

    Number observed:  95

  10. Green-winged Teal

    Number observed:  230

  11. Ring-necked Duck

    Number observed:  1000

    Details

    Estimate, not counted 1x1 today

  12. Aythya sp.

    Number observed:  200

    Details

    Distant on the lake

  13. Bufflehead

    Number observed:  3

  14. Mourning Dove

    Number observed:  2

  15. Sandhill Crane

    Number observed:  11

  16. Killdeer

    Number observed:  2

  17. Greater Yellowlegs

    Number observed:  2

  18. Dunlin

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    E

  19. Bonaparte's Gull

    Number observed:  38

  20. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  114

  21. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  62

  22. Pied-billed Grebe

    Number observed:  14

  23. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  26

  24. Great Egret

    Number observed:  32

    Details

    Counted

  25. Great Blue Heron

    Number observed:  16

  26. American White Pelican

    Number observed:  108

    Details

    75, 25 lifted out of the marsh in the morning, circled and went W. Several others in the marsh throughout the day. Less than we’ve had recently

  27. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  647

    Details

    W

  28. Golden Eagle

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Immature W @ 12:10

  29. Sharp-shinned Hawk

    Number observed:  22

    Details

    W

  30. Cooper's Hawk

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    W

  31. Northern Harrier

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    W

  32. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  11

    Details

    5 W + locals

  33. Red-shouldered Hawk

    Number observed:  14

    Details

    W

  34. Red-tailed Hawk

    Number observed:  48

    Details

    W

  35. Red-tailed Hawk (abieticola)

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    Ads W. Most tails were high and distant today, so I couldn’t do many to ssp

  36. Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)

    Number observed:  8

    Details

    W

  37. Belted Kingfisher

    Number observed:  1

  38. Downy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  3

  39. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed:  4

  40. Merlin

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    W

  41. Peregrine Falcon

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Juv W

  42. American Crow

    Number observed:  500

    Details

    NOT an estimate, counted 1x1… it just happened to come out to a nice round number.

  43. Black-capped Chickadee

    Number observed:  3

  44. Horned Lark

    Number observed:  20

    Details

    W

  45. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  96

    Details

    Counted, lingering birds. Foraging over the marsh

  46. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  2

  47. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  8

  48. Winter Wren

    Number observed:  2

  49. Carolina Wren

    Number observed:  3

  50. European Starling

    Number observed:  9000

  51. Eastern Bluebird

    Number observed:  28

    Details

    W mid afternoon in one group. 1x1 count

  52. American Robin

    Number observed:  957

    Details

    W. 1x1 count

  53. Cedar Waxwing

    Number observed:  134

    Details

    W

  54. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  55. American Pipit

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    W

  56. House Finch

    Number observed:  8

  57. Purple Finch

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    W

  58. Pine Siskin

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    W

  59. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  935

    Details

    W. 1x1 count

  60. Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)

    Number observed:  2

  61. White-throated Sparrow

    Number observed:  16

  62. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  3

  63. Swamp Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  64. Eastern Meadowlark

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Landed briefly, then W

  65. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  680

    Details

    Very low numbers moving today

  66. Brown-headed Cowbird

    Number observed:  4

  67. Rusty Blackbird

    Number observed:  98

  68. Common Grackle

    Number observed:  180

  69. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    W

  70. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  5