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Location Tule Lake NWR--Auto Tour and Sump 1A
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Owner Kevin Spencer

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  1
  • Distance:  13.5 mi

Checklist Comments

Wind 4-8 mph N, 52F, mostly sunny scattered clouds

Totals

34
Species Observed
+3 other taxa, 43,802 individuals

Observations

  1. Snow Goose

    Number observed:  3000

  2. Ross's Goose

    Number observed:  12

    Details

    Scanned edge of huge loafing flock is Sump 1B. Picked out shorter necked smaller equilateral bills, beady eyes.

  3. Snow/Ross's Goose

    Number observed:  28500

  4. Canada Goose

    Number observed:  34

    Details

    All paired

  5. Tundra Swan

    Number observed:  347

    Details

    Most were in flooded League of Nations lease land unit; near Check station Road

  6. Northern Shoveler

    Number observed:  2655

  7. Gadwall

    Number observed:  199

  8. American Wigeon

    Number observed:  773

  9. Mallard

    Number observed:  24

  10. Northern Pintail

    Number observed:  290

  11. Ring-necked Duck

    Number observed:  1

  12. Lesser Scaup

    Number observed:  2053

    Details

    Most came up off of flooded lease field south side of tour route long stretch before English Channel

  13. Bufflehead

    Number observed:  230

  14. Common Goldeneye

    Number observed:  30

  15. Common Merganser

    Number observed:  7

  16. Ruddy Duck

    Number observed:  886

  17. Ring-necked Pheasant

    Number observed:  14

  18. American Coot

    Number observed:  3475

  19. Sandhill Crane

    Number observed:  72

  20. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  229

  21. California Gull

    Number observed:  2

  22. Pied-billed Grebe

    Number observed:  4

  23. Western Grebe

    Number observed:  5

  24. Great Blue Heron

    Number observed:  1

  25. Northern Harrier

    Number observed:  15

  26. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  11

  27. Red-tailed Hawk

    Number observed:  3

  28. American Barn Owl

    Number observed:  2

  29. Common Raven

    Number observed:  38

  30. Horned Lark

    Number observed:  458

  31. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  1

  32. American Pipit

    Number observed:  3

  33. Lapland Longspur

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Heard "rattle" call in HOLA flock

  34. longspur sp.

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Not a Lapland Longspur; heard soft short duration rattle, consistent with Thick-billed Longspur, but wind caused some confidence erosion.

  35. Western Meadowlark

    Number observed:  3

  36. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  173

  37. blackbird sp.

    Number observed:  250