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Observer

species 1.

Mallard

Count 2

Zach Peterson

species 2.

Rock Pigeon

Count 9

Zach Peterson

species 3.

Western Gull

Count 1

Zach Peterson

species 4.

California Gull

Count 7

Zach Peterson

species 5.

Caspian Tern

Count 3

Zach Peterson

species 6.

Double-crested Cormorant

Count 100

Zach Peterson

species 7.

Brown Pelican

Count 7

Zach Peterson

species 8.

Great Egret

Count 1

Zach Peterson

species 9.

American Crow

Count 2

Zach Peterson

species 10.

Barn Swallow

Count 2

Zach Peterson

species 11.

Surf Scoter

Count 1

Diego Suazo De la Rosa

species 12.

Black Oystercatcher

Count 4

Diego Suazo De la Rosa

species 13.

Heermann's Gull

Count X

Diego Suazo De la Rosa

species 14.

Royal Tern

Count 2

Diego Suazo De la Rosa

species 15.

Elegant Tern

Count 2

Diego Suazo De la Rosa

species 16.

Brandt's Cormorant

Count 1

Diego Suazo De la Rosa

species 17.

Snowy Egret

Count 2

Diego Suazo De la Rosa

species 18.

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Count 1

Diego Suazo De la Rosa

species 19.

European Starling

Count 1

Diego Suazo De la Rosa

species 20.

House Sparrow

Count 2

Diego Suazo De la Rosa

species 21.

Red-tailed Hawk

Count 1

Federico H

species 22.

Black Phoebe

Count 1

Federico H

species 23.

House Finch

Count 8

Federico H

species 24.

Wandering Tattler

Count 1

Kevin Rybczynski

species 25.

Black Turnstone

Count 2

Alex Visotzky

species 26.

Sanderling

Count 5

Alex Visotzky

species 27.

Forster's Tern

Count 1

Alex Visotzky

species 28.

Willet

Count 1

James Strzelinski

species 29.

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Count 1

James Strzelinski

species 30.

Whimbrel

Count 7

Bob Packard

species 31.

Marbled Godwit

Count 5

Bob Packard

species 32.

Ruddy Turnstone

Count 1

Bob Packard

species 33.

Surfbird

Count 1

Bob Packard

species 34.

Mourning Dove

Count 2

Kenji Arai

species 35.

Great Blue Heron

Count 1

Kenji Arai

species 36.

Cooper's Hawk

Count 2

Kenji Arai

species 37.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Count 2

Kenji Arai

species 38.

Cliff Swallow

Count 2

Kenji Arai

species 39.

Common Raven

Count 7

Jay Dee

species 40.

Townsend's Warbler

Count 1

Jay Dee

species 41.

Long-tailed Duck

Count 1

Carolyn Willcox

species 42.

Western Grebe

Count 2

Carolyn Willcox

species 43.

Canada Goose

Count 2

Mark Harris

species 44.

Eared Grebe

Count 1

Mark Harris

species 45.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Count 1

Mark Harris

species 46.

Allen's Hummingbird

Count 1

Mark Harris

species 47.

American Coot

Count 5

Mark Harris

species 48.

Least Sandpiper

Count 3

Mark Harris

species 49.

Spotted Sandpiper

Count 2

Mark Harris

species 50.

Ring-billed Gull

Count 3

Mark Harris

species 51.

Lesser Goldfinch

Count 3

Mark Harris

species 52.

Dark-eyed Junco

Count 2

Mark Harris

species 53.

Song Sparrow

Count 2

Mark Harris

species 54.

Brown-headed Cowbird

Count 2

Mark Harris

species 55.

Least Tern

Count 10

Brian Rademacher

species 56.

Hooded Oriole

Count 2

Rebecca Marschall

species 57.

Pelagic Cormorant

Count 1

chef Ito

species 58.

Glaucous-winged Gull

Count 1

Kimberly Dillbeck

species 59.

Orange-crowned Warbler

Count 1

Jamin Warren

species 60.

Bufflehead

Count 1

Bentley Colwill

species 61.

Bonaparte's Gull

Count 1

Bentley Colwill

species 62.

Pacific Loon

Count 1

Bentley Colwill

species 63.

California Towhee

Count 1

Bentley Colwill

species 64.

Red-breasted Merganser

Count 1

Martha Adams

species 65.

Long-billed Curlew

Count 1

Johanna Juntunen

species 66.

Brewer's Blackbird

Count 1

chef Ito

species 67.

Western Sandpiper

Count 2

Michael Pazzani

species 68.

Herring Gull

Count 1

Brandy Price

species 69.

Anna's Hummingbird

Count 1

David Hurtado

species 70.

Killdeer

Count 1

David Hurtado

species 71.

Savannah Sparrow

Count 1

David Hurtado

species 72.

Great-tailed Grackle

Count 2

David Hurtado

species 73.

Common Yellowthroat

Count 2

Joshua Mitchell

species 74.

Short-billed Dowitcher

Count 1

chef Ito

species 75.

Long-billed Dowitcher

Count 1

Zachary Fisher

species 76.

Lincoln's Sparrow

Count 1

Aaron, Sze On Ng

species 77.

Tree Swallow

Count 2

Peggy Gierhart

species 78.

Bushtit

Count 1

Peggy Gierhart

species 79.

Dunlin

Count 1

Michael Pazzani

species 80.

Semipalmated Plover

Count 5

Peggy Gierhart

species 81.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Count 1

Peggy Gierhart

species 82.

Osprey

Count 1

Dave Jurasevich

species 83.

American White Pelican

Count 2

Sean Siebuhr

species 84.

Common Loon

Count 1

Sara Boscoe

species 85.

White-crowned Sparrow

Count 6

john ficken

species 86.

Ruddy Duck

Count 4

michael abrams

species 87.

Pied-billed Grebe

Count 1

michael abrams

species 88.

Red-throated Loon

Count 1

michael abrams

species 89.

Horned Grebe

Count 1

Joshua Hogan

species 90.

Black Skimmer

Count 3

Bev-Sue Powers

species 91.

Red Knot

Count 1

Braydon Luikart

species 92.

Clark's Grebe

Count 2

Ruth Dark

species 93.

Canvasback

Count 1

Kori Sedmak

species 94.

Redhead

Count 2

Kori Sedmak

species 95.

Northern Shoveler

Count 25

Daniel Irons

species 96.

Gadwall

Count 2

Daniel Irons

species 97.

American Wigeon

Count 25

Daniel Irons

species 98.

Green-winged Teal

Count 2

Daniel Irons

species 99.

Black-necked Stilt

Count 3

Daniel Irons

species 100.

American Avocet

Count 4

Daniel Irons

species 101.

Belted Kingfisher

Count 1

Daniel Irons

species 102.

Lesser Scaup

Count 1

Gregg McClain

species 103.

American Kestrel

Count 2

Gregg McClain

species 104.

Cassin's Kingbird

Count 2

Gregg McClain

species 105.

Black-bellied Plover

Count 6

Annie Flower

species 106.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Count 1

Annie Flower

species 107.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Count 1

Annie Flower

species 108.

Marsh Wren

Count 1

Annie Flower

species 109.

Cedar Waxwing

Count 35

Annie Flower

species 110.

Spotted Towhee

Count 1

Annie Flower

species 111.

Northern Harrier

Count 1

Thomas Miko

species 112.

Short-billed Gull

Count 1

Mark Wilson

species 113.

American Pipit

Count 1

William Buswell

species 114.

Snowy Plover

Count 4

Kevin Rybczynski

species 115.

Say's Phoebe

Count 1

chef Ito

species 116.

White-winged Scoter

Count 1

Benny Jacobs-Schwartz

species 117.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Kevin Lapp

species 118.

Greater Scaup

Count 1

Julia H

species 119.

Burrowing Owl

Count 1

Julia H

species 120.

Pacific Golden-Plover

Count 1

Adam Cunningham

species 121.

Red Phalarope

Count 1

Adam Cunningham

species 122.

White-tailed Kite

Count 1

Adam Cunningham

species 123.

Northern Flicker

Count 1

Adam Cunningham

species 124.

House Wren

Count 1

Adam Cunningham

species 125.

Hooded Merganser

Count 1

Chase Carter

species 126.

Northern Pintail

Count 1

Jonathan Feenstra

species 127.

Yellow Warbler

Count 1

Lynzie Flynn

species 128.

Turkey Vulture

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 129.

Parasitic Jaeger

Count 1

Kevin Lapp

species 130.

Blue-winged Teal

Count 1

Chris Sayers

species 131.

Black-vented Shearwater

Count 75

Chris Sayers

species 132.

Nuttall's Woodpecker

Count 1

Chris Sayers

species 133.

Cinnamon Teal

Count 1

Prashant Tewari

species 134.

Northern Mockingbird

Count 1

Prashant Tewari

species 135.

Red-winged Blackbird

Count 2

Prashant Tewari

species 136.

Green Heron

Count 1

Jason Chou

species 137.

White-faced Ibis

Count 1

Woody Goss

species 138.

Northern Fulmar

Count 1

Judi Hwa

species 139.

White-throated Swift

Count 2

Kevin Lapp

species 140.

Brant

Count 1

Anna Zagorski

species 141.

American Robin

Count 1

Jerome Gaw

species 142.

American Goldfinch

Count 3

Su Li

species 143.

Greater Yellowlegs

Count 1

Donna Schulman

species 144.

Common Murre

Count 1

Steven Rudeen

species 145.

Pomarine Jaeger

Count 1

Tom Ellsworth

species 146.

Red-necked Phalarope

Count 1

Layton Pace

species 147.

Vaux's Swift

Count 2

Otto Mayer

species 148.

American Oystercatcher

Count 1

Otto Mayer

species 149.

Cattle Egret

Count 1

Jane Bork

species 150.

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Count 1

candice byers

species 151.

Red-necked Grebe

Count 1

Kevin Lapp

species 152.

Brewer's Sparrow

Count 1

Michael Long

species 153.

Ring-necked Duck

Count X

species 154.

Masked Booby

Count 1

Donna Bray

species 155.

Iceland Gull

Count 1

Larry Schmahl

species 156.

Black Scoter

Count 1

Alex Lamoreaux

species 157.

Rock Wren

Count 1

Alexander deBarros

species 158.

Common Goldeneye

Count 1

Kyle Bess

species 159.

Merlin

Count 1

Darren Dowell

species 160.

Loggerhead Shrike

Count 1

Bob Shanman

species 161.

Purple Martin

Count 2

Bob Shanman

species 162.

Western Kingbird

Count 2

Kevin Lapp

species 163.

Ancient Murrelet

Count 1

Diego Blanco

species 164.

California Thrasher

Count 1

David Lichter

species 165.

Sooty Shearwater

Count 1

Sarah Ngo

species 166.

Vesper Sparrow

Count 1

Kevin Lapp

species 167.

Snow Goose

Count 1

anders frunck

species 168.

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Count 1

Christopher Taylor

species 169.

Sabine's Gull

Count 1

Brittany O'Connor

species 170.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Count 1

Brittany O'Connor

species 171.

Lawrence's Goldfinch

Count 1

Brittany O'Connor

species 172.

Wilson's Phalarope

Count 2

Loretta Selinger

species 173.

Wilson's Warbler

Count 2

Brittany O'Connor

species 174.

Greater White-fronted Goose

Count 8

Tricia Van Laar

species 175.

Rhinoceros Auklet

Count 1

Grace Wong

species 176.

Cassin's Auklet

Count 2

Brad Singer

species 177.

Hermit Thrush

Count 1

Brad Singer

species 178.

Marbled Murrelet

Count 1

Ed Griffin

species 179.

Purple Finch

Count 1

Dan Enders

species 180.

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Count 1

Janet Scheel

species 181.

Bank Swallow

Count X

James Cousar

species 182.

Western Meadowlark

Count 1

Pat Lueders

species 183.

Bewick's Wren

Count 2

Jesse Ellis

species 184.

Blue-footed Booby

Count 1

Brittany O'Connor

species 185.

Black-legged Kittiwake

Count 1

Kevin Lapp

species 186.

Red-shouldered Hawk

Count 1

Scott Winton

species 187.

Chipping Sparrow

Count 1

Larry Scacchetti

species 188.

Rufous Hummingbird

Count 1

Michael Long

species 189.

Common Tern

Count 1

Janet Scheel

species 190.

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

Count 1

Christopher Boyd

species 191.

Western Wood-Pewee

Count 1

Loretta Selinger

species 192.

Pigeon Guillemot

Count 1

Bob Schallmann

species 193.

Violet-green Swallow

Count 2

Scott Logan

species 194.

California Scrub-Jay

Count 1

Janet Scheel

species 195.

Common Gallinule

Count 1

Janet Scheel

species 196.

Eurasian Wigeon

Count 1

Mark Scheel

species 197.

Spotted Dove

Count 2

Jan Wilson

species 198.

American Golden-Plover

Count 1

Jan Wilson

species 199.

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Count 3

John Garrett

species 200.

Scripps's Murrelet

Count 1

Donna Bray

species 201.

Palm Warbler

Count 1

Daniel S.

species 202.

Wrentit

Count 1

Darren Dowell

species 203.

Little Blue Heron

Count 1

Christopher Boyd

species 204.

Rock Sandpiper

Count 1

Richard Barth

species 205.

Ross's Goose

Count 1

Kimball Garrett

species 206.

Harlequin Duck

Count 1

Larry Schmahl

species 207.

Horned Lark

Count 1

Kimball Garrett

species 208.

Black Tern

Count 1

Kimball Garrett

species 209.

Short-eared Owl

Count 1

Kimball Garrett

species 210.

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Count 1

Kimball Garrett

species 211.

Western Tanager

Count 1

Kimball Garrett

species 212.

Glaucous Gull

Count 1

Kimball Garrett

species 213.

California Quail

Count 15

Kimball Garrett

Exotic: Provisional

species 214.

Northern Red Bishop

Count 1

Karl Fairchild

Exotic: Escapee

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Count X

Thomas Miko

Muscovy Duck

Count 2

Tommy Goodwin

Graylag Goose

Count 7

JP Wings

Swan Goose

Count 6

Gerard van Heijzen

Hybrids

Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

Count 1

Daniel Irons

Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

Count 1

Kevin Lapp

American x Black Oystercatcher (hybrid)

Count 1

Kevin Lapp

Sandwich x Elegant Tern (hybrid)

Count 1

Darren Dowell

Additional taxa

Royal/Elegant Tern

Count 1

Zach Peterson

cormorant sp.

Count 400

Kenneth Unger

gull sp.

Count 1

Kenji Arai

Larus sp.

Count 20

Sara Boscoe

tern sp.

Count 200

Brian Rademacher

hummingbird sp.

Count 1

Brandy Price

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird

Count 2

Joshua Mitchell

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

Count 2

Michael Pazzani

swallow sp.

Count 1

Brandy Price

Horned/Eared Grebe

Count 4

Sara Boscoe

Western/Clark's Grebe

Count 10

William Buswell

peep sp.

Count 20

William Buswell

white-winged gull sp.

Count 50

William Buswell

American/Black Oystercatcher

Count 1

Tracy Drake

scoter sp.

Count 1

Andrew Jacobson

shorebird sp.

Count 200

William Ramirez-Watson

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Count 1

Jon Fisher

booby sp.

Count 1

Russell Stone

shearwater sp.

Count 2

Alex Greene

grebe sp.

Count 1

Sophie Sanchez

Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

Count 1

Taran Catania

loon sp.

Count 1

Nick Kontonicolas

teal sp.

Count 1

Michael Long

duck sp.

Count 60

steve b

jaeger sp.

Count X

michele reniche

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Count X

large tern sp.

Count 40

Joe Gyekis

dabbling duck sp.

Count 3

candice byers

passerine sp.

Count X

Anonymous eBirder

large parakeet sp. (former Aratinga sp.)

Count 32

Brad Singer

white egret sp.

Count 1

Alex Coffey

phalarope sp.

Count 1

Lance Benner

alcid sp.

Count 1

Jesse Ellis

Amazona sp.

Count 1

Bob Schallmann

Buteo sp.

Count 1

Paul Rodewald

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Observer	Date	Species
Zach Peterson	28 May 2023	10
Diego Suazo De la Rosa	26 May 2023	16
Diego Suazo De la Rosa	25 May 2023	12
Federico H	23 May 2023	11
Kenneth Unger	23 May 2023	9
Cédric Duhalde	23 May 2023	6
Kevin Rybczynski	22 May 2023	4
Alex Visotzky	21 May 2023	12
Sara Boscoe	20 May 2023	12
Lynzie Flynn	20 May 2023	5

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Rank	eBirder	Total
1	Kimball Garrett	152
2	Mark Scheel	124
3	Janet Scheel	119
4	Loretta Selinger	113
5	John Garrett	111
6	Daniel S.	106
7	Frank Gilliland	102
8	Susan Gilliland	100
8	Darren Dowell	100
10	Michael Long	93