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species 1.

Red-necked Phalarope

Count 48

David Compton

species 2.

Sooty Shearwater

Count 40

Mark Obmascik

species 3.

Brown Pelican

Count 29

Kathy Burba

species 4.

Black Skimmer

Count 21

Kathy Burba

species 5.

Semipalmated Plover

Count 15

Damon Haan

species 6.

Killdeer

Count 11

Eddie Bartley

species 7.

Ring-necked Duck

Count 10

Peter Nelson

species 8.

Band-tailed Pigeon

Count 10

Cécile Charlton

species 9.

American Coot

Count 10

Rick Wormsbecher

species 10.

Short-billed Gull

Count 10

Jim Hodgson

species 11.

Violet-green Swallow

Count 10

Michael Todd

species 12.

Hooded Merganser

Count 6

Josephine Kalbfleisch

species 13.

American White Pelican

Count 6

Peter Nelson

species 14.

European Starling

Count 6

Cécile Charlton

species 15.

Mallard

Count 5

Rick Wormsbecher

species 16.

Snowy Plover

Count 5

Ken S

species 17.

Long-billed Dowitcher

Count 5

Luis Escareno Medina

species 18.

Western Sandpiper

Count 5

Kathy Burba

species 19.

American Crow

Count 5

Kathy Burba

species 20.

Gadwall

Count 4

Peter Nelson

species 21.

Bufflehead

Count 4

John Cawood

species 22.

Rock Pigeon

Count 4

Kathy Burba

species 23.

Vaux's Swift

Count 4

Gavin Platt

species 24.

Bonaparte's Gull

Count 4

Hans Spiecker

species 25.

Double-crested Cormorant

Count 4

Kathy Burba

species 26.

Western Kingbird

Count 4

Eric Hopson

species 27.

Brant

Count 3

John Callender

species 28.

Cackling Goose

Count 3

Gavin Platt

species 29.

Greater Scaup

Count 3

Oscar Johnson

species 30.

Pied-billed Grebe

Count 3

Cécile Charlton

species 31.

Horned Grebe

Count 3

Dane St George

species 32.

Black-bellied Plover

Count 3

Austin Johnson

species 33.

Least Sandpiper

Count 3

Kathy Burba

species 34.

Western Gull

Count 3

Kathy Burba

species 35.

Snowy Egret

Count 3

Kathy Burba

species 36.

Tree Swallow

Count 3

Anonymous eBirder

species 37.

White-crowned Sparrow

Count 3

Steve Colwell

species 38.

Brewer's Blackbird

Count 3

David Zuber

species 39.

Townsend's Warbler

Count 3

George Chrisman

species 40.

Northern Shoveler

Count 2

Rick Wormsbecher

species 41.

Ruddy Duck

Count 2

Rick Wormsbecher

species 42.

Eared Grebe

Count 2

Kathy Burba

species 43.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Count 2

Eric Hopson

species 44.

Rufous Hummingbird

Count 2

Martin Boer

species 45.

Black Turnstone

Count 2

Kathy Burba

species 46.

Dunlin

Count 2

Brian Genge

species 47.

Parasitic Jaeger

Count 2

Anonymous eBirder

species 48.

California Gull

Count 2

Kathy Burba

species 49.

Royal Tern

Count 2

Dane St George

species 50.

Brandt's Cormorant

Count 2

John Cawood

species 51.

Cooper's Hawk

Count 2

George Chrisman

species 52.

Red-tailed Hawk

Count 2

Dane St George

species 53.

Cliff Swallow

Count 2

Rick Decker

species 54.

Bewick's Wren

Count 2

Joseph Kurtz

species 55.

American Pipit

Count 2

David Compton

species 56.

Hooded Oriole

Count 2

Ava Molnar

species 57.

Red-winged Blackbird

Count 2

Hans Spiecker

species 58.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Count 2

Dane St George

species 59.

Ross's Goose

Count 1

Oscar Johnson

species 60.

Greater White-fronted Goose

Count 1

Eddie Bartley

species 61.

Canada Goose

Count 1

Joseph Kurtz

species 62.

Green-winged Teal

Count 1

Peter Gaede

species 63.

Lesser Scaup

Count 1

Glenn Kincaid

species 64.

Surf Scoter

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 65.

Black Scoter

Count 1

Bradley Hacker 🦜

species 66.

Long-tailed Duck

Count 1

Mario Borunda

species 67.

Common Goldeneye

Count 1

Peter Gaede

species 68.

Red-breasted Merganser

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 69.

Red-necked Grebe

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 70.

Western Grebe

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 71.

Clark's Grebe

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 72.

Mourning Dove

Count 1

George Chrisman

species 73.

Anna's Hummingbird

Count 1

Dane St George

species 74.

American Avocet

Count 1

David Compton

species 75.

Whimbrel

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 76.

Long-billed Curlew

Count 1

Cécile Charlton

species 77.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Count 1

SBA County Historical Records

species 78.

Marbled Godwit

Count 1

Dane St George

species 79.

Red Phalarope

Count 1

David Blue

species 80.

Wandering Tattler

Count 1

David Compton

species 81.

Willet

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 82.

Greater Yellowlegs

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 83.

Ruddy Turnstone

Count 1

Hans Spiecker

species 84.

Surfbird

Count 1

Alex Loos

species 85.

Sanderling

Count 1

Stuart Nelson

species 86.

Rhinoceros Auklet

Count 1

Jamie Chavez

species 87.

Cassin's Auklet

Count 1

Richard Norton

species 88.

Pigeon Guillemot

Count 1

David Blue

species 89.

Common Murre

Count 1

Steve Colwell

species 90.

Ancient Murrelet

Count 1

Noah Gaines

species 91.

Franklin's Gull

Count 1

Peter Gaede

species 92.

Heermann's Gull

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 93.

Ring-billed Gull

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 94.

Glaucous-winged Gull

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 95.

Iceland Gull

Count 1

Mark Holmgren

species 96.

Least Tern

Count 1

Arjun Guneratne

species 97.

Caspian Tern

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 98.

Forster's Tern

Count 1

Damon Haan

species 99.

Elegant Tern

Count 1

David Compton

species 100.

Red-throated Loon

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 101.

Pacific Loon

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 102.

Common Loon

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 103.

Black-vented Shearwater

Count 1

Mike Bradham

species 104.

Red-footed Booby

Count 1

Jay Bishop

species 105.

Pelagic Cormorant

Count 1

Dane St George

species 106.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Count 1

Gage Ricard

species 107.

Black-crowned Night Heron

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 108.

Green Heron

Count 1

Elizabeth Creasey

species 109.

Western Cattle Egret

Count 1

Peter Gaede

species 110.

Great Egret

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 111.

Great Blue Heron

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 112.

Turkey Vulture

Count 1

Conor Scotland

species 113.

Red-shouldered Hawk

Count 1

Lori Arent

species 114.

Great Horned Owl

Count 1

Martin Boer

species 115.

Belted Kingfisher

Count 1

Lori Arent

species 116.

Acorn Woodpecker

Count 1

Diane Hawkins-Cox

species 117.

Downy Woodpecker

Count 1

Jill Race

species 118.

Nuttall's Woodpecker

Count 1

Jasen Liu

species 119.

American Kestrel

Count 1

Kathy Slettebak

species 120.

Merlin

Count 1

Gavin Platt

species 121.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Conor Scotland

species 122.

Say's Phoebe

Count 1

Lori Gaskin

species 123.

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Count 1

Chris Charlesworth

species 124.

Cassin's Kingbird

Count 1

Dan Edge

species 125.

California Scrub-Jay

Count 1

Mario Borunda

species 126.

Common Raven

Count 1

James White

species 127.

Oak Titmouse

Count 1

George Chrisman

species 128.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Count 1

Cécile Charlton

species 129.

Barn Swallow

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 130.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Count 1

Eric Hopson

species 131.

White-breasted Nuthatch

Count 1

Conor Scotland

species 132.

House Wren

Count 1

Cécile Charlton

species 133.

California Thrasher

Count 1

Lena Dominique-Nilsson

species 134.

Northern Mockingbird

Count 1

Michael I Christie

species 135.

Western Bluebird

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 136.

American Robin

Count 1

Eddie Bartley

species 137.

Cedar Waxwing

Count 1

Martin Boer

species 138.

House Sparrow

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 139.

House Finch

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 140.

American Goldfinch

Count 1

Erik Jonsson

species 141.

Dark-eyed Junco

Count 1

Dane St George

species 142.

Savannah Sparrow

Count 1

George Chapman

species 143.

Song Sparrow

Count 1

Dane St George

species 144.

California Towhee

Count 1

Dane St George

species 145.

Spotted Towhee

Count 1

Eric Hopson

species 146.

Brown-headed Cowbird

Count 1

John Callender

species 147.

Great-tailed Grackle

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 148.

Orange-crowned Warbler

Count 1

Kathy Burba

species 149.

Common Yellowthroat

Count 1

Ava Molnar

species 150.

Yellow Warbler

Count 1

Conor McMahon

species 151.

Palm Warbler

Count 1

Oscar Johnson

species 152.

Cinnamon Teal

Count X

Steve Laymon

species 153.

Redhead

Count X

Mason Flint

species 154.

White-winged Scoter

Count X

John Gregory

species 155.

Allen's Hummingbird

Count X

Anonymous eBirder

species 156.

Black-necked Stilt

Count X

Anonymous eBirder

species 157.

Black Oystercatcher

Count X

John Gregory

species 158.

Spotted Sandpiper

Count X

Anonymous eBirder

species 159.

Red Knot

Count X

Stephen Noseworthy

species 160.

Herring Gull

Count X

Austin Johnson

species 161.

Common Tern

Count X

Jim Moore

species 162.

Northern Fulmar

Count X

John Gregory

species 163.

Osprey

Count X

Su DeCoste

species 164.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Count X

Mason Flint

species 165.

Hairy Woodpecker

Count X

Mason Flint

species 166.

Northern Flicker

Count X

John Gregory

species 167.

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Count X

Steve Laymon

species 168.

Western Wood-Pewee

Count X

Stephen Noseworthy

species 169.

Willow Flycatcher

Count X

Steve Laymon

species 170.

Black Phoebe

Count X

Anonymous eBirder

species 171.

Hutton's Vireo

Count X

Mason Flint

species 172.

Horned Lark

Count X

Ed Wallace

species 173.

Bushtit

Count X

John Gregory

species 174.

Swainson's Thrush

Count X

Steve Laymon

species 175.

Hermit Thrush

Count X

Mason Flint

species 176.

Phainopepla

Count X

Steve Laymon

species 177.

Scaly-breasted Munia

Count X

Anonymous eBirder

species 178.

Lesser Goldfinch

Count X

Anonymous eBirder

species 179.

Lark Sparrow

Count X

Mason Flint

species 180.

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Count X

Mason Flint

Exotic: Escapee

Budgerigar

Count 1

Emily Banno

Lilac-crowned Parrot

Count 1

Anders Kling

Hybrids

Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

Count 2

Mark Holmgren

American x Black Oystercatcher (hybrid)

Count 1

Michael Todd

Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

Count 1

logan kahle

Additional taxa

shearwater sp.

Count 2500

Noah Gaines

cormorant sp.

Count 50

John Cawood

swallow sp.

Count 25

Eric Hopson

gull sp.

Count 10

David Compton

Cassin's/Western Kingbird

Count 5

Eric Hopson

scoter sp.

Count 2

Noah Gaines

merganser sp.

Count 2

Kristie Stein

Elegant/Royal Tern

Count 2

Lori Gaskin

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Count 1

Bradley Hacker 🦜

Horned/Eared Grebe

Count 1

Aaron Kreisberg

Western/Clark's Grebe

Count 1

Ken S

hummingbird sp.

Count 1

Braden Collard

peep sp.

Count 1

Cuyler Stapelmann

large shorebird sp.

Count 1

Michael I Christie

loon sp.

Count 1

Lori Gaskin

new world sparrow sp.

Count 1

Jesse David Burrows

Larus sp.

Count X

Laura Gooch

tern sp.

Count X

Dylan V

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Observer	Date	Species
Kathy Burba	6 Apr 2024	14
Kathy Burba	4 Apr 2024	16
Kathy Burba	1 Apr 2024	17
Kathy Burba	1 Apr 2024	15
Dane St George	1 Apr 2024	29
Cécile Charlton	24 Mar 2024	16
建宇陳	13 Mar 2024	4
donna whang	13 Mar 2024	4
Phillip Krzeminski	13 Feb 2024	1
Willis Jenkins	12 Feb 2024	1

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Top eBirders sorted by number of observed species
Rank	eBirder	Total
1	Noah Gaines	69
2	Mason Flint	64
3	Jasen Liu	61
4	margeNdon thornton	60
4	Thomas Turner	60
6	Bradley Hacker 🦜	59
6	Bernardo Alps	59
6	Peter Gaede	59
9	Glenn Kincaid	56
10	David Compton	55