Please send any additions, corrections, or comments to: Bill Bousman
RECENT ADDITIONS TO LIST: DECEMBER 31, 2002
The composite list finished up at 277 species for 2002. This is nine species lower than the most recent 3-year mean. We missed only one '4' in 2002, the Black Rail, so the drop is caused by missed '5's' and '6's'. We found 42 '5's' compared to the mean of 45 and 10 '6's' compared to the mean of 19.
Two species were added to the list because of delayed information. A RED-THROATED LOON was in the Alviso salt ponds on 26 Nov and a GRAY FLYCATCHER was at Shoreline Park on 26 Sep. New for December was a RED PHALAROPE found at the Stevens Creek mouth on the Palo Alto CBC on 16 Dec and a juvenile BRANDT'S CORMORANT found in one of the Los Gatos Creek CP perc. ponds on 29 Dec. The Red Phalarope was just a part of a bunch of storm-driven birds that have lasted into the New Year. The Brandt's, fortunately, left before the new year--bon voyage.
Bill
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DATE OBSERVER* RARITY**
Red-throated Loon 11/23/02 CM,JB 4
Pacific Loon 11/2/02 KO 5
Common Loon 1/5/02 JiD 4
Pied-billed Grebe 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Horned Grebe 1/1/02 AME 2
Red-necked Grebe 1/1/02 AME 5
Eared Grebe 1/1/02 AME 1
Western Grebe 1/2/02 MMR 2
Clark's Grebe 1/5/02 MDd et al. 2
Northern Fulmar 6
Sooty Shearwater 6
Ashy Storm-Petrel 6
Brown Booby 6
American White Pelican 1/1/02 AME 2
Brown Pelican 1/3/02 WGB 3
Brandt's Cormorant 12/29/02 RK, PK 6
Double-crested Cormorant 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Pelagic Cormorant 6
Magnificent Frigatebird 6
American Bittern 1/2/02 MMR 4
Least Bittern 6
Great Blue Heron 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Great Egret 1/1/02 AME 1
Snowy Egret 1/1/02 AME 1
Little Blue Heron 5
Cattle Egret 1/7/02 SBT 5
Green Heron 1/2/02 m.ob. 3
Black-crowned Night Heron 1/2/02 MMR 1
Glossy Ibis 6
White-faced Ibis 10/11/02 JW 5
Turkey Vulture 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
California Condor 6
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 6
Greater White-fronted Goose 1/1/02 AME 4
Snow Goose 1/1/02 m.ob. 4
Ross' Goose 2/10/02 MMR, MJM, JoM 4
Canada Goose 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Brant 6
Tundra Swan 5
Wood Duck 1/1/02 m.ob. 3
Gadwall 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Eurasian Wigeon 1/1/02 AV 4
American Wigeon 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Mallard 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Blue-winged Teal 1/1/02 AV 4
Cinnamon Teal 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Northern Shoveler 1/2/02 m.ob. 1
Northern Pintail 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Garganey 6
Green-winged Teal 1/2/02 MMR 1
Canvasback 1/1/01 m.ob. 1
Redhead 1/6/02 PG 3
Ring-necked Duck 1/1/01 KPa 3
Tufted Duck 6
Greater Scaup 1/1/02 AME 2
Lesser Scaup 1/2/02 m.ob. 1
Surf Scoter 1/1/02 AME 3
White-winged Scoter 5
Black Scoter 6
Long-tailed Duck 11/30/02 AG 6
Bufflehead 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Common Goldeneye 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Barrow's Goldeneye 1/1/02 BL-L 4
Hooded Merganser 1/2/02 LSu 3
Common Merganser 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Red-breasted Merganser 1/3/02 MMR 3
Ruddy Duck 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Osprey 1/1/02 MJM 4
White-tailed Kite 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Bald Eagle 1/1/02 JMa, JL 4
Northern Harrier 1/1/02 WGB 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1/4/02 DLS 2
Cooper's Hawk 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Northern Goshawk 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 1/1/02 MJM 2
Broad-winged Hawk 4/15/02 RSTh 6
Swainson's Hawk 4/2/02 DL 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Ferruginous Hawk 1/3/02 RWR 4
Rough-legged Hawk 5
Golden Eagle 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
American Kestrel 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Merlin 1/1/02 JR 3
Peregrine Falcon 1/2/02 m.ob. 3
Prairie Falcon 1/5/02 MDd et al. 3
Ring-necked Pheasant 1/1/02 MJM 2
Wild Turkey 1/1/02 m.ob. 3
Mountain Quail 5/26/02 KPe 4
California Quail 1/1/02 LCh 1
Yellow Rail 6
Black Rail 4
Clapper Rail 1/1/02 KL, CC 2
Virginia Rail 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Sora 1/3/02 WGB 2
Common Moorhen 1/1/02 DeS 2
American Coot 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Sandhill Crane 6
Black-bellied Plover 1/2/02 WGB 1
American Golden-Plover 5
Pacific Golden-Plover 9/1/02 D&PB 5
Snowy Plover 8/5/02 JAC, LSu 5
Semipalmated Plover 1/18/02 MMR 2
Killdeer 1/1/02 AME 1
Mountain Plover 6
Black Oystercatcher 6
Black-necked Stilt 1/1/02 AME 1
American Avocet 1/2/02 m.ob. 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1/17/02 RWR, FV 3
Solitary Sandpiper 5
Willet 1/1/02 MJM 1
Wandering Tattler 6
Spotted Sandpiper 1/2/02 MMR 3
Whimbrel 1/5/02 MJM 3
Long-billed Curlew 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Hudsonian Godwit 6
Bar-tailed Godwit 6
Marbled Godwit 1/1/02 AME 1
Ruddy Turnstone 8/13/02 RK, PK 5
Black Turnstone 8/18/02 MJ 6
Red Knot 7/27/02 CS 5
Sanderling 1/1/02 MJM 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 7/27/02 MJM 5
Western Sandpiper 1/1/02 MJM 1
Least Sandpiper 1/1/02 MJM 1
White-rumped Sandpiper 6
Baird's Sandpiper 8/3/02 MJM 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 8/15/02 AME 4
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 6
Dunlin 1/1/02 MJM 1
Curlew Sandpiper 6
Stilt Sandpiper 6/10/02 RWR, FV 5
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 6
Ruff 1/1/02 AME 5
Short-billed Dowitcher 1/18/02 MMR 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 1/2/02 MMR 1
Wilson's Snipe 1/2/02 LSu 3
Wilson's Phalarope 6/1/02 RK, PK 2
Red-necked Phalarope 7/5/02 MJM 2
Red Phalarope 12/16/02 MMR 5
Pomarine Jaeger 6
Parasitic Jaeger 5
Long-tailed Jaeger 6
Laughing Gull 6
Franklin's Gull 5
Little Gull 6
Black-headed Gull 6
Bonaparte's Gull 1/1/02 AV 2
Heermann's Gull 8/17/02 MMR, NL 6
Mew Gull 1/1/02 AME 2
Ring-billed Gull 1/1/02 AME 1
California Gull 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Herring Gull 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Thayer's Gull 1/1/02 MJM 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1/1/02 AME 6
Western Gull 1/1/02 AME 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 1/1/02 AME 1
Glaucous Gull 2/10/02 MMR 5
Sabine's Gull 6
Black-legged Kittiwake 6
Caspian Tern 4/2/02 JMa 2
Elegant Tern 5
Common Tern 6/10/02 RWR, FV 5
Arctic Tern 6
Forster's Tern 1/1/02 AME 1
Least Tern 7/6/02 MJM 4
Black Tern 6/7/02 JFe 5
Black Skimmer 1/2/02 MMR 5
Common Murre 8/29/02 TM 6
Ancient Murrelet 6
Cassin's Auklet 6
Rock Dove 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Band-tailed Pigeon 1/1/02 JMa, JL 2
White-winged Dove 6
Mourning Dove 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6
Greater Roadrunner 4/13/02 JY, AL 4
Barn Owl 1/6/02 MJM 2
Flammulated Owl 6
Western Screech-Owl 1/1/02 JMa, DE 1
Great Horned Owl 1/1/02 JMa, DE 1
Northern Pygmy-Owl 1/1/02 JMa, DE 3
Burrowing Owl 1/1/02 ViT 3
Long-eared Owl 1/11/02 MMR 5
Short-eared Owl 1/27/02 JiD, JMD 4
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1/1/02 JMa, DE 3
Lesser Nighthawk 6
Common Nighthawk 6
Common Poorwill 1/4/02 DLS 3
Black Swift 5/1/02 JLi 5
Chimney Swift 6
Vaux's Swift 4/4/02 DLS 4
White-throated Swift 1/4/02 KPa 2
Black-chinned Hummingbird 4/18/02 RCo 4
Anna's Hummingbird 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Costa's Hummingbird 7/15/02 JP 5
Calliope Hummingbird 4/5/02 RCo 5
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 6
Rufous Hummingbird 2/18/02 MJM 4
Allen's Hummingbird 2/23/02 MMR 3
Belted Kingfisher 1/1/02 AV 2
Lewis' Woodpecker 1/1/02 m.ob. 3
Acorn Woodpecker 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Williamson's Sapsucker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1/1/02 JY, AL 6
Red-naped Sapsucker 5
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1/5/02 DB 3
Nuttall's Woodpecker 1/1/02 WGB 2
Downy Woodpecker 1/1/02 MJM 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1/1/02 JMa, JL 2
Northern Flicker 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1/4/02 DLS 5
Olive-sided Flycatcher 4/7/02 DLS 2
Western Wood-Pewee 4/12/02 JiD 2
Willow Flycatcher 6/9/02 EFe 4
Least Flycatcher 6
Hammond's Flycatcher 4/6/02 MMR 5
Gray Flycatcher 9/26/02 EM, AM 5
Dusky Flycatcher 4/29/02 JiD 5
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3/13/02 JiD 2
Black Phoebe 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Eastern Phoebe 6
Say's Phoebe 1/3/02 MMR 3
Ash-throated Flycatcher 4/4/02 DLS 2
Tropical Kingbird 11/12/02 RWR, FV 6
Cassin's Kingbird 3/31/02 RWR et al. 5
Western Kingbird 3/27/02 m.ob. 2
Eastern Kingbird 6
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 6
Loggerhead Shrike 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Northern Shrike 6
Bell's Vireo 6
Yellow-throated Vireo 6
Plumbeous Vireo 6
Cassin's Vireo 3/27/02 LSu, PD 2
Blue-headed Vireo 6
Hutton's Vireo 1/4/02 MMR 2
Warbling Vireo 3/12/02 AME 2
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Steller's Jay 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Western Scrub-Jay 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Clark's Nutcracker 6
Black-billed Magpie 6
Yellow-billed Magpie 1/1/02 KF 2
American Crow 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Common Raven 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Horned Lark 1/11/02 MMR 3
Purple Martin 4/7/02 JiD 5
Tree Swallow 1/18/02 WGB 2
Violet-green Swallow 1/1/02 AME 1
Nor. Rough-winged Swallow 2/15/02 TRy, JCz 2
Bank Swallow 4/4/02 DLSu 5
Cliff Swallow 2/23/02 MMR 1
Barn Swallow 1/6/02 MJM 1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Oak Titmouse 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Bushtit 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1/4/02 DLS 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Pygmy Nuthatch 1/12/02 MMR 4
Brown Creeper 1/1/02 JMa, JL 2
Rock Wren 1/10/02 KPa 4
Canyon Wren 7/4/02 MMR 4
Bewick's Wren 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
House Wren 1/22/02 MMR 2
Winter Wren 1/1/02 JMa, JL 3
Marsh Wren 1/2/02 MMR 2
American Dipper 1/8/02 JAC 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1/1/02 JMa, JL 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Arctic Warbler 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2/6/02 SH, GB 2
Western Bluebird 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Mountain Bluebird 6
Townsend's Solitaire 1/7/02 BH 5
Swainson's Thrush 4/21/02 AV 3
Hermit Thrush 1/1/02 MJM 2
American Robin 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Varied Thrush 1/1/02 JMa, JL 2
Wrentit 1/4/02 DLS 1
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Sage Thrasher 6
Brown Thrasher 6
California Thrasher 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
European Starling 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Black-backed Wagtail 6
Red-throated Pipit 6
American Pipit 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Bohemian Waxwing 6
Cedar Waxwing 1/2/02 m.ob. 1
Phainopepla 2/24/02 MMR, MJM 4
Tennessee Warbler 6
Orange-crowned Warbler 1/4/02 DLS 1
Nashville Warbler 1/25/02 PMB 4
Virginia's Warbler 6
Northern Parula 6
Yellow Warbler 4/4/02 DLS 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 9/24/02 MMR, RK 6
Magnolia Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4/5/02 JT 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Black-throated Gray Warbler 4/4/02 DLS 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 6
Townsend's Warbler 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Hermit Warbler 1/4/02 DLS 4
Blackburnian Warbler 6
Prairie Warbler 6
Palm Warbler 5
Blackpoll Warbler 9/24/02 MMR, RK 5
Black-and-White Warbler 2/6/02 SM 5
American Redstart 9/15/02 MMR 5
Prothonotary Warbler 6
Worm-eating Warbler 6
Ovenbird 6
Northern Waterthrush 4/2/02 CH 5
Kentucky Warbler 6
Connecticut Warbler 6
MacGillivray's Warbler 4/7/02 JiD 4
Common Yellowthroat 1/1/02 MJM 2
Hooded Warbler 6
Wilson's Warbler 3/23/02 m.ob. 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 5/5/02 ClW, ChW 5
Summer Tanager 5
Scarlet Tanager 6
Western Tanager 1/28/02 JMD 3
Green-tailed Towhee 1/4/02 MMR 5
Spotted Towhee 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
California Towhee 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1/24/02 MMR 3
Am. Tree Sparrow 6
Chipping Sparrow 4/6/02 MMR 3
Clay-colored Sparrow 11/4/02 RWR, FV 5
Brewer's Sparrow 9/22/02 DK 5
Black-chinned Sparrow 5/5/02 JY 4
Vesper Sparrow 5
Lark Sparrow 1/10/02 KPa 2
Black-throated Sparrow 6
Sage Sparrow 1/4/02 DLS 3
Lark Bunting 6
Savannah Sparrow 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Grasshopper Sparrow 4/2/02 RWR, FV, RK, P4
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 1/1/02 KL, CC 5
Fox Sparrow 1/1/02 JMa, JL 2
Song Sparrow 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1/1/02 m.ob. 2
Swamp Sparrow 1/1/02 RC 5
White-throated Sparrow 1/1/02 JAC 4
Harris' Sparrow 6
White-crowned Sparrow 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Lapland Longspur 6
Chestnut-collared Longspur 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7/7/02 LSu 5
Black-headed Grosbeak 1/26/02 AR 1
Blue Grosbeak 6/8/02 MJM 5
Lazuli Bunting 4/5/02 MP 2
Indigo Bunting 5
Painted Bunting 6
Dickcissel 6
Bobolink 6
Red-winged Blackbird 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Tricolored Blackbird 1/5/02 DB 2
Western Meadowlark 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Yellow-headed Blackbird 10/27/02 MJM 5
Brewer's Blackbird 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Great-tailed Grackle 5/1/02 JiD 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1/5/02 MJM 2
Hooded Oriole 2/2/02 PB 3
Bullock's Oriole 3/21/02 JiD 1
Baltimore Oriole 6
Scott's Oriole 6
Purple Finch 1/4/02 MMR 2
Cassin's Finch 6
House Finch 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
Red Crossbill 6/9/02 EFe 5
Pine Siskin 1/1/02 JMa, JL 3
Lesser Goldfinch 1/4/02 DLS 1
Lawrence's Goldfinch 3/9/02 MMR 3
American Goldfinch 1/8/02 m.ob. 2
Evening Grosbeak 5
House Sparrow 1/1/02 m.ob. 1
SANTA CLARA COUNTY --- DECEMBER 31, 2002
TOTAL FOR YEAR: 277
* OBSERVER CODES:
ACa=Anne Campbell, AG=Andy Gibb, AJ=Al Jaramillo, AJb=Alberta Jasberg, AL=Amy Lauterbach, AM=Akiko Makashima, AME=Al Eisner, AR=Amy Rufe, AV=Ann Verdi, AWa=Alan Walther,BBr=Barry Breckling, BH=Barbara Harkleroad, BJ=Bob Juhl, BL-L=Barry Langdon-Lassagne, BM= Brooke Miller, BR=Bob Roadcap, BWe=Bruce Webb,
CC=Chris Conard, CH=Caralisa Hughes, ChW=Chris Wolfe, CJC=Chuck Coston, CKS=Chris Salander, ClW=Claire Wolfe, CM=Clyde Morris, CS=Chris Sloan, CV=Connie Vigno,
D&PB=Dennis & Patricia Braddy, DB=Dusty Bleher, DE=David Ekdahl, DG=Don Ganton, DHa=David Haveman, DJ=Dave Johnston, DJC=Don & Jill Crawford, DK=Dan Keller, DLSu=David Suddjian, DPo=David Powell, DR=Don Roberson, DeS=Debbie Stephenson, DSt=Dick Stovel, DWe=Dave Weber, DWi=David Wimpfheimer,
EFe=Eric Feuss, EM=Eugene Makashima, ER=Ed Rooks
FB=Florence Bennett, FV=Frank Vanslager,
GFi=George Finger, GHa=Garth Harwood, GHt=Grant Hoyt,
HGe=Harriet Gerson,
JAC=Jack Cole, JB=Julie Beers, JC=Jeff Cossins, JCS=John Sterling, JCz=Joanna Cezniak, JiD=Jim Danzenbaker, JGa=Jim Gain, JH=Jan Hintermeister, JL=Jolene Lange, JLi=Jim Liskovec, JLu=John Luther, JMa=John Mariani, JMD=Mike Danzenbaker, JMe=John Meyer, JML=Jeanne Leavitt, JMM=John & Maria Meyer, JMS=JM Spoelman, JR=Jennifer Rycenga, JSa=June Santoro, JVM=John Moore, JY=James Yurchenco,
KCo=Kitty Collins, KF=Karl Fowler, KG=Ken Goss, KL=Kimya Lambert, KN=Kristie Nelson, KO=Kris Olson, KPe=Kenneth Petersen, KPr=Kay Partelow, KPa=Kathy Parker, KVV=Kent Van Vuren,
LBG=Leda Beth Gray, LCh=Les Chibana, LP=Lisa Pavey, LSp=Larry Spear, LSu=Linda Sullivan, LT=Linda Terrill, LY=Lou Young
m.ob.=Multiple Observers, MDd=Matthew Dodder, MH=Matt Heindel, MHa=Merry Haveman, MJ=Mark Jenkins, MJM=Mike Mammoser, MK=Michele Kveck, MLF=Mike Feighner, MMR=Mike Rogers, MPL=Marjorie Plant, MS=Mary Simpson, MW=Michael Wienholt, MWr=Marti Wright,
PCu=Pat Curtis, PG=Peter Grace, PJM=Peter Metropulos, PLat=Peter LaTourrette, PMB=Phyllis M. Browning,
RCa=Rita Caratello, RCi=Rich Cimino, RCo=Rita Colwell, RD=Robin Dakin, RGJ=Richard Jeffers, RHu=Ralph Hunter, RiC=Richard Carlson, RL=Randy Little, RLe=Rosalie Lefkowitz, RWR=Bob Reiling,
SB=Sally Baumwell, SBT=Scott Terrill, SD=Stephen J. Davies, SEM=Steve Miller, SGu=Stephan Gunn, SM=Suzanne Morrone, SR=Steve Rutledge, SRo=Steve Rovell, SSA=Susan Sandstrom,
TGr=Tom Grey, TM=Tom Montoux, TRy=Tom Ryan,
ViT=Vivek Tiwari,
WCa=William Cabot, WGB=Bill Bousman
** RARITY CODES:
1 = common, always seen in habitat in season.
2 = fairly common, usually in habitat in season, but missed sometimes.
3 = uncommon, always around, but sometimes you can't find.
4 = rare, occurs yearly in the county, but not always in same places.
5 = very rare, does not occur every year.
6 = casual or vagrant, generally fewer than 10 records.