Please send any additions, corrections, or comments to: Bill Bousman
RECENT ADDITIONS TO LIST: DECEMBER 31, 2001
We finished the year with 281 species, gaining five in December. This is lowest total we've had in recent years, I believe. The mean for the the last five years is 293. However, there is some compensation in that we added two new species to the countly list during the year. Within a day of each other Mike Mammoser found a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and Mike Rogers found a GLOSSY IBIS. Both were enjoyed by many.
Wrapping up 2001, Ann Verdi found an immature YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER at the Alamitos Ground Water Recharge pond next to the SCVWD headquarters off Almaden on 2 Dec. The next day, Bob Reiling and Frank Vanslager found a family of TUNDRA SWANS in the New Chicago Marsh. Mike Rogers picked off an adults SWAMP SPARROW near the waste water outfall at the Palo Alto Baylands on 14 Dec. On the San Jose CBC, Mike Mammoser found a very late SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER at the New Chicago Marsh. Finally, while banding along Coyote Creek below Tasman, Sherry Hudson and Gina Barton saw a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE. One wintered here two years ago (also in the mid-1990s)
Bill
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DATE OBSERVER* RARITY**
Santa Clara County -- 2001 CHECK.
COMP. SOURCE SCORE
Red-throated Loon 1/18/01 RWR, FV 4
Pacific Loon 1/1/01 LS 5
Common Loon 1/1/01 m.ob. 4
Pied-billed Grebe 1/1/01 MMR 1
Horned Grebe 1/1/01 LS 2
Red-necked Grebe 11/25/01 MJM 5
Eared Grebe 1/1/01 m.ob. 1
Western Grebe 1/21/01 m.ob. 2
Clark's Grebe 1/14/01 m.ob. 2
Northern Fulmar 6
Sooty Shearwater 6
Ashy Storm-Petrel 6
Brown Booby 6
American White Pelican 1/1/01 m.ob. 2
Brown Pelican 1/2/01 m.ob. 3
Brandt's Cormorant 6
Double-crested Cormorant 1/1/01 MMR 1
Pelagic Cormorant 6
Magnificent Frigatebird 6
American Bittern 1/14/01 MMR 4
Least Bittern 6
Great Blue Heron 1/1/01 AME 1
Great Egret 1/1/01 MMR 1
Snowy Egret 1/1/01 MMR 1
Little Blue Heron 7/4/01 AV 5
Cattle Egret 4/3/01 MJM 5
Green Heron 1/1/01 m.ob. 3
Black-crowned Night Heron 1/1/01 MMR 1
Glossy Ibis 5/14/01 MMR 6
White-faced Ibis 5/3/01 BL, DCr 5
Turkey Vulture 1/1/01 MMR 1
California Condor 6
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 6
Greater White-fronted Goose 1/2/01 MMR 4
Snow Goose 1/1/01 m.ob. 4
Ross' Goose 1/1/01 m.ob. 4
Canada Goose 1/1/01 MMR 1
Brant 6
Tundra Swan 12/3/01 RWR, FV 5
Wood Duck 1/1/01 AV 3
Gadwall 1/1/01 MMR 1
Eurasian Wigeon 1/28/01 BJ, BM 4
American Wigeon 1/2/01 m.ob. 1
Mallard 1/1/01 MMR 1
Blue-winged Teal 1/4/01 CJC 4
Cinnamon Teal 1/2/01 m.ob. 2
Northern Shoveler 1/1/01 MMR 1
Northern Pintail 1/9/01 RL 1
Garganey 6
Green-winged Teal 1/1/01 MMR 1
Canvasback 1/2/01 m.ob. 1
Redhead 1/28/01 m.ob. 3
Ring-necked Duck 1/1/01 MMR 3
Tufted Duck 10/11/01 BM 6
Greater Scaup 1/22/01 MMR 2
Lesser Scaup 1/1/01 MMR 1
Surf Scoter 1/2/01 MMR 3
White-winged Scoter 5
Black Scoter 6
Long-tailed Duck 6
Bufflehead 1/1/01 m.ob. 1
Common Goldeneye 1/2/01 MMR 2
Barrow's Goldeneye 1/2/01 MMR 4
Hooded Merganser 1/2/01 MW 3
Common Merganser 1/1/01 m.ob. 2
Red-breasted Merganser 1/13/01 MJM 3
Ruddy Duck 1/1/01 MMR 1
Osprey 1/1/01 m.ob. 4
White-tailed Kite 1/1/01 MMR 2
Bald Eagle 1/5/01 GM 4
Northern Harrier 1/2/01 WGB 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1/1/01 MMR 2
Cooper's Hawk 1/1/01 DB 2
Northern Goshawk 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 1/1/01 MMR 2
Broad-winged Hawk 6
Swainson's Hawk 9/3/01 JMa 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1/1/01 MMR 1
Ferruginous Hawk 2/14/01 TRy, JC 4
Rough-legged Hawk 2/25/01 AME 5
Golden Eagle 1/3/01 m.ob. 2
American Kestrel 1/1/01 MMR 1
Merlin 1/1/01 MMR, SBT 3
Peregrine Falcon 1/1/01 MMR, SBT 3
Prairie Falcon 1/14/01 m.ob. 3
Ring-necked Pheasant 1/5/01 WGB 2
Wild Turkey 1/14/01 AV 3
Mountain Quail 5/27/01 JY, AL 4
California Quail 1/2/01 GLeB 1
Yellow Rail 6
Black Rail 1/9/01 MJM, DB 4
Clapper Rail 1/9/01 m.ob. 2
Virginia Rail 1/1/01 MMR 2
Sora 1/2/01 m.ob. 2
Common Moorhen 1/2/01 MMR 2
American Coot 1/1/01 MMR 1
Sandhill Crane 6
Black-bellied Plover 1/9/01 WGB 1
American Golden-Plover 5
Pacific Golden-Plover 5
Snowy Plover 2/25/01 FV 5
Semipalmated Plover 2/13/01 RWR, FV 2
Killdeer 1/1/01 MMR 1
Mountain Plover 6
Black Oystercatcher 6
Black-necked Stilt 1/1/01 MMR 1
American Avocet 1/1/01 MMR 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1/1/01 MMR, SBT 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 4/11/01 MJM 3
Solitary Sandpiper 4/28/01 JMa et al. 5
Willet 1/2/01 m.ob. 1
Wandering Tattler 6
Spotted Sandpiper 1/13/01 AME 3
Whimbrel 1/4/01 KF 3
Long-billed Curlew 1/2/01 WGB 2
Hudsonian Godwit 6
Bar-tailed Godwit 6
Marbled Godwit 1/2/01 m.ob. 1
Ruddy Turnstone 5/1/01 RC 5
Black Turnstone 6
Red Knot 5/3/01 RC 5
Sanderling 1/1/01 MMR, SBT 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 7/15/01 MMR 5
Western Sandpiper 1/2/01 MMR 1
Least Sandpiper 1/1/01 MMR 1
White-rumped Sandpiper 6
Baird's Sandpiper 8/17/01 JMa 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 8/26/01 MMR 4
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 12/16/01 MJM 6
Dunlin 1/2/01 MMR 1
Curlew Sandpiper 6
Stilt Sandpiper 8/18/01 MJM 5
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 6
Ruff 4/10/01 MMR 5
Short-billed Dowitcher 1/2/01 MW 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 1/1/01 MMR 1
Common Snipe 1/1/01 m.ob. 3
Wilson's Phalarope 5/4/01 MJM 2
Red-necked Phalarope 5/4/01 MJM 2
Red Phalarope 1/13/01 m.ob. 5
Pomarine Jaeger 6
Parasitic Jaeger 5
Long-tailed Jaeger 6
Laughing Gull 10/14/01 JR 6
Franklin's Gull 5
Little Gull 9/17/01 JL 6
Black-headed Gull 6
Bonaparte's Gull 1/2/01 MMR 2
Heermann's Gull 6
Mew Gull 1/21/01 m.ob. 2
Ring-billed Gull 1/1/01 MMR 1
California Gull 1/1/01 MMR 1
Herring Gull 1/1/01 MMR 1
Thayer's Gull 1/1/01 MMR, SBT 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1/1/01 m.ob. 6
Western Gull 1/2/01 WGB 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 1/1/01 MMR 1
Glaucous Gull 1/7/01 MDo, JC 5
Sabine's Gull 9/29/01 MDo 6
Black-legged Kittiwake 6
Caspian Tern 3/28/01 TRy 2
Elegant Tern 5
Common Tern 6/24/01 SR, JB 5
Arctic Tern 6
Forster's Tern 1/2/01 m.ob. 1
Least Tern 7/14/01 FV 4
Black Tern 5
Black Skimmer 1/2/01 m.ob. 5
Common Murre 6
Ancient Murrelet 6
Cassin's Auklet 6
Rock Dove 1/1/01 MMR 1
Band-tailed Pigeon 1/1/01 JMa 2
White-winged Dove 6
Mourning Dove 1/1/01 MMR 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6
Greater Roadrunner 4/29/01 MMR, MJM, GHt,4
Barn Owl 1/1/01 m.ob. 2
Flammulated Owl 6
Western Screech-Owl 1/1/01 JMa 1
Great Horned Owl 2/14/01 RL 1
Northern Pygmy-Owl 1/1/01 JMa 3
Burrowing Owl 1/18/01 RWR, FV 3
Long-eared Owl 2/4/01 KP, LP 5
Short-eared Owl 1/7/01 CO 4
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1/1/01 JMa 3
Lesser Nighthawk 6
Common Nighthawk 6
Common Poorwill 3/8/01 JMa 3
Black Swift 6/10/01 EFe 5
Chimney Swift 6
Vaux's Swift 4/4/01 TRy 4
White-throated Swift 1/14/01 RL 2
Black-chinned Hummingbird 4/28/01 CCFS 4
Anna's Hummingbird 1/1/01 m.ob. 1
Costa's Hummingbird 2/15/01 JDa 5
Calliope Hummingbird 4/19/01 RWR, FV 5
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 6
Rufous Hummingbird 3/7/01 RCo 4
Allen's Hummingbird 3/28/01 MMR 3
Belted Kingfisher 1/2/01 m.ob. 2
Lewis' Woodpecker 4/16/01 DB 3
Acorn Woodpecker 1/6/01 m.ob. 1
Williamson's Sapsucker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 12/2/01 AV 6
Red-naped Sapsucker 5
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1/2/01 MW 3
Nuttall's Woodpecker 1/1/01 MW 2
Downy Woodpecker 1/1/01 MMR 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1/6/01 MW 2
Northern Flicker 1/1/01 MMR 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1/23/01 DLSu 5
Olive-sided Flycatcher 4/21/01 m.ob. 2
Western Wood-Pewee 4/21/01 TGr 2
Willow Flycatcher 7/22/01 CCFS 4
Least Flycatcher 6
Hammond's Flycatcher 4/14/01 MJM, MMR 5
Gray Flycatcher 5
Dusky Flycatcher 5
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3/31/01 DL 2
Black Phoebe 1/1/01 m.ob. 2
Eastern Phoebe 6
Say's Phoebe 1/1/01 MMR 3
Ash-throated Flycatcher 4/7/01 JMa 2
Tropical Kingbird 6
Cassin's Kingbird 4/28/01 MJM 5
Western Kingbird 3/24/01 DB 2
Eastern Kingbird 6
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 6
Loggerhead Shrike 1/1/01 MMR 2
Northern Shrike 6
Bell's Vireo 6
Yellow-throated Vireo 5/13/01 MJM
Plumbeous Vireo 6
Cassin's Vireo 4/5/01 JMa 2
Blue-headed Vireo 6
Hutton's Vireo 1/1/01 m.ob. 2
Warbling Vireo 3/21/01 JY, AL 2
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Steller's Jay 1/2/01 GLeB 1
Western Scrub-Jay 1/1/01 MMR 1
Clark's Nutcracker 6
Black-billed Magpie 6
Yellow-billed Magpie 1/6/01 MW 2
American Crow 1/1/01 MMR 1
Common Raven 1/1/01 MMR 2
Horned Lark 3/3/01 MJM 3
Purple Martin 5/8/01 FV 5
Tree Swallow 1/27/01 MJM 2
Violet-green Swallow 1/27/01 MJM 1
Nor. Rough-winged Swallow 2/26/01 RD, JC 2
Bank Swallow 7/21/01 VT 5
Cliff Swallow 2/26/01 WGB 1
Barn Swallow 1/27/01 MJM 1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1/1/01 MMR 1
Oak Titmouse 1/1/01 MMR 1
Bushtit 1/1/01 MW 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1/23/01 DLSu 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1/1/01 MMR 2
Pygmy Nuthatch 1/1/01 JMa 4
Brown Creeper 1/1/01 JMa 2
Rock Wren 2/26/01 DA 4
Canyon Wren 1/14/01 JY, AL 4
Bewick's Wren 1/1/01 MMR 1
House Wren 1/6/01 MW 2
Winter Wren 1/1/01 JMa 3
Marsh Wren 1/2/01 m.ob. 2
American Dipper 1/9/01 RWR, FV 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1/1/01 JMa 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1/1/01 m.ob. 1
Arctic Warbler 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1/2/01 DLSu 2
Western Bluebird 1/5/01 RWR, FV 2
Mountain Bluebird 6
Townsend's Solitaire 11/4/01 DLSu 5
Swainson's Thrush 4/28/01 m.ob. 3
Hermit Thrush 1/1/01 m.ob. 2
American Robin 1/1/01 MMR 1
Varied Thrush 1/1/01 JMa 2
Wrentit 1/30/01 RWR, FV 1
Gray Catbird 9/26/01 CCFS 6
Northern Mockingbird 1/1/01 MMR 1
Sage Thrasher 6
Brown Thrasher 6
California Thrasher 1/14/01 JY, AL 1
European Starling 1/1/01 m.ob. 1
Black-backed Wagtail 1/1/01 MMR, SBT 6
Red-throated Pipit 6
American Pipit 1/1/01 MMR 2
Bohemian Waxwing 6
Cedar Waxwing 1/1/01 MMR 1
Phainopepla 6/2/01 JMa 4
Tennessee Warbler 6
Orange-crowned Warbler 1/1/01 MMR, SBT 1
Nashville Warbler 4/14/01 MJM, MMR 4
Virginia's Warbler 6
Northern Parula 6
Yellow Warbler 4/5/01 JMa 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 6
Magnolia Warbler 10/19/01 MP 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1/1/01 m.ob. 1
Black-throated Gray Warbler 4/14/01 MJM, MMR 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 6
Townsend's Warbler 1/1/01 JMa 2
Hermit Warbler 1/23/01 DLSu 4
Blackburnian Warbler 10/2/01 DLSu 6
Prairie Warbler 6
Palm Warbler 10/14/01 m.ob. 5
Blackpoll Warbler 10/10/01 MP 5
Black-and-White Warbler 5
American Redstart 1/1/01 MJM 5
Prothonotary Warbler 6
Worm-eating Warbler 6
Ovenbird 6
Northern Waterthrush 9/11/01 MMR 5
Kentucky Warbler 6
Connecticut Warbler 6
MacGillivray's Warbler 5/13/01 CCFS 4
Common Yellowthroat 1/1/01 MMR 2
Hooded Warbler 6
Wilson's Warbler 3/21/01 GHa 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 5/21/01 SK 5
Summer Tanager 8/25/01 MMR, MJM 5
Scarlet Tanager 6
Western Tanager 4/17/01 JAC, PD 3
Green-tailed Towhee 12/21/01 SH, GB 5
Spotted Towhee 1/1/01 DB 1
California Towhee 1/1/01 MMR 1
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 3/16/01 JMa 3
Am. Tree Sparrow 6
Chipping Sparrow 4/10/01 RWR, FV 3
Clay-colored Sparrow 10/5/01 DLSu 5
Brewer's Sparrow 10/2/01 SH, GB 5
Black-chinned Sparrow 5/21/01 GHa 4
Vesper Sparrow 1/4/01 CJC 5
Lark Sparrow 1/3/01 JMe 2
Black-throated Sparrow 6
Sage Sparrow 1/28/01 JY, AL 3
Lark Bunting 6
Savannah Sparrow 1/1/01 MMR 1
Grasshopper Sparrow 3/16/01 RWR, FV 4
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 5
Fox Sparrow 1/1/01 m.ob. 2
Song Sparrow 1/1/01 MMR 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1/2/01 WGB 2
Swamp Sparrow 12/14/01 MMR 5
White-throated Sparrow 1/1/01 AV 4
Harris' Sparrow 6
White-crowned Sparrow 1/1/01 MMR 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1/1/01 m.ob. 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1/1/01 JMa 1
Lapland Longspur 6
Chestnut-collared Longspur 11/6/01 MMR 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6/8/01 KP 5
Black-headed Grosbeak 1/21/01 KP 1
Blue Grosbeak 4/21/01 MJM, PLaT 5
Lazuli Bunting 4/20/01 SK 2
Indigo Bunting 7/3/01 JM, LP 5
Painted Bunting 6
Dickcissel 6
Bobolink 6
Red-winged Blackbird 1/1/01 m.ob. 1
Tricolored Blackbird 1/1/01 AV 2
Western Meadowlark 1/1/01 MMR 1
Yellow-headed Blackbird 5
Brewer's Blackbird 1/1/01 m.ob. 1
Great-tailed Grackle 1/2/01 DLSu 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1/1/01 m.ob. 2
Hooded Oriole 3/19/01 AW 3
Bullock's Oriole 1/9/01 AME 1
Baltimore Oriole 6
Scott's Oriole 6
Purple Finch 1/14/01 JY, AL 2
Cassin's Finch 6
House Finch 1/1/01 MMR 1
Red Crossbill 5
Pine Siskin 1/28/01 MMR 3
Lesser Goldfinch 1/1/01 MMR 1
Lawrence's Goldfinch 3/29/01 SK 3
American Goldfinch 1/10/01 RL 2
Evening Grosbeak 5
House Sparrow 1/1/01 MMR 1
SANTA CLARA COUNTY --- DECEMBER 31, 2001
TOTAL FOR YEAR: 281
* OBSERVER CODES:
ACa=Anne Campbell, AGu=Arnel Guanlao, AJ=Al Jaramillo, AJb=Alberta Jasberg, AL=Amy Lauterbach, AME=Al Eisner, AV=Ann Verdi, AWa=Alan Walther,BBr=Barry Breckling, BJ=Bob Juhl, BM= Brooke Miller, BMcK=Bert McKee, BR=Bob Roadcap, BWe=Bruce Webb,
CH=Caralisa Hughes, ChW=Chris Wolfe, CJC=Chuck Coston, CKS=Chris Salander, ClW=Claire Wolfe, CV=Connie Vigno, CWh=Clark White,
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, DSt=Dick Stovel, DWe=Dave Weber, DWi=David Wimpfheimer,
EA=Ernie Abeles, EFe=Eric Feuss, ER=Ed Rooks
FB=Florence Bennett, FV=Frank Vanslager,
GFi=George Finger, GHa=Garth Harwood, GHt=Grant Hoyt, GLeB=Gloria LeBlanc,
HGe=Harriet Gerson, HLR=Heather Rottenborn,
JAC=Jack Cole, JB=Julie Beers, JC=Jeff Cossins, JCS=John Sterling, JCz=Joanna Cezniak, JDa=Jim Danzenbaker, JGa=Jim Gain, JH=Jan Hintermeister, JLa=Jolene Lange, JLi=Jim Liskovec, JLu=John Luther, JMa=John Mariani, JMe=John Meyer, JML=Jeanne Leavitt, JMM=John & Maria Meyer, JMS=J=M Spoelman, JSa=June Santoro, JVM=John Moore, JY=James Yurchenco,
KCo=Kitty Collins, KF=Karl Fowler, KG=Ken Goss, KN=Kristie Nelson, KPr=Kay Partelow, KPa=Kathy Parker, KVV=Kent Van Vuren,
LBG=Leda Beth Gray, LCh=Les Chibana, LP=Lisa Pavey, LSp=Larry Spear, LT=Linda Terrill, LY=Lou Young
m.ob.=Many Observers, MCM=Mark C. Miller, MDo=Matthew Dodder, MH=Matt Heindel, MHa=Merry Haveman, MJM=Mike Mammoser, MK=Michele Kveck, MLF=Mike Feighner, MMR=Mike Rogers, MPL=Marjorie Plant, MS=Mary Simpson, MW=Michael Wienholt, MWr=Marti Wright,
NL=Nick Lethaby,
PCu=Pat Curtis, 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, RPR=Rebecca P Rottenborn, RWR=Bob Reiling,
SB=Sally Baumwell, SBT=Scott Terrill, SCR=Steve Rottenborn, SEM=Steve Miller, SGu=Stephan Gunn, SR=Steve Rutledge, SRo=Steve Rovell, SSA=Susan Sandstrom,
TGr=Tom Grey, TRy=Tom Ryan,
VTi=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.