Please send any additions, corrections, or comments to: Bill Bousman
DECEMBER 2008
We finished up 2008 with 286 species on the composite list, 1 more than our long-term average. We found 3 new species in December, which is the same as we usually fine. This sounds normal, but it was in reality a cliffhanger. Midway through the month, an EASTERN PHOEBE (a "6") was discovered at Lake Cunningham on the San Jose CBC on 14 Dec. Despite the large number of people we have out counting birds for our local CBCs, this was the only new species found. Then, as the year's clock wound down, day after day, no new birds were found. Then, on 30 Dec, two urban yards in San Jose provided new birds: a HY CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (a "6") and a HY female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (a "5"). Phew. All three of our December birds have remained into the new year to give us a good start on 2009, although only the Eastern Phoebe has been accessible.
We wound up the year missing three "4's" Mountain Quail, Purple Martin, and Black-chinned Sparrow. My definition of a "4" is that it is a rare bird that someone will find somewhere in the county at least once during the year. There are quite a few birds in this category that we do occasionally miss, so I'm reluctant to change their status until we see this repeated for a number of years. Mountain Quail may well be extripated. Many of us suspect that although this is a known historical species, the few observations we have from recent years may have more to do with a aviary escapees than with a remnant population, but . . . Purple Martins may be on their way out, although we usually find at least one on migration. The Black-chinned Sparrow is famed for the variability of its nesting populations, so maybe 2009 will be better.Bill
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SANTA CLARA COUNTY -- DECEMBER 2008
TOTAL: 286
DATE RARITY** OBSERVER* Fulvous Whistling-Duck 6 Greater White-fronted Goose 1/1/08 4 m.ob. Snow Goose 1/9/08 4 WGB Ross's Goose 1/13/08 4 MMR, MJM, RGJ Brant 6 Cackling Goose 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Canada Goose 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Tundra Swan 2/15/08 5 LA Wood Duck 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Gadwall 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Eurasian Wigeon 1/1/08 4 MJM American Wigeon 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Mallard 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Blue-winged Teal 1/3/08 4 MJM Cinnamon Teal 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Northern Shoveler 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Northern Pintail 1/1/08 1 MJM Garganey 6 Green-winged Teal 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Canvasback 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Redhead 1/1/08 3 LA Ring-necked Duck 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Tufted Duck 5 Greater Scaup 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Lesser Scaup 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Surf Scoter 1/1/08 3 m.ob. White-winged Scoter 5 Black Scoter 6 Long-tailed Duck 5 Bufflehead 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Common Goldeneye 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Barrow's Goldeneye 1/11/08 4 RKe, PKe Hooded Merganser 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Common Merganser 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Red-breasted Merganser 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Ruddy Duck 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Ring-necked Pheasant 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Wild Turkey 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Mountain Quail 4 California Quail 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Red-throated Loon 1/1/08 4 m.ob. Pacific Loon 1/1/08 5 m.ob. Common Loon 1/6/08 4 SCR Pied-billed Grebe 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Horned Grebe 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Red-necked Grebe 5 Eared Grebe 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Western Grebe 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Clark's Grebe 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Northern Fulmar 6 Sooty Shearwater 6 Ashy Storm-Petrel 6 Brown Booby 6 American White Pelican 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Brown Pelican 1/5/08 3 WGB Brandt's Cormorant 6 Double-crested Cormorant 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Pelagic Cormorant 1/22/08 6 PBn, PSw, AH Magnificent Frigatebird 6 American Bittern 1/17/08 4 SZ Least Bittern 6 Great Blue Heron 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Great Egret 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Snowy Egret 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Little Blue Heron 5 Cattle Egret 2/10/08 5 SAG Green Heron 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Black-crowned Night-Heron 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Glossy Ibis 6 White-faced Ibis 5/13/08 4 MJM Turkey Vulture 1/1/08 1 m.ob. California Condor 6 Osprey 1/1/08 4 m.ob. White-tailed Kite 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Bald Eagle 1/1/08 4 m.ob. Northern Harrier 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Cooper's Hawk 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Northern Goshawk 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Broad-winged Hawk 6 Swainson's Hawk 5/1/08 5 RPh Zone-tailed Hawk 6 Red-tailed Hawk 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Ferruginous Hawk 1/1/08 4 m.ob. Rough-legged Hawk 1/12/08 5 WGB Golden Eagle 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Crested Caracara 3/7/08 6 RPh et al. American Kestrel 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Merlin 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Peregrine Falcon 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Prairie Falcon 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Yellow Rail 6 Black Rail 5 Clapper Rail 1/1/08 2 BW, MW Virginia Rail 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Sora 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Common Moorhen 1/1/08 2 m.ob. American Coot 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Sandhill Crane 6 Black-bellied Plover 1/1/08 1 MJM American Golden-Plover 5 Pacific Golden-Plover 7/19/08 5 JT, RWR, FV Snowy Plover 3/1/08 5 MMR, MJM Semipalmated Plover 1/5/08 2 MMR Killdeer 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Mountain Plover 6 Black Oystercatcher 6 Black-necked Stilt 1/1/08 1 m.ob. American Avocet 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Spotted Sandpiper 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Solitary Sandpiper 4/27/08 5 MMR, MJM, RGJ Wandering Tattler 6 Greater Yellowlegs 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Willet 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Lesser Yellowlegs 1/1/08 3 LA Whimbrel 1/27/08 3 MJM Long-billed Curlew 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Hudsonian Godwit 6 Bar-tailed Godwit 6 Marbled Godwit 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Ruddy Turnstone 7/17/08 5 WGB Black Turnstone 5/10/08 6 WGB Red Knot 5/13/08 5 MMR Sanderling 1/13/08 4 MMR, MJM, RGJ Semipalmated Sandpiper 8/11/08 4 MJM Western Sandpiper 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Little Stint 6 Least Sandpiper 1/1/08 1 m.ob. White-rumped Sandpiper 6 Baird's Sandpiper 8/16/08 4 RWR, FV Pectoral Sandpiper 7/17/08 4 MJM Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 6 Dunlin 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Curlew Sandpiper 6 Stilt Sandpiper 4/27/08 4 MMR, MJM, RGJ Buff-breasted Sandpiper 9/9/08 6 WGB Ruff 7/16/08 5 MAA, SMe, ADeM, FV Short-billed Dowitcher 1/1/08 1 MJM Long-billed Dowitcher 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Wilson's Snipe 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Wilson's Phalarope 4/27/08 2 MMR, MJM, RGJ Red-necked Phalarope 4/27/08 2 MMR, MJM, RGJ Red Phalarope 9/28/08 5 MMR, MJM, RGJ Laughing Gull 6 Franklin's Gull 9/8/08 5 MMR Little Gull 6 Black-headed Gull 6 Bonaparte's Gull 1/1/08 2 MJM Heermann's Gull 10/3/08 5 MSi Mew Gull 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Ring-billed Gull 1/1/08 1 m.ob. California Gull 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Herring Gull 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Thayer's Gull 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Iceland Gull 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1/13/08 6 MMR, MJM, RGJ Slaty-backed Gull 6 Western Gull 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Glaucous-winged Gull 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Glaucous Gull 1/9/08 4 AJ et al. Sabine's Gull 9/12/08 6 GHr, ChW Black-legged Kittiwake 6 Least Tern 7/10/08 4 MJM Black Tern 5/1/08 5 JT Caspian Tern 3/18/08 2 WGB Common Tern 9/8/08 4 PLD Arctic Tern 9/10/08 6 SCR Forster's Tern 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Elegant Tern 9/11/08 5 MJM, RGJ Black Skimmer 1/5/08 4 MMR Pomarine Jaeger 6 Parasitic Jaeger 9/7/08 5 MMR Long-tailed Jaeger 9/9/08 6 WGB Common Murre 8/9/08 6 DLSu Ancient Murrelet 6 Cassin's Auklet 6 Rock Pigeon 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Band-tailed Pigeon 1/1/08 2 GHa Eurasian Collared-Dove 3/29/08 5 RGJ White-winged Dove 6 Mourning Dove 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6 Greater Roadrunner 1/20/08 4 m.ob. Barn Owl 1/7/08 2 MJM Flammulated Owl 6 Western Screech-Owl 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Great Horned Owl 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Northern Pygmy-Owl 1/19/08 3 BMa Burrowing Owl 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Long-eared Owl 1/18/08 4 AME Short-eared Owl 1/9/08 4 RPh, CHa Northern Saw-whet Owl 1/1/08 3 WGB Lesser Nighthawk 6 Common Nighthawk 6 Common Poorwill 4/19/08 3 MMR et al. Black Swift 5/22/08 5 m.ob. Chimney Swift 6 Vaux's Swift 4/15/08 4 JPa White-throated Swift 1/7/08 2 MJM Black-chinned Hummingbird 4/11/08 4 MMR Anna's Hummingbird 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Costa's Hummingbird 6/30/08 5 SCR Calliope Hummingbird 5 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 6 Rufous Hummingbird 3/1/08 4 BB-W Allen's Hummingbird 2/22/08 3 KO Belted Kingfisher 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Lewis's Woodpecker 1/9/08 3 RKe, PKe Acorn Woodpecker 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Williamson's Sapsucker 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 11/15/08 6 PKe et a. Red-naped Sapsucker 4/5/08 5 PLD Red-breasted Sapsucker 1/1/08 3 TGr Nuttall's Woodpecker 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Downy Woodpecker 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Hairy Woodpecker 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Northern Flicker 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Pileated Woodpecker 1/1/08 4 m.ob. Olive-sided Flycatcher 4/12/08 2 BLu et al. Western Wood-Pewee 4/17/08 2 MMR, ARo Willow Flycatcher 5/25/08 4 MMR Least Flycatcher 6 Hammond's Flycatcher 4/6/08 5 MJM Gray Flycatcher 5 Dusky Flycatcher 5 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3/16/08 2 MJM Black Phoebe 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Eastern Phoebe 12/14/08 6 J&SLi Say's Phoebe 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Ash-throated Flycatcher 3/3/08 2 LA Tropical Kingbird 6 Cassin's Kingbird 3/15/08 5 RPh Western Kingbird 3/20/08 2 GC Eastern Kingbird 6 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 6 Loggerhead Shrike 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Northern Shrike 6 Bell's Vireo 6 Yellow-throated Vireo 6 Plumbeous Vireo 6 Cassin's Vireo 4/5/08 2 MDo et al. Blue-headed Vireo 6 Hutton's Vireo 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Warbling Vireo 3/9/08 2 WGB Philadelphia Vireo 6 Red-eyed Vireo 6 Steller's Jay 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Western Scrub-Jay 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Pinyon Jay 6 Clark's Nutcracker 6 Black-billed Magpie 6 Yellow-billed Magpie 1/1/08 2 m.ob. American Crow 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Common Raven 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Horned Lark 2/9/08 3 MJM Purple Martin 4 Tree Swallow 1/1/08 2 LA Violet-green Swallow 1/3/08 1 MJM Nor. Rough-winged Swallow 2/12/08 2 LA Bank Swallow 5/10/08 5 DLSu Cliff Swallow 2/28/08 1 JPa Barn Swallow 1/1/08 1 JT Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Oak Titmouse 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Bushtit 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Red-breasted Nuthatch 1/2/08 4 MJM White-breasted Nuthatch 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Pygmy Nuthatch 1/1/08 4 m.ob. Brown Creeper 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Rock Wren 1/1/08 4 LA Canyon Wren 5/31/08 4 MMR Bewick's Wren 1/1/08 1 m.ob. House Wren 1/1/08 2 JPa Winter Wren 1/1/08 3 DLSu Marsh Wren 1/1/08 2 MJM American Dipper 1/9/08 4 MJM Golden-crowned Kinglet 1/1/08 3 WGB et al. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Arctic Warbler 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2/10/08 2 CW Western Bluebird 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Mountain Bluebird 6 Townsend's Solitaire 11/10/08 5 AV Swainson's Thrush 5/1/08 3 RPh Hermit Thrush 1/1/08 2 m.ob. American Robin 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Varied Thrush 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Wrentit 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Gray Catbird 6 Northern Mockingbird 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Sage Thrasher 6 Brown Thrasher 6 California Thrasher 1/1/08 1 JPa European Starling 1/1/08 1 m.ob. White Wagtail 6 Red-throated Pipit 10/17/08 6 SCR American Pipit 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Bohemian Waxwing 6 Cedar Waxwing 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Phainopepla 1/29/08 4 RKe, PKe Tennessee Warbler 10/17/08 6 AV Orange-crowned Warbler 1/1/08 1 MJM Nashville Warbler 4/17/08 4 MMR, ARo Virginia's Warbler 6 Northern Parula 6 Yellow Warbler 4/18/08 2 JPa Chestnut-sided Warbler 12/30/08 6 MV Magnolia Warbler 6 Black-throated Blue Warbler 6 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Black-throated Gray Warbler 3/30/08 3 GHa Black-throated Green Warbler 6 Townsend's Warbler 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Hermit Warbler 1/1/08 4 GHa Blackburnian Warbler 6 Prairie Warbler 6 Palm Warbler 9/30/08 5 RKe, PKe Blackpoll Warbler 10/15/08 5 MJM Black-and-White Warbler 2/1/08 5 JPa American Redstart 5 Prothonotary Warbler 6 Worm-eating Warbler 11/17/08 6 CCFS Ovenbird 6 Northern Waterthrush 1/1/08 5 AME Louisiana Waterthrush 6 Kentucky Warbler 6 Connecticut Warbler 6 MacGillivray's Warbler 4/5/08 4 PLD Common Yellowthroat 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Hooded Warbler 6 Wilson's Warbler 2/5/08 1 WGB Canada Warbler 6 Yellow-breasted Chat 4/28/08 5 m.ob. Summer Tanager 5 Scarlet Tanager 6 Western Tanager 1/20/08 3 SBT Green-tailed Towhee 5 Spotted Towhee 1/1/08 1 m.ob. California Towhee 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1/1/08 3 LA Am. Tree Sparrow 6 Chipping Sparrow 1/1/08 3 m.ob. Clay-colored Sparrow 10/10/08 5 KRb Brewer's Sparrow 9/7/08 5 AV Black-chinned Sparrow 4 Vesper Sparrow 9/8/08 5 JRy Lark Sparrow 2/9/08 2 MJM Black-throated Sparrow 6 Sage Sparrow 4/21/08 3 MJM et al. Lark Bunting 6 Savannah Sparrow 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Grasshopper Sparrow 1/21/08 4 MMR, MJM, RGJ Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 1/21/08 5 MMR, MJM, RGJ Fox Sparrow 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Song Sparrow 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Lincoln's Sparrow 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Swamp Sparrow 10/29/08 5 PJM White-throated Sparrow 1/1/08 4 m.ob. Harris's Sparrow 6 White-crowned Sparrow 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Golden-crowned Sparrow 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Dark-eyed Junco 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Lapland Longspur 6 Chestnut-collared Longspur 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 12/30/08 5 JMD Black-headed Grosbeak 1/4/08 1 GSc, MMu Blue Grosbeak 4/20/08 4 SCR Lazuli Bunting 4/15/08 2 PaB Indigo Bunting 5 Painted Bunting 6 Dickcissel 6 Bobolink 6 Red-winged Blackbird 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Tricolored Blackbird 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Western Meadowlark 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Yellow-headed Blackbird 5/12/08 5 m.ob. Rusty Blackbird 6 Brewer's Blackbird 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Great-tailed Grackle 1/6/08 5 m.ob. Brown-headed Cowbird 1/3/08 2 AV Orchard Oriole 8/27/08 6 RKe, PKe Hooded Oriole 3/16/08 3 JMD Baltimore Oriole 6 Bullock's Oriole 3/15/08 1 CW Scott's Oriole 6 Purple Finch 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Cassin's Finch 11/14/08 6 OH House Finch 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Red Crossbill 7/11/08 5 DLSu Pine Siskin 1/1/08 3 GHa Lesser Goldfinch 1/1/08 1 m.ob. Lawrence's Goldfinch 4/3/08 3 SCR American Goldfinch 1/1/08 2 m.ob. Evening Grosbeak 5 House Sparrow 1/1/08 1 m.ob.
* OBSERVER CODES:
ACa=Anne Campbell, ADeM=Al DeMartini, AG=Andy Gibb, AH=Alice Hoch, AJ=Al Jaramillo, AJb=Alberta Jasberg, AL=Amy Lauterbach, AM=Akiko Makashima, AME=Al Eisner, AR=Amy Rufe, ARo=Alma Rogers, AT=Alan Thomas, AV=Ann Verdi, AWa=Alan Walther,BA=Bill Ayres, BBr=Barry Breckling, BGE=Bruce Elliott, BH=Barbara Harkleroad, BHi=Bob Hirt, BJ=Bob Juhl, BL-L=Barry Langdon-Lassagne, BLu=Bob Lutman, BM= Brooke Miller, BMa=Bruce Mast, BMcC=Bill McCarey, BP=Bob Power, BR=Bob Roadcap, BSt=Brittany Stieg, BW=Bill Walker, BWe=Bruce Webb,
CC=Chris Conard, CCo=Cliff Cordy, CH=Caralisa Hughes, ChI=Chris Illes, ChW=Chris Wolfe, CJC=Chuck Coston, CKS=Chris Salander, ClW=Claire Wolfe, CL=Calvin Lou, CM=Clyde Morris, CO=Carlin Otto, CS=Chris Sloan, CV=Connie Vigno, CW=Chuck Woodrum, CyI=Cyndie Illes,
D&JSt=Dave & Jane Styer, D&PB=Dennis & Patricia Braddy, DB=Dusty Bleher, DBr=Dennis Braddy, DBu=Daniel Bump, DE=David Ekdahl, DeS=Debbie Stephenson, DG=Don Ganton, DGi=Dan Gilman, DHa=David Haveman, DJ=Dave Johnston, DJC=Don & Jill Crawford, DK=Dan Keller, DLSu=David Suddjian, DM=Dean Manley, DPo=David Powell, DR=Don Roberson, DSt=Dick Stovel, DVP=David Vander Pluym, DWe=Dave Weber, DWi=David Wimpfheimer, DWo=Debbie Wong,
EDeB=Ed DeBellevue, EFe=Eric Feuss, EG=Elinor Gates, EM=Eugene Makashima, ER=Ed Rooks
FB=Florence Bennett, FJ=Fritz Johnson, FV=Frank Vanslager,
GC=George Chrisman, GFi=George Finger, GHa=Garth Harwood, GHt=Grant Hoyt, GSc=George Schutinger, GW=Gwyneth Ragosine,
HG=The Highway Guy, HGe=Harriet Gerson, HH=Howard Higley, HMcD=Hugh McDevitt,
JAC=Jack Cole, JB=Julie Beers, JBr=Joan Brauch, JBu=Joelle Buffa, JC=Jeff Cossins, JCS=John Sterling, JCz=Joanna Cezniak, JE=Jimm Edgar, JiD=Jim Danzenbaker, JGa=Jim Gain, JH=Jan Hintermeister, JHo=Jane Hodge, JKr = John Kriewall, JL=Jolene Lange, JLi=Jim Liskovec, JLS=Jeanne L. Salander, JLu=John Luther, JMa=John Mariani, JMD=Mike Danzenbaker, JMe=John Meyer, JML=Jeanne Leavitt, JMM=John & Maria Meyer, JMS=JM Spoelman, JMy=Jean Myers, JPa=Janna Pauser, JR=Jennifer Rycenga, JSa=June Santoro, JSh=Joel Shinn, JT=Jim Thomas, JVM=John Moore, JW=Jim White, JY=James Yurchenco,
KA=Kumaran Arul, KB=Kim Blythe, KCo=Kitty Collins, KDd=Kelly Dodder, KF=Karl Fowler, KG=Ken Goss, KH=Kevin Hintsa, KHe=Kathleen Henderson, KHo=Kirsten Holmquist, KK=Kathy Kleinsteiber, KL=Kimya Lambert, KN=Kristie Nelson, KO=Kris Olson, K0d=Kira Od, KPe=Kenneth Petersen, KPr=Kay Partelow, KPa=Kathy Parker, KRb=Kathy Robertson, KS=Kendric Smith, KVV=Kent Van Vuren,
LA=Linda Adams, LBe=Laurie Bechtler, LBG=Leda Beth Gray, LCh=Les Chibana, LH=Lee Hung, LM=Lisa Myers, LP=Lisa Pavey, LPE=Leonora Ellis, LSp=Larry Spear, LSu=Linda Sullivan, LT=Linda Terrill, LY=Lou Young
m.ob.=Multiple Observers, MA=Mike Azevedo, MAA=Mary Ann Allen, MB=Matt Brady, MC=Mike Cussen, MCM=Mark Miller, MDd=Matthew Dodder, MH=Matt Heindel, MHa=Merry Haveman, MJ=Mark Jenkins, MJM=Mike Mammoser, MK=Michele Kveck, MLF=Mike Feighner, MM=Molly Malloy, MMR=Mike Rogers, MMu=Mary Murphy, MO'B=Matthew O'Brien, MP=Michael Pollack, MPL=Marjorie Plant, MS=Mary Simpson, MSi=Marty Sidor, MTy=Mike Tyner, MV=Manny Vara, MW=Mary Wisnewski, MWr=Marti Wright,
OH=Owen Holt, OJ=Oscar Johnson,
PaB=Patty Brown. PB=Peg Bernucci, PBn=Pat Brennan, PBr=Patricia Braddy, PCu=Pat Curtis, PD=Peggy Don, PF=Paul Fox, PG=Peter Grace, PJM=Peter Metropulos, PKe=Pat Kenny, PLat=Peter LaTourrette, PMB=Phyllis M. Browning, PSw=Phyllis Swanson,
RbC=Rob Colwell, RCa=Rita Carratello, RCh=Roy Churchwell, RCi=Rich Cimino, RCo=Rita Colwell, RD=Robin Dakin, RGJ=Richard Jeffers, RHu=Ralph Hunter, RiC=Richard Carlson, RKe=Roland Kenner, RL=Randy Little, RLe=Rosalie Lefkowitz, RP=Rich Page, RPh=Ryan Phillips, RT=Ryan Terrill, RW=Ron Wolf, RWR=Bob Reiling,
SB=Sally Baumwell, SBT=Scott Terrill, SCR=Steve Rottenborn, SD=Stephen J. Davies, SEM=Steve Miller, SFBBO=San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, SGu=Stephan Gunn, SH=Sherry Hudson, SHo=Susie Hons, SLi=Sue Liskovec, SM=Suzanne Morrone, SMe=Sonny Mencher, SR=Steve Rutledge, SRa=Sidd Ramachandramurthi, SRo=Steve Rovell, SSA=Susan Sandstrom, SSe=Sal Salerno, SSo=Steve Sosensky, SZ=Steve Zamek,
TGr=Tom Grey, TM=Tom Montoux, TMS-W = Terri M. Sanislo-Williams, TO=Tadd Ottman, TOl=Tom Olson, TRy=Tom Ryan,
ViT=Vivek Tiwari, VM=Virginia Marshall,
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.