DECEMBER 2014

I overlooked two COMMON MURRES found on Guadalupe Slough on 27 Aug. That means that we finished November with 283 species. Usually in December, we find three more species for the composite list, but this December we found a record 7 new species! Thus the final list is 290 species, 5 more than the long-term average and 3 short of our recent-year high of 293 species in 2011.

There was only one 4 found in December, a COMMON LOON on Almaden Reservoir on 6 Dec. The rough definition of a 4 is that although all 4's are rare, all will be found sometime during the year by someone, somewhere in the county. Of course, all such rules of thumb are meant to be broken. This year we finished with only two "unfound" 4's: Stilt Sandpiper and Long-eared Owl.

Four of the new birds for December were 5's. A RED-NECKED GREBE was found on Coyote Reservoir on 6 Dec and it has remained there into the new year. Surprisingly, another Red-necked Grebe showed up at Calero Reservoir on the Calero-Morgan Hill CBC on 27 Dec. A RED PHALAROPE was seen in Pond A12 on 14 Dec on the San Jose CBC. Continuing that pattern, the next day on the Palo Alto CBC, the first EVENING GROSBEAK of the winter was seen in Los Altos. Many more have been found in Mountain View and Sunnyvale into the new year. A PACIFIC LOON turned up in Pond A16 on 18 Dec.

We wrapped up the year with two 6's, one being the ultimate 6, that is, a new bird for the county list. An adult LESSER BLACKED-BACKED GULL was seen in New Chicago Marsh on 18 Dec in the morning, but could not be found in the afternoon (or after that). The new species was a LUCY'S WARBLER in a gated community near Lick Mill Park on 29 Dec. That puts the county list at 402 species.

This is my last summary of the composite list. I appreciate Kendric Smith's help with this list over the years. Please support Brooke Miller as she continues the composite list in the new year.

Bill

 

For copies of Bill's Discussions for previous months this year, CLICK HERE or view all the cumulative year lists.


SANTA CLARA COUNTY - December 2014

TOTAL: 290

DATE    RARITY**   OBSERVER*                                 
Fulvous Whistling-Duck                       6
Greater White-fronted Goose      1/2/14      4    AME
Snow Goose                       1/4/14      4    RKe, FV, et al.
Ross's Goose                     1/2/14      4    JPa
Brant                                        6
Cackling Goose                   1/1/14      3    m.ob.
Canada Goose                     1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Tundra Swan                                  5
Wood Duck                        1/1/14      3    AV
Gadwall                          1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Eurasian Wigeon                  1/7/14      4    CLa
American Wigeon                  1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Mallard                          1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Blue-winged Teal                 1/1/14      4    PDu
Cinnamon Teal                    1/1/14      2    SPv
Northern Shoveler                1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Northern Pintail                 1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Garganey                                     6
Green-winged Teal                1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Canvasback                       1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Redhead                          1/1/14      3    MHo
Ring-necked Duck                 1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Tufted Duck                                  5
Greater Scaup                    1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Lesser Scaup                     1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Surf Scoter                      1/1/14      2    m.ob.
White-winged Scoter             2/15/14      5    SCR
Black Scoter                                 6
Long-tailed Duck                             5
Bufflehead                       1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Common Goldeneye                 1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Barrow's Goldeneye               1/2/14      4    SEM
Hooded Merganser                 1/1/14      3    m.ob.
Common Merganser                 1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Red-breasted Merganser           1/1/14      3    MHo
Ruddy Duck                       1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Mountain Quail                               5
California Quail                 1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Ring-necked Pheasant             1/1/14      3    RWR
Wild Turkey                      1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Red-throated Loon               1/18/14      4    MMR, MJM, LCr
Arctic Loon                                  6
Pacific Loon                    12/18/14     5    WGB, GZ, RWR, CLa
Common Loon                     12/6/14      4    DN
Yellow-billed Loon                           6
Pied-billed Grebe                1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Horned Grebe                     1/1/14      3    m.ob.
Red-necked Grebe                12/9/14      5    SRs, JLD
Eared Grebe                      1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Western Grebe                    1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Clark's Grebe                    1/1/14      2    MHo
Northern Fulmar                              6
Sooty Shearwater                             6
Ashy Storm-Petrel               10/8/14      6    WGB
Magnificent Frigatebird                      6
Brown Booby                                  6
Brandt's Cormorant              3/18/14      6    JGo
Double-crested Cormorant         1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Pelagic Cormorant               11/8/14      6    MMR, MJM
American White Pelican           1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Brown  Pelican                  1/17/14      3    WGB
American Bittern                 1/1/14      4    m.ob.
Least Bittern                                6
Great Blue Heron                 1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Great Egret                      1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Snowy Egret                      1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Little Blue Heron                            5
Cattle Egret                     1/1/14      5    m.ob.
Green Heron                      1/1/14      3    JTh
Black-crowned Night-Heron        1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Glossy Ibis                                  6
White-faced Ibis                4/30/14      4    BM
Turkey Vulture                   1/1/14      1    m.ob.
California Condor                            6
Osprey                           1/1/14      3    m.ob.
White-tailed Kite                1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Bald Eagle                      1/11/14      4    BM, MAA
Northern Harrier                 1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Sharp-shinned Hawk               1/2/14      2    JPa
Cooper's Hawk                    1/2/14      2    m.ob.
Northern Goshawk                             6
Red-shouldered Hawk              1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Broad-winged Hawk               3/16/14      6    EFe et al.
Swainson's Hawk                  4/5/14      5    RPh
Zone-tailed Hawk                             6
Red-tailed Hawk                  1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Ferruginous Hawk                 1/1/14      4    m.ob.
Rough-legged Hawk                1/8/14      5    DLSh
Golden Eagle                     1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Yellow Rail                                  6
Black Rail                      2/15/14      5    SCR
Ridgway's Rail                   1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Virginia Rail                    1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Sora                             1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Common Gallinule                 1/1/14      2    m.ob.
American Coot                    1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Sandhill Crane                               6
Black-necked Stilt               1/1/14      1    m.ob.
American Avocet                  1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Black Oystercatcher                          6
Black-bellied Plover             1/1/14      1    m.ob.
American Golden-Plover                       5
Pacific Golden-Plover           8/23/14      5    PW
Snowy Plover                    3/15/14      4    FV
Semipalmated Plover              1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Killdeer                         1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Mountain Plover                              6
Spotted Sandpiper                1/1/14      3    JTh
Solitary Sandpiper              4/26/14      5    LM et al.
Wandering Tattler               7/30/14      6    CJo, LAv
Greater Yellowlegs               1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Willet                           1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Lesser Yellowlegs                1/1/14      3    m.ob.
Whimbrel                        1/11/14      3    DWe
Long-billed Curlew               1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Hudsonian Godwit                             6
Bar-tailed Godwit                            6
Marbled Godwit                   1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Ruddy Turnstone                 4/23/14      5    SEM
Black Turnstone                 9/22/14      6    WGB
Red Knot                         1/1/14      5    MHo
Ruff                            9/13/14      4    AMe, SRa
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper                       6
Stilt Sandpiper                              4
Curlew Sandpiper                             6
Sanderling                       1/1/14      4    m.ob.
Dunlin                           1/1/14      1    MHo
Baird's Sandpiper               8/31/41      4    MMR
Little Stint                                 6
Least Sandpiper                  1/1/14      1    m.ob.
White-rumped Sandpiper                       6
Buff-breasted Sandpiper                      6
Pectoral Sandpiper              7/28/14      4    WGB
Semipalmated Sandpiper           8/7/14      4    BM
Western Sandpiper                1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Short-billed Dowitcher           1/1/14      1    MHo
Long-billed Dowitcher            1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Wilson's Snipe                   1/1/14      3    m.ob.
Wilson's Phalarope              4/29/14      2    CLa
Red-necked Phalarope            4/10/14      2    JGo
Red Phalarope                   12/14/14     5    MMR, SCR
Pomarine Jaeger                              6
Parasitic Jaeger                9/28/14      5    JL
Long-tailed Jaeger              8/31/14      6    SCT
Common Murre                    8/27/14      5    JStP
Pigeon Guillemot                             6
Ancient Murrelet                             6
Cassin's Auklet                              6
Black-legged Kittiwake                       6
Sabine's Gull                   9/20/14      5    KKl fide PDu
Bonaparte's Gull                 1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Black-headed Gull                            6
Little Gull                                  6
Laughing Gull                                6
Franklin's Gull                              5
Heermann's Gull                              5
Mew Gull                         1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Ring-billed Gull                 1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Western Gull                     1/1/14      1    m.ob.
California Gull                  1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Herring Gull                     1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Thayer's Gull                    1/1/14      3    MHo
Iceland Gull                                 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull        12/18/14     6    SCR
Slaty-backed Gull                            6
Glaucous-winged Gull             1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Glaucous Gull                   1/28/14      4    WGB
Least Tern                       7/4/14      4    WGB
Gull-billed Tern                             6
Caspian Tern                    3/27/14      2    AV
Black Tern                      5/12/14      5    MHo
Common Tern                      9/9/14      4    GZ
Arctic Tern                                  6
Forster's Tern                   1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Elegant Tern                     8/8/14      4    WGB
Black Skimmer                    1/1/14      4    WGB
Rock Pigeon                      1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Band-tailed Pigeon               1/5/14      2    AV et al.
Eurasian Collared-Dove           1/1/14      3    m.ob.
White-winged Dove                            6
Mourning Dove                    1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo                         6
Greater Roadrunner              3/11/14      4    MJM
Barn Owl                        1/13/14      2    MJM
Flammulated Owl                              6
Western Screech-Owl              1/1/14      1    WGB
Great Horned Owl                 1/1/14      1    WGB
Northern Pygmy-Owl              2/20/14      3    RFu, LKh
Burrowing Owl                    1/3/14      3    MMR
Long-eared Owl                               4
Short-eared Owl                  1/2/14      4    m.ob.
Northern Saw-whet Owl            1/1/14      3    WGB
Lesser Nighthawk                             6
Common Nighthawk                             6
Common Poorwill                 2/16/14      3    JGa
Black Swift                      5/4/14      5    GHa et al.
Chimney Swift                                6
Vaux's Swift                     3/1/14      3    m.ob.
White-throated Swift            1/11/14      2    JY, AL
Black-chinned Hummingbird       4/12/14      4    SCR
Anna's Hummingbird               1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Costa's Hummingbird             3/21/14      5    AHe, ATe
Broad-tailed Hummingbird                     6
Rufous Hummingbird               3/1/14      4    L&MRo
Allen's Hummingbird             1/31/14      3    PDu
Calliope Hummingbird            4/26/14      5    PDu
Belted Kingfisher                1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Lewis's Woodpecker              2/16/14      3    JPa, CHu
Acorn Woodpecker                 1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Williamson's Sapsucker                       6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker         1/1/14      5    MJM, LCr
Red-naped Sapsucker             1/11/14      5    m.ob.
Red-breasted Sapsucker           1/1/14      3    m.ob.
Nuttall's Woodpecker             1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Downy Woodpecker                 1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Hairy Woodpecker                 1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Northern Flicker                 1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Pileated Woodpecker              1/7/14      4    CE
Crested Caracara                             6
American Kestrel                 1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Merlin                           1/1/14      3    m.ob.
Peregrine Falcon                 1/1/14      3    m.ob.
Prairie Falcon                   1/4/14      4    JPa
Olive-sided Flycatcher          4/13/14      3    MJM, LCr
Western Wood-Pewee              4/11/14      2    AV
Willow Flycatcher               5/26/14      4    WGB
Least Flycatcher                             6
Hammond's Flycatcher            4/10/14      5    MJM
Gray Flycatcher                              5
Dusky Flycatcher                4/30/14      5    SFBBO
Pacific-slope Flycatcher        2/16/14      2    PDu et al.
Black Phoebe                     1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Eastern Phoebe                               6
Say's Phoebe                     1/1/14      3    m.ob.
Ash-throated Flycatcher          4/4/14      2    BL-L, GL-L
Tropical Kingbird               5/14/14      6    FV
Cassin's Kingbird               4/14/14      5    MJM
Western Kingbird                3/20/14      2    m.ob.
Eastern Kingbird                             6
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher                    6
Loggerhead Shrike                1/1/14      2    WGB
Northern Shrike                              6
Bell's Vireo                                 6
Yellow-throated Vireo                        6
Plumbeous Vireo                              6
Cassin's Vireo                  3/16/14      2    JPa
Blue-headed Vireo                            6
Hutton's Vireo                   1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Warbling Vireo                   3/7/14      2    DN
Philadelphia Vireo                           6
Red-eyed Vireo                               6
Pinyon Jay                                   6
Steller's Jay                    1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Western Scrub-Jay                1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Clark's Nutcracker                           6
Black-billed Magpie                          6
Yellow-billed Magpie             1/1/14      2    m.ob.
American Crow                    1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Common Raven                     1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Horned Lark                      1/1/14      3    MJM, LCr
Purple Martin                    4/7/14      4    ARi, CSc
Tree Swallow                     1/3/14      2    GHa
Violet-green Swallow             2/2/14      1    DWe
Northern Rough-winged Swallow   2/13/14      2    MJM, LCr
Bank Swallow                    8/11/14      5    WGB
Cliff Swallow                   2/28/14      1    WGB, MSm
Barn Swallow                     3/7/14      1    JaL
Chestnut-backed Chickadee        1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Oak Titmouse                     1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Bushtit                          1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Red-breasted Nuthatch           1/22/14      4    RFu
White-breasted Nuthatch          1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Pygmy Nuthatch                   1/1/14      4    m.ob.
Brown Creeper                    1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Rock Wren                        1/4/14      4    JPa
Canyon Wren                      6/1/14      4    MMR
House Wren                       1/1/14      2    JPa
Pacific  Wren                   1/10/14      3    MMR
Marsh Wren                       1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Bewick's Wren                    1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher            1/3/14      2    JPa
American Dipper                 1/10/14      4    MMR
Golden-crowned Kinglet          1/11/14      3    MJM
Ruby-crowned Kinglet             1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Arctic Warbler                               6
Wrentit                          1/1/14      1    WGB
Western Bluebird                 1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Mountain Bluebird                            6
Townsend's Solitaire             3/4/14      5    CLa
Swainson's Thrush               4/16/14      2    BM
Hermit Thrush                    1/1/14      1    m.ob.
American Robin                   1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Varied Thrush                    1/1/14      3    m.ob.
Gray Catbird                                 6
Brown Thrasher                               6
California Thrasher              1/1/14      1    LA
Sage Thrasher                                6
Northern Mockingbird             1/1/14      1    m.ob.
European Starling                1/1/14      1    m.ob.
White Wagtail                                6
Red-throated Pipit                           6
American Pipit                   1/1/14      2    MHo
Bohemian Waxwing                             6
Cedar Waxwing                    1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Phainopepla                     5/16/14      4    WGB
Lapland Longspur                             6
Chestnut-collared Longspur                   6
Ovenbird                                     6
Worm-eating Warbler                          6
Louisiana Waterthrush                        6
Northern Waterthrush            2/13/14      5    PLaT
Black-and-white Warbler         1/12/14      5    HH
Prothonotary Warbler                         6
Tennessee Warbler                9/1/14      6    m.ob.
Orange-crowned Warbler           1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Lucy's Warbler                  12/29/14     6    SPl
Nashville Warbler               2/15/14      4    MHo
Virginia's Warbler                           6
Connecticut Warbler                          6
MacGillivray's Warbler          4/26/14      4    m.ob.
Kentucky Warbler                             6
Common Yellowthroat              1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Hooded Warbler                               6
American Redstart               9/19/14      5    PKe, RKe
Cape May Warbler                             6
Northern Parula                              6
Magnolia Warbler                             6
Blackburnian Warbler                         6
Yellow Warbler                  2/16/14      1    DWe
Chestnut-sided Warbler                       6
Blackpoll Warbler                            5
Black-throated Blue Warbler                  6
Palm Warbler                    9/22/14      5    GZ
Yellow-rumped Warbler            1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Prairie Warbler                              6
Black-throated Gray Warbler     2/23/14      3    GZ, RSa
Townsend's Warbler               1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Hermit Warbler                   2/4/14      4    WGB
Black-throated Green Warbler                 6
Canada Warbler                               6
Wilson's Warbler                1/21/14      1    JPa et al.
Yellow-breasted Chat            4/29/14      5    AV
Green-tailed Towhee             9/17/14      5    SFBBO
Spotted Towhee                   1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Rufous-crowned Sparrow           1/4/14      3    JPa
California Towhee                1/1/14      1    m.ob.
American Tree Sparrow           10/25/14     6    SCR
Chipping Sparrow                 1/8/14      3    JPa
Clay-colored Sparrow            10/10/14     5    RuC fide PDu
Brewer's Sparrow                             5
Black-chinned Sparrow           5/18/14      4    MMR
Vesper Sparrow                  1/11/14      5    WGB
Lark Sparrow                     1/1/14      2    APe
Black-throated Sparrow                       6
Bell's Sparrow                  2/22/14      3    JY, AL
Lark Bunting                    3/20/14      6    RFu
Savannah Sparrow                 1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Grasshopper Sparrow             1/17/14      4    JPa
Nelson's Sparrow                             5
Fox Sparrow                      1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Song Sparrow                     1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Lincoln's Sparrow                1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Swamp Sparrow                    1/1/14      5    m.ob.
White-throated Sparrow           1/1/14      4    m.ob.
Harris's Sparrow                             6
White-crowned Sparrow            1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Golden-crowned Sparrow           1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Dark-eyed Junco                  1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Summer Tanager                               5
Scarlet Tanager                              6
Western Tanager                  1/6/14      3    MDo
Rose-breasted Grosbeak           2/1/14      5    JaJ
Black-headed Grosbeak           2/15/14      1    KBu
Blue Grosbeak                   4/13/14      4    OA
Lazuli Bunting                   4/5/14      2    MDo et al.
Indigo Bunting                  7/31/14      5    GHa
Painted Bunting                              6
Dickcissel                                   6
Bobolink                                     6
Red-winged Blackbird             1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Tricolored Blackbird             1/1/14      3    WGB
Western Meadowlark               1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Yellow-headed Blackbird          9/1/14      5    MMR
Rusty Blackbird                              6
Brewer's Blackbird               1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Great-tailed Grackle             1/1/14      5    m.ob.
Brown-headed Cowbird             1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Orchard Oriole                               6
Hooded Oriole                   3/13/14      3    JPa
Bullock's Oriole                1/24/14      1    KBu
Baltimore Oriole                3/18/14      6    KBu
Scott's Oriole                               6
House Finch                      1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Purple Finch                     1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Cassin's Finch                               6
Red Crossbill                   8/21/14      5    GHa
Pine Siskin                     1/11/14      3    MHo
Lesser Goldfinch                 1/1/14      1    m.ob.
Lawrence's Goldfinch             1/3/14      3    GHa
American Goldfinch               1/1/14      2    m.ob.
Evening Grosbeak                12/15/14     5    CJC
House Sparrow                    1/1/14      1    m.ob.

* OBSERVER CODES:
ACa=Anne Campbell, ADeM=Al DeMartini, AG=Andy Gibb, AH=Alice Hoch, AJ=Al Jaramillo, AJAv = Amir & Julie Avnit, AJb=Alberta Jasberg, AL=Amy Lauterbach, AM=Akiko Makashima, AMcD=Amy McDonald, AMe=Andy Melnick, AME=Al Eisner, AMR = Alex Rinkert, APe=Andy Pedlar, AR=Amy Rufe, ARo=Alma Rogers, AS=Ashutosh Sinha, AT=Alan Thomas, AV=Ann Verdi, AWa=Alan Walther,

BA=Bill Ayres, BalS=Bilal al Shahwany, BBr=Barry Breckling, BGE=Bruce Elliott, BH=Barbara Harkleroad, BHi=Bob Hirt, BJ=Bob Juhl, BKn=Benjamin Knoot, 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, CE=Craige Edgerton, CH=Caralisa Hughes, ChI=Chris Illes, ChW=Chris Wolfe, CJC=Chuck Coston, CJo=Chris Johnson, CKS=Chris Salander, ClW=Claire Wolfe, CL=Calvin Lou, CLa = Caroline Lambert, CM=Clyde Morris, CO=Carlin Otto, CS=Chris Sloan, CSc = Christian Schwarz, CSt=Cheryl Strong, CV=Connie Vigno, CW=Chuck Woodrum, CyI=Cyndie Illes,

D&JSt=Dave & Jane Styer, D&PB=Dennis & Patricia Braddy, DaS=David Styer, DB=Dusty Bleher, DBr=Dennis Braddy, DBu=Daniel Bump, DE=David Ekdahl, DeB=Debbi Brusco, DeS=Debbie Stephenson, DG=Don Ganton, DGi=Dan Gilman, DHa=David Haveman, DJ=Dave Johnston, DJC=Don & Jill Crawford, DK=Dan Keller, DLSh = Debra Shearwater, DLSu=David Suddjian, DM=Dean Manley, DN=David Nickerson, DPo=David Powell, DPr=Dennis Porter, DQ=Dave Quady, DR=Don Roberson, DSp=Darryl Spittle, 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, GK=Greg Kerekes, GL-L = Ginger Langdon-Lassagne, GSc=George Schutinger, GT=Glen Tepke, GW=Gwyneth Ragosine, GZ=Gena Zolotar

HG=The Highway Guy, HGe=Harriet Gerson, HH=Howard Higley, HMcD=Hugh McDevitt,

JAC=Jack Cole, JaJ=Jane Jordan, JaL= Jasen Liu, JB=Julie Beers, JBr=Joan Brauch, JBu=Joelle Buffa, JC=Jeff Cossins, JCS=John Sterling, JCz=Joanna Cezniak, JE=Jimm Edgar, JiD=Jim Danzenbaker, JF=Jeff Fairclough, JGa=Jim Gain, JGo = Jessica Gonzalez, JH=Jan Hintermeister, JHo=Jane Hodge, JJo=Jim Johnson, JKr = John Kriewall, JL=Jolene Lange, JLD=Jon Dunn, 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, JMu=Julio Mulero, JMy=Jean Myers, JPa=Janna Pauser, JR=Jennifer Rycenga, JSa=June Santoro, JSh=Joel Shinn, JSt=Jane Styer, JStP=Jason St. Pierre, JT=Jim Thomas, JTo=Jim Toal, JVM=John Moore, JW=Jim White, JY=James Yurchenco,

KA=Kumaran Arul, KB=Kim Blythe, KBa=Katherine Bass, KBu=Karen Burnson, KCo=Kitty Collins, KDd=Kelly Dodder, KF=Karl Fowler, KG=Ken Goss, KH=Kevin Hintsa, KHe=Kathleen Henderson, KHo=Kirsten Holmquist, KJo=Kent Johnson, 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, KSc=Ken Schneider, KVV=Kent Van Vuren,

LA=Linda Adams, LAv=Lisa Avila, LBe=Laurie Bechtler, LBG=Leda Beth Gray, LCh=Les Chibana, LCu=Lori Cuesta, LCr=Lea Crisp, LG=Laurie Graham, LH=Lee Hung, LKh=Leena Khanzode, 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, MBi=Mary Bibb, MC=Mike Cussen, MCM=Mark Miller, MDd=Matthew Dodder, MFu=Mary Fullerton, MH=Matt Heindel, MHa=Merry Haveman, MHo=Marcel Holyoak, MJ=Mark Jenkins, MJe=Mike Jennings, MJM=Mike Mammoser, MJP=Mary Jane Parrine, 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, MVe=Martijn Verdoes, MW=Mary Wisnewski, MWr=Marti Wright,

NHa=Nathan Hale, NLv = Nick Levendosky

OA=Ozzie Altus, OH=Owen Holt, OJ=Oscar Johnson

PaB=Patty Brown, PAG=Phil Gordon, PB=Peg Bernucci, PBn=Pat Brennan, PBr=Patricia Braddy, PCu=Pat Curtis, PD=Peggy Don, PDu=Pete Dunten, Paul Lehman=PEL, PF=Paul Fox, PG=Peter Grace, PJM=Peter Metropulos, PJO'B = Paul & Jovae O'Brien, PKe=Pat Kenny, PLat=Peter LaTourrette, PMB=Phyllis M. Browning, PKn=Peter Knoot, PSw=Phyllis Swanson, PW=Pingang Wang,

RbC=Rob Colwell, RCa=Rita Carratello, RCh=Roy Churchwell, RCi=Rich Cimino, RCo=Rita Colwell, RCP=Bob Power, RD=Robin Dakin, RFu=Rob Furrow, RGJ=Richard Jeffers, RHu=Ralph Hunter, RiC=Richard Carlson, RKe=Roland Kenner, RL=Randy Little, RLe=Rosalie Lefkowitz, RMu, Renee Mulero, Robin Carle=RoC, RP=Rich Page, RPh=Ryan Phillips, RT=Ryan Terrill, RTe=Rachel Tertes, RuC=Ruth Cantwell, RW=Ron Wolf, RWR=Bob Reiling,

SAr=Steven Argue, 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, SPa=Steve Patt, SPl=Stephan Pleines, SPv = Sergey Pavlov, SR=Steve Rutledge, SRa=Sidd Ramachandramurthi, SRo=Steve Rovell, SRs=Steve Rose, SSA=Susan Sandstrom, SSe=Sal Salerno, SSo=Steve Sosensky, STr=Steve Tracey, SW = Shane Wilson, SZ=Steve Zamek,

TGo=Tom Goodier, 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.