Saturday 2 March 2013

California and Arizona - February, 2011: part 8

February 19 and 20, 2011 - Los Angeles area
February 21 and 22, 2011 - San Diego and the Salton Sea
February 23, 2011 - Phoenix, Tucson, the Santa Cruz flats and Madera Canyon
February 24, 2011 - Madera Canyon, Patagonia, and the San Rafael Grasslands
February 25, 2011 - Cave Creek Canyon, Barfoot Canyon, drive to Ventura, CA
February 26, 2011 - Kern and Santa Barbara Counties, CA
February 27, 2011 - Santa Cruz Island
February 28, 2011 - Los Angeles, flight home

February 28
Unfortunately this was our last morning in southern California before flying back to cold and snowy Ontario. We had several options of what to do, but it essentially boiled down to two target species: Try again for the California Gnatcatchers which we still hadn't seen, or try to find the Spotted Doves in downtown L.A. Since we were a little short on time, the doves seemed the best option.

After a harrowing rush hour drive into Los Angeles, we finally arrived near Huntington Park. I think it took about 2 minutes before we laid eyes on one of the introduced doves.

Spotted Dove - Los Angeles

This ended up being our only new trip bird for the day since we needed to get for our flight. It was a fantastic trip, and here is a species list.


1                    Greater White-fronted Goose
2                    Snow Goose
3                    Ross's Goose
4                    Brant
5                    Canada Goose      
6                    Gadwall    
7                    American Wigeon 
8                    Mallard     
9                    Blue-winged Teal
10                Cinnamon Teal
11                Northern Shoveler
12                Northern Pintail    
13                Green-winged Teal
14                Canvasback
15                Redhead
16                Ring-necked Duck
17                Greater Scaup
18                Lesser Scaup
19                Surf Scoter
20                Bufflehead
21                Common Goldeneye
22                Red-breasted Merganser
23                Common Merganser
24                Ruddy Duck
25                California Quail
26                Gambel's Quail
27                Scaled Quail
28                Red-throated Loon
29                Pacific Loon
30                Common Loon
31                Least Grebe
32                Pied-billed Grebe
33                Red-necked Grebe
34                Eared Grebe
35                Western Grebe
36                Clark's Grebe
37                Lesser Flamingo (not actually countable)
38                Brandt's Cormorant
39                Double-crested Cormorant
40                Pelagic Cormorant
41                American White Pelican
42                Brown Pelican
43                American Bittern
44                Great Blue Heron
45                Great Egret
46                Snowy Egret
47                Cattle Egret           
48                White-faced Ibis   
49                Black Vulture
50                Turkey Vulture     
51                Osprey
52                White-tailed Kite
53                Northern Harrier
54                Cooper's Hawk
55                Sharp-shinned Hawk
56                Bald Eagle
57                Red-shouldered Hawk
58                Red-tailed Hawk
59                Ferruginous Hawk
60                Clapper Rail
61                Sora
62                Common Gallinule
63                American Coot
64                Sandhill Crane
65                Black-bellied Plover
66                Pacific Golden-Plover
67                Snowy Plover
68                Killdeer
69                Black Oystercatcher
70                Black-necked Stilt
71                American Avocet
72                Spotted Sandpiper
73                Wandering Tattler
74                Greater Yellowlegs
75                Willet
76                Lesser Yellowlegs
77                Whimbrel
78                Long-billed Curlew
79                Marbled Godwit
80                Ruddy Turnstone
81                Black Turnstone   
82                Surfbird
83                Sanderling
84                Western Sandpiper
85                Least Sandpiper    
86                Dunlin
87                Stilt Sandpiper
88                Short-billed Dowitcher
89                Long-billed Dowitcher
90                Wilson's Snipe
91                Bonaparte's Gull
92                Heermann's Gull
93                Mew Gull
94                Ring-billed Gull
95                Western Gull
96                Yellow-footed Gull
97                California Gull
98                Herring Gull
99                Thayer's Gull
100            Glaucous-winged Gull
101            Caspian Tern
102            Forster's Tern
103            Royal Tern
104            Black Skimmer
105            Pomarine Jaeger
106            Parasitic Jaeger
107            Common Murre    
108            Pigeon Guillemot  
109            Scripps's Murrelet 
110            Ancient Murrelet   
111            Cassin's Auklet     
112            Rhinoceros Auklet
113            Rock Pigeon
114            Band-tailed Pigeon
115            Eurasian Collared-Dove
116            Spotted Dove        
117            White-winged Dove          
118            Mourning Dove
119            Inca Dove
120            Common Ground-Dove
121            Greater Roadrunner
122            Barn Owl
123            Whiskered Screech-Owl
124            Western Screech-Owl
125            Burrowing Owl
126            Short-eared Owl
127            Common Poorwill 
128            White-throated Swift         
129            Anna's Hummingbird        
130            Costa’s Hummingbird
131            Allen's Hummingbird        
132            Rufous Hummingbird
133            Belted Kingfisher  
134            Acorn Woodpecker          
135            Gila Woodpecker
136            Red-naped Sapsucker
137            Red-breasted Sapsucker
138            Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
139            Ladder-backed Woodpecker
140            Nuttall's Woodpecker
141            Hairy Woodpecker
142            Downy Woodpecker
143            Arizona Woodpecker
144            Northern Flicker
145            American Kestrel
146            Merlin
147            Prairie Falcon
148            Peregrine Falcon
149            Hammond’s Flycatcher
150            Gray Flycatcher
151            Dusky Flycatcher
152            Pacific-slope Flycatcher
153            Black Phoebe
154            Say's Phoebe
155            Vermillion Flycatcher
156            Ash-throated Flycatcher
157            Cassin's Kingbird
158            Thick-billed Kingbird
159            Loggerhead Shrike
160            Cassin's Vireo
161            Plumbeous Vireo
162            Hutton's Vireo      
163            Steller's Jay           
164            Island Scrub-Jay   
165            Western Scrub-Jay
166            Mexican Jay
167            Yellow-billed Magpie       
168            American Crow
169            Chihuahuan Raven           
170            Common Raven
171            Horned Lark
172            Northern Rough-winged Swallow 
173            Tree Swallow        
174            Violet-green Swallow        
175            Barn Swallow
176            Cliff Swallow
177            Mexican Chickadee
178            Mountain Chickadee
179            Chestnut-backed Chickadee
180            Bridled Titmouse
181            Juniper Titmouse
182            Oak Titmouse
183            Verdin      
184            Bushtit      
185            White-breasted Nuthatch
186            Pygmy Nuthatch
187            Brown Creeper
188            Rock Wren
189            Canyon Wren
190            House Wren          
191            Winter Wren
192            Pacific Wren
193            Marsh Wren
194            Bewick's Wren
195            Cactus Wren
196            Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
197            Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
198            Golden-crowned Kinglet   
199            Ruby-crowned Kinglet      
200            Wrentit
201            Western Bluebird  
202            Mountain Bluebird
203            Hermit Thrush      
204            American Robin
205            Northern Mockingbird      
206            California Thrasher
207            Bendire’s Thrasher
208            Curve-billed Thrasher
209            Crissal Thrasher    
210            Le Conte's Thrasher          
211            European Starling 
212            American Pipit
213            Cedar Waxwing    
214            Phainopepla
215            Orange-crowned Warbler
216            Common Yellowthroat     
217            Yellow Warbler    
218            Pine Warbler
219            Yellow-rumped Warbler
220            Black-throated Gray Warbler
221            Green-tailed Towhee
222            Spotted Towhee    
223            Rufous-crowned Sparrow
224            California Towhee
225            Abert's Towhee
226            Chipping Sparrow
227            Brewer’s Sparrow
228            Black-chinned Sparrow    
229            Vesper Sparrow
230            Lark Sparrow        
231            Black-throated Sparrow
232            Sage Sparrow
233            Lark Bunting
234            Savannah Sparrow
235            Grasshopper Sparrow
236            Fox Sparrow
237            Song Sparrow
238            Lincoln's Sparrow 
239            White-crowned Sparrow   
240            Golden-crowned Sparrow 
241            Dark-eyed Junco
242            Yellow-eyed Junco
243            Hepatic Tanager
244            Northern Cardinal
245            Pyrrhuloxia
246            Lazuli Bunting      
247            Red-winged Blackbird      
248            Eastern Meadowlark
249            Western Meadowlark        
250            Yellow-headed Blackbird
251            Brewer's Blackbird           
252            Great-tailed Grackle          
253            Brown-headed Cowbird    
254            Purple Finch         
255            House Finch         
256            Red Crossbill        
257            Pine Siskin
258            Lesser Goldfinch  
259            American Goldfinch
260            House Sparrow      

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