My little big day
I birdwatched (almost) continually from sunrise to sunset today as part of getting ready for next Sunday’s Christmas bird count. It was lots of fun. I’m tired, but not too bad.
If I’m reading the merged record in eBird correctly I had 64 species total, which isn’t bad considering I stuck pretty much to one chunk of habitat and didn’t drive at all (except that my partner in crime was nice enough to pick me up for a quick lunch and drop me off again after).
Technically two of the shots above (upper right and lower left) were taken yesterday rather than today. But that’s basically where I was today as well.
I kept 5 separate eBird lists over the course of the day.
List #1:
Home, Santa Barbara, California, US
Dec 11, 2016 6:40 AM - 6:58 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
10 species (+1 other taxa)
Western Gull 13
gull sp. 7
Anna’s Hummingbird 5
Allen’s Hummingbird 1
Black Phoebe 1
American Crow 18
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
White-crowned Sparrow 8
California Towhee 1
Brewer’s Blackbird 8
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List #2:
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park, Santa Barbara, California, US
Dec 11, 2016 6:59 AM - 9:51 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: With Rob
49 species (+2 other taxa)
Mallard 16
Blue-winged Teal 15
Northern Pintail 3
Bufflehead 8
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Western Grebe 20
Double-crested Cormorant 11
Brown Pelican 6
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 3
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3 Continuing birds at south end of Sandyland Cove Road.
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
American Coot 5
Long-billed Curlew 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Willet 1
Heermann’s Gull 10
Western Gull 8
gull sp. 20
Forster’s Tern 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10
Anna’s Hummingbird 7
Allen’s Hummingbird 3
Black Phoebe 3
Say’s Phoebe 1
Loggerhead Shrike 1
California Scrub-Jay 3
American Crow 41
Bushtit 21
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 4
wren sp. 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Wrentit 2
California Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
White-crowned Sparrow 38
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow (Belding’s) 1
Song Sparrow 7
Lincoln’s Sparrow 3
California Towhee 1
Western Meadowlark 4
House Finch 19
House Sparrow 6
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List #3:
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California, US
Dec 11, 2016 10:01 AM - 11:12 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Walking the RR tracks from Sandyland Cove Road to Estero Way, scoping into the marsh.
33 species
Mallard 3
Bufflehead 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Brown Pelican 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 3
Whimbrel 4
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet 7
Eurasian Collared-Dove 5
Anna’s Hummingbird 2
Allen’s Hummingbird 2
Black Phoebe 1
California Scrub-Jay 2
American Crow 10
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
California Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
White-crowned Sparrow 34
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow 2
Western Meadowlark 8
House Finch 4
House Sparrow 16
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List #4:
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California, US
Dec 11, 2016 12:08 PM - 2:09 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: With Mario and Nancy. Estero Way to marsh mouth lagoon and return.
31 species (+1 other taxa)
Brant 1
Bufflehead 8
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 5
American White Pelican 2 Two circled overhead before landing near the cormorants in the middle of the western part of the marsh.
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 2
Black-bellied Plover 15
Semipalmated Plover 3
Whimbrel 4
Long-billed Curlew 13
Marbled Godwit 9
Sanderling 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet 107
Ring-billed Gull 1
Western Gull 5
gull sp. 1
Black Phoebe 1
Say’s Phoebe 3
Loggerhead Shrike 1
American Crow 1
Bushtit 19
Northern Mockingbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Western Meadowlark 13
House Finch 10
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List #5:
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (restricted access), Santa Barbara, California, US
Dec 11, 2016 2:18 PM - 4:44 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Estero Way entrance to marsh mouth lagoon and return, with Deborah.
35 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard 2
Bufflehead 12
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Western Grebe 3
Double-crested Cormorant 7
American White Pelican 2
Brown Pelican 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Black-bellied Plover 15
Semipalmated Plover 16
Whimbrel 2
Long-billed Curlew 6
Marbled Godwit 3
Sanderling 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Willet 50
Ring-billed Gull 2 Watched one repeatedly get a bivalve (mussel?) from low-tide exposed channel bed, fly over to a cobble bed and drop it to break it open. Deborah got photos.
Western Gull 25
Caspian Tern 1
tern sp. 7
Say’s Phoebe 1
Loggerhead Shrike 1
American Crow 1
Bushtit 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Pipit 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Western Meadowlark 9
House Finch 6
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(I walked home after this, but I didn’t birdwatch. Instead I played Pokemon.)
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Tags: carp without cars.