Well Folks, it was a record count day at Guajome! We came home with 60 species. I might attribute this total to some very good birders and some birders who have very good ears. New birds discovered here were the Greater White-Fronted Goose, the Snow Goose, a flyover by a pair of Great Blue Herons, Acorn Woodpecker, Virginia Rail, Pacific-Slope Flycatcher, Chipping Sparrow, and our favorite, the House Sparrow.
The weather was just gorgeous, starting out cool and ending up on the warm side with not a cloud to be seen. It was a cheery crew of twenty that circled round Guajome. Kudos go out to Carol, who, showing up a wee bit late, walked the whole route twice looking for us. Fortunately, we needed a short break for doughnut holes, oranges, lemonade and coffee, thus allowing Carol the opportunity to finally find us. Our thanks to Jack, the scopemaster, who brought us in closer some of the more interesting birds for all to see. He failed to act upon his threat of looney a look.
My hope is for the Sapsuckers, who have been missing since 2014, to show up again for the count next year. Where are they, just Dixon Lake?
Flyin’ high ’til then,
Doug Walkley
| 60 Species | 41 Species | 53 Species | 53 Species | |||
| 3-Feb-17 | 4-Feb-17 | 5-Feb-16 | 5-Feb-16 | |||
| Greater White-Fronted Goose | ||||||
| Snow Goose | ||||||
| – | – | – | ||||
| Mallard | Mallard | Mallard | Mallard | |||
| Northern Shoveler | Northern Shoveler | Northern Shoveler | Northern Shoveler | |||
| Redhead Duck | – | – | ||||
| – | Gadwall | Gadwall | ||||
| – | Buffelhead | Buffelhead | ||||
| – | Hooded Merganser | Hooded Merganser | ||||
| Ruddy Duck | Ruddy Duck | Ruddy Duck | Ruddy Duck | |||
| California Quail | – | – | – | |||
| Pied-billed Grebe | Pied-billed Grebe | Pied-billed Grebe | Pied-billed Grebe | |||
| Eared Grebe | – | Eared Grebe | Eared Grebe | |||
| – | – | – | ||||
| Double-crested Cormorant | Double-crested Cormorant | – | – | |||
| Great Blue Heron | – | – | – | |||
| – | Green Heron | Green Heron | ||||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Black-crowned Night-Heron | |||
| – | – | – | ||||
| Turkey Vulture | – | Turkey Vulture | Turkey Vulture | |||
| – | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Sharp-shinned Hawk | ||||
| – | – | – | ||||
| Cooper’s Hawk | Cooper’s Hawk | Cooper’s Hawk | Cooper’s Hawk | |||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Red-shouldered Hawk | Red-shouldered Hawk | Red-shouldered Hawk | |||
| Red-tailed Hawk | Red-tailed Hawk | Red-tailed Hawk | Red-tailed Hawk | |||
| – | – | – | ||||
| Virginia Rail | ||||||
| Common Gallinule | – | Common Gallinule | Common Gallinule | |||
| Killder | – | Killdeer | Killdeer | |||
| American Coot | American Coot | American Coot | American Coot | |||
| Ring-billed Gull | – | Ring-billed Gull | Ring-billed Gull | |||
| Rock Pigeon | Rock Pigeon | Rock Pigeon | Rock Pigeon | |||
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Eurasian Collared-Dove | |||
| Mourning Dove | Mourning Dove | Mourning Dove | Mourning Dove | |||
| Greater Roadrunner | Greater Roadrunner | – | – | |||
| Anna’s Hummingbird | Anna’s Hummingbird | Anna’s Hummingbird | Anna’s Hummingbird | |||
| Allen’s Hummingbird | Allen’s Hummingbird | Allen’s Hummingbird | Allen’s Hummingbird | |||
| – | Rufous Hummingbird | Rufous Hummingbird | ||||
| – | Costa’s Hummingbird | Costa’s Hummingbird | ||||
| – | – | – | ||||
| – | – | – | ||||
| Nuttall’s Woodpecker | Nuttall’s Woodpecker | Nuttall’s Woodpecker | Nuttall’s Woodpecker | |||
| Downey Woodpecker | – | Downy Woodpecker | Downy Woodpecker | |||
| – | Northern Flicker | Northern Flicker | ||||
| Acorn Woodpecker | ||||||
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | – | – | – | |||
| Black Phoebe | Black Phoebe | Black Phoebe | Black Phoebe | |||
| Say’s Phoebe | Say’s Phoebe | Say’s Phoebe | Say’s Phoebe | |||
| Cassin’s Kingbird | Cassin’s Kingbird | Cassin’s Kingbird | Cassin’s Kingbird | |||
| Hutton’s Vireo | ||||||
| Western Scrub-Jay | Western Scrub-Jay | Western Scrub-Jay | Western Scrub-Jay | |||
| American Crow | American Crow | American Crow | American Crow | |||
| – | – | – | ||||
| – | – | – | ||||
| Bushtit | Bushtit | Bushtit | Bushtit | |||
| Bewick’s Wren | – | – | – | |||
| House Wren | – | House Wren | House Wren | |||
| Marsh Wren | – | Marsh Wren (H) | Marsh Wren (H) | |||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | ||||||
| Blue-grey Gnatcatcher | ||||||
| Western Bluebird | Western Bluebird | Western Bluebird | Western Bluebird | |||
| American Robin | – | – | ||||
| Wrentit | Wrentit | Wrentit | ||||
| Northern Mockingbird | Northern Mockingbird | Northern Mockingbird | Northern Mockingbird | |||
| California Thrasher | ||||||
| European Starling | – | European Starling | European Starling | |||
| – | American Pipit | American Pipit | ||||
| Cedar Waxwing | Cedar Waxwing | Cedar Waxwing | Cedar Waxwing | |||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Orange-crowned Warbler | Orange-crowned Warbler | Orange-crowned Warbler | |||
| – | – | – | ||||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Yellow-rumped Warbler | Yellow-rumped Warbler | Yellow-rumped Warbler | |||
| Common Yellowthroat | Common Yellowthroat | Common Yellowthroat | Common Yellowthroat | |||
| Spotted Towhee | Spotted Towhee | – | – | |||
| California Towhee | California Towhee | California Towhee | California Towhee | |||
| Chipping Sparrow | ||||||
| Song Sparrow | Song Sparrow | Song Sparrow | Song Sparrow | |||
| White-crowned Sparrow | White-crowned Sparrow | – | – | |||
| Red-winged Blackbird | Red-winged Blackbird | Red-winged Blackbird | Red-winged Blackbird | |||
| Great-tailed Grackle | Great-tailed Grackle | Great-tailed Grackle | Great-tailed Grackle | |||
| House-Finch | House-Finch | House-Finch | House-Finch | |||
| Lesser Goldfinch | Lesser Goldfinch | Lesser Goldfinch | Lesser Goldfinch | |||
| House Sparrow | – | – | – |
