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American River Parkway Wildlife Count 2007

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First Saturday in December
American River Parkway Wildlife Count 2007

American River Natural History Association
American
River – Hazel Avenue to Mouth at Sacramento River
(
Use this form for 2008 results)


 

Number of Observers:    62                                          (Download Forms for 2008 Count: Page 1    Page 2) 


Legend:  *= BIRD SPECIES SPOTTED IN 2007  (109)
                **= NEW BIRD SPECIES SEEN IN 2007  (2)
                NUMBER AFTER SPECIES = YEARS SEEN IN WILDLIFE COUNTS
                (Eg.: the number "5" after Common Loon means it has been seen in 5 annual wildlife counts)
 
  


Greater White-fronted Goose 5

*Snow Goose 6

Ross’s Goose 2

Cackling Goose 5

* Canada Goose 25

Tundra Swan 16

* Wood Duck 26

*Gadwall 6

* American Wigeon 12

* Mallard 26

Cinnamon Teal 2

* Northern Shoveler 16

*Northern Pintail 14

*Green-winged Teal 12

* Canvasback 14

Redhead 3

*Ring-necked Duck9

Lesser Scaup 5

Long-tailed Duck 1

* Bufflehead 25

* Common Goldeneye 26

* Barrow’s Goldeneye 25

* Hooded Merganser 16

* Common Merganser 26

*Red-breasted Merganser 2

* Ruddy Duck 23

* Ring-necked Pheasant 22

* Wild Turkey 24

* California Quail 26

Common Loon 5

* Pied-billed Grebe 26

Horned Grebe 3

Eared Grebe 6

*Western Grebe 9

 Clark’s Grebe 1

American White Pelican 3

* Dbl-crested Cormorant 25

American Bittern 3

* Great Blue Heron 26

* Great Egret 26

* Snowy Egret 23

Cattle Egret 1

* Green Heron 26

* Black-crowned Night-heron 19

* Turkey Vulture 26

* Osprey 19

* White-tailed Kite 26

*Bald Eagle 6

* Northern Harrier 22

* Sharp-shinned Hawk 26

* Cooper’s Hawk 26

* Red-shouldered Hawk 26

Swainson’s Hawk 1

* Red-tailed Hawk 26

Ferruginous Hawk 1

Rough-legged Hawk 2

Golden Eagle 1

* American Kestrel 26

* Merlin 13

* Peregrine Falcon 5


*Virginia Rail 3

* Sora 5

*Common Moorhen 23

* American Coot 26

Sandhill Crane 1

* Killdeer 26

* Greater Yellowlegs 26

*Spotted Sandpiper 26

Long-billed Curlew 1

 Western Sandpiper 2

Least Sandpiper 10

*Long-billed Dowitcher 8

Wilson’s Snipe 10

Red-necked Phalarope 1

Bonaparte’s Gull 1

Mew Gull 25

*Ring-billed Gull 26

*California Gull 26

*Herring Gull 25

*Thayer’s Gull 26

Lesser Black-backed Gull 1

Western Gull 4

* Glaucous-winged Gull 26

Glaucous Gull 4

* Rock Pigeon 26

Band-tailed Pigeon 4

* Mourning Dove 26

*Barn Owl 14

* Western Screech-owl 13

* Great Horned Owl 26

Northern Pygmy-owl 1

Burrowing Owl 5

Long-eared Owl 3

* White-throated Swift 24

* Anna’s Hummingbird 26

Costa’s Hummingbird 2

* Belted Kingfisher 26

Lewis’ Woodpecker 2

* Acorn Woodpecker 26

Red-napped Sapsucker 1

* Red-breasted Sapsucker 25

* Nuttall’s Woodpecker 26

* Downy Woodpecker 26

Hairy Woodpecker 1

* Northern Flicker 26

Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2

* Black Phoebe 26

* Say’s Phoebe 6

Loggerhead Shrike 3

Northern Shrike 1

Cassin’s Vireo 1

* Hutton’s Vireo 21

* Western Scrub-jay 26

* Yellow-billed Magpie 26

* American Crow 26

Horned Lark 3

* Tree Swallow 17

* Oak Titmouse 26

* Bushtit 26

*Red-breasted Nuthatch 4


* White-breasted Nuthatch 26

*Brown Creeper 14

Rock Wren 12

* Bewick’s Wren 26

* House Wren 26

* Pacific (Winter) Wren 10

* Marsh Wren 10

American Dipper 1

* Golden-crowned Kinglet 19

* Ruby-crowned Kinglet 26

* Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 24

* Western Bluebird 26

* Hermit Thrush 26

* American Robin 25

*Varied Thrush 18

 Wrentit 12

* Northern Mockingbird 26

California Thrasher 1

* American Pipit 26

* European Starling 26

* Cedar Waxwing 26

* Phainopepla 25

Northern Parula 1

* Orange-crowned Warbler 26

* Yellow-rumped Warbler 26

Palm Warbler 1

*Black-throated Gray Warbler 20

*Townsend’s Warbler 8

Black-and-white Warbler 1

*Common Yellowthroat 2

*Wilson’s Warbler 2

*Western Tanager 4

* Spotted Towhee 26

* California Towhee 26

*Rufous-crowned Sparrow 5

Chipping Sparrow 5

* Lark Sparrow 23

Savannah Sparrow 21

* Fox Sparrow 26

* Song Sparrow 26

* Lincoln’s Sparrow 26

* White-throated Sparrow 14

* White-crowned Sparrow 26

* Golden-crowned Sparrow 26

* Dark-eyed Junco 26

* Red-winged Blackbird 25

 *Tricolored Blackbird 3

* Western Meadowlark 26

* Brewer’s Blackbird 26

* Brown-headed Cowbird 10

* Purple Finch 17

* House Finch 26

Pine Siskin 15

* Lesser Goldfinch 26

* American Goldfinch 26

* House Sparrow 26



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NEW SPECIES: 
Two bird species added 2007–
Northern Parula, Common Yellowthroat

SUMMARY:
Wildlife spotted on December 1, 2007, along the American River Parkway. 10 areas (plus 3 canoes in the river between Grist Mill and Howe Ave.) had 62 observers who spotted a total of 109 bird species and 13 other animal species. Leader Jack Hiehle won for the year with the greatest percentage increase of bird species sighted in his area.

Total Animals in all areas by year:
Weather
River CFS
Number of
Observers
    Year
Bird Species:
Number Seen
Mammal Species:
Number Seen
Other Species:
Number Seen
1985
     98
1986
    103
1987
    108
1988
    104
1989
    103
1990
    109
Fog & Rain
   
    31
1991
    106
Sunny
    30
1992
    110
Overcast to Sunny
    36
1993
    103
          9
         5
Soaking Rain
    27
1994
    101
          8
         1
Overcast
    42
1995
    108
          9
         3
Overcast
   1900
    53
1996
    110
         10
         2
Cold & Foggy
   2400
    43
1997
    104
         10
         1
Cold. Clear to overcast
   3103
    42
1998
    107
         10
         2
Cold & clear
   2512
    45
1999
    105
         10
         2
Very cold, dense fog ’til noon
   2551
    49
2000
    106
         12
         2
Light rain, strong wind
    1027
    46
2001
    101
          8
         1
Clear & sunny
    1791
    45
2002
    107
        11
         4
Light rain, overcast
    2050
    41
2003
    102
        11
         3
Clear & frosty
to overcast
    1798
    44
2004
    108
        11
         1
Clear & frosty to clear & windy
    2339
    46
2005
    103
        12
         4
Cold fog to clear
   2047
    52
2006
    106
          8
         3
Clear, very cold. Wind in afternoon
   1280
    62
2007
    109
        11
         2

Total Different Bird Species seen in 23 years: 174
Most in one year: 110 species in 1992 and 1996


MAMMALS AND OTHER SPECIES COUNT, 2007
    47 Deer                                                4 River Otters                 1 Pocket Gopher (mounds)
    11 Bucks                                               7 Jack Rabbits                1 Mole (broken ground trails)
    27 Does                                                4 Cottontail Rabbits         0 Fence Lizards
     9 Fawns                                               3 House Cats                  0 Western Pond Turtles
    23 Ground Squirrels                               0 Beaver                        1 Pond Slider Turtle
   
48 Gray Squirrels                                   0 Skunks                        3 Pacific Tree Frogs
  141 Fox Squirrels                                     0 Black Rats                 103 Wild Turkeys
      0 Coyotes                                           1 Raccoon (tracks) 
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