BIRDING CHECKLIST FOR DECEMBER 22, 2007 WATERFOWL WONDER 8:30 A.M. AUTO TOUR GREBES ____X____Pied-billed Grebe ____X____Eared Grebe PELICANS AND CORMORANTS ____X____Double-crested Cormorant BITTERN, HERONS AND EGRETS ____X____Great Blue Heron ____X____Great Egret ____X____Snowy Egret WATERFOWL ____X____Greater White-Fronted Goose ____X___ Snow Goose ____X____Ross' Goose ____X____Canada Goose ____X____Green-winged Teal ____X____Mallard ____X____Northern Pintail ____X____Blue-winged Teal ____X____Cinnamon Teal ____X____Northern Shoveler ____X____Gadwall ____X____American Wigeon ____X____Canvasback ____X____Ring-necked Duck ____X____Bufflehead ____X____Hooded Merganser ____X____Ruddy Duck NEW WORLD VULTURES ____X____Turkey Vulture OSPREY, KITES, EAGLES AND HAWKS ____X____White-tailed Kite ____X____Bald Eagle/Golden Eagle ? ____X____Northern Harrier ____X____Sharp-shinned Hawk ____X____Red-shouldered Hawk ____X____Red-tailed Hawk
FALCONS ____X____Peregrine Falcon GALLINACEOUS BIRDS ____X____Ring-necked Pheasant RAILS ____X____Sora ____X____Common Moorhen ____X____American Coot PLOVERS ____X____Killdeer (audible) STILTS AND AVOCETS ____X____Black-necked Stilt SHOREBIRDS ____X____Long-billed Dowitcher ____X____Dunlin SNIPE ____X____Wilson's Snipe GULLS AND TERNS ____X____Herring Gull DOVES ____X____Mourning Dove WOODPECKERS ____X____Northern Flicker FLYCATCHERS ____X____Black Phoebe JAYS, MAGPIES AND CROWS ____X____Common Raven TOWHEES AND SPARROWS ____X____Savannah Sparrow ____X____Golden-crowned Sparrow ____X____White-crowned Sparrow
BLACKBIRDS, MEADOWLARKS ETC. ____X____Red-winged Blackbird FINCHES ____X____Lesser Goldfinch
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1994. Wildlife of the Sacramento National Refuge Complex. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Unpaginated. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online http://www.npwrc.usgs.govsacramen.htm (Version 30DEC2002).