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Valley Wild in the beautiful Kern River Valley Kern County, California
2007 NatureFest Schedule at a Glance
BIRD SIGHTINGS
Kern River Valley & North Mojave Desert Noteworthy Bird Sightings
Birding Fall 2006
(August-November, 2006 Fall Reporting Season)
Goal: To provide a motivating mix of bird species observations with reports of interest to all birders: beginning to expert, Kern County specialists, northern California & southern California, out-of-California (U.S. & International), listers and non-listers,...
Submit observations or make inquiries to: Bob Barnes
MAJOR TIP: Birding early (starting at dawn) and carefully (spending time) = birds observed...
SPECIFIC REPORTS FOLLOW BELOW (Updated):
We, 22 Nov 06 - Desert Memorial Park, County Line Road, Ridgecrest (8:15am-9am). Oak Titmouse (first record for this location). BOBA
Southern San Joaquin Valley, Sa-Su, 23-24 Sep 06
Observers: Bob Barnes (Sa & Su), Pete Fahey (Su), Gary File (Sa), Frank Gibson (Su), Linda Overholtzer (Sa & Su), Roy Poucher (Sa & Su), Gary Woods (Su)
23 Sep Locations: KERN COUNTY ... 6:30am-11:10am, Kern River County Park - KRCP (Upper Picnic Area upriver from Lake Ming, Kern River behind Lake Ming, Hart Park), 1pm-5:40pm, Kern National Wildlife Refuge - KNWR, KINGS COUNTY ... 6th Avenue Kings Co. - KICO, TULARE COUNTY ... Alpaugh County Park - ALCP, Highway 43 at northwest corner of Pixley National Wildlife Refuge - HW43, Allensworth State Historic Park - ASHP, Alpaugh BLM Trail - ABLM; 5:40pm-7:40pm, Pixley National Wildlife Refuge - PNWR
24 Sep Locations: TULARE COUNTY ... 7am-9:30am, Alpaugh BLM Trail - ABLM; KERN COUNTY ... 10:35am-11:45am, Tule Elk Reserve - TERE; 12:40pm-1:40pm, Buena Vista Lake - BVLA, 2:25pm-3:30pm, Fort Tejon - FTTE
Canada Goose 16 KRCP, Wood Duck 5 KRCP, Mallard 3 KRCP, 3 PNWR, Northern Pintail 50 KNWR, Cinnamon Teal 15 KNWR, 10 HW43, 10 PNWR, Northern Shoveler 500 KNWR, 100 PNWR, Gadwall 20 KNWR, Ruddy Duck 1 KRCP, 40 KNWR, Duck species 1000s KNWR, 1000+ PNWR, California Quail 1 KRCP, Pied-billed Grebe 2 KRCP, 10 KNWR, Western Grebe 2 KNWR,
Clark's Grebe 1 KNWR, Double-crested Cormorant 2 KRCP, 15 KNWR Great Blue Heron 1 KRCP, 10 KNWR, 10 KICO, 1 PNWR, 1 ABLM Great Egret 2 KRCP, 6 KNWR, 150 KICO Snowy Egret 15 KICO Cattle Egret 2 KNWR , 10 KICO Green Heron 1 KRCP Black-crowed Night-Heron 1 BVLA White-faced Ibis 1 KRCP, 437 PNWR, 364 ABLM Turkey Vulture 108 KRCP, 1 PNWR, 1 TERE, numerous en route White-tailed Kite 1 KNWR, 1 PNWR, 1 ABLM Northern Harrier 1 KRCP, 1 KNWR, 2 PNWR, 1 ABLM Sharp-shinned Hawk 1m KRCP Red-shouldered Hawk 2 KRCP, 1 ASHP, 1 ABLM Swainson's Hawk 2 PNWR, 1 ABLM, 2 TERE, 2-5 en route Red-tailed Hawk 3 KRCP, 4 east of Alpaugh, 6 KICO, 2 PNWR, 1 ABLM, 1 FTTE, 20-30 en route American Kestrel 5 KRCP, 3 PNWR, 1 ABLM, 1 TERE, 5-10 en route Prairie Falcon 1 KRCP Common Moorhen 1 KNWR, 1 HW43 American Coot 200 KRCP, 1000 KNWR, 20 HW43 Sandhill Crane 1022 PNWR Killdeer 2 KRCP, 3 KNWR, 1 HW43, 2 PNWR, 11 ABLM, 2 TERE Black-necked Stilt 250 KNWR, 20 PNWR American Avocet 100 KICO Greater Yellowlegs 5 KNWR, 5 KICO, 3 PNWR Long-billed Curlew 55 just east of Alpaugh, 99 ABLM Least Sandpiper 5 KNWR Long-billed Dowitcher 100 KNWR, 1000 KICO, 200 PNWR, 22 ABLM Ring-billed Gull 1 KICO California Gull 1 KRCP Caspian Tern 4 KRCP, 1 KNWR, 10 KICO Rock Pigeon 15 just east of Alpaugh Mourning Dove 38 KRCP, 2 ASHP, 3 PNWR, 32 ABLM, 3 TERE Rose-ringed Parakeet 8 KRCP Barn Owl 1 KRCP, 2 ABLM Great Horned Owl 1 KRCP, 1 ABLM Burrowing Owl 2 PNWR, 6 ASHP Lesser Nighthawk 1 ALCP Anna's Hummingbird 22 KRCP, 2 ABLM, 1 TERE Belted Kingfisher 1 KRCP Acorn Woodpecker 3 KRCP, 10 FTTE Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 KRCP Nuttall's Woodpecker 3 KRCP Downy Woodpecker 2 KRCP Northern Flicker 5 KRCP, 2 ASHP Western Wood-Pewee 6 KRCP, 1 KNWR, 1 ALPA, 1 ABLM, 1 BVLA Willow Flycatcher 1 KRCP Empidonax species 1 KRCP Pacific-slope Flycatcher (seeipping) 1 KRCP Black Phoebe 22 KRCP, 1 KNWR, 1 PNWR, 5 ABLM, 3 TERE, 1 BVLA, 1 FTTE Say's Phoebe 1 KRCP, 1 TERE Loggerhead Shrike 3 KNWR, 1 PNWR 2 ABLM, 1 TERE Warbling Vireo 1 ABLM Western Scrub-Jay 12 KRCP, 1 TERE, 2 FTTE American Crow 3 KRCP, 5 PNWR, 2 ABLM, 1 TERE, 100s en route Common Raven 8 KRCP, several en route Tree Swallow 20 HW43, 20 ABLM, 15 TERE Bank Swallow 1 ABLM Barn Swallow 8 KRCP, 2 HW43, 6 PNWR, 6 ABLM Oak Titmouse 5 FTTE Bushtit 10 KRCP White-breasted Nuthatch 6 KRCP, 2 BVLA, 1 FTTE Rock Wren 1 KRCP, 1 FTTE Bewick's Wren 6 KRCP, 2 ABLM, 1 FTTE House Wren 2 KRCP, 2 PNWR, 2 ABLM, 1 TERE Marsh Wren 2 KRCP, 15 KNWR, 1 HW43, 1 PNWR, 3 ABLM Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 KRCP, 1 ABLM Western Bluebird 40 KRCP, 8 FTTE American Robin 19 KRCP, 4 BVLA Northern Mockingbird 1 KRCP, 1 ASHP, 4 ABLM, 1 BVLA California Thrasher 1 KRCP European Starling 17 KRCP, 7 ABLM Cedar Waxwing 1 ABLM Phainopepla 1 FTTE Orange-crowned Warbler 9 KRCP, 17 ABLM, 5 TERE, 1 BVLA Yellow Warbler 2 KRCP, 3 ABLM Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 KRCP, 1 ABLM, 1 TERE Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 KRCP, 1 TERE MacGillivray's Warbler 1 KRCP Common Yellowthroat 7 KRCP, 1 TERE Wilson's Warbler 1 KRCP, 2 ABLM, 1 BVLA Spotted Towhee 1 ABLM California Towhee 1 FTTE Chipping Sparrow 8 FTTE Lark Sparrow 2 KRCP, 5 FTTE Savannah Sparrow 4 PNWR, 6 ABLM Lincoln's Sparrow 3 KRCP, 1 PNWR, 7 ABLM, 1 TERE Song Sparrow 8 KRCP, 5 PNWR, 10 ABLM, 2 FTTE White-crowned Sparrow 16 KRCP, 3 PNWR, 32 ABLM, 3 BVLA, 2 FTTE Lazuli Bunting 2 ABLM Red-winged Blackbird 13 KRCP, 500 KNWR, 2000 PNWR, 572 ABLM Tricolored Blackbird 3 PNWR Western Meadowlark 2 KRCP, 1 ASHP, 5 PNWR, 5 ABLM Brewer's Blackbird 72 KRCP, 10 ABLM Great-tailed Grackle 1 I-5 at Lost Hills, 3 BVLA Brown-headed Cowbird 22 ABLM House Finch 23 KRCP, 77 ABLM, 1 TERE, 1 BVLA, 5 FTTE Lesser Goldfinch 1 KRCP
House Sparrow 2 ABLM
Fr, 15 Sep 06 - First of Fall White-crowned Sparrows in the Kern River Valley. BRGA, DELA
KEY: KRP-Kern River Preserve, KRV-Kern River Valley, IWV-Indian Wells Valley, CLNWC-China Lake Naval Weapons Center, CC-Cerro Coso Community College Ridgecrest. S&D-Status & Distribution
Observers: BOBA-Bob Barnes, BRGA-Bruce Garlinger, DELA-Denise LaBerteaux
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