Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
California Quail
Mountain Quail
American Coot
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Vaux's Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-jay
Common Raven
Mountain Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
80 species as of 7/3/02
This checklist is based on reported observations of many individual people.
Additional observations are very much appreciated.
This list was most recently updated by Penelope Bowen,
Formerly Calaveras County Coordinator for the American
Birding Association's "North American Birds"
Send comments and additions to current coordinator:
John Sterling
email: ani@cal.net
The White Pines area has been included in the annual Calaveras Christmas Bird Count. For the complete Calaveras
County Reports go to the Audubon Society and
follow the link for the CBC Data base. Use CACA as the circle ID for Calaveras. The 15 mile diameter count
circle for the Calaveras Count is centered near Avery. Future bird counts will be from December 14- January 5.
Calaveras counts are usually Saturday or two after Christmas.
For a complete list of Calaveras county bird species
check the California County WEB site.
For a list of birds in Calaveras Big Trees State Park that includes seasonal occurence:
The Calaveras Big Trees State Park Bird List.