| ALPINE COUNTY BIRD LIST | Reported on: | |
| 257 species as of 10/21/02 | West Slope | East Slope |
| Pacific Loon | |
e |
| Common Loon | w | e |
| Pied-billed Grebe | w | e |
| Horned Grebe | w | e |
| Eared Grebe | w | e |
| Western Grebe | |
e |
| Clark's Grebe | |
e |
| Amer.White Pelican | w | e |
| Double-crested Cormorant | |
e |
| Great Blue Heron | w | e |
| Great Egret | |
e |
| Snowy Egret | . | e |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | w | . |
| White-faced Ibis | |
e |
| Tundra Swan | |
e |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | |
e |
| Snow Goose | |
e |
| Canada Goose | w | e |
| Wood Duck | w | e |
| Green-winged Teal | |
e |
| Mallard | w | e |
| No.Pintail | |
e |
| Blue-winged Teal | |
e |
| Cinnamon Teal | |
e |
| No. Shoveler | w | e |
| Gadwall | |
e |
| Amer. Wigeon | |
e |
| Canvasback | |
e |
| Redhead | |
e |
| Ring-necked Duck | |
e |
| Greater Scaup | |
e |
| Lesser Scaup | |
e |
| Surf Scoter | |
e |
| White-winged Scoter | |
e |
| Common Goldeneye | |
e |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | |
e |
| Bufflehead | w | e |
| Hooded Merganser | |
e |
| Common Merganser | w | e |
| Ruddy Duck | |
e |
| Turkey Vulture | w | e |
| Osprey | w | e |
| Bald Eagle | w | e |
| No. Harrier | w | e |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | |
e |
| Cooper's Hawk | w | e |
| No. Goshawk | w | e |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | |
e |
| Broad-winged Hawk | |
e |
| Swainson's Hawk | |
e |
| Red-tailed Hawk | w | e |
| Ferruginous Hawk | |
e |
| Rough-legged Hawk | |
e |
| Golden Eagle | w | e |
| Amer. Kestrel | w | e |
| Merlin | w | e |
| Peregrine Falcon | w | e |
| Prairie Falcon | w | e |
| Blue Grouse | w | |
| Wild Turkey | . | e |
| White-tailed Ptarmigan | |
e |
| California Quail | |
e |
| Mt. Quail | w | e |
| Virginia Rail | |
e |
| Sora | |
e |
| Amer. Coot | w | e |
| Sandhill Crane | . | e |
| Black-bellied Plover | . | e |
| Semipalmated Plover | . | e |
| Killdeer | w | e |
| Black-necked Stilt | . | e |
| American Avocet | |
e |
| Greater Yellowlegs | |
e |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | . | e |
| Solitary Sandpiper | . | e |
| Willet | |
e |
| Wandering Tattler | |
e |
| Spotted Sandpiper | w | e |
| Long-billed Curlew | |
e |
| Red Knot | |
e |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | . | e |
| Western Sandpiper | |
e |
| Least Sandpiper | |
e |
| Baird's Sandpiper | . | e |
| Dunlin | . | e |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | . | e |
| Common Snipe | w | e |
| Wilson's Phalarope | |
e |
| Red-necked Phalarope | . | e |
| Long-tailed Jaegar | |
e |
| Bonaparte's Gull | . | e |
| Ring-billed Gull | . | e |
| California Gull | w | e |
| Thayer's Gull | |
e |
| Caspian Tern | |
e |
| Common Tern | . | e |
| Forster's Terns | |
e |
| Black Tern | . | e |
| Rock Dove | w | e |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | w | e |
| Mourning Dove | w | e |
| Barn Owl | |
e |
| Flammulated Owl | |
e |
| Western Screech-owl | |
e |
| Great Horned Owl | w | e |
| No. Pygmy-owl | w | e |
| Spotted Owl | |
e |
| Long-eared Owl | |
e |
| Short-eared Owl | . | e |
| No. Saw-whet Owl | |
e |
| Common Nighthawk | w | e |
| Common Poorwill | |
e |
| Black Swift | |
e |
| Vaux's Swift | w | e |
| White-throated Swift | w | e |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | |
e |
| Anna's Hummingbird | w | |
| Calliope Hummingbird | w | e |
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird | w | e |
| Rufous Hummingbird | w | e |
| Allen's Hummingbird | w | |
| Belted Kingfisher | w | e |
| Lewis' Woodpecker | w | e |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | |
e |
| Red-naped Sapsucker | |
e |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | w | e |
| Williamson's Sapsucker | w | e |
| Downy Woodpecker | w | e |
| Hairy Woodpecker | w | e |
| White-headed Woodpecker | w | e |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | w | e |
| No. Flicker | w | e |
| Pileated Woodpecker | w | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | w | e |
| Western Wood-pewee | w | e |
| Willow Flycatcher | w | e |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | w | . |
| Dusky Flycatcher | w | e |
| Gray Flycatcher | w | e |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | w | e |
| Black Phoebe | w | e |
| Say's Phoebe | |
e |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | w | e |
| Eastern Kingbird | w | |
| Western Kingbird | |
e |
| Horned Lark | w | e |
| Purple Martin | . | e |
| Tree Swallow | w | e |
| Violet-green swallow | w | e |
| N.Rough-winged Swallow | w | e |
| Bank Swallow | |
e |
| Cliff Swallow | w | e |
| Barn Swallow | w | e |
| Steller's Jay | w | e |
| Western Scrub-jay | |
e |
| Pinyon Jay | |
e |
| Clark's Nutcracker | w | e |
| Black-billed Magpie | |
e |
| Amer. Crow | |
e |
| Common Raven | w | e |
| Mt. Chickadee | w | e |
| Juniper Titmouse | |
e |
| Bushtit | w | e |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | w | e |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | w | e |
| Pygmy Nuthatch | |
e |
| Brown Creeper | w | e |
| Rock Wren | w | e |
| Canyon Wren | |
e |
| Bewick's Wren | |
e |
| House Wren | w | e |
| Winter Wren | |
e |
| Marsh Wren | w | e |
| Amer. Dipper | w | e |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | w | e |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | w | e |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | |
e |
| Western Bluebird | |
e |
| Mt. Bluebird | w | e |
| Townsend's Solitaire | w | e |
| Swainson's Thrush | |
e |
| Hermit Thrush | w | e |
| Amer. Robin | w | e |
| Varied Thrush | w | e |
| Northern Mockingbird | . | e |
| Gray Catbird | |
e |
| Sage Thrasher | |
e |
| American Pipit | w | e |
| Bohemian Waxwing | |
e |
| Cedar Waxwing | w | e |
| No. Shrike | |
e |
| Loggerhead Shrike | |
e |
| European Starling | w | e |
| Cassin's Vireo | w | e |
| Plumbeous Vireo | |
e |
| Warbling Vireo | w | e |
| Red-eyed Vireo | |
e |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | w | e |
| Tennessee Warbler | e | |
| Nashville Warbler | w | e |
| Virginia's Warbler | |
e |
| Yellow Warbler | w | e |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | |
e |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | w | e |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | |
e |
| Townsend's Warbler | w | e |
| Hermit Warbler | w | e |
| Palm Warbler | |
e |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | e | |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | w | e |
| Common Yellowthroat | |
e |
| Wilson's Warbler | w | e |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | |
e |
| Summer Tanager | . | e |
| Western Tanager | w | e |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | . | e |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | w | e |
| Blue Grosbeak | w | |
| Lazuli Bunting | w | e |
| Indigo Bunting | |
e |
| Green-tailed Towhee | w | e |
| Spotted Towhee | w | e |
| Amer.Tree Sparrow | |
e |
| Chipping Sparrow | w | e |
| Brewer's Sparrow | w | e |
| Vesper Sparrow | |
e |
| Lark Sparrow | |
e |
| Black-throated Sparrow | |
e |
| Sage Sparrow | |
e |
| Savannah Sparrow | |
e |
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | . | e |
| Fox Sparrow | w | e |
| Song Sparrow | w | e |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | w | e |
| White-throated Sparrow | . | e |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | w | e |
| White-crowned Sparrow | w | e |
| Harris' Sparrow | |
e |
| Dark-eyed Junco | w | e |
| Dark-eyed Junco (slate) | |
e |
| Red-winged Blackbird | w | e |
| Western Meadowlark | |
e |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | |
e |
| Rusty Blackbird | |
e |
| Brewer's Blackbird | w | e |
| Brown-Headed Cowbird | w | e |
| Bullock's Oriole | |
e |
| Gray-crowned Rosy-finch | w | |
| Pine Grosbeak | w | e |
| Cassin's Finch | w | e |
| House Finch | |
e |
| Purple Finch | . | e |
| Red Crossbill | w | e |
| Pine Siskin | w | e |
| Lesser Goldfinch | w | e |
| American Goldfinch | |
e |
| Evening Grosbeak | w | e |
| House Sparrow | |
e |
This list was most recently updated by Penelope K. Bowen with input from several sources.
All reports of birds (common as well as unusual) in Alpine County are very much appreciated.
Please send corrections and additions to current Alpine coordinator:
John Sterling
email: ani@cal.net
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