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History of Bird Records in Stanislaus County

There are 294 species on the Stanislaus County Bird List. They are categorized into 3 main groups; Historical, Regularly Occurring and Review Species

- Historical Bird Records - the following bird species were recorded in Stanislaus County prior to 1965, but have not been observed since then:

  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck

  • Emperor Goose

  • California Condor

  • Bohemian Waxwing

- Regularly Occurring Species - there are 225 species that are regularly found in Stanislaus County

- Review Species - there are 68 species that do not occur annually and are considered Review Species. These species need documentation when observed and should be reported immediately to either Jim Gain (phalarope@sbcglobal.net) or Harold Reeve (birder@sbcglobal.net) .


Here are the species added to the Stanislaus County Bird List since 1965 in reverse chronological order:

1/2/2011 White-winged Dove Laird Slough/Park Joe Devine
9/26/2010 Parasitic Jaeger Modesto Secondary Wastewater Facility Eric Caine, Harold Reeve
6/13/2010 Laughing Gull Modesto Secondary Wastewater Facility Eric Caine
5/17/2010 Yellow-throated Vireo Horseshoe Rd Recreation Area Sal Salerno, m. ob.
11/15/2008 Red-necked Grebe Woodward Reservoir Jim Lomax, m.ob.
9/1/2008 Ruff Ceres STP Harold Reeve, Eric Caine, m.ob.
8/23/2008 Least Tern Turlock Lake Inlet Dave Froba, Sal Salerno, m.ob.
5/26/2008 Black Swift Frank Raines Park, Del Puerto Cyn Harold Reeve
5/25/2008 Little Gull Modesto Sewage Ponds Eric Caine, Harold Reeve
5/21/2008 Evening Grosbeak Deer Creek Campground, Del Puerto Cyn Juliette Bryson, m.ob
9/24/2006 Black-and-white Warbler Thousand Oaks Park Eric Caine
9/17/2006 Arctic Tern Modesto Sewage Ponds Eric Caine, Jim Gain, Dave Froba
11/12/2005 Eurasian Collared-Dove Woodward Reservoir Jim Gain
9/15/2005 Black Turnstone Modesto STP Jim Gain
1/4/2005 Harris's Sparrow SJRNWR David Malia
10/1/2004 Cackling Goose   Split
10/13/2003 Clay-colored Sparrow DPC Mike Rogers
9/21/2003 Blackpoll Warbler DPC Jim Gain, Jim Lomax, Harold Reeve
1/3/2003 Lapland Longspur SJRNWR Todd Easterla
1/3/2003 Chestnut-collared Longspur Near Grayson Todd Easterla, Harold Reeve, Eric Caine, David Froba
5/30/1998 Chestnut-backed Chickadee DPC Kent Van Vuren
11/25/1997 Red Phalarope MSP Jim Gain
11/23/1997 White-winged Scoter Turlock Lake John Sterling
6/1/1997 Summer Tanager South of Ripon David Yee
6/1/1997 White-eyed Vireo Thousand Oaks Park Harold Reeve
12/8/1996 Red Crossbill Modesto Muni Golf Course Jim Gain
11/18/1996 Lark Bunting Cooperstown Rd. Jim Gain
11/1/1996 Clark's Nutcracker Orestimba Creek Ed Channing?
6/24/1996 Great-tailed Grackle Modesto Creekside Golf Course Bob Corey
2/28/1996 Barrow's Goldeneye MSP David Yee
1/5/1992 Rusty Blackbird SJRNWR Eric Caine, Wray Ladine
5/9/1991 Tufted Duck MSP Eric Caine
12/16/1990 Red-naped Sapsucker Turlock Lake Harold Reeve
10/21/1990 Surf Scoter MSP Harold Reeve
1/6/1990 Brant MSP Harold Reeve
6/15/1989 Franklin's Gull MSP Eric Caine
11/10/1988 Pinyon Jay DPC Harold Reeve
8/2/1988 Indigo Bunting Laird Slough Harold Reeve
12/31/1987 Vermilion Flycatcher SJRNWR  
12/15/1987 Long-eared Owl Joe Domecq Jim Gain, Richard Taylor
12/7/1987 Virginia's Warbler Kewin Park Harold Reeve
11/29/1987 Cassin's Finch DPC Jim Gain, Harold Reeve
10/19/1987 Western Gull MSP Jim Gain, Harold Reeve
10/11/1987 Sabine's Gull MSP Harold Reeve
8/28/1987 Long-tailed Jaeger MSP Harold Reeve, David Yee
8/17/1987 Rose-breasted Grosbeak   Harold Reeve
4/1/1987 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker DPC Jim Gain, Richard Taylor
1/10/1987 Plumbeous Vireo   Harold Reeve
11/15/1986 Thayer's Gull MSP Eric Caine
9/9/1986 Common Tern MSP Eric Caine
9/7/1986 Wandering Tattler MSP Harold Reeve
8/7/1986 Red Knot MSP Eric Caine
7/25/1986 Semipalmated Sandpiper MSP Eric Caine
5/3/1986 Green-tailed Towhee TRRP Harold Reeve
3/1/1986 Glaucous Gull MSP Eric Caine
3/1/1986 Swamp Sparrow Mapes ranch Eric Caine
1/16/1986 Sanderling MSP Harold Reeve
12/24/1985 Brown Thrasher TRRP Harold Reeve
12/8/1985 Chestnut-sided Warbler TRRP Eric Caine, Tony Leonardini
11/3/1985 American Golden-Plover MSP Eric Caine
11/3/1985 Mew Gull MSP Eric Caine
11/3/1985 Pacific Golden-Plover MSP Eric Caine
10/24/1985 Sage Thrasher Pete Miller Rd. Eric Caine
10/1/1985 Solitary Sandpiper MSP Eric Caine
9/23/1985 Stilt Sandpiper MSP Eric Caine
9/8/1985 Lesser Yellowlegs MSP Eric Caine
9/4/1985 Baird's Sandpiper MSP Eric Caine
9/4/1985 Pectoral Sandpiper MSP Eric Caine
1/18/1985 Townsend's Solitaire DPC Harold Reeve
12/18/1983 Eastern Phoebe East end of Claribel Rd.  
5/26/1982 Magnolia Warbler South of Caswell David Yee
12/20/1980 American Dipper Tuolumne River CALG CBC Bob Hackamack, Ron Zanker

 

 

 
Last Updated on 01/06/2011  

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