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Field Trip Summary
San Joaquin River National Wildlife
Refuge, January 18, 2004 Birds Seen
Refuge area accessed at Pelican Road:
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Pied-billed Grebe |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Bushtit |
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American White Pelican |
American Kestrel |
House Wren |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
California Quail |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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Great Blue Heron |
Common Moorhen |
American Robin |
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Great Egret |
American Coot |
European Starling |
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Snowy Egret |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Turkey Vulture |
Rock Dove |
Spotted Towhee |
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Canada Goose |
Mourning Dove |
California Towhee |
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American Widgeon |
Downy Woodpecker |
Savannah Sparrow |
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Mallard |
Northern Flicker |
White-crowned Sparrow |
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Northern Shoveler |
Black Phoebe |
Golden-crowned Sparrow |
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Common Goldeneye |
Loggerhead Shrike |
Red-winged Blackbird |
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White-tailed Kite |
Western Scrub-Jay |
Tricolored Blackbird |
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Northern Harrier |
Yellow-billed Magpie |
Western Meadowlark |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
American Crow |
House Finch |
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Cooper’s Hawk |
Oak Titmouse |
Lesser Goldfinch |
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Red-shouldered Hawk |
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Other birds seen in area around Beckwith Road,
the Viewing Stand, and Gates Road:
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Great Blue Heron |
Canada Goose |
Rough-legged Hawk |
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Great Egret |
Northern Shoveler |
American Kestrel |
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Greater White-fronted Goose |
Green-winged Teal |
Sandhill Crane |
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Snow Goose |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Bonaparte’s Gull |
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Ross’ |
Ferruginous Hawk |
Herring Gull |
Notes: Most of the Canada Geese seen near the
Viewing Stand were of the Aleutian subspecies.
Other interesting finds were a very
round Striped Skunk, 2 Coyotes, Beaver, and 2 River Otters.
There were about 100 pelicans that
were literally shoulder-to-shoulder in the “pond area” of
Hospital Creek. Every
once-in-awhile they would fly over to Lower White Lake, then later
back.
Why would they want to be in such a
crowded area? They did not seem to be hunting. |
