December 2012We finished the year 2012 with 286 species. This is two species above the mean of the last 13 years and is equal to the median (the data are not normally distributed). In those thirteen years, the total count as varied from 273 to 293 species. If you look at the data as normally distributed, the standard deviation is about six species.
This year is particularly interesting in that we set an early blistering pace. At the end of June and August we were nine species over the average! We had visions of easily breaking the previous high count (293 in 2011). But by the end of October we were at 282 species, four more than the average for that period and one more than the record year in 2011. But in the last two months of 2012, the hand of fate wrote that we were only to see two new species in November and two more in December. In 2011, we were blessed by that hand and found six new species in both months. The hand has written and we move on, or something like that.
So, how did we end the year?
We had one 5, a RED PHALAROPE, found on Pond A15 in Alviso on 8 Dec. What a bird! It remained into the New Year, which rarely happens for this bird of the wild ocean in our quiet bay. If you have the stomach for the so called "Pacific" in December, than you will see Red Phalarope. But they are far more hardy than we are, so we must cherish the occasional wanderer in our stormless Bay. Mike Rogers reported seeing this bird chased by two of our healthy local Peregrine Falcons, yet it was not captured that time.
And we had one 6, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on 22 Dec 2012. Beautifully photographed at Sobrato HS in Morgan Hill, a gift to us from the Kirby Landfill, it did not stay for the Calero-Morgan Hill CBC. Such is fate. Enjoy 2013.
Bill
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DATE RARITY** OBSERVER* Fulvous Whistling-Duck 6 Greater White-fronted Goose 1/1/12 4 m.ob. Snow Goose 1/4/12 4 MJM Ross's Goose 1/4/12 4 MJM Brant 6 Cackling Goose 1/1/12 3 m.ob. Canada Goose 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Tundra Swan 2/2/12 5 MJM, LCr Wood Duck 1/1/12 3 m.ob. Gadwall 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Eurasian Wigeon 1/1/12 4 MMR American Wigeon 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Mallard 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Blue-winged Teal 1/4/12 4 HS Cinnamon Teal 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Northern Shoveler 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Northern Pintail 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Garganey 6 Green-winged Teal 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Canvasback 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Redhead 1/1/12 3 MMR Ring-necked Duck 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Tufted Duck 5 Greater Scaup 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Lesser Scaup 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Surf Scoter 1/1/12 2 m.ob. White-winged Scoter 5 Black Scoter 6 Long-tailed Duck 5 Bufflehead 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Common Goldeneye 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Barrow's Goldeneye 1/1/12 4 m.ob. Hooded Merganser 1/1/12 3 m.ob. Common Merganser 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Red-breasted Merganser 1/1/12 3 MMR Ruddy Duck 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Mountain Quail 5 California Quail 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Ring-necked Pheasant 1/1/12 2 LA Wild Turkey 1/1/12 3 m.ob. Red-throated Loon 1/1/12 4 m.ob. Pacific Loon 6/9/12 5 JPa et al. Common Loon 4/7/12 4 RCP et al. Yellow-billed Loon 6 Pied-billed Grebe 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Horned Grebe 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Red-necked Grebe 5 Eared Grebe 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Western Grebe 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Clark's Grebe 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Northern Fulmar 6 Sooty Shearwater 6 Ashy Storm-Petrel 6 Magnificent Frigatebird 6 Brown Booby 6 Brandt's Cormorant 10/1/12 6 MJe Double-crested Cormorant 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Pelagic Cormorant 9/28/12 6 MMM et al. American White Pelican 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Brown Pelican 1/1/12 3 m.ob. American Bittern 1/3/12 4 PDu Least Bittern 6 Great Blue Heron 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Great Egret 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Snowy Egret 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Little Blue Heron 5 Cattle Egret 4/29/12 5 RFu Green Heron 1/1/12 3 m.ob. Black-crowned Night-Heron 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Glossy Ibis 6 White-faced Ibis 1/1/12 4 WGB Turkey Vulture 1/1/12 1 m.ob. California Condor 6 Osprey 1/1/12 3 m.ob. White-tailed Kite 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Bald Eagle 1/2/12 4 m.ob. Northern Harrier 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1/1/12 2 MMR Cooper's Hawk 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Northern Goshawk 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Broad-winged Hawk 6 Swainson's Hawk 4/15/12 5 LMy et al. Zone-tailed Hawk 6 Red-tailed Hawk 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Ferruginous Hawk 1/1/12 4 m.ob. Rough-legged Hawk 5 Golden Eagle 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Crested Caracara 6 American Kestrel 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Merlin 1/2/12 3 m.ob. Peregrine Falcon 1/4/12 3 m.ob. Prairie Falcon 1/2/12 4 MMR, MJM, RGJ Yellow Rail 6 Black Rail 5 Clapper Rail 1/20/12 2 WvD Virginia Rail 1/1/12 2 AME Sora 1/1/12 2 MMR Common Gallinule 1/1/12 2 m.ob. American Coot 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Sandhill Crane 6 Black-bellied Plover 1/1/12 1 m.ob. American Golden-Plover 5 Pacific Golden-Plover 5/19/12 5 MJM Snowy Plover 1/1/12 4 MMR Semipalmated Plover 1/10/12 2 WGB Killdeer 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Mountain Plover 6 Black Oystercatcher 9/6/12 6 RTe, CSt et al. Black-necked Stilt 1/1/12 1 m.ob. American Avocet 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Spotted Sandpiper 1/1/12 3 m.ob. Solitary Sandpiper 5 Wandering Tattler 6/15/12 6 RFu Greater Yellowlegs 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Willet 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Lesser Yellowlegs 1/3/12 3 PDu Whimbrel 1/21/12 3 MDo et al. Long-billed Curlew 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Hudsonian Godwit 6 Bar-tailed Godwit 6 Marbled Godwit 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Ruddy Turnstone 8/21/12 5 PDu Black Turnstone 5/10/12 6 PDu Red Knot 5/23/12 5 PDu Sanderling 1/10/12 4 WGB Semipalmated Sandpiper 7/19/12 4 m.ob. Western Sandpiper 1/1/12 1 WGB Little Stint 6 Least Sandpiper 1/1/12 1 MMR White-rumped Sandpiper 6 Baird's Sandpiper 8/20/12 4 PDu Pectoral Sandpiper 9/11/12 4 PDu Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 6 Dunlin 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Curlew Sandpiper 6 Stilt Sandpiper 1/15/12 4 MMR, MJM Buff-breasted Sandpiper 6 Ruff 1/1/12 4 m.ob. Short-billed Dowitcher 3/22/12 1 WGB Long-billed Dowitcher 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Wilson's Snipe 1/1/12 3 m.ob. Wilson's Phalarope 1/15/12 2 MMR, MJM Red-necked Phalarope 4/24/12 2 PDu Red Phalarope 12/8/12 5 PDu Black-legged Kittiwake 6 Sabine's Gull 5 Bonaparte's Gull 1/1/12 2 MMR Black-headed Gull 6 Little Gull 6 Laughing Gull 6 Franklin's Gull 5 Heermann's Gull 6/2/12 5 MMR, ARo Mew Gull 1/1/12 2 LA Ring-billed Gull 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Western Gull 1/1/12 1 m.ob. California Gull 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Herring Gull 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Thayer's Gull 1/1/12 3 AV Iceland Gull 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull 12/22/12 6 SCR Slaty-backed Gull 2/11/12 6 SCR Glaucous-winged Gull 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Glaucous Gull 1/15/12 4 MMR, MJM Least Tern 8/25/12 4 MMR, MJM, LCr Gull-billed Tern 6 Caspian Tern 3/29/12 2 m.ob. Black Tern 5/8/12 5 PDu Common Tern 8/27/12 4 WGB Arctic Tern 6 Forster's Tern 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Elegant Tern 8/1/12 4 DN Black Skimmer 1/1/12 4 m.ob. Pomarine Jaeger 6 Parasitic Jaeger 5 Long-tailed Jaeger 6 Common Murre 9/4/12 5 BalS Ancient Murrelet 6 Cassin's Auklet 6 Rock Pigeon 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Band-tailed Pigeon 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Eurasian Collared-Dove 1/1/12 4 m.ob. White-winged Dove 7/16/12 6 SCR Mourning Dove 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6 Greater Roadrunner 1/28/12 4 MMR Barn Owl 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Flammulated Owl 6 Western Screech-Owl 1/1/12 1 WGB Great Horned Owl 1/2/12 1 m.ob. Northern Pygmy-Owl 1/2/12 3 m.ob. Burrowing Owl 1/1/12 3 m.ob. Long-eared Owl 4/15/12 4 RFu Short-eared Owl 1/9/12 4 PDu Northern Saw-whet Owl 1/1/12 3 WGB Lesser Nighthawk 6 Common Nighthawk 6 Common Poorwill 4/7/12 3 MO'B Black Swift 5/5/12 5 RCP Chimney Swift 6 Vaux's Swift 4/4/12 3 GHa White-throated Swift 1/11/12 2 WGB Black-chinned Hummingbird 7/19/12 4 JPa Anna's Hummingbird 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Costa's Hummingbird 1/2/12 5 SCR Calliope Hummingbird 5 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 6 Rufous Hummingbird 3/3/12 4 SCR Allen's Hummingbird 2/3/12 3 MMR Belted Kingfisher 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Lewis's Woodpecker 1/2/12 3 m.ob. Acorn Woodpecker 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Williamson's Sapsucker 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1/1/12 5 TGr Red-naped Sapsucker 1/18/12 5 WGB Red-breasted Sapsucker 1/1/12 3 m.ob. Nuttall's Woodpecker 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Downy Woodpecker 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Hairy Woodpecker 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Northern Flicker 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Pileated Woodpecker 1/12/12 4 WGB Olive-sided Flycatcher 4/8/12 3 JPa Western Wood-Pewee 4/21/12 2 RCP et al. Willow Flycatcher 5/31/12 4 MJM Least Flycatcher 6 Hammond's Flycatcher 4/7/12 5 MJM, MMR, LCr Gray Flycatcher 5 Dusky Flycatcher 5 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1/1/12 2 JPa Black Phoebe 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Eastern Phoebe 1/20/12 6 PDu Say's Phoebe 1/1/12 3 m.ob. Ash-throated Flycatcher 4/8/12 2 JTi Tropical Kingbird 6 Cassin's Kingbird 4/9/12 5 RWR, FV Western Kingbird 3/29/12 2 RFu Eastern Kingbird 5/30/12 6 DLSu Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 6 Loggerhead Shrike 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Northern Shrike 6 Bell's Vireo 6 Yellow-throated Vireo 6 Plumbeous Vireo 3/29/12 6 WGB Cassin's Vireo 2/21/12 2 RoC Blue-headed Vireo 6 Hutton's Vireo 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Warbling Vireo 1/6/12 2 JPa Philadelphia Vireo 6 Red-eyed Vireo 6 Pinyon Jay 6 Steller's Jay 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Western Scrub-Jay 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Clark's Nutcracker 6 Black-billed Magpie 6 Yellow-billed Magpie 1/1/12 2 m.ob. American Crow 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Common Raven 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Horned Lark 1/11/12 3 PDu Purple Martin 5/18/12 4 RWR, FV Tree Swallow 1/2/12 2 MMR, MJM Violet-green Swallow 1/18/12 1 PDu Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2/12/12 2 PDu Bank Swallow 5 Cliff Swallow 3/14/12 1 WGB Barn Swallow 1/8/12 1 JPa Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Oak Titmouse 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Bushtit 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Red-breasted Nuthatch 4/17/12 4 RWR, FV White-breasted Nuthatch 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Pygmy Nuthatch 1/5/12 4 JPa, AV Brown Creeper 1/1/12 2 RFu Rock Wren 1/2/12 4 RGJ, MMR, MJM Canyon Wren 6/30/12 4 MMR Bewick's Wren 1/1/12 1 m.ob. House Wren 1/16/12 2 GHa Pacific Wren 1/5/12 3 JPa, AV Marsh Wren 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1/16/12 2 GHa American Dipper 1/1/12 4 RFu Golden-crowned Kinglet 1/5/12 3 JPa, AV Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Arctic Warbler 6 Wrentit 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Western Bluebird 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Mountain Bluebird 2/3/12 6 PDu Townsend's Solitaire 5 Swainson's Thrush 4/25/12 2 WGB Hermit Thrush 1/1/12 1 m.ob. American Robin 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Varied Thrush 1/1/12 3 WGB Gray Catbird 6 Northern Mockingbird 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Sage Thrasher 6 Brown Thrasher 6 California Thrasher 1/1/12 1 m.ob. European Starling 1/1/12 1 m.ob. White Wagtail 6 Red-throated Pipit 6 American Pipit 1/4/12 2 JPa Bohemian Waxwing 6 Cedar Waxwing 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Phainopepla 1/2/12 4 GZ Lapland Longspur 11/16/12 6 SCR Chestnut-collared Longspur 6 Ovenbird 6 Worm-eating Warbler 6 Louisiana Waterthrush 6 Northern Waterthrush 1/1/12 5 MMR Black-and-white Warbler 5/12/12 5 JPa et al. Prothonotary Warbler 6 Tennessee Warbler 9/11/12 6 RCP Orange-crowned Warbler 1/10/12 1 JPa Nashville Warbler 1/26/12 4 m.ob. Virginia's Warbler 6 Connecticut Warbler 6 MacGillivray's Warbler 4/15/12 4 MMR, RGJ Kentucky Warbler 6 Common Yellowthroat 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Hooded Warbler 6 American Redstart 1/20/12 5 PDu Northern Parula 6/14/12 6 RPh et al. Magnolia Warbler 6 Blackburnian Warbler 6 Yellow Warbler 4/12/12 1 PDu Chestnut-sided Warbler 6/16/12 6 MMR, DWe Blackpoll Warbler 9/22/12 5 GZ et al. Black-throated Blue Warbler 6 Palm Warbler 9/21/12 5 SCR Yellow-rumped Warbler 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Prairie Warbler 6 Black-throated Gray Warbler 1/4/12 3 RFu Townsend's Warbler 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Hermit Warbler 3/28/12 4 PDu Black-throated Green Warbler 6 Canada Warbler 6 Wilson's Warbler 1/17/12 1 LBe Yellow-breasted Chat 4/26/12 5 MJM, LCr Green-tailed Towhee 5 Spotted Towhee 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1/1/12 3 JPa California Towhee 1/1/12 1 m.ob. American Tree Sparrow 6 Chipping Sparrow 1/1/12 3 JPa Clay-colored Sparrow 9/17/12 5 MDo Brewer's Sparrow 5 Black-chinned Sparrow 5/19/12 4 MMR Vesper Sparrow 5 Lark Sparrow 1/1/12 2 LA Black-throated Sparrow 6 Sage Sparrow 1/2/12 3 m.ob. Lark Bunting 6 Savannah Sparrow 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Grasshopper Sparrow 1/30/12 4 JPa Nelson's Sparrow 5 Fox Sparrow 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Song Sparrow 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Lincoln's Sparrow 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Swamp Sparrow 1/14/12 5 MMR White-throated Sparrow 1/1/12 4 JPa Harris's Sparrow 1/1/12 6 LM White-crowned Sparrow 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Golden-crowned Sparrow 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Dark-eyed Junco 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Summer Tanager 6/8/12 5 RoC Scarlet Tanager 6 Western Tanager 1/13/12 3 PEL Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5/24/12 5 A&JAv Black-headed Grosbeak 3/24/12 1 DSt Blue Grosbeak 4/21/12 4 DWe Lazuli Bunting 4/10/12 2 PaB Indigo Bunting 6/18/12 5 P&JO'B Painted Bunting 6 Dickcissel 6 Bobolink 6 Red-winged Blackbird 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Tricolored Blackbird 1/1/12 3 m.ob. Western Meadowlark 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Yellow-headed Blackbird 8/8/12 5 PDu Rusty Blackbird 6 Brewer's Blackbird 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Great-tailed Grackle 1/7/12 5 MMR Brown-headed Cowbird 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Orchard Oriole 6 Hooded Oriole 3/21/12 3 RCP Bullock's Oriole 3/15/12 1 PDu Baltimore Oriole 8/12/12 6 JPa, KBu Scott's Oriole 6 Purple Finch 1/1/12 2 MMR Cassin's Finch 6 House Finch 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Red Crossbill 9/17/12 5 GHa Pine Siskin 1/7/12 3 JE, PBr Lesser Goldfinch 1/1/12 1 m.ob. Lawrence's Goldfinch 1/2/12 3 m.ob. American Goldfinch 1/1/12 2 m.ob. Evening Grosbeak 11/24/12 5 GHa House Sparrow 1/1/12 1 m.ob.
* OBSERVER CODES:
ACa=Anne Campbell, ADeM=Al DeMartini, AG=Andy Gibb, AH=Alice Hoch, AJ=Al Jaramillo, AJAv = Amir & Julie Avnit, AJb=Alberta Jasberg, AL=Amy Lauterbach, AM=Akiko Makashima, AMcD=Amy McDonald, AME=Al Eisner, AR=Amy Rufe, ARo=Alma Rogers, AS=Ashutosh Sinha, AT=Alan Thomas, AV=Ann Verdi, AWa=Alan Walther,BA=Bill Ayres, BalS=Bilal al Shahwany, BBr=Barry Breckling, BGE=Bruce Elliott, BH=Barbara Harkleroad, BHi=Bob Hirt, BJ=Bob Juhl, BKn=Benjamin Knoot, BL-L=Barry Langdon-Lassagne, BLu=Bob Lutman, BM= Brooke Miller, BMa=Bruce Mast, BMcC=Bill McCarey, BP=Bob Power, BR=Bob Roadcap, BSt=Brittany Stieg, BW=Bill Walker, BWe=Bruce Webb,
CC=Chris Conard, CCo=Cliff Cordy, CH=Caralisa Hughes, ChI=Chris Illes, ChW=Chris Wolfe, CJC=Chuck Coston, CKS=Chris Salander, ClW=Claire Wolfe, CL=Calvin Lou, CM=Clyde Morris, CO=Carlin Otto, CS=Chris Sloan, CSt=Cheryl Strong, CV=Connie Vigno, CW=Chuck Woodrum, CyI=Cyndie Illes,
D&JSt=Dave & Jane Styer, D&PB=Dennis & Patricia Braddy, DaS=David Styer, DB=Dusty Bleher, DBr=Dennis Braddy, DBu=Daniel Bump, DE=David Ekdahl, DeB=Debbi Brusco, DeS=Debbie Stephenson, DG=Don Ganton, DGi=Dan Gilman, DHa=David Haveman, DJ=Dave Johnston, DJC=Don & Jill Crawford, DK=Dan Keller, DLSu=David Suddjian, DM=Dean Manley, DN=David Nickerson, DPo=David Powell, DPr=Dennis Porter, DQ=Dave Quady, DR=Don Roberson, DSp=Darryl Spittle, DSt=Dick Stovel, DVP=David Vander Pluym, DWe=Dave Weber, DWi=David Wimpfheimer, DWo=Debbie Wong,
EDeB=Ed DeBellevue, EFe=Eric Feuss, EG=Elinor Gates, EM=Eugene Makashima, ER=Ed Rooks
FB=Florence Bennett, FJ=Fritz Johnson, FV=Frank Vanslager,
GC=George Chrisman, GFi=George Finger, GHa=Garth Harwood, GHt=Grant Hoyt, GK=Greg Kerekes, GSc=George Schutinger, GT=Glen Tepke, GW=Gwyneth Ragosine,
HG=The Highway Guy, HGe=Harriet Gerson, HH=Howard Higley, HMcD=Hugh McDevitt,
JAC=Jack Cole, JB=Julie Beers, JBr=Joan Brauch, JBu=Joelle Buffa, JC=Jeff Cossins, JCS=John Sterling, JCz=Joanna Cezniak, JE=Jimm Edgar, JiD=Jim Danzenbaker, JGa=Jim Gain, JH=Jan Hintermeister, JHo=Jane Hodge, JJo=Jim Johnson, JKr = John Kriewall, JL=Jolene Lange, JLi=Jim Liskovec, JLS=Jeanne L. Salander, JLu=John Luther, JMa=John Mariani, JMD=Mike Danzenbaker, JMe=John Meyer, JML=Jeanne Leavitt, JMM=John & Maria Meyer, JMS=JM Spoelman, JMu=Julio Mulero, JMy=Jean Myers, JPa=Janna Pauser, JR=Jennifer Rycenga, JSa=June Santoro, JSh=Joel Shinn, JSt=Jane Styer, JT=Jim Thomas, JTo=Jim Toal, JVM=John Moore, JW=Jim White, JY=James Yurchenco,
KA=Kumaran Arul, KB=Kim Blythe, KBu=Karen Burnson, KCo=Kitty Collins, KDd=Kelly Dodder, KF=Karl Fowler, KG=Ken Goss, KH=Kevin Hintsa, KHe=Kathleen Henderson, KHo=Kirsten Holmquist, KJo=Kent Johnson, KK=Kathy Kleinsteiber, KL=Kimya Lambert, KN=Kristie Nelson, KO=Kris Olson, K0d=Kira Od, KPe=Kenneth Petersen, KPr=Kay Partelow, KPa=Kathy Parker, KRb=Kathy Robertson, KS=Kendric Smith, KSc=Ken Schneider, KVV=Kent Van Vuren,
LA=Linda Adams, LBe=Laurie Bechtler, LBG=Leda Beth Gray, LCh=Les Chibana, LCu=Lori Cuesta, LCr=Lea Crisp, LH=Lee Hung, LM=Lisa Myers, LP=Lisa Pavey, LPE=Leonora Ellis, LSp=Larry Spear, LSu=Linda Sullivan, LT=Linda Terrill, LY=Lou Young
m.ob.=Multiple Observers, MA=Mike Azevedo, MAA=Mary Ann Allen, MB=Matt Brady, MBi=Mary Bibb, MC=Mike Cussen, MCM=Mark Miller, MDd=Matthew Dodder, MFu=Mary Fullerton, MH=Matt Heindel, MHa=Merry Haveman, MJ=Mark Jenkins, MJe=Mike Jennings, MJM=Mike Mammoser, MK=Michele Kveck, MLF=Mike Feighner, MM=Molly Malloy, MMR=Mike Rogers, MMu=Mary Murphy, MO'B=Matthew O'Brien, MP=Michael Pollack, MPL=Marjorie Plant, MS=Mary Simpson, MSi=Marty Sidor, MTy=Mike Tyner, MV=Manny Vara, MVe=Martijn Verdoes, MW=Mary Wisnewski, MWr=Marti Wright,
NHa=Nathan Hale
OH=Owen Holt, OJ=Oscar Johnson,
PaB=Patty Brown, PAG=Phil Gordon, PB=Peg Bernucci, PBn=Pat Brennan, PBr=Patricia Braddy, PCu=Pat Curtis, PD=Peggy Don, PDu=Pete Dunten, Paul Lehman=PEL, PF=Paul Fox, PG=Peter Grace, PJM=Peter Metropulos, PJO'B = Paul & Jovae O'Brien, PKe=Pat Kenny, PLat=Peter LaTourrette, PMB=Phyllis M. Browning, PKn=Peter Knoot, PSw=Phyllis Swanson, PW=Pingang Wang,
RbC=Rob Colwell, RCa=Rita Carratello, RCh=Roy Churchwell, RCi=Rich Cimino, RCo=Rita Colwell, RCP=Bob Power, RD=Robin Dakin, RFu=Rob Furrow, RGJ=Richard Jeffers, RHu=Ralph Hunter, RiC=Richard Carlson, RKe=Roland Kenner, RL=Randy Little, RLe=Rosalie Lefkowitz, RMu, Renee Mulero, Robin Carle=RoC, RP=Rich Page, RPh=Ryan Phillips, RT=Ryan Terrill, TTe=Rachel Tertes, RW=Ron Wolf, RWR=Bob Reiling,
SAr=Steven Argue, SB=Sally Baumwell, SBT=Scott Terrill, SCR=Steve Rottenborn, SD=Stephen J. Davies, SEM=Steve Miller, SFBBO=San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, SGu=Stephan Gunn, SH=Sherry Hudson, SHo=Susie Hons, SLi=Sue Liskovec, SM=Suzanne Morrone, SMe=Sonny Mencher, SR=Steve Rutledge, SRa=Sidd Ramachandramurthi, SRo=Steve Rovell, SSA=Susan Sandstrom, SSe=Sal Salerno, SSo=Steve Sosensky, STr=Steve Tracey, SZ=Steve Zamek,
TGo=Tom Goodier, TGr=Tom Grey, TM=Tom Montoux, TMS-W = Terri M. Sanislo-Williams, TO=Tadd Ottman, TOl=Tom Olson, TRy=Tom Ryan,
ViT=Vivek Tiwari, VM=Virginia Marshall,
WCa=William Cabot, WGB=Bill Bousman
** RARITY CODES:
1 = common, always seen in habitat in season.
2 = fairly common, usually in habitat in season, but missed sometimes.
3 = uncommon, always around, but sometimes you can't find.
4 = rare, occurs yearly in the county, but not always in same places.
5 = very rare, does not occur every year.
6 = casual or vagrant, generally fewer than 10 records.