Spring 1998 Mono Lake Shorebird Count Results

SPECIES		SPECIES
Great Egret	10	Virginia Rail	2
Snowy Egret	5	Sora	5
Black-crowned Night Heron	3	American Coot	60
White-faced Ibis	12
		Black-bellied Plover	14
Canada Goose	50	Snowy Plover	90
Green-winged Teal	29	Semipalmated Plover	119
Mallard	227	Killdeer	106
Northern Pintail	67
Blue-winged Teal	3	Black-necked Stilt	32
Cinnamon Teal	292	American Avocet	37
Northern Shoveler	12	Greater Yellowlegs	43
Gadwall	55	Lesser Yellowlegs	12
Bufflehead	2	Willet	12
Ruddy Duck	27	Spotted Sandpiper	61
Ring-Necked Duck	3	Long-billed Curlew	6
Duck sp.	6	Whimbrel	1
Common Merganser	1
		Sanderling	12
Osprey	4	Western Sandpiper	2233
Northern Harrier	10	Least Sandpiper	319
Red-tailed Hawk	2	Least/Western Sandpiper	1361
Golden Eagle	1
American Kestrel	6	Dunlin	230
Praire Falcon	1	Long-billed Dowitcher	5
Peregrine Falcon	2	Dowitcher sp.	57
Great Horned Owl	1	Common Snipe	48

		Wilson's Phalarope	327
		Red-necked Phalarope	26

		Bonaparte's Gull	36
		Ring-billed Gull	5
		Caspian Tern	2

Notes, Remarks, and Observations

CALIFORNIA GULLS and EARED GREBES not recorded due to ongoing census efforts or research
Entire shoreline of Mono Lake surveyed including DeChambeau Ponds
Beached birds included 2 Common Loons (both recently dead) and 3 Barn Owls (one found in Mono City). A complete list of beached birds is available upon request.
Weather began cloudy, breezy with snowshowers clearing by afternoon to mostly sunny and breezy.

Other Species	TOTAL
Turkey Vulture	1
Quail sp.	3
Belted Kingfisher	2
Northern Flicker	9
Downy Woodpecker	1
Hairy Woodpecker	1
Western Flycatcher	2
Horned Larks	7
Tree Swallow	1
Violet-green Swallow	23
Barn Swallow	8
Black-billed Magpie	4
Marsh Wren	6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	1
Loggerhead Shrike	1
Yellow-rumped Warbler	27
Wilson's Warbler	8
Common Yellowthroat	2
Spotted Towhee	10
Savannah Sparrow	14
Chipping Sparrow	1
White-crowned Sparrow	2
Western Meadowlark	2
Yellow-headed Blackbird	32
Red-winged Blackbird	20
Pine Siskin	9

BIRDS NOTED AS "OTHER SPECIES" ARE ADDITIONAL RECORDINGS OUTSIDE THE SHOREBIRD/WATERFOWL CENSUS SPECIFICATIONS AND REPRESENT A SAMPLING OF BIRDS OTHER THAN SHOREBIRDS, WATERFOWL, AND BIRDS OF PREY WITHIN OR NEAR THE 6417’ PRE-DIVERSION LAKE LEVEL.

Spring 1998 Shorebird Count Results