Fall 1997-1998 Shorebird Count Results
22
August 1998
23 August 1997
SPECIES |
1998 |
1997 |
||
Pied-billed Grebe |
25 |
3 |
||
Western Grebe |
35 |
0 |
||
Double-crested Cormorant |
1 |
15 |
||
Great Blue Heron |
3 |
0 |
||
Black-crowned Night Heron |
2 |
0 |
||
White-faced Ibis |
3 |
0 |
||
Mallard |
492 |
291 |
||
Gadwall |
224 |
95 |
||
Green-winged Teal |
47 |
0 |
||
Widgeon |
13 |
0 |
||
Northern Pintail |
55 |
210 |
||
Northern Shoveler |
452 |
670 |
||
Cinnamon Teal |
33 |
106 |
||
Cinnamon/Blue-winged Teal |
77 |
1 |
||
Ruddy Duck |
20 |
0 |
||
Brant |
3 |
0 |
||
Duck sp. |
132 |
328 |
||
Osprey |
7 |
1 |
||
Northern Harrier |
9 |
15 |
||
Red-tailed Hawk |
2 |
0 |
||
American Kestrel |
13 |
4 |
||
Virginia Rail |
2 |
3 |
||
Sora |
4 |
0 |
||
American Coot |
83 |
38 |
||
Black-bellied Plover |
1 |
2 |
||
Snowy Plover |
39 |
102 |
||
Semipalmated Plover |
12 |
53 |
||
Killdeer |
137 |
137 |
||
Red Knot |
1 |
0 |
||
American Avocet |
53 |
150 |
||
Black-necked Stilt |
14 |
19 |
||
Greater Yellowlegs |
5 |
17 |
||
Spotted Sandpiper |
19 |
5 |
||
Long-billed Curlew |
17 |
4 |
||
Marbled Godwit |
4 |
3 |
||
Ruddy Turnstone |
2 |
4 |
||
Sanderling |
2 |
5 |
||
Western Sandpiper |
753 |
811 |
||
Least Sandpiper |
291 |
356 |
||
Least/Western Sandpiper |
51 |
62 |
||
Baird's Sandpiper |
31 |
21 |
||
Dunlin |
1 |
0 |
||
Short-billed Dowitcher |
4 |
4 |
||
Dowitcher sp. |
2 |
10 |
||
Common Snipe |
8 |
8 |
||
Wilson's Phalarope |
3932 |
8258 |
||
Red-necked Phalarope |
2512 |
952 |
||
Phalarope sp. |
930 |
0 | ||
Bonaparte's Gull |
3 |
0 |
||
Caspian Tern |
8 |
3 |
||
Forster's Tern |
23 |
0 |
||
Great Horned Owl |
1 |
0 |
||
Short-eared Owl |
1 |
0 |
Notes, Remarks, and Observations
- Total birds counted this year: 10594 Total birds counted on 23 August 1997: 12839
- Total number of species observed this year: 48 Total species on 23 August 1997: 42
- CALIFORNIA GULLS and EARED GREBES not recorded due to ongoing census efforts or research
- Entire shoreline of Mono Lake surveyed including DeChambeau Ponds
- Weather clear, warm (65-83’F), and calm. Winds of 10-15 mph started at around 4:30 pm
- Participants: Ginelle O’Connor, Phyllis Benham, Ramona Robbins Clark, Joel Ellis, Dave Marquart, Ian Austin, Arya Degenhardt, David Carle, Mike Klapp, and Bartshe’ Miller.
- 10 individual parties, 54.5 party-hours. Approximately 45 total miles of lake shore covered by foot, with an additional 3 miles covered by vehicle.