Spring 1998-1999 Shorebird Count Results
24 April 1999
SPECIES |
4/25/98 | 4/24/99 | SPECIES |
4/25/98 | 4/24/99 | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 77 |
Virginia Rail |
2 |
1 |
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Great Egret |
10 |
Sora |
5 |
1 | ||
Snowy Egret |
5 |
1 |
American Coot |
60 |
76 | |
Black-crowned Night Heron |
3 |
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White-faced Ibis |
12 |
12 |
Black-bellied Plover |
14 |
38 | |
Snowy Plover |
90 |
22 | ||||
Canada Goose |
50 |
32 |
Semipalmated Plover |
119 |
43 | |
Green-winged Teal |
29 |
327 |
Killdeer |
106 |
48 | |
Mallard |
227 |
332 |
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| A. Widgeon | 21 |
Black-necked Stilt |
32 |
30 | ||
Northern Pintail |
67 |
123 |
American Avocet |
37 |
121 | |
Blue-winged Teal |
3 |
Greater Yellowlegs |
43 |
6 | ||
Cinnamon Teal |
292 |
523 |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
12 |
27 | |
Northern Shoveler |
12 |
102 |
Willet |
12 |
20 | |
Gadwall |
55 |
175 |
Spotted Sandpiper |
61 |
1 | |
Ruddy Duck |
27 |
61 |
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| Redhead | 9 |
Long-billed Curlew |
6 |
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Ring-Necked Duck |
3 |
Whimbrel |
1 |
1 | ||
Bufflehead |
2 |
5 |
Sanderling |
12 |
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Common Merganser |
1 |
2 | Western Sandpiper |
2233 |
36 | |
Duck sp. |
6 |
425 | Least Sandpiper |
319 |
73 | |
Least/Western Sandpiper |
1361 |
906 | ||||
Osprey |
4 |
5 |
Solitary Sandpiper | 3 | ||
Northern Harrier |
10 |
9 |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
2 |
Dunlin |
230 |
120 | ||
Golden Eagle |
1 |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
5 |
11 | ||
American Kestrel |
6 |
10 |
Dowitcher sp. |
57 |
119 | |
Praire Falcon |
1 |
2 |
Common Snipe |
48 |
23 | |
Peregrine Falcon |
2 |
1 |
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Wilson's Phalarope |
327 |
79 |
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| other raptors | Red-necked Phalarope |
26 |
3 |
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| Bald Eagle | 1 | |||||
| Falcon sp. | 1 | Bonaparte's Gull |
36 |
1 | ||
Ring-billed Gull |
5 |
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Great Horned Owl |
1 |
Caspian Tern |
2 |
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
- Flock of 70 Cormorants in flight recorded along the northeast shore.
- Solitary Sandpipers observed in two different locations by different individuals with complete descriptions.
- AM Weather: partly cloudy PM Weather: breezy and cool, mostly cloudy with occasional scattereed showers
- Mono Lake elevation 6384.8 feet above sea level
Other Species |
TOTAL |
Horned Larks |
12 |
Tree Swallow |
1 |
Barn Swallow |
2 |
Northern Shrike |
1 |
American Pipit |
13 |
European Starling |
64 |
Common Yellowthroat |
1 |
Savannah Sparrow |
45 |
Song Sparrow |
2 |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
1 |
Yellow-headed Blackbird |
9 |
Red-winged Blackbird |
28 |
| Brewer's Blackbird | 106 |
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.