Spring 1998-2000 Shorebird Count Results

22 April 2000

RESULTS

SPECIES	4/25/98	4/24/99	4/22/00	SPECIES	4/25/98	4/24/99	4/22/00
Horned Grebe			1
Double-crested Cormorant		77	1	Virginia Rail	2	1	4
Great Egret	10			Sora	5	1	7
Snowy Egret	5	1	1	American Coot	60	76	20
Black-crowned Night Heron	3
White-faced Ibis	12	12	1	Black-bellied Plover	14	38	9
				Snowy Plover	90	22	14
Canada Goose	50	32	30	Semipalmated Plover	119	43	31
Green-winged Teal	29	327	27	Killdeer	106	48	79
Mallard	227	332	219
A. Widgeon		21	2	Black-necked Stilt	32	30	22
Northern Pintail	67	123	112	American Avocet	37	121	556
Blue-winged Teal	3			Greater Yellowlegs	43	6	22
Cinnamon Teal	292	523	183	Lesser Yellowlegs	12	27	8
Northern Shoveler	12	102	36	Willet	12	20	4
Gadwall	55	175	137	Spotted Sandpiper	61	1	2
Ruddy Duck	27	61
Redhead		9		Long-billed Curlew	6		1
Ring-Necked Duck	3		1	Whimbrel	1	1	1
Bufflehead	2	5	3	Sanderling	12		4
				Marbled Godwit			3
Common Merganser	1	2	1	Western Sandpiper	2233	36	181
Duck sp.	6	425	90	Least Sandpiper	319	73	599
Turkey Vulture			2	Least/Western Sandpiper	1361	906	1789
Osprey	4	5	8	Solitary Sandpiper		3
Northern Harrier	10	9	5
Red-tailed Hawk	2		1	Dunlin	230	120	36
				Short-billed Dowitcher			3
Golden Eagle	1			Long-billed Dowitcher	5	11	44
American Kestrel	6	10	11	Dowitcher sp.	57	119	48
Praire Falcon	1	2		Common Snipe	48	23	17
Peregrine Falcon	2	1
				Wilson's Phalarope	327	79	62
other raptors				Red-necked Phalarope	26	3	13
Bald Eagle		1		Franklin's Gull			2
Falcon sp.		1		Bonaparte's Gull	36	1	48
				Ring-billed Gull	5
Great Horned Owl	1			Caspian Tern	2	2
Short-eared Owl			1

Notes, Remarks, and Observations

Total individuals counted: 4502
Total number of species observed this year: 49
CALIFORNIA GULLS and EARED GREBES not recorded due to ongoing census efforts or research
Entire shoreline of Mono Lake surveyed (including DeChambeau Ponds) EXCEPT small stretch of shoreline along Tufa Shoals across from Gaines’ Island.
Weather: breezy, partly cloudy, (upper 50s—lower 60s F)
Lake Level: 6384.6 (4/25/00)
Participants: Rosie Beach, Bea Cooley, Jean Dillingham, Kathy Duvall, Joel Ellis, Carolyn Gann, Eliot Gann, Noah Hamm, Chris Howard, Phil Kiddoo, Dave Marquart, Bartshe Miller, Craig Roecker, Erin Shafto, Derrick Vocelka, and Mary Vocelka

Other notable sightings:
50 American Pipits between County Park and Black Point Parking
3 active Osprey nests observed with one new nesting location at South Tufa (Navy Beach nest not active)