Venice, LA Christmas Bird Count

 

January 2, 2004

 

Nine observers in 3-5 parties.

Party hours: 38.25, 34.5 on foot, 3.75 by  car; party miles: 77.4, 64.4 on foot, 13 by car. 

62-77o F, wind S  0-5 mph

 

 

Com. Loon                               22

Pied-billed Grebe               34

Am. White Pelican             80

Brown Pelican              57

Double-cr Cormorant            912

Anhinga                                      4

Am. Bittern                                 1

Least Bittern                            1

Great Blue Heron               23

Great Egret                               52

Snowy Egret                             65

Little Blue Heron               23

Tricolored Heron               26

Cattle Egret                              46

Green Heron                            5

Black-cr Night Heron               69

Yellow-cr Night Heron     1

White Ibis                                 341

Glossy Ibis                                 1

White-faced Ibis                     2

Plegadis sp.                              130

Roseate Spoonbill                        6

Black Vulture                             2

Turkey Vulture             260

Gadwall                                    215

Mallard                                      4

Blue-winged Teal                  31

N. Shoveler                                2

Green-winged Teal                    3

Lesser Scaup                            330

Red-br Merganser                    11

Osprey                                     18

Sharp-shinned Hawk                 3

Cooper’s Hawk                 2

Red-shouldered Hawk               22

Broad-winged Hawk                1

Red-tailed Hawk               11

Am. Kestrel                              17

Peregrine Falcon                2

Clapper Rail                             22

King Rail                                  17

Virginia Rail                                1

Sora                                           2

Com. Moorhen             57

Am. Coot                                 540

Kildeer                                     66

Black-necked Stilt                    2

Greater Yellowlegs                      4

Lesser Yellowlegs                      1

Spotted Sandpiper                       3

Wilson’s Snipe               5

Laughing Gull                            931

Ring-billed Gull           1553

Herring Gull                              532

Lesser Black-backed Gull      1

Caspian Tern                            15

Royal Tern                                 2

Forster’s Tern                          27

Rock Dove                               52

Eurasian Collared Dove  14

White-winged Dove                145

Mourning Dove                        129

Groove-billed Ani                  10

Barn Owl                                   3

E. Screech Owl                          7

Great Horned Owl                    5

Rufous/Allen’s Humm.           3

Belted Kingfisher                     35

Red-bellied Woodpecker    10

Yellow-bel. Sapsucker        13

Downy Woodpecker                19

Hairy Woodpecker                  3

N. Flicker                                   1

E. Phoebe                                69

Ash-throated Flycatcher         2

Brown-cr. Flycatcher         2

W. Kingbird                              6

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher       44

Loggerhead Shrike                3

White-eyed Vireo                  6

Blue-headed Vireo                16

Blue Jay                                   32

Am. Crow                                101

Tree Swallow                         3609

Carolina Chickadee                    106

Tufted Titmouse                        1

Carolina Wren                          39

House Wren                             19

Sedge Wren                               2

Marsh Wren                             11

Ruby-crowned Kinglet   6

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher      36

E. Bluebird                                 4

Hermit Thrush                             3

Am. Robin                                22

Gray Catbird                            54

N. Mockingbird                 43

Brown Thrasher                         8

European Starling             147

Am. Pipit                                  34

Cedar Waxwing                        2

Nashville Warbler                       1

Orange-crowned Warbler            83

N. Parula                                  1

Yellow Warbler                        1

Yellow-rumped Warbler            335

Palm Warbler                           41

Yellow-throated Warbler            2

Pine Warbler                              3

Prairie Warbler                        1

Black-and-White Warbler            2

N. Waterthrush                 1

Com. Yellowthroat                 47

Wilson’s Warbler                          4

Summer Tanager                        1

Savannah Sparrow                       27

Song Sparrow                            6

Swamp Sparrow                       131

White-throated Sparrow             9

N. Cardinal                              155

Indigo Bunting                         4

Painted Bunting                         3

Red-winged Blackbird            878

E. Meadowlark                          2

Com. Grackle                           108

Boat-tailed Grackle                        885

Brown-headed Cowbird             1

Baltimore Oriole                1

Am. Goldfinch              51

 

Total: 128 species

 

Observers:

 

Bill M cKee, Lisa McKee,  David Muth, Dan Purrington, Christie Riehl, Rosemary Seidler, Ed Wallace, Phillip Wallace, Melvin Weber