Great
(White) Egret |
Ardea
Alba |
Quite
common in roadside fields between Woodland and Davis |
Canada
Goose |
Branta
canadensis |
Common
in roadside fields between Woodland and Davis |
Mallard |
Anas
platyrhynchos |
Common |
Turkey
Vulture
|
Cathartes aura |
Two
seen well over the parking lot |
Northern
(Hen) Harrier |
Circus
cyaneus |
Several
over roadside fields |
White-tailed
Kite |
Elanus
leucurus
|
One
seen hunting over the road between Woodland and Davis |
Cooper's
Hawk |
Accipiter
cooperi
|
1-2
regular around the factory |
Red-tailed
Hawk |
Buteo
jamaicensis |
2-4
regular around the factory |
American
Kestrel |
Falco
sparverius |
One
over wasteland near the factory |
Killdeer |
Charadrius
vociferus |
Several
displaying in the parking lot |
Ring-billed
Gull |
Larus delawarensis |
Seen
in small numbers |
Gull
sp |
Larus
sp. |
A
larger gull was regular. American Herring Gull? |
Mourning
Dove |
Zenaida macroura |
Occasional
singles noted |
White-throated
Swift |
Aeronautes
saxatalis |
Small
flocks of up to 6 seen over Davis |
Northern
Flicker |
Coluptes auratus |
One
seen a couple of times in the parking lot |
Black
Phoebe |
Sayornis nigricans
|
One
seen near the factory |
Western
Scrub Jay |
Aphelocoma californica |
1-4
seen in the factory parking lot |
Yellow-billed
Magpie |
Pica
nuttalli |
Up
to 4 noted in the parking lot |
American
Crow |
Corvus
brachyrhynchos |
Very
common |
Northern
Mockingbird |
Mimus
polyglottos |
A
few "always" around |
European
Starling |
Sturnus
vulgaris |
Very
common |
Yellow-rumped
Warbler |
Dendroica
coronata |
A
few noted in the vicinity of the factory |
Western
Meadow Lark |
Sturnella
neglecta |
A
flock of at least 20 on waste ground near the factory |
Red-winged
Blackbird |
Grallina
cyanoleuca |
Very
common roadside bird |
Brewer's
Blackbird |
Euphagus
cyanocephalus |
Common |
House
Finch |
Carpodacus
mexicanus |
Common
on waste ground near the factory |
White-crowned
Sparrow |
Zontrichia
leucophrys |
Common |
House
Sparrow |
Passer
domesticus |
Small
numbers around Davis, 30+ at Sacramento airport. |