Sonoma County Bird Records from North American Birds
Last update:
September 8, 2005
This web page is an extraction of Sonoma County (California) bird records from the journal North American Birds. The "CBRC Approval" column contains California Bird Record Committee decisions on these records as they become available.
Volume 59, Number 2: December 2004 Through February 2005
| Species |
Number |
Dates |
Location |
Plumage |
Observers |
Notes |
CBRC Approval |
| White-faced Ibis |
2 |
1/15/05 -
2/5/05 |
Hudemann Slough |
|
Ken Wilson, Benjamin D. Parmeter |
|
n/a |
| Red Phalarope |
100+ |
1/2/05 |
Off Bodega Head |
|
Benjamin D. Parmeter |
Scarce in region this period |
n/a |
| Bohemian Waxwing |
2 |
1/25/05 |
Oakmont |
|
Ken Ackerman, Gloria Markowitz |
|
n/a |
| Magnolia Warbler |
1 |
12/12/04 |
Bodega Bay |
Male |
David Wimpfheimer |
Late migrant? |
n/a |
| Harris's Sparrow |
2 |
|
|
|
|
No details given |
n/a |
Volume 59, Number 1: August Through November 2004
| Species |
Number |
Dates |
Location |
Plumage |
Observers |
Notes |
CBRC Approval |
| Yellow-billed Loon |
1 |
9/11/04 |
Bodega Head |
Adult in breeding plumage |
Leslie Lieurance, Cindy Lieurance |
Fly by |
|
| Dark-rumped Petrel |
1 |
9/17/04 |
Northwest of Cordell Bank |
|
Steve Howell, Shearwater Journeys |
|
|
| Parkinson's Petrel (?) |
1 |
10/11/04 |
Northeast of Cordell Bank |
|
Shearwater Journeys, Luke Cole, Peter Pyle, Alan Hopkins, David Nelson |
Showing characteristics of Parkinson's Petrel |
|
| Streaked Shearwater |
1 |
9/17/04 |
Northeast of Cordell Bank |
|
Steve Howell, Shearwater Journeys, Robert Zaremba |
|
|
| Greater Shearwater |
1 |
8/29/04 |
Less than 13 km off Bodega Head |
|
Rich Stallcup, et al |
|
|
| Cattle Egret |
15+ |
10/10/04 |
Sebastopol |
|
Laurence Taylor |
|
n/a
|
| American Golden-Plover |
1 |
9/6/04 |
Bodega Bay |
Juvenile |
Alan Wight, Don Reinberg, Rick Le Baudour |
|
|
| Red-necked Stint |
1 |
8/8/04 - 8/10/04 |
Salmon Creek mouth |
Molting adult |
Dave DeSante, Jean Richmond, Jim White |
|
|
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
1 |
11/7/04 |
Hudemann Slough |
|
Dick Ashford, Benjamin D. Parmeter |
Only one reported this period in Middle Pacific Coast Region |
n/a
|
| Least Tern |
1 |
8/22/04 |
Doran Park |
|
Eric Lichtwardt |
|
n/a
|
| Black Skimmer |
1 |
8/8/04 |
Doran Park |
|
Dave DeSante |
|
n/a
|
| Spotted Owl |
1 |
10/10/04 |
Bodega Bay |
|
Rich Stallcup |
|
n/a
|
| Yellow-billed Magpie (?) |
1 |
9/26/04 - 9/30/04 |
Bodega Bay |
|
Matthew Brady, David Vander Pluym, Alan Wight, Benjamin D. Parmeter |
Distant magpie presumed to be Yellow-billed |
n/a
|
| Harris's Sparrow |
1 |
|
|
|
|
No details given |
n/a
|
Alan Wight
Sonoma County, California
Email: shwand@sonic.net
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