TALLYSHEET:SanJuanCapistrano(SouthCounty)ChristmasBirdCount Revised 11/15

AreaNo.AreaLeader

1.Usethesesheetstorecordyourcountdata.Inserttotalstotherightofspeciesname.

2.Recordyoureffort(TimeandMileage)onpage 4,uptofourpartiescanberecordedhere.

3.Completelyfillinanyrequired“RareBirdReportForms”

4.Givethecompletedtally sheetwithallrequiredRareBirdReportFormstoyourAreaLeader.

(SL): StateLocation: Attheendofthelistprovideadditionalinformationasrequested

(DS): DescribeSighting: Usethe“RareBirdReportForm”toprovideadditionalinformation

Anybirdfoundthatisnotonthislist: (1)enterthespeciesunder“ADDITIONALSPECIES”

AND(2)Usethe“RareBirdReportForm”toprovideadditionalinformation

5.AllTallySheetsRareBirdReportFormsneedtobesenttothe compiler, Darrell Wilson.

AmericanWhitePelican
GreaterWhite-frontedGoose / BrownPelican
SnowGoose(DS) / Brandt’sCormorants
RossʼsGoose(DS) / Double-crested Cormorant
Brant / PelagicCormorant
CanadaGoose / AmericanBittern
EgyptianGoose(exotic) / LeastBittern(SL)
WoodDuck / GreatBlueHeron
Gadwall / GreatEgret
EurasianWigeon(SL)(DSiflonefemale) / SnowyEgret
AmericanWigeon / CattleEgret
Mallard / GreenHeron
Blue-wingedTeal(DSiflonefemale) / Black-crowned Night-Heron
CinnamonTeal / White-facedIbis
NorthernShoveler / TurkeyVulture
NorthernPintail / Osprey
Green-wingedTeal / White-tailedKite
Canvasback / NorthernHarrier
Redhead / Sharp-shinnedHawk
Ring-neckedDuck / Cooper’sHawk
LesserScaup / accipiter sp.
SurfScoter / Red-shoulderedHawk
Bufflehead / Red-tailedHawk
HoodedMerganser(SL) / FerruginousHawk(DS)
CommonMerganser(SL) / GoldenEagle(DS)
Red-breasted Merganser / AmericanKestrel
RuddyDuck / Merlin
CaliforniaQuail / PeregrineFalcon
Red-throatedLoon / PrairieFalcon(DS)
PacificLoon / Ridgway’s Rail
Common Loon / VirginiaRail
loonsp. / Sora
Pied-billedGrebe / CommonGallinule
HornedGrebe / AmericanCoot
EaredGrebe / Black-belliedPlover
WesternGrebe / SnowyPlover
Clark’s Grebe / SemipalmatedPlover
grebesp. / Killdeer
NorthernFulmar / BlackOystercatcher(SL)
Pink-footed Shearwater(DS) / Black-neckedStilt
SootyShearwater / AmericanAvocet
Black-vented Shearwater / SpottedSandpiper
WanderingTatter / BeltedKingfisher
GreaterYellowlegs / AcornWoodpecker
LesserYellowlegs / Red-napedSapsucker(DS)
Willet / Red-breasted Sapsucker
Whimbrel / Nuttall’sWoodpecker
Long-billedCurlew / DownyWoodpecker
MarbledGodwit / N.Flicker(Red-shafted)
RuddyTurnstone / HammondʼsFlycatcher(DS)
BlackTurnstone / GrayFlycatcher(SL)
Surfbird / Pacific-slopeFlycatcher(DS)
Sanderling / WesterntypeFlycatcher(DS)
WesternSandpiper / BlackPhoebe
LeastSandpiper / Say’sPhoebe
Dunlin / Cassin’sKingbird
peep sp. / LoggerheadShrike(SL)
Short-billedDowitcher / PlumbeousVireo(SL)
Long-billedDowitcher / Cassin’sVireo(DS)
Dowitcher sp. / Hutton’sVireo
Wilson’sSnipe / WesternScrub-Jay
Red-neckedPhalarope(DS) / AmericanCrow
RedPhalarope(DS) / CommonRaven
Bonaparte’sGull / HornedLark
Heermann’sGull / TreeSwallow
MewGull / N.Rough-wingedSwallow
Ring-billedGull / BarnSwallow
WesternGull / MountainChickadee
CaliforniaGull / OakTitmouse
HerringGull / Bushtit
Thayer’sGull(DS) / Red-breasted Nuthatch
Glaucous-wingedGull / White-breasted Nuthatch
gull sp. / BrownCreeper(SL)
CaspianTern / CactusWren
ForsterʼsTern / RockWren
RoyalTern / Bewick’sWren
BlackSkimmer / HouseWren
PomarineJaeger / MarshWren
ParasiticJaeger / Golden-crownedKinglet(SL)
jaeger sp. / Ruby-crownedKinglet
CommonMurre(DS) / Blue-grayGnatcatcher
Cassin’sAuklet / CaliforniaGnatcatcher
RhinocerosAuklet / WesternBluebird
RockPigeon / HermitThrush
Band-tailedPigeon(SL) / AmericanRobin
Eurasian Collared-Dove / Wrentit
MourningDove / NorthernMockingbird
Common Ground-Dove(SL) / CaliforniaThrasher
GreaterRoadrunner / EuropeanStarling
BarnOwl / AmericanPipit
GreatHornedOwl / CedarWaxwing
WesternScreech-Owl / Phainopepla
CommonPoorwill / Orange-crowned Warbler
White-throatedSwift / NashvilleWarbler(SL)
Anna’sHummingbird / YellowWarbler(SL)
Costa’sHummingbird / Yellow-rumpedWarbler(Aud.)
AllenʼsHummingbird / Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
selasphorus sp. / Black-throatedGrayWarbler
Townsend’sWarbler / White-throatedSparrow(SL)
Black-and-whiteWarbler(SL) / Golden-crowned Sparrow
AmericanRedstart(SL) / White-crowned Sparrow
CommonYellowthroat / Dark-eyedJunco(Oregon)
Wilson’sWarbler / Red-wingedBlackbird
SummerTanager(SL) / TricoloredBlackbird(SL)
WesternTanager / WesternMeadowlark
SpottedTowhee / BrewerʼsBlackbird
CaliforniaTowhee / Great-tailedGrackle
Rufous-crownedSparrow(DS) / Brown-headed Cowbird
ChippingSparrow / HoodedOriole(DS)
LarkSparrow / BullockʼsOriole
SavannahSparrow / HouseFinch
FoxSparrow / LesserGoldfinch
SongSparrow / AmericanGoldfinch
Lincoln’sSparrow / HouseSparrow
GrasshopperSparrow(DS) / Northern Red Bishop
Scaly-breasted Munia
Pin-tailed Whydah
ADDITIONALSPECIES: Mustbedescribedindetail. UseRareBirdReportform.
SLBirds: Foreachbird,specifylocationsootherscanfindthespot. Alsodescribethehabitat.
Forbirdsinflight,givethetimeof dayand directionof travel.

ObserversandCounters:Pleaseprovidethefollowinginformationontimemiles

Inthetable below,listeach party andbreak outtheirtime miles

StartTimeandEndTime:Listwheneachparty startedandended

Party-hoursandmiles:This is very importantbecausemuchresearchisbasedonthesestatistics.AParty is any group ofpeople birdingtogether, oreven oneperson birdingalone.Ifthe samegroupis togetherallmorning,eatslunch,then stays togetherallafternoon,thatʼsone party.Butifthesamepeopleare togetherall morning,then afterlunch they split up into 2groups, they become two newparties.Thatgroup hadatotalof 3partiesthat day (onein themorningandtwo intheafternoon).

ItdoesNOTmatter how many peopleareineachparty.All oftheCBCstatistics arebasedon“parties”,not“people”.Basethedecision of“how many partieson themakeup of eachgroup.Whenpeopleshiftaround,itbecomes adifferentparty.

AREALeader:transferthisinformationtoyourAreaLeaderʼsReportForm.

Daylighthoursonly
Hours / Hours / Hours
Starttime / Endtime / Nighthours / DaytimeHours / byFoot / byCar / byBoat
Party1
Party2
Party3
Party4

“Night”isbefore6:30AMorafter5:30PM.KeepNighttimeactivities,suchasOwling

Railing,separatefromdaytimeactivities.