BIRD SURVEYS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

                                          ARCHIVAL   FIELD NOTES

                                                                                               ©  Callyn Yorke

                        

 

                                                         Link to:   UCLA EXTENSION BIRDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

 

                      

                                                            Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus ) Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA  Dec. 13, 2012

                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                   © 2012 Callyn Yorke

 

                                 Key to Abbreviations

* Common names of birds are often abbreviated by using the first four letters of the name(s),

   e.g. Western Sandpiper = WESA; When ambiguous acronyms occur, e.g. Heermann's Gull and Herring Gull,

   a novel combination of letters is used: HEEG = Heermann's Gull; HEGU = Herring Gull.

* Age:  ad = adult; imm = immature (including juvenile and subadult; C1 - C4 = 1st - 4th year Gull)

* Sex (if known): m = Male; f = Female.

* Plumages: alt. plmg. = Alternate (Breeding) Plumage; bsc. plmg. = Basic (post-juvenile plumage worn most of the year).

* Estimated Height :  agl =  Feet Above Ground Level.

* Mixed Species Flock:  msf = two or more bird species together, e.g. foraging.

* First Observation of the Season = fos.

* Compass Direction: n,s,e,w = North, South, East, West.

 

INDEX TO BIRD SURVEYS (including links to previous surveys)

 

* Lake Palmdale, Los Angeles County, February 2019

* Castaic Lagoon, Los Angeles County, November 2018

* San Andreas Fault: North Slope of the San Gabriel Mts. October 2018

* Apollo Park, Los Angeles County, October 2018

* Coastal and Inland Ventura County, October 2018

* San Bernardino County, September 2018

* Kern County, September 2018

* Coastal and Inland San Diego County, September 2018

* Lancaster Prime Desert Woodland Preserve, May 2018

* Inland and Coastal Los Angeles County, April 2018

* Malibu Lagoon, Los Angeles County, April 2018

* Elizabeth Lake, Los Angeles County, March 2018

* Salton Sea, Imperial County,  February 2018

* Coastal Orange County, January, 2018

* Coastal and Inland Santa Barbara County, November 2017

* Piute Ponds Edwards Air Force Base (permit required), September 2017

* San Gabriel Mts. Los Angeles County, May 2017

* Riverside County, May 2017

* Eastern Sierra Nevada, Inyo County, February 2017

* Placerita Canyon Park, Newhall, Los Angeles County, April 2016

* Coachella Valley, Riverside County, January 2015

* Western Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, December 2014

*  Bouquet Canyon, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, November 2014

*  Antelope Valley East, Los Angeles County, December 2013

*  Lancaster Waste Water Treatment Facility, Los Angeles County, November 2013

 

Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) Los Alamitos Bay, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA  November 21, 2010

                                                                                                                                                                           © 2010  Callyn Yorke