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
* 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
* 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