23 Mar to 27 April
It was pretty busy month; spring migration in full swing, with wintering
birds nearly all gone and many regular summer birds already here. Good
weather, but rain for part of the Godwit Days fields trips!
HIGHLIGHTS
EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 male, paired with a female of unknown genetic
background, No Name Pond, 30 Mar-19 Apr (RJA, SMcA): EURASIAN WIGEON: 1-4
males, 1-2 females, Arcata Bottoms (V St. Loop), 6-14 Apr (CO, RJA, J,K&LH,
GH); 2 males, Hookton Slough, 13 Apr (DF,JP): OLDSQUAW: 1, MacKerricher State
Park, 30 Mar (DT); 1 imm male, Crescent City Harbor, 10 Apr (MF, fide PS); 1,
Big Lagoon, 12 Apr (TA, CdeS); 1, Lower Eel River, 20 Apr (SMcA); 1 male,
ocean at Castle Rock, 27 Apr (JH,KH): HARLEQUIN DUCK: 4 males, 1 female,
Crescent City Harbor, 5-30 Mar (MF, fide PS)--1 female, banded, was from the
Straits of Georgia (British Columbia): PRAIRIE FALCON: 1, Eel River Wildlife
Area (ERWA), 27 Mar (SP, RW); 1, AB, 20 Apr (BW): RUFFED GROUSE: 1, Elk Head
(!), 29 Mar (MW); 1, ½ mile east of Kneeland, 18 Apr (SB); 2 seen, 1 other
heard drumming, Lyons Ranch Trail, 17 miles east of Highway 101, Bald Hills
Road, 26 Apr (DS).
Stilt!
BLACK-NECKED STILT: 1, AMP, 27 Apr (MW, RJA, SMcA): CURLEW SANDPIPER ?: 1,
MacKerricher State Park, 30 Mar (DT, description submitted, not confirmed):
NIGHTHAWK SP! (A STARTLING REPORT TO SAY THE LEAST): 1, AMP, 14 Apr (EE):
COSTAíS HUMMINGBIRD; 1, College of the Redwoods, 23 Apr (BH): EASTERN
KINGBIRD: 1 reported at Hayden Flat Campground on Trinity River, 25 Apr
(BFÖ we need description and details on this report, Brad): SAYíS PHOEBE: 1,
Pt. St. George, 25 Mar (MF, fide PS): LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE: 1 road kill brought
in to HSU, Clam Beach, 26 Mar (Anon); 1, Manila, 5 Apr (JHo, need a
description): SHRIKE SP.: 1, AB, 6 Apr (JH, KH, LH); 1, Highway 299 and Blue
Lake Exit, 6 Apr (BW, RH): CANYON WREN: 1, below Burnt Ranch, 26 Apr (JH):
KENTUCKY WARBLER: 1 heard singing, poorly seen, AMP, 23 Apr (SMcA, the
earliest ever report and only the 5th ever regional record): VESPER SPARROW:
1, AB, 12 Apr (RJA):
NOTES FROM THE TRAVEL DESK AND OTHER INTERESTING STUFF:
RED-THROATED LOON: Steady migration past North Jetty, 6 Apr (DF,JP): COMMON
LOON: 1, Lewiston Lake, 13 Apr; 1, Trinity Lake, 13 Apr (both reports, JH,
GH, B&MW): RED-NECKED GREBE: 17, King Salmon, 27 Mar (DF); 1, North Jetty, 7
Apr (M&BW): CLARKíS GREBE: 1, ERWA, 27 Mar (SP,RW); 1, Ruth Lake, 5 Apr
(JH,DF,JP); 2, North Jetty, 6 Apr (DF,JP); 1, Mouth of Elk River, 19 Apr
(SMcA): BROWN PELICAN: 3, Crescent City Harbor, 5 Mar (MF, fide PS):
BRANDTíS CORMORANT: 3, North Jetty, 20 Apr (TA, CdeS): AMERICAN BITTERN: 1,
AMP, 23-24 Apr (SH): GREEN HERON: 1, Blue Lake Fish Hatchery, 27 Mar (MM); 1,
Highway 299 and Blue Lake, 20 Apr (BW); 1, Salt River, 20 Apr (SMcA): CATTLE
EGRET: 1, Butcher Slough Pond, 30 Mar (D&LO); 8, AB, 13 Apr (PS): MUTE SWAN
(!): 1 fly over, Klopp Lake, 11 Apr (RH): TUNDRA SWAN: 1 (cripple present
for 3+ years), AB, 11 Apr (DA): GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 5, Hyampom, 13
Apr (JH,GH,B&MW); 1, near Willow Creek, 22 Apr (TL): ROSSí GOOSE: 3, Smith
River Bottoms, 7-25 Mar (MF, fide PS); 4, AB, 4 Apr (EE, JS): WESTERN CANADA
GOOSE: 10, Willow Creek, 22 Apr (TL); 4, Hyampom, 13 Apr (JH,GH,B&MW); first
brood in vic Humboldt Bay, 11 Apr (DA, et al)--several broods seen
subsequently: ALEUTIAN CANADA GOOSE: Peak count in Smith River Bottoms of
24,000 ± 1500, 15 Mar, decline began on 4 Apr, only 16,000 left by 8 Apr;
roosted at night on Castle Rock (15,000), Prince Island (5500) and Goat
Island near Brookings (MF, fide, PS): "SMALL" CANADA GOOSE: 500, AB, 4 Apr
(EE): WOOD DUCK: pairs, Freshwater Lagoon, 25 Mar (MH); 1, Freshwater Creek,
late March, occupied nest box within 3 days of its erection (TR); several
males and occupied nests in many locations where boxes have been put up,
Mar-early Apr (RH, PMcN); 1 pair, AOP, 16-24 Apr (SH): BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 1,
AMP, 5 Apr (anon): BLUE-WINGED X CINNAMON TEAL HYBRID: 1, No Name Pond, 20
Apr (TA, CdeS): RING-NECKED DUCK: 10, ERWA, 27 Mar (SP,RW); 2, Butcher Slough
Pond, 30 Mar (L&DO); 1 pair, Butcher Slough Pond, 13 Apr (MM): BLACK SCOTER:
1, ERWA, 27 Mar (SP,RW); 1, North Jetty, 7 Apr (B&MW); 3 pair, mouth of
Redwood Creek, 13 Apr (RH).
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BLUE GROUSE: 1 seen, 3 others heard, Lyons Ranch Road, Bald Hills, 26 Apr
(DS): OSPREY: many now present, possible nest site, Redway Exit/101, 8 Apr
(EH).
BALD EAGLE: 1 juv, Blue Lake, 15 Mar (SbdV); 1 imm, Blue Lake, 25 Mar (DG); 2
ad, mouth of Willow Creek, 31 Mar (DF); 1 ad, southeast of Sandy Bar, 31 Mar
(DF); 1 ad, Tish Tang Campground, 3 Apr (BP): 1 ad, "Mad River" (where?), 7
Apr (DP); 1 imm., Blue Lake, 17 Apr (GH): GOLDEN EAGLE: 1 Smith River
Bottoms, 27Apr (JH,KH): RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: 2 at nest, Hyampom, 13 Apr
(JH,GH,M&BW): PEREGRINE FALCON: 1, Hammond Trail, 1 Apr (DG); 1 imm, Hookton
Slough, 13 Apr (JP,DF): MERLIN: 1, AMP, 4, 10 Apr (RF,RH): SNOWY PLOVER: 3,
Virgin Creek Beach, Ft. Bragg, 21 Mar (RH): LESSER YELLOW LEGS: 1-3, AB, 4-9
Apr (EE,JS,DA,BW): WANDERING TATTLER: 1, North Jetty, 20 Apr (TA, CdeS): RED
KNOT: 1, AOP, 4 Apr (BP); 1, AMP, 19 Apr (TL,SMcA); 1, Salt River, 20 Apr
(SMcA): ROCK SANDPIPER: 1, North Jetty, 24 Mar (DF,JP); 1, MacKerricher State
Park, 30 Mar (DT); 2 (1 in molt), North Jetty, 6 Apr (DF,JP); 5, North Jetty,
7 Apr (B&MW): COMMON SNIPE: 1, Arcata, 4 Apr (JF); 5, AB, 5 Apr (DA):
HERRING GULL: 1 ad, mouth Redwood Creek, 13 Apr (RH): THAYERíS GULL: 1,
first winter, Arcata Plaza, 7 Apr (DF): CASPIAN TERN: 125, mouth Redwood
Creek, 13 Apr (RH): MARBLED MURRELET: x (how many Rob?), Lost Man Creek, 13
Apr (RH): PIGEON GUILLEMOT: "few," Elk Head, (5 Apr), Patricks Point (6 Apr)
(both GL): RHINOCEROS AUKLET: 1 at nest hole, Green Rock, 26 Apr (TL): TUFTED
PUFFIN: 3, Green Rock, 13 Apr (GL); 8-12, Castle Rock, mid Apr (anon); 1,
Green Rock, 16 Apr (LL); 1-2, Green Rock, 26 Apr (GL,TL); 1, Castle Rock, 27
Apr (JH,KH).
MOURNING DOVE: 3, end of Lanphere Road, 26 Apr (KN): BARRED OWL: 1, Prairie
Creek State Park, 19 Apr, 27 Apr (JH,DS): SHORT-EARED OWL: 1, Mad River
Wildlife Area, 31 Mar (JB): VAUX SWIFT: x, Trinity County, 13 Apr
(JH,GH,B&MW); x, Sunny Brae, 23 Apr (PS); 5, AMP, 24 Apr (SH); 50, Redway, 23
Apr (EH): RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD: 1, Arcata, 3 Apr ( KN); 1, Sunny Brae, 6-7 Apr
(SH): "HYBRID" FLICKER: 1 female, Fieldbrook, 30 Mar (SF); 1 female, Sunny
Brae, 31 Mar-1 Apr (SH): YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER ("pure"): 1 female, Sunny
Brae, 13 Apr (SH): OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: x, Trinity County, 13 Apr
(JH,GH,M&BW): WESTERN WOOD PEWEE: 1, Arcata Community Forest, 9 Apr (CO):
PACIFIC SLOPE FLYCATCHER: 1, Particks Point, 6 Apr (GL): ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER: x, Willow Creek, 21 Apr (TL): WESTERN KINGBIRD: x, Trinity
County, 13 Apr (JH,GH,B&MW); 1, AMP, 25 Apr (SH); 1 Smith River Bottoms, 27
Apr (JH,KH): PURPLE MARTIN: 1 male, AMP, 4 Apr (GB); 5, AB, 19 Apr (TL); 7,
Loleta Bottoms, 19 Apr (SMcA); 1, Salt River, 20 Apr (SMcA); 2, Azalea Hill,
20 Apr (DG); 4-7, AMP, 23-24 Apr (SH): NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: x, AB,
2 Apr (MMM): HORNED LARK: 1, Snow Camp Road, 22 Mar (JH,KH,LH): SCRUB JAY: 1,
Fieldbrook, 4 Apr (TC): BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 6, Freshwater Lagoon, 25 Mar
(MH); 1, Freshwater Creek, 18 Apr (RH); 1, Butcher Slough Pond, 26 Apr
(SH,LH): NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD: 1, Eureka, 20 Mar (PeS): CALIFORNIA THRASHER:
1 east of Hayfork, 13 Apr (JH,GH,B&MW): SOLITARY VIREO: 1 singing, Azalea
Hill, 10 Apr (GL); x, Trinity County, 13 Apr (JH,GH,M&BW); 2 pair, Hayden
Flat Campground, 25 Apr (BF); x, Blue Lake, 13-27 Apr (MM): WARBLING VIREO:
x, Blue Lake, 27 Apr (MM.
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 2 singing, Blue Lake, 23 Mar (MM); 12 singing, Willow
Creek, 25 Mar (TL); x, Hiller Park, 25 Mar (MMM); x, Fortuna, 26 Mar (PM):
NASHVILLE WARBLER: x, Trinity County, 13 Apr (JH,GH,B&MW); x, Willow Creek,
21 Apr (TL): BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER: x, Aldergrove Pond, 2 Apr (GlL,
RHu); x, Trinity County, 13 Apr (JH,GH,B&MW); x, Willow Creek, 21 Apr (TL);
x, Hayden Flat Campground, 25 Apr (BF): HERMIT WARBLER: 1 singing, Mad River
Fish Hatchery (I.D.? Seen or just heard?), 5 Apr (DG): PALM WARBLER: 1, AMP,
23 Apr (LG): MYRTLE WARBLER: 5 (with Audubonís), Trinity County, 13 Apr
(JH,GH,B&MW); 4-5, AMP, 25 Apr (SH): MACGILLVRAYíS WARBLER: 1, Willow Creek,
21 Apr (TL); x, Hayden Flat, 25 Apr (BF): COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 4, Willow
Creek, 26 Mar (TL); 1, Blue Lake Fish Hatchery, 27 Mar (MM); 1, AMP, 27 Mar
(MM); x, AMP, 29 Mar (RF); 6, Bayshore Mall, 12 Apr (MW); 20, Trinity County,
13 Apr (JH,GH,M&BW): YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT: x, Willow Creek, 21 Apr (TL):
WILSONíS WARBLER: 1, Patricks Point, 6 Apr (GL); 1, Sunny Brae, 21 Apr (PS);
x, Willow Creek, 21 Apr (TL): WESTERN TANAGER: 1, Eureka, 29 Mar (CO):
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK: x, Willow Creek, 21 Apr (TL).
Blackbirds with Three Colors
TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD: 1 male, Trinidad, 26 Apr (GL): BULLOCKíS ORIOLE: 1,
Arcata, 1 Apr (GB): HOODED ORIOLE: 1 male, east Arcata, 21 Mar-11 Apr, nearly
daily (EL, RN, fide PS); 1 male, Smith River, 20 Apr (MF, fide PS): LARK
SPARROW: 10, Hettenshaw Valley, 5 Apr (JH,DF,JP): CHIPPING SPARROW: 1,
Hettenshaw Valley, 5 Apr (JH,DF,JP); 1, Trinidad, 6 Apr (GK): WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW: 1, Azalea Hill, 20 Apr (DG); 1, Sunny Brae, 21 Apr (SH): RED
CROSSBILL: 24, Arcata, 24 Mar (GB); 20, Fieldbrook, 6 Apr (SC): EVENING
GROSBEAK: 12-20 at feeders, Azalea Hill, 25 Mar through 25 Apr (GL,DG).
Many thanks to the following who submitted observations for this month's report:
R. J. Adams, David Anderson, Todd Arnold, Louise Bacon-Odgen, J.
Bisson, Gary Bloomfield, Sherri Cappo, Tom Cockle, Kacy Cook, Christina de
Sobriho, Elias Elias, Mark Fisher, Scott Fisher, David Fix, Brad Freeman, Joe
Freeman, R. Frey, Liz Gainer, Dan Garrison, Lorie Harris, Stan Harris, Ben
Hawkins, Gjon Hazard, Poppy Heiser, E. J. Hendrix, Rob Hewitt, Matt Hinton,
J. Holley, Emily Hoyt, Rachelle Huddleston, John Hunter, Kim Hunter, Liberty
Hunter, Gail Kenny, Tom Leskiw, Gary Lester, Glenn Lorton, Elizabeth Lund,
Pat McNeil, Paul Morey, Mark Morrissette, "MMM", Kristie Nelson, Ros Novick,
Chet Ogan, Dave Ogden, Bruce Page, Steve Pagliughi, D. Perry, Jude Power,
Terry Roelofs, Doug Shaw, Jay Sooter, Paul Springer, Pete Spruance, Toby,
Matt Wachs, J. Ward, Bud Widdowson, Margaret Widdowson, Ron Wood. Please
send future reports to me at 1595 Charles Ct, Arcata, California, 95521, call
them to me at (707) 822-3802, or call them into the Arcata Bird Box at (707)
822-5666.
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