Point Richmond Bird Count
Thanks to Jerry and Theresa Daniel
 

The Point Richmond Bird Count is done yearly in the month of January. It is open to anyone who would like to join. If you have questions call Jerry Daniel at 234-4600 or e-mail tdaniel489@aol.com.

Note: Years in the second column below refers to the number of years bird has been seen.
Yellow squares represent largest number in all the years. Green square represents best bird that year.

  Years Species 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

1

7

Common Loon

3

3

2

4

2

4

2

2

1

Red-necked Loon

           

1

3

6

Pied-billed Grebe

8

 

4

1

1

2

2

4

7

Horned Grebe

12

1

4

11

10

2

4

5

1

Red-necked Grebe

     

1

     

6

6

Eared Grebe

1

2

1

4

2

 

2

7

7

Western Grebe

81

11

18

11

10

7

39

8

7

Clark's Grebe

55

31

57

3

40

1

22

9

4

Brown Pelican

3

31

   

10

 

51

10

7

Double-crested Cormorant

33

25

139

1384

104

6

202

11

4

Pelagic Cormorant

9

1

   

3

 

2

12

6

Great Blue Heron

2

 

1

3

3

1

1

13

2

Great Egret

     

1

3

   

14

6

Snowy Egret

2

 

2

1

3

1

3

15

7

Black-crowned Night-Heron

6

1

7

1

3

10

3

16

1

Brant

       

1

   

17

6

Canada Goose

 

6

42

16

7

12

52

18

1

Greater White-fronted Goose

         

1

19

1

Green-winged Teal

1

           

20

7

Mallard

60

21

8

17

48

23

19

21

1

Northern Pintail

1

           

22

1

Northern Shoveler

 

1

         

23

6

Gadwall

4

 

4

2

6

2

2

24

1

Eurasian Wigeon

     

1

     

25

7

American Wigeon

205

100

309

78

224

60

13

26

1

Redhead

1

           

27

7

Greater Scaup

315

57

545

428

82

15

88

28

6

Lesser Scaup

50

 

1

3

1

1

12

29

7

Surf Scoter

25

40

4

56

27

3

20

30

1

White-winged Scoter

 

8

         

31

7

Common Goldeneye

10

4

14

38

14

2

7

32

7

Bufflehead

62

25

102

53

90

15

69

33

6

Red-breasted Merganser

7

4

4

4

9

 

3

34

6

Ruddy Duck

 

30

83

91

129

20

652

35

6

Turkey Vulture

15

6

3

2

4

3

 

36

3

Osprey

   

1

2

2

   

37

1

White-tailed Kite

       

1

   

38

2

Northern Harrier

1

     

1

   

39

1

Sharp-shinned Hawk

 

1

         

40

4

Cooper's Hawk

2

2

1

 

1

   

41

2

Red-shouldered Hawk

     

1

 

1

 

42

7

Red-tailed Hawk

5

2

2

3

7

2

1

43

6

American Kestrel

3

5

5

1

 

1

1

44

2

Peregrine Falcon

   

1

1

     

45

7

American Coot

50

140

131

106

143

161

93

46

7

Black-bellied Plover

58

25

15

93

83

22

162

47

1

Semipalmated Plover

35

           

48

5

Killdeer

11

 

2

 

40

17

8

49

5

Black Oystercatcher

4

   

11

5

2

1

50

2

American Avocet

       

4

 

7

51

7

Willet

42

4

3

16

14

5

10

52

6

Spotted Sandpiper

5

 

1

10

1

2

2

53

6

Long-billed Curlew

1

 

1

7

4

1

6

54

2

Marbled Godwit

       

1

 

2

55

4

Ruddy Turnstone

     

1

1

2

2

56

6

Black Turnstone

10

 

3

57

11

4

17

57

1

Surfbird

           

1

58

4

Sanderling

 

2

 

5

14

 

19

59

6

Western Sandpiper

200

100

23

800

92

 

315

60

6

Least Sandpiper

100

1

2

2

1

 

3

61

6

Dunlin

300

200

124

99

430

 

280

62

5

Mew Gull

4

 

1

23

6

2

 

63

7

Ring-billed Gull

20

50

160

141

75

86

69

64

6

California Gull

5

5

12

35

20

 

33

65

5

Herring Gull

1

 

1

3

2

 

67

66

7

Western Gull

134

38

6030

1762

215

7

359

67

7

Glaucous-winged Gull

6

7

1200

5294

37

8

312

68

4

Forster's Tern

   

5

 

2

1

4

69

7

Rock Dove

40

50

137

50

31

25

50

70

7

Mourning Dove

92

20

60

10

51

11

51

71

1

Great Horned Owl

 

hrd

         

72

1

Long-eared Owl

     

1 dead

     

73

1

White-throated Swift

30

           

74

7

Anna's Hummingbird

7

5

14

8

11

15

8

75

3

Costa's Hummingbird

 

1

1

   

1

 

76

1

Rufous Hummingbird

   

1

       

77

4

Belted Kingfisher

     

1

1

1

2

78

2

Nuttall's Woodpecker

       

1 hrd

 

3

79

1

Downy Woodpecker

1

           

80

7

Northern Flicker

19

2

8

5

4

5

4

81

7

Black Phoebe

4

3

4

5

3

2

6

82

1

Steller's Jay

   

3

       

83

7

Scrub Jay

21

9

19

5

10

12

11

84

7

American Crow

6

3

8

2

4

7

4

85

7

Common Raven

4

2

6

4

7

2

1

86

4

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

3

     

5

5

11

87

6

Bushtit

21

 

23

35

26

12

35

88

3

Red-breasted Nuthatch

     

1

1 hrd

3

89

1

Rock Wren

1

           

90

4

Bewick's Wren

   

5

1

1

2

 

91

1

Winter Wren

   

2

       

92

1

Marsh Wren

     

1

     

93

1

Golden-crowned Kinglet

   

1

       

94

7

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

7

3

21

8

8

10

8

95

5

Hermit Thrush

6

 

4

2

10

3

 

96

7

American Robin

320

123

201

92

75

158

88

97

3

Wrentit

6

   

1

1

   

98

7

Northern Mockingbird

8

1

9

7

13

4

9

99

2

American Pipit

   

3

 

17

   

100

5

Cedar Waxwing

250

 

3

30

52

30

 

101

7

European Starling

28

4

105

3

110

6

22

102

1

Orange-crowned Warbler

 

1

       

103

7

Yellow-rumped Warbler

40

20

74

1

22

16

28

104

2

Townsend's Warbler

   

1

     

2

105

7

Spotted Towhee

4

1

9

1

4

4

5

106

7

California Towhee

4

3

10

5

5

10

6

107

6

Fox Sparrow

3

 

9

1

10

3

6

108

1

Savannah Sparrow

         

1

 

109

3

Song Sparrow

   

3

2

1

   

110

3

Lincoln's Sparrow

   

2

 

1

 

2

111

7

Golden-crowned Sparrow

53

10

48

64

128

30

42

112

7

White-crowned Sparrow

40

61

85

32

56

12

17

113

7

Dark-eyed Junco

3

10

17

5

15

58

21

114

2

Red-winged Blackbird

   

50

   

1

 

115

7

Western Meadowlark

4

5

29

10

55

25

20

116

2

Brewer's Blackbird

   

13

1

     

117

7

House Finch

16

50

27

4

27

11

8

118

1

Purple Finch

           

1

119

2

Lesser Goldfinch

   

5

 

11

   

120

2

American Goldfinch

1

     

1

   

121

6

House Sparrow

3

4

2

1

 

13

3

 
   

Duck Sp

 

9

 

5

     
   

Scaup Sp

         

64

200

   

Aechmophorus Sp

     

50

     
   

Gull Sp

 

50

     

3000

2300

   

Woodpecker Sp

 

1

         
 
   

Total Species

78

59

83

80

88

69

79

   

Total Individuals

3013

1440

10101

11139

2826

4073

6023

   

Total Species, all years

78

86

102

110

116

117

121

   

New Species

 

8

16

8

6

1

4

   

Number of Max. this year

21

6

23

16

27

12

16

                   

121