Hi Everyone, We've added quite a few more species since the last update at 3 pm and our total is now 264. One of these was a pigeon guillemot seen off Point Dume. This will be a new species for the count pending receipt of documentation. Those of you who get the eBird rare bird alerts have also seen some wonderful things well offshore such as an albatross, booby, more alcids, a common tern, etc. They were seen from a repositioning cruise, and following established protocols for America's Birdiest County, we aren't including those in our totals because they were seen from a boat and not from land. Other species we have added: Cassin's AukletGlaucous-winged GullBlack-bellied PloverRuddy TurnstoneCommon MerganserSwainson's HawkLesser NighthawkTennessee Warbler (which requires documentation) We're still missing some relatively common species such as:Least Tern: have any arrived yet?Short-billed DowitcherHooded Merganser: any still around?Horned GrebeLesser Yellowlegs (these seem to be scarce)Gray Flycatcher There are also local species we haven't gotten such as LeConte's Thrasher, Inca Dove, Clark's Nutcracker, Williamson's Sapsucker, Townsend's Solitaire, and some owls. There have been efforts to find some of them but we've struck out. If you found any of these, please let us know! Here are the species that we've FOUND so far: * Snow Goose * Ross's Goose * Brant * Cackling Goose * Canada Goose * Wood Duck * Blue-winged Teal * Cinnamon Teal * Northern Shoveler * Gadwall * American Wigeon * Mallard * Northern Pintail * Green-winged Teal * Canvasback * Redhead * Ring-necked Duck * Lesser Scaup * Surf Scoter * Bufflehead * Common Merganser * Red-breasted Merganser * Ruddy Duck * Mountain Quail * California Quail * Pied-billed Grebe * Eared Grebe * Western Grebe * Clark's Grebe * Rock Pigeon * Band-tailed Pigeon * Eurasian Collared-Dove * Spotted Dove * Mourning Dove * Greater Roadrunner * Lesser Nighthawk * Common Poorwill * Vaux's Swift * White-throated Swift * Black-chinned Hummingbird * Anna's Hummingbird * Costa's Hummingbird * Rufous Hummingbird * Allen's Hummingbird * Calliope Hummingbird * Virginia Rail * Sora * Common Gallinule * American Coot * Black-necked Stilt * American Avocet * Black Oystercatcher * Black-bellied Plover * Snowy Plover * Semipalmated Plover * Killdeer * Whimbrel * Long-billed Curlew * Marbled Godwit * Ruddy Turnstone * Black Turnstone * Surfbird * Sanderling * Dunlin * Least Sandpiper * Western Sandpiper * Long-billed Dowitcher * Wilson's Snipe * Wilson's Phalarope * Red-necked Phalarope * Spotted Sandpiper * Wandering Tattler * Greater Yellowlegs * Willet * Parasitic Jaeger * Cassin's Auklet * Pigeon Guillemot NEW in 2025 * Bonaparte's Gull * Franklin's Gull * Heermann's Gull * Ring-billed Gull * Western Gull * California Gull * American Herring Gull * Glaucous-winged Gull * Caspian Tern * Black Tern * Forster's Tern * Royal Tern * Elegant Tern * Black Skimmer * Red-throated Loon * Pacific Loon * Common Loon * Pink-footed Shearwater * Brandt's Cormorant * Pelagic Cormorant * Neotropic Cormorant * Double-crested Cormorant * American White Pelican * Brown Pelican * Least Bittern * Great Blue Heron * Great Egret * Snowy Egret * Western Cattle Egret * Green Heron * Black-crowned Night-Heron * Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * White-faced Ibis * Turkey Vulture * California Condor * Osprey * Golden Eagle * Northern Harrier * Sharp-shinned Hawk * Cooper's Hawk * Bald Eagle * Red-shouldered Hawk * Swainson's Hawk * Red-tailed Hawk * American Barn Owl * Western Screech-Owl * Great Horned Owl * Northern Pygmy-Owl * Long-eared Owl * Belted Kingfisher * Red-breasted Sapsucker * Acorn Woodpecker * Downy Woodpecker * Nuttall's Woodpecker * Ladder-backed Woodpecker * Hairy Woodpecker * White-headed Woodpecker * Northern Flicker * American Kestrel * Merlin * Peregrine Falcon * Prairie Falcon * Yellow-chevroned Parakeet * Red-Crowned Amazon * Lilac-Crowned Parrot * Nanday Parakeet * Mitred Parakeet * Red-masked Parakeet * Olive-sided Flycatcher * Western Wood-Pewee * Hammond's Flycatcher * Dusky Flycatcher * Western Flycatcher * Black Phoebe * Say's Phoebe * Vermilion Flycatcher * Ash-throated Flycatcher * Tropical Kingbird * Cassin's Kingbird * Thick-billed Kingbird * Western Kingbird * Bell's Vireo * Hutton's Vireo * Cassin's Vireo * Plumbeous Vireo * Warbling Vireo * Loggerhead Shrike * Steller's Jay * California Scrub-Jay * American Crow * Common Raven * Mountain Chickadee * Oak Titmouse * Verdin * Horned Lark * Northern Rough-winged Swallow * Purple Martin * Tree Swallow * Violet-green Swallow * Bank Swallow * Barn Swallow * Cliff Swallow * Red-Whiskered Bulbul * Bushtit * Wrentit * Ruby-crowned Kinglet * Red-breasted Nuthatch * White-breasted Nuthatch * Pygmy Nuthatch * Brown Creeper * Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * California Gnatcatcher * Rock Wren * Canyon Wren * House Wren * Marsh Wren * Bewick's Wren * Cactus Wren * American Dipper * European Starling * California Thrasher * Northern Mockingbird * Western Bluebird * Swainson's Thrush * Hermit Thrush * American Robin * Cedar Waxwing * Phainopepla * House Sparrow * Scaly-breasted Munia * American Pipit * House Finch * Purple Finch * Cassin's Finch * Red Crossbill * Pine Siskin * Lesser Goldfinch * Lawrence's Goldfinch * American Goldfinch * Chipping Sparrow * Clay-colored Sparrow * Black-chinned Sparrow * Brewer's Sparrow * Black-throated Sparrow * Lark Sparrow * Fox Sparrow * Dark-eyed Junco * White-crowned Sparrow * Golden-crowned Sparrow * White-throated Sparrow * Bell's Sparrow * Savannah Sparrow * Song Sparrow * Lincoln's Sparrow * California Towhee * Rufous-crowned Sparrow * Green-tailed Towhee * Spotted Towhee * Yellow-breasted Chat * Yellow-headed Blackbird * Western Meadowlark * Hooded Oriole * Bullock's Oriole * Scott's Oriole * Red-winged Blackbird * Tricolored Blackbird * Brown-headed Cowbird * Brewer's Blackbird * Great-tailed Grackle * Black-and-white Warbler * Tennessee Warbler * Orange-crowned Warbler * Nashville Warbler * MacGillivray's Warbler * Common Yellowthroat * Northern Parula * Yellow Warbler * Yellow-rumped Warbler * Black-throated Gray Warbler * Townsend's Warbler * Hermit Warbler * Wilson's Warbler * Summer Tanager * Western Tanager * Black-headed Grosbeak * Blue Grosbeak * Lazuli Bunting Thank you, Lance Lance BennerPasadena, CA _._,_._,_
