Fall 1997-1998 Shorebird Count Results

22 August 1998
23 August 1997

SPECIES

 

1998

 

1997

Pied-billed Grebe

 

25

 

3

Western Grebe

 

35

 

0

Double-crested Cormorant

 

1

 

15

Great Blue Heron

 

3

 

0

Black-crowned Night Heron

 

2

 

0

White-faced Ibis

 

3

 

0

Mallard

 

492

 

291

Gadwall

 

224

 

95

Green-winged Teal

 

47

 

0

Widgeon

 

13

 

0

Northern Pintail

 

55

 

210

Northern Shoveler

 

452

 

670

Cinnamon Teal

 

33

 

106

Cinnamon/Blue-winged Teal

 

77

 

1

Ruddy Duck

 

20

 

0

Brant

 

3

 

0

Duck sp.

 

132

 

328

Osprey

 

7

 

1

Northern Harrier

 

9

 

15

Red-tailed Hawk

 

2

 

0

American Kestrel

 

13

 

4

Virginia Rail

 

2

 

3

Sora

 

4

 

0

American Coot

 

83

 

38

Black-bellied Plover

 

1

 

2

Snowy Plover

 

39

 

102

Semipalmated Plover

 

12

 

53

Killdeer

 

137

 

137

Red Knot

 

1

 

0

American Avocet

 

53

 

150

Black-necked Stilt

 

14

 

19

Greater Yellowlegs

 

5

 

17

Spotted Sandpiper

 

19

 

5

Long-billed Curlew

 

17

 

4

Marbled Godwit

 

4

 

3

Ruddy Turnstone

 

2

 

4

Sanderling

 

2

 

5

Western Sandpiper

 

753

 

811

Least Sandpiper

 

291

 

356

Least/Western Sandpiper

 

51

 

62

Baird's Sandpiper

 

31

 

21

Dunlin

 

1

 

0

Short-billed Dowitcher

 

4

 

4

Dowitcher sp.

 

2

 

10

Common Snipe

 

8

 

8

Wilson's Phalarope

 

3932

 

8258

Red-necked Phalarope

 

2512

 

952

Phalarope sp.

 

930

  0

Bonaparte's Gull

 

3

 

0

Caspian Tern

 

8

 

3

Forster's Tern

 

23

 

0

Great Horned Owl

 

1

 

0

Short-eared Owl

 

1

 

0

 

Notes, Remarks, and Observations

  • Total birds counted this year: 10594 Total birds counted on 23 August 1997: 12839
  • Total number of species observed this year: 48 Total species on 23 August 1997: 42
  • CALIFORNIA GULLS and EARED GREBES not recorded due to ongoing census efforts or research
  • Entire shoreline of Mono Lake surveyed including DeChambeau Ponds
  • Weather clear, warm (65-83’F), and calm. Winds of 10-15 mph started at around 4:30 pm
  • Participants: Ginelle O’Connor, Phyllis Benham, Ramona Robbins Clark, Joel Ellis, Dave Marquart, Ian Austin, Arya Degenhardt, David Carle, Mike Klapp, and Bartshe’ Miller.
  • 10 individual parties, 54.5 party-hours. Approximately 45 total miles of lake shore covered by foot, with an additional 3 miles covered by vehicle.

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