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Checklist of The Birds of Mission Ponds
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Prepared by Aaron Skirvin, June Whitten and Jack Simons Last Updated: December 28, 2008 Total Number of Species: 124
New Sightings In 2008: |
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Recent Sightings:
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SWANS, GEESE, DUCKS |
PLOVERS, SHOREBIRDS |
SWALLOWS |
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Tundra Swan |
Semipalmated Plover | Tree Swallow |
| White-fronted Goose | Killdeer | Violet-green Swallow |
| Cackling Goose | Black-necked Stilt | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
| Canada Goose | American Avocet | Bank Swallow |
| Wood Duck | Greater Yellowlegs | Cliff Swallow |
| Green-winged Teal | Lesser Yellowlegs | Barn Swallow |
| Mallard | Solitary Sandpiper | |
| Northern Pintail | Spotted Sandpiper |
HUMMINGBIRDS |
| Blue-winged Teal | Western Sandpiper | Black-chinned Hummingbird |
| Cinnamon Teal | Least Sandpiper | |
| Northern Shoveler | Pectoral Sandpiper |
CHICKADEES, NUTHATCHES, CREEPERS |
| Gadwall | Long-billed Dowitcher | Black-capped Chickadee |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Common Snipe | |
| American Wigeon | Wilson’s Phalarope |
WRENS, DIPPERS, KINGLETS |
| Canvasback | Red-necked Phalarope | Bewick's Wren |
| Redhead | Willet | House Wren |
| Ring-necked Duck | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | |
| Lesser Scaup |
GULLS, TERNS |
Marsh Wren |
| Common Goldeneye | Ring-billed Gull | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Forster’s Tern |
THRUSHES |
| Bufflehead | Black Tern | American Robin |
| Hooded Merganser | Caspian Tern | Gray Catbird |
| Common Merganser | Bonaparte's Gull | Townsend's Solitaire |
| Ruddy Duck | ||
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PIGEONS, DOVES |
STARLINGS |
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PHEASANTS, GROUSE, |
Rock Pigeon | European Starling |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Mourning Dove | |
| California Quail |
PIPITS, WAXWINGS |
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OWLS |
American Pipit | |
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GREBES |
Great Horned Owl | Cedar Waxwing |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Short-eared Owl | |
| Eared Grebe |
NEW WORLD WARBLERS |
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NIGHTHAWKS |
Yellow Warbler | |
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PELICANS, CORMORANTS |
Common Nighthawk | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| American White Pelican | Townsend’s Warbler | |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS |
MacGillivray’s Warbler |
| Vaux’s Swift |
TOWHEES, SPARROWS, JUNCOS, BUNTINGS |
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BITTERNS, HERONS, VULTURES |
KINGFISHERS |
Savannah Sparrow |
| Great Blue Heron | Belted Kingfisher | Song Sparrow |
| Great Egret | White-crowned Sparrow | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
WOODPECKERS |
House Sparrow |
| Turkey Vulture | Downy Woodpecker | Dark-eyed Junco |
| Northern Flicker | Black-headed Grosbeak | |
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OSPREY, FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES |
Pileated Woodpecker | Lazuli Bunting |
| Osprey | ||
| Bald Eagle |
FLYCATCHERS, KINGBIRDS |
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES |
| Northern Harrier | Western Wood-Pewee | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Willow Flycatcher | Western Meadowlark |
| Cooper’s Hawk | Western Kingbird | Yellow-headed Blackbird |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Eastern Kingbird | Brewer’s Blackbird |
| Swainson's Hawk | Northern Shrike | |
| American Kestrel | Brown-headed Cowbird | |
| Prairie Falcon |
JAYS, CROWS |
Bullock's Oriole |
| Merlin | Black-billed Magpie | |
| American Crow |
FINCHES, CROSSBILLS |
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RAILS, COOTS, CRANES |
Common Raven | House Finch |
| American Coot | American Goldfinch | |
| Virginia Rail | Evening Grosbeak | |
| Sandhill Crane | ||
Photos of Mission Ponds ― Spring 2004
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| West Mission Pond ― A cloudy fall afternoon on west Mission Pond -- Fall 2004. | Looking east at the cottonwood thicket in the northeast corner -- Fall 2004.. | |||
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| Fall afternoon looking southwest -- 2004. | West Mission Pond with tules and marsh grasses starting to die off -- Fall 2004. |