San Mateo County, California

Field Trip Report

Yuba Pass and Sierra Valley
June 7th - June 9th, 2014
Trip Leaders: Martha O'Neal and Sue & Bob Cossins

Additional photos by Larry Kay

Clapper Rail by Donna Pomeroy
All photos by Bob Cossins

	June 7th - June 9th, 2014 Yuba Pass and Sierra Valley
No.	Species	Yuba Pass Vicinity	Sierra Valley Vicinity	Old Barn Hwy 89	Sagehen Creek Hwy 89	Donnor Camp Hwy 89	Pre-Trip Sighting	Group Sighting	Individual Sighting	Comments
1	Canada Goose	X					X
2	Gadwall		X					X
3	Mallard		X					X
4	Redhead		X					X
5	Ring-necked Duck	X					X		X
6	Bufflehead	X					X
7	Common Merganser	X						X
8	Mountain Quail	X						X
9	Pied-billed Grebe		X					X
10	American White Pelican		X					X
11	American Bittern		X					X
12	Great Egret		X					X
13	Turkey Vulture	X	X					X
14	Osprey	X						X	X
15	Bald Eagle	X							X
16	Northern Harrier		X					X
17	Sharp-shinned Hawk	X						X
18	Swainson's Hawk		X					X
19	American Kestrel		X					X
20	Virginia Rail		X					X
21	American Coot		X					X
22	Sandhill Crane		X					X
23	Willet		X					X

Orange-crowned Warbler

No.	Species	Yuba Pass Vicinity	Sierra Valley Vicinity	Old Barn Hwy 89	Sagehen Creek Hwy 89	Donnor Camp Hwy 89	Pre-Trip Sighting	Group Sighting	Individual Sighting	Comments
24	Wilson's Phalarope		X					X
25	Band-tailed Pigeon	X						X
26	Eurasian Collared-Dove		X					X
27	Morning Dove	X	X					X
28	Commmon Nighthawk		X					X
29	Anna's Hummingbird	X						X
30	Calliope Hummingbird	X			X			X
31	Belted Kingfisher	X							X
32	Lewis's Woodpecker		X					X
33	Williamson's Sapsucker					X		X
34	Red-breasted Sapsucker	X						X
35	Hairy Woodpecker	X			X			X
36	White-headed Woodpecker	X						X
37	Northern Flicker	X						X
38	Olive-sided Flycatcher	X						X
39	Western Wood-Pewee	X						X
40	Hammond's Flycatcher	X						X
41	Cassin's Vireo	X							X
42	Warbling Viero	X			X			X
43	Steller's Jay	X						X
44	Western Scrub-Jay		X					X
45	Clark's Nutcracker				X			X
46	Black-billed Magpie		X					X

Vesper Sparrow

No.	Species	Yuba Pass Vicinity	Sierra Valley Vicinity	Old Barn Hwy 89	Sagehen Creek Hwy 89	Donnor Camp Hwy 89	Pre-Trip Sighting	Group Sighting	Individual Sighting	Comments
47	American Crow		X					X
48	Common Raven	X						X
49	Horned Lark		X					X
50	Tree Swallow	X						X
51	Cliff Swallow		X	X	X			X
52	Barn Swallow		X					X
53	Mountain Chickadee	X						X
54	Red-breasted Nuthatch	X						X
55	Pygmy Nuthatch					X	X
56	Brown Creeper	X						X
57	House Wren		X			X		X
58	Marsh Wren		X					X
59	American Dipper	X						X
60	Golden-crowned Kinglet	X						X		Heard Only
61	Mountain Bluebird			X				X
62	Townsend's Solitaire	X						X
63	Swainson's Thrush	X						X		Heard Only
64	American Robin	X						X
65	Sage Thrasher		X					X
66	European Starling		X					X
67	Orange-crowned Warbler		X						X
68	Nashville Warbler	X						X

Yellow-headed Blackbird

No.	Species	Yuba Pass Vicinity	Sierra Valley Vicinity	Old Barn Hwy 89	Sagehen Creek Hwy 89	Donnor Camp Hwy 89	Pre-Trip Sighting	Group Sighting	Individual Sighting	Comments
69	MacGillivray's Warbler	X						X
70	Yellow Warbler	X			X			X
71	Yellow-rumped Warbler	X						X
72	Townsend's Warbler	X						X
73	Hermit Warbler	X						X
74	Wilson's Warbler	X						X
75	Green-tailed Towhee		X					X
76	Spottted Towhee	X						X
77	Chipping Sparrow	X						X
78	Brewer's Sparrow		X					X
79	Vesper Sparrow		X					X
80	Fox Sparrow	X						X
81	Song Sparrow	X				X		X
82	Dark-eyed Junco	X				X		X
83	Western Tanager	X						X
84	Black-headed Grosbeak	X						X
85	Lazuli Bunting	X						X
86	Red-winged Blackbird		X					X
87	Western Meadowlark		X					X
88	Yellow-headed Blackbird		X					X
89	Brewer's Blackbird	X		X				X
90	Brown-headed Cowbird		X					X
91	Cassin's Finch	X						X
92	Pine Siskin	X						X
93	Evening Grosbeak	X						X
94	House Sparrow		X					X

Wilson's Phalarope

Additional photos by Larry Kay:

Sierra Valley birding

American Bittern, Sierra Valley

Sue Rowinski rescuing a Virginia Rail from barbed wire entanglement, Sierra Valley

Ruddy Duck, Sierra Valley

Sage Thrasher, Sierra Valley

Wilson's Warbler, Yuba Pass

White-headed Woodpecker, SF State Camp, near Yuba Pass

Western Tanager, meadow near Bassett's Store, Hwy 49

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