The Casual Birders Checklist of Birds on Sacramento River Trail SPECIES FREQUENCY SPECIES FREQUENCY LOONS Glaucous-winged Gull R Pacific Loon R Herring Gull U Common Loon R Forster's Tern R GREBES PIGEONS & DOVES Pied-billed Grebe R Rock Dove C CORMORANTS Band-tailed Pigeon R Double-crested Cormorant C Mourning Dove U DUCKS & GEESE OWLS Ruddy Duck R Western Screech-Owl R Canada Goose A Great Horned Owl R Wood Duck R HUMMINGBIRDS American Wigeon R Anna's Hummingbird U Gadwall R Rufous Hummingbird R Mallard C KINGFISHERS Ring-necked Duck R Belted Kingfisher U Lesser Scaup R WOODPECKERS Common Goldeneye U Acorn Woodpecker U Barrow's Goldeneye R Red-breasted Sapsucker R Bufflehead U Nuttall's Woodpecker U Hooded Merganser R Downy Woodpecker U Common Merganser A Northern Flicker C HERONS & EGRETS TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Great Blue Heron U Western Kingbird R Snowy Egret R Western Wood-Pewee R Great Egret U Willow Flycatcher R Snowy Egret R Pacific-slope Flycatcher R Green Heron U Black Phoebe C VULTURES Ash-throated Flycatcher R Turkey Vulture A VIREOS OSPREY Warbling Vireo R Osprey U Cassin's Verio R HAWKS & EAGLES CROWS & JAYS Sharp-shinned Hawk R Western Scrub-Jay A Cooper's Hawk R Yellow-billed Magpie R Red-shouldered Hawk U American Crow A Red-tailed Hawk R Common Raven R Bald Eagle R WAXWINGS FALCONS Cedar Waxwing R American Kestrel R THRUSHES Peregrine Falcon R Western Bluebird R PHEASANTS & TURKEYS Hermit Thrush U Wild Turkey R American Robin C WOOD-PARTRIDGES MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS California Quail C Northern Mockingbird R COOTS California Thrasher R American Coot U STARLINGS SANDPIPERS European Starling A Spotted Sandpiper R NUTHATCHES PLOVERS White-breasted Nuthatch U Killdeer R WRENS GULLS & TERNS Bewick's Wren C Ring-billed Gull C The Casual Birders Checklist (Cont.) SPECIES FREQUENCY LONG-TAILED TITS Bushtit U SWALLOWS Tree Swallow C Violet-green Swallow U Northern Rough-winged Swallow R Barn Swallow R Cliff Swallow C KINGLETS Ruby-crowned Kinglet C Golden-crowned Kinglet R OLD WORLD WARBLERS Wrentit C CHICKADEES, TITS Oak Titmouse C SISKINS & ALLIES Pine Siskin R Lesser Goldfinch U American Goldfinch R House Finch U NEW WORLD WARBLERS Orange-crowned Warbler U Yellow Warbler R Yellow-rumped Warbler C Wilson's Warbler R Yellow-breasted Chat R SPARROWS & TANAGERS Fox Sparrow R Song Sparrow C White-crowned Sparrow C Golden-crowned Sparrow C Dark-eyed Junco U Spotted Towhee A California Towhee C Western Tanager U Black-headed Grosbeak R BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES Bullock's Oriole U Western Meadowlark R Brewer's Blackbird R Brown-headed Cowbird R LEGEND Wintu Audubon Society The following abundance codes are based on P. O. Box 994533 observing birds while chatting with friends, Redding, CA 96099 being led by a headstrong dog or similar distractions. William W. Oliver, compiler (A)bundant = seen or heard 75% to 100 % of the time (C)ommon = seen or heard 50% to 75 % of the time (U)ncommon = seen or heard 25% to 50 % of the time (R)are = seen or heard 1% to 25 % of the time.