Final Results Oakland, California Christmas Bird Count December 15, 2019 2 Greater White-fronted Goose 677 Ring-billed Gull 30 Marsh Wren 1 (Black) Brant 1864 Western Gull 262 Bewick's Wren 1 Cackling Goose 40 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull 7 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1585 Canada Goose 406 California Gull 136 Golden-crowned Kinglet 14 Wood Duck 7 Herring Gull 1048 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 16 Blue-winged Teal 5 Iceland Gull 142 Wrentit 19 Cinnamon Teal 145 Glaucous-winged Gull 250 Western Bluebird 341 Northern Shoveler 1574 gull, sp 284 Hermit Thrush 101 Gadwall 117 Forster's Tern 1143 American Robin 1 Eurasian Wigeon CW Black Skimmer 109 Varied Thrush 611 American Wigeon 50 Red-throated Loon 26 California Thrasher 771 Mallard 10 Pacific Loon 26 Northern Mockingbird 9 Northern Pintail 51 Common Loon 837 European Starling 120 Green-winged Teal (American) 117 Brandt's Cormorant 606 Cedar Waxwing 46 Canvasback 5791 Double-crested Cormorant 97 House Sparrow 4 Redhead 22 Pelagic Cormorant 125 American Pipit 101 Ring-necked Duck 4 cormorant, sp 915 House Finch 5614 Greater Scaup 30 American White Pelican 15 Purple Finch 2158 Lesser Scaup 872 Brown Pelican CW Cassin's Finch 2336 scaup, sp 65 Great Blue Heron (blue morph) 61 Pine Siskin 8201 Surf Scoter 84 Great Egret 546 Lesser Goldfinch 2 White-winged Scoter 183 Snowy Egret 61 American Goldfinch 5 Black Scoter 8 Green Heron 124 Fox Sparrow ("Sooty" form) 1 Long-tailed Duck 81 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 8588 Bufflehead 237 Turkey Vulture 679 Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 462 Common Goldeneye 13 Osprey 531 Dark-eyed Junco 5 Barrow's Goldeneye 30 White-tailed Kite 1466 White-crowned Sparrow 4 goldeneye, sp 3 Golden Eagle 1057 Golden-crowned Sparrow 16 Hooded Merganser 14 Northern Harrier 20 White-throated Sparrow 133 Common Merganser 18 Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 Zonotrichia, sp 46 Red-breasted Merganser 22 Cooper's Hawk 42 Savannah Sparrow 1614 Ruddy Duck 5 Accipiter, sp 317 Song Sparrow 2 duck, sp 6 Bald Eagle 23 Lincoln's Sparrow 100 California Quail 77 Red-shouldered Hawk 669 California Towhee 185 Wild Turkey 215 Red-tailed Hawk 9 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 210 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Ferruginous Hawk 305 Spotted Towhee 166 Horned Grebe 1 Buteo, sp 27 sparrow, sp 63 Eared Grebe 4 Barn Owl 151 Western Meadowlark 684 Western Grebe 6 Western Screech-Owl 1 Hooded Oriole 462 Clark's Grebe 73 Great Horned Owl 727 Red-winged Blackbird 471 Aechmophorus, sp 4 Burrowing Owl CW Brown-headed Cowbird 1067 Rock Pigeon 8 Northern Saw-whet Owl 594 Brewer's Blackbird 617 Band-tailed Pigeon 25 Belted Kingfisher 10 Orange-crowned Warbler 14 Eurasian Collared-Dove 220 Acorn Woodpecker 11 Common Yellowthroat 251 Mourning Dove 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 76 White-throated Swift 1 Red-naped Sapsucker 237 Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler 1016 Anna's Hummingbird 29 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1556 Yellow-rumped Warbler 32 Ridgway's Rail 49 Downy Woodpecker CW Yellow Warbler 5 Virginia Rail 117 Nuttall's Woodpecker 2 Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 Sora 65 Hairy Woodpecker 203 Townsend's Warbler 1 Common Gallinule 1 Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker 3 Hermit Warbler 4907 American Coot 86 Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker 1 warbler, sp 153 Black-necked Stilt 1 Northern (Yel-sh. 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Flicker 1 Western Tanager 440 American Avocet 227 Northern Flicker 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 40 Black Oystercatcher 22 American Kestrel 1567 Black-bellied Plover 4 Merlin 90 Killdeer 12 Peregrine Falcon 105594 Individuals 315 Semipalmated Plover 1 falcon, sp 186 Species 22 Snowy Plover 1 Tropical Kingbird 5 Additional Count Week Species 31 Whimbrel 407 Black Phoebe 254 Observers in the field 41 Long-billed Curlew 61 Say's Phoebe 34 Observers at feeders 1016 Marbled Godwit 105 Hutton's Vireo 73-82 Parties 2 Ruddy Turnstone 403 Steller's Jay 422.27 Hours on foot 107 Black Turnstone 580 California Scrub-Jay 46.55 Hours by car CW Red Knot 2543 American Crow 9 Hours by boat 34 Surfbird 447 Common Raven 2 Hours by canoe 245 Sanderling 38 Horned Lark 1.5 Hours by golf cart 5517 Dunlin 29 Tree Swallow 481.32 Total Party Hours 870 Least Sandpiper 1 Barn Swallow 305.74 Miles on foot 10049 Western Sandpiper 897 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 244.85 Miles by car 2768 Calidris, sp 277 Oak Titmouse 57 Miles by boat 420 Dowitcher, sp 1375 Bushtit 1 Miles by canoe 2 Wilson's Snipe 300 Red-breasted Nuthatch 6.2 Miles by golf cart 54 Spotted Sandpiper 43 White-breasted Nuthatch 614.79 Total Party Miles 1187 Willet 151 Pygmy Nuthatch 92 Feeder Hours 120 Greater Yellowlegs 110 Brown Creeper 16.9 Owling Hours 1 Tufted Puffin 4 House Wren 23.71 Owling Miles 1 Bonaparte's Gull 16 Pacific Wren 5:30 Starting Time 2 Heermann's Gull 17:30 Ending Time 107 Mew Gull Bird entries that are not included in the species total are indented and italicized. Unusual species are boldfaced - number and name. Boldfaced numbers indicate high counts since 1974; underscored numbers and names indicate low counts. CW denotes a species found during count week (December 12 through 18), but not on Count Day. January 19, 2020 Dave Quady and Bob Lewis .