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The Ohlone Audubon SocietyHayward-Fremont Christmas Bird CountSunday, December 16, 2007
Participants: The outstanding results this year are due to the efforts of the following individuals: Return to Ohlone Audubon Home Page Sunday, December 17, 2006.Hayward/Fremont CBC
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Christmas Bird Count 2005 Sunday, December 18th Comments like “Overall day = lowest species and individual numbers I can remember”, “Worst birding day I have ever had!,” describes our CBC this year. The weather was horrible—stormy, gusty winds, mud, undriveable roads, and lots of rain in downpours! In spite of this though, everyone knuckled down and did a great job. Our species count now stands at 166! This is an average number for us. Everyone did so well and we really appreciate your efforts. The individual counts are down however, because of the weather and inaccessibility to the bay for several areas. The inland coverage, however, was very good. Our total individuals count is about 97,780, far below our expected numbers. The numbers are tabled below. Highlights included a Western Tanager in Area 1 and a surprise Rose-breasted Grosbeak at a feeder! We had at least three White-throated Sparrows this year and 325 Tricolored Blackbirds were found at Cull Canyon Regional Park, along with two long-term visitors, a pair of White Pelicans. Tree Swallows have become long-term visitors and Barn Swallows made another appearance. Probably because of the storm, approximately 3000 California Gulls were found inland. Wild Turkeys (118) were found in the hills along with the sometimes missed Horned Larks. As mentioned, our shorebird counts are really low. For instance only 19 Snowy Plovers were found, as only about onequarter of the Eden landing Ecological Preserve could be birded. Our Western Sandpiper count is low at 3782 compared with 22,125 in 2000. We want to thank each and everyone one of you for your enthusiastic effort. We also want to particularly thank our leaders including Ed Pandolfino for bringing his team and birding the Don Edwards area (thanks for the Rock Wren and two American Bitterns); Neal Kernes for driving the San Mateo Bridge twice for our ”pelagics” and then finding a Selaphorus hummingbird inland; Sue Reneberg for organizing the Tennyson High School team; Lee Ellis and her team for the hard core hill effort; Jimm Edgar for coming from the Mt. Diablo area to help us; David Philleo for putting together the central Fremont area; John Luther for taking over Area 7; Hans Mortenson and his family and team for finding birding areas in the overdeveloped south shoreline area; Steve Huckabone and Maggie Clark (Coyote Hills) for pulling out some decent shorebird numbers along with Peter Dramer, Sheila Junge, and Steve Glover; We also want to thank our other inland team for birding those important areas in our urban settings, including Ramona Bennett; Sue Stanton and team for taking over Area 1; the Emerys and Bathgates for actually going out owling in the horrible weather; Malca Chall in Area 3 with new CBC birders Stan and Vicki Stadelman; and Kevin Hintsa, who walks Ward Creek for us. Thanks also go to our feeder watchers! We would never have got the Rose breasted Grosbeak without Cheryl Boulton reporting her find. Finally, we all owe our thanks to the hospitality of Ohlone, including Mona Brauer for cooking turkey and ham. Her helpers in serving were Allen and Jackie Bertillion, Evelyn Cormier, Margaret Emery and Ned Lyke. It was a warm and delicious dinner. Pat and Phil Gordon, Co-compilers 2005 CBC Participants Charlotte Allen, Ron Barklow, Bob and Liz Bathgate, Ramona Bennett, Allen and Jackie Bertillion, Marc Better, Estrella and Jerry Bibbey, George and Kay Bloom, Cheryl Boulton, Mona Brauer, Art Carey, Malca Chall, William Charles, Nancy Christensen, Maggie Clark, Gary Cooper, Cathy Critchfield, Frank and Janice Delfino, Peter Dramer, Jimm Edgar, Lee and Rick Ellis, Don and Margaret Emery, Sandy Ferrerira, Kathy Fox, Christina Garcia, Steve Glover, Pat and Phil Gordon, Lloyd Hartshorn, Cliff Hawley, the High Family, Kevin Hintsa, Alice Hoch, Steve Huckabone, Sheila Junge, Gayle Kahrs, Neal Kernes, Pooja Lal, Robin Leong, John Luther, Carol and Ned Lyke, Joan Mancini, Marty Morrow, Alvera, Hans, and Michael Mortensen, Ed Pandolfino, Barbara Pendergrass, George and Sally Peterson, David Philleo, Terry Preston, Susan Reneberg, Kathy Robertson, Ted Robertson, Jean Robinson, Bill Rose, Jim Ross, Brenda Senturia, Petra Shewer, Jana Sokale, Jean-Marie Spoelman, Stan and Vicki Stadelman, Susan Stanton, Nancy Storch, Jerry and Judy Steenhoven, Anna Wilcox, Fred Wolin, Jim and Joann Wood. —PAG
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The Hayward-Fremont Christmas Bird Count 2004 Report Sunday, December 19th, the weather treated all the CBC participants very well. The adage, good weather=few birds didn’t hold completely. Although individuals were few, 105,322, the number of species was a very high, 171. Highlights of the count included: the two PELAGIC CORMORANTS by Neal Kernes; thirty-two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE; among many Canada Geese we found 56 newly split CACKLING GOOSE of which 26 were the “Aleutian” race; a TUNDRA SWAN, two BLUE-WINGED TEAL; Neal Kernes’s 42 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS off San Mateo Bridge; five OSPREYS in several sections; two FERRUGINOUS HAWKS; 12 PEREGRINE FALCONs; one SHORT-EARED OWL; one SELASPHORUS (Rufous or Allen’s) HUMMINGBIRD, 462 Anna’s Hummingbirds; three ACORN WOODPECKERS, Ten BARN SWALLOWS, Two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, a new high of five OSPREYS, two BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS, 17 SURFBIRDS and 24 BLACK TURNSTONES. New for the CBC were 6 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES. 5 in Union City at the end of Veasy Street. Nearby other Blackbird relatives were in Baumberg, where Pat Gordon found some of the 32 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS. Most of our BHCo head southeast for winter–last year in Mad Island Marsh, Upper Texas Coast, they counted, 4,309,916. We have it so easy! High numbers of individuals included 4,625 BLACKBELLIED PLOVERS; 738 (all time high) SNOWY PLOVERs; 3,478 AMERICAN AVOCETS; 5,480 WILLETS; 3,302 MARBLED GODWITS - some of these will likely be highest number in the country. We would like to extend our thanks to all our counters, recorders, and everyone else who helped make this a very successful count and wish you our best and many birds in the new year. Phil and Pat Gordon, Compilers of the Hayward-Fremont Count.
Hayward-Fremont Christmas Bird Count report for Sunday, December 21, 2003 The weather was good as was the participation (about 80 folks, including students from Tennyson High School, Hayward). We had a high species count (one short of our all time high) of 173! Highlights of the count include a BLACK RAIL found by Phil Gordon in the South Baumberg area along the old Alameda Creek channel. Just south of there Fred Wolin’s team found a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. An immature BALD EAGLE in the hill area near Don Castro Park was spotted by Kevin Hintsa. Steve Glover added SURFBIRDS and BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS along the Hayward Shoreline. Shorebirds were in good numbers including nearly 10,000 DUNLIN in Baumberg along with at least 100 SNOWY PLOVERS and other sightings of these plovers in the shoreline area. The Aleutian subspecies of the CANADA GOOSE were reported by several groups. PEREGRINE FALCONS continue in good numbers, which we have too many sightings that will have to be sorted through! There were also several sightings of OSPREY along the shoreline and also in the inland areas. A GOLDEN EAGLE along the shoreline was also the first in several years. BURROWING OWLS were also here and there, squeezed into ever decreasing habitats, surrounded by horrendous development along the shoreline. The North Dumbarton Bridge-Coyote Hills area, most ably birded by the Ed Pandolfino group, hit an all time high of an incredible 120 species for their area, including 2 SHORTEARED OWLS and a ROCK WREN. Many TOWNSEND’S WARBLERS and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were added, along with sightings of these two species in the inland areas also. A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was also found in the hill area, and the early bird Owling group found WESTERN- SCREECH, BARN, and GREAT HORNED OWLS! ACORN WOODPECKERS have moved into our area in Fremont and Hayward with several Fremont sightings and finally a YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIE appeared. Also found near the count circle center at Whipple and Hwy 880 were two Selasphorus sp. HUMMINGBIRDS which have been found by Neal Kernes regularly in past years in the same Eucalyptus trees at the Radisson Hotel. Also, along the shoreline were high counts of BROWN PELICANS! (Preliminary count of 43 in one group!). Also exciting was the presence of three species of swallows including BARN SWALLOWS in good number, TREE and VIOLET GREENS. The Don Edwards Refuge personnel shared their numbers from the rail count they conducted on Count Day, including many Virginia and Clapper Rails and they gave us another SHORT-EARED OWL! Thanks, guys! The hill area included several sightings of WILD TURKEYS which have become regulars! Several groups did comment that the overall land bird count is down, particularly sparrows. While the final count of duck numbers is not in, they also seem to be in lesser numbers. Notable misses included the “hoodies” and “woodies” and our Lapland and Chestnut-collared Longspurs (seen only a few days before). Where were they on count day? One interesting incident included being kicked out of the San Mateo Toll Plaza area when a bullhorn voice said, “Return to your vehicles immediately”, because of the Orange Alert initiated on Sunday about noon. Thus Pat Gordon’s North Baumberg group had to get back to their cars before counting their S.F. Bay ducks and other waterbirds here. Fortunately for us, another team member had driven the bridge in the morning and was able to make a couple of stops along the bridge with Cal Trans’ cooperation and was able to count some of these waterfowl on the bay along with 2 PELAGIC CORMORANTS. We would like to extend our thanks to all our counters, recorders, CBC National and State organizers and everyone else who helped make this a very successful count and wish you our best and many birds in the new year. Sincerely, Compilers of the Hayward-Fremont Count. 1(510) 538-3550 PAGPEG@aol.com As recounted above, we had a good year. The weather was good, 171 species and a total of 147,475 individuals were found. The pot-luck dinner was delicious and a good time was had by all. Thanks to the 100 participants: RON BARKLOW, BOB BATHGATE, JENNIFER BATORSKI, VANA BECHENHAUER, ALLEN BERTILLION, JACKIE BERTILLION, MARC BETTER, ESTRELLA BIBBEY, JERRY BIBBEY, VAL BLAKELY, URSEL BOOKSOM, FORREST BOTTOMLEY, DEBBIE BRUSCO, ART CAREY, ORE CARMI, MALCA CHALL, CHRIS CHARLES, WILLIAM CHARLES, NANCY CHRISTENSEN, MAGGIE CLARK, HOWARD COGSWELL, CATHY CRITCHFIELD, AL DE MARTINI, FRANK DELFINO, JANICE DELFINO, PETER DRAMER, JIMM EDGAR, LEE ELLIS, RICK ELLIS, DON EMERY, MARGARET EMERY, SANDY FERREIRA, LILLIAN FUJII, CHRISTINA GARCIA, STEVE GLOVER, CAM GODICKE, PAT GORDON, PHIL GORDON, BYRON HART-ARNETT, LLOYD HARTSHORN, CLIFF HAWLEY, STEVE HAYASHI, CARIN HIGH, HOWARD HIGH, KATE HIGH, SAM HIGH, KEVIN HINTSA, STEVE HUCKABONE, SHEILA JUNGE, HARPREET KAUR, RUPRINDER KAUR, GURPREET KAUR, NEAL KERNES, POOJA LAL, HOAH LE, CAROL E. LYKE, NED LYKE, JOHN LUTHER, SARA MATHEWS, NANCY MENDOZA, ASHATAE MILLHOUSE, MARTY MORROW, ALVERA MORTENSEN, HANS MORTENSEN, PAM OCHOA, TADD OTTMAN, ED PANDOLFINO, BARRY PARR, IVAN PARR, BARBARA PENDERGRASS, GEORGE PETERSON, SALLY PETERSON, DAVID PHILLEO, TERRY PRESTON, JOHN RAWLETT, SUSAN RENEBERG-SMITH, KATHRYN ROBERTSON, TED ROBERTSON, JEANNE ROBINSON, BILL ROSE, MARIE ROSS, BILL SCOGGINS, SARAH SHAFFER, HELEN SOWERS, EMILIE STRAUSS, KAY STRATON, JERRY STEENHOVEN, JUDY STEENHOVEN, STEVEN STONE, RICHARD SYNDER, MARIA TOLMAN, ROBERT D. TOLMAN, MARGE TREVORROW, LINDA VALLE, ANNA WILCOX, LILA WITT, FRED WOLIN, JIM WOOD, JOANN WOOD, DEBBIE WONG. |