| Locations: Mono Lake, June Lake, Bridgeport Reservoir, Bodie, Yosemite NP, roadside | Date: Thurs. 9 Aug. – Mon. 13 Aug., 2012 |
| Habitats: lakes, ponds, conifer forest, urban parks, sagebrush rangeland, small rivers, marshes, meadow, riparian mixed woodland | Time: generally 7-11 am/1-4pm (excluding travel time) |
| Weather: variable (sunny, rainy, hot, cool) | Altitude: 7-9000 Ft. |
| Temps: 60's-high 80's | Wind: slight to none |
| Observer: TP, GI, SH | |
| Summary of Natural Science Observations | |
| Birds Observed: |
| Grebes |
Pelicans |
Shrikes |
| Pied-billed Grebe (U) | White Pelican (U) | Loggerhead! (U) |
| Western Grebe | Raptors/Vultures |
Tanagers |
| (U)Eared Grebe (FC) | Red-tailed Hawk (U) | Western Tanager F/I |
| Herons/Egrets/Ibis |
Osprey (C) | Starlings |
| Great Egret (U) | Harrier (U) | European Starling |
| Snowy Egret (U) | Kestrel (U) | Warblers |
| Great Blue (UC) | Turkey Vulture (FC) | Orange-crowned |
| White Faced Ibis (U) | Pigeons/Doves |
Yellow-rump |
| Avocets/Stilts | Mourning Dove (U) | Nashville |
| Avocets (U) | Euro. Collared Dove (FC) | Yellow (H) |
| Sandpipers | Rock Dove | Black-throat Gray (U) |
| Spotted Sandpiper (U) | Grouse/Ptarmigan |
Emberizids/Sparrows |
| Least Sandpiper | Sage Grouse (U) | White crowned (FC) |
| Yellow-legs, Lesser | Hummingbirds |
Song Sparrow (H) |
| Short-Billed Dowitchers | Rufous (UC) | Brewer's Sparrow |
| Plovers | Woodpeckers |
Dark-eyed Juncos |
| Killdeer (U) | Hairy Woodpecker (FC) | Spotted Towhee (U) |
| Phalaropes |
Williamson's Sapsucker (U) | Green-Tailed Towhee (U) |
| Wilson's (C) | Flicker (U) | Blackbirds |
| Red-necked (C) | White-Headed (U) | Red-winged (FC) |
| Ducks, Geese |
Flycatchers |
Tri-colored (U) |
| Canada Geese | Olive-sided (U) | Cowbirds (UC) |
| Mallards | Western Kingbird (U) | Yellow-Headed Blackbird (U) |
| Gulls/Terns | Empid: Hammond's? | Western Meadowlark (U) |
| California Gulls (C) | Black Phoebe (U) | Parids/Chickadees |
| Swallows |
Mt. Chickadee (FC) | |
| Cliff (UC) | Corvids |
|
| Violet-Green (UC) | Raven (C) | |
| Thrushes/Thrashers |
Steller's Jay (C) | |
| Sage Thrasher (U) | Black-billed Magpie (U) | |
| Robins (U) |
Clark's Nutcracker (FC) | |
| Mt. Bluebird (U) | Nuthatches |
|
| Townsend's Solitaire (U) | Pygmy (FC) | |
| Wrens |
White-breasted (U) | |
| Marsh (H, U) | Fringillids/Finches |
|
| Nuthatches |
Cassin's Finch (FC) | |
| Pygmy (FC) | Amer. Goldfinch (U) | |
| White-Breasted (FC) | ||
A: abundant. H: hear. sev: several. C: common. UC: uncommon. sp: species. P: probable ID. (?) ID questionable. S: singing. F: flying. M: male. F: female.
! : Unexpected. * With young/immature
