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The 2002 Coastal CBC - 12/29/02
updated March 23, 2003

THE SECTIONS ARE LISTED BELOW WITH THEIR COUNT LEADERS:   (2) WESTMINSTER MEM. PARK, CORNER SEAL BEACH NWR: Bruce Aird   (3)  HCP, WINTERSBERG CHANNEL, CARR PARK:  Loren Hays   (4)  BOLSA CHICA:  Terry Hill   (5) MILE SQUARE PARK: Irene Horiuchi   (6) SA RIVER MOOUTH, HB PIER, 19th STREET WILLOWS, GOLF COURSE:   Jim  Pike   (7)  OLDER AREAS WITHIN SANTA ANA:   Carol Getz   (8/9)  CENTENNIAL REG. PARK, MCAS BLIMP BASE:  Dick Purvis  (11)  JIM PIKE  (10/11)  WEST SIDE OF UPPER NEWPORT BAY:  Larry Trip   (12)  EAST SIDE OF UPPER NEWPORT BAY:  Dick Kust    (13)  UCI, SAN JOAQUIN MARSH, SJWS:  John Bradley (14)  MASON REG. PARK, UCI FOOTHILLS, CORONA DEL MAR:  Doug Willick   (15)  NEWPORT HARBOR & BEACHES:  John Hargrove (16)  PELAGIC AREAS ALONG THE COAST:  Jerry Tolman.  Rick Derevan made the arrangements for Sea & Sage to obtain entrance  permits  from the  Irvine Company.  Curtis Johnson  coordinated  the  entire event and  compiled all of the data. 

 
206 Section Leaders  BA LH TH IH JP CG DP JP LT DK JB DW JH JT 69743
sp Sections 2 3 4 5 6 7 8/9 11 10/11 12 13 14 15 16 total
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
01 Red throated Loon . . . . 37 . . . . . . 2 1 12 52
02 Pacific Loon . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 5 150 157
03 Common Loon . . cw . 2 . . . . . . 2 5 5 14
04 Pied-billed Grebe 6 5 31 14 3 . 7 3 9 7 46 2 3 . 136
05 Horned Grebe . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 2
06 Eared Grebe 2 . 26 2 12 . . . 5 2 11 2 18 5 85
07 Western Grebe 2 . 9 . 22 . . . 12 20 8 2 215 . 290
08 Clark's Grebe . . cw . 4 . . . 3 4 1 . 5 . 17
09 Northern Fulmar . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 30 32
10 Pink-footed Shearwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
11 Sooty Shearwater . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 2
12 Black-vented Shearwater . . . . 350 . . . . . . 2 40 421 813
13 American White Pelican . 4 3 6 . 5 2 . 22 17 44 11 . . 114
14 Brown Pelican 1 . 15 . 34 . . . 10 6 . 59 68 50 243
15 Brandt's Cormorant . . . . 8 . . . . . . 14 3 50 75
16 Double-crested Cormorant 36 11 44 16 43 1 32 2 26 3 62 16 26 30 348
17 Pelagic Cormorant . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1 4
18 American Bittern . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
19 Great Blue Heron 7 2 14 . 3 2 5 . 8 9 25 2 4 . 81
20 Great Egret 8 2 14 2 2 2 6 . 6 8 13 . . . 63
21 Snowy Egret 13 5 38 5 13 3 11 1 34 13 23 4 11 . 174
22 Green Heron 2 . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 2 . . . 7
23 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 2 8 6 . . 2 . 2 10 57 . . . 88
24 White-faced Ibis . 6 . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . 9
25 Turkey Vulture 4 3 . . 5 4 55 . 9 5 8 49 . . 142
. Egyptian Goose (Exotic) . . . . . . 3 . 2 . . . . . 5
26 Ross' Goose . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
27 Canada Goose 446 3 3 . . . 3 . . . 51 . . . 506
. Mute Swan (Exotic) . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1
. Black Swan (Exotic) . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 1 . 3
sp Species 2 3 4 5 6 7 8/9 11 10/11 12 13 14 15 16 total
28 Wood Duck . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1
. Mandarin Duck (Exotic) . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
29 Gadwall 2 10 78 8 5 . 10 . 9 . 108 . . . 230
30 Eurasian Wigeon . . . . . . 1 . 1 1 . . . . 3
31 American Wigeon 181 235 240 146 40 32 104 25 368 207 29 12 . . 1619
32 Mallard 134 360 141 37 45 53 103 10 275 53 200 . 94 . 1505
33 Blue-winged Teal 28 . 4 . 6 . . . 9 15 26 . . . 88
34 Cinnamon Teal 52 4 10 1 18 . 3 . 38 39 46 . . . 211
35 Northern Shoveler 12 67 888 2 12 . 30 . 11 3 279 15 . . 1319
36 Northern Pintail . 16 787 . 36 . . . 10 58 61 . . . 968
37 Green-winged Teal 146 6 50 . 14 . . . 175 134 79 . . . 604
. Eurasian Teal . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1
38 Canvasback . . . . 3 . . . 3 . 12 . . . 18
39 Redhead . . 6 . 1 . . 1 8 . 2 . . . 18
40 Ring-necked Duck . . . . . . 10 . . . 1 . . . 11
41 Greater Scaup . . 1 . 5 . . . . . . . . . 6
42 Lesser Scaup 5 6 287 . 319 . 6 1 363 414 20 . 20 . 1441
43 Surf Scoter . . 46 . 209 . . . 3 . . 8 226 7 499
44 Bufflehead 27 . 221 . 114 . 1 . 93 19 14 . 32 . 521
45 Common Goldeneye . . 1 . 12 . . . . . . . . . 13
46 Hooded Merganser . . . . 2 . . . . . 2 2 . . 6
47 Common Merganser . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . 9
48 Red-breasted Merganser 3 . 8 . 10 . . . . . . . 4 . 25
49 Ruddy Duck 12 19 665 24 97 . 22 10 136 82 124 30 . . 1221
50 Osprey 1 . 2 2 . 1 . . 1 2 1 1 . . 11
51 White-tailed Kite . 1 2 . 1 . . . 4 . 2 1 . . 11
52 Northern Harrier 2 1 10 . 2 . . . 7 4 13 2 . . 41
53 Sharp-shinned Hawk . 1 . . 1 . . . 2 1 3 . . . 8
54 Cooper's Hawk 3 7 1 7 2 2 2 1 3 1 . 1 . . 30
55 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 3 . . 2 1 1 . 1 1 7 5 . . 24
56 Red-tailed Hawk 23 14 17 1 7 4 5 . 6 8 14 14 2 . 115
57 Ferruginous Hawk 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 2
58 Golden Eagle . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
59 American Kestrel 8 4 6 3 6 2 2 . 9 2 11 3 . . 56
60 Merlin 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 4
sp species 2 3 4 5 6 7 8/9 11 10/11 12 13 14 15 16 totals
61 Peregrine Falcon . . 2 . 1 . . . . . 2 . . . 5
62 Prairie Falcon 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
63 California Quail . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . 30
64 Clapper Rail . . . . . . . . 7 3 . . . . 10
65 Virginia Rail 3 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . 8
66 Sora 1 1 . . . . . . 2 2 2 . . . 8
67 Common Moorhen . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 18
68 American Coot 290 255 325 346 26 1 315 10 246 340 282 201 18 . 2655
69 Black-bellied Plover 1 . 2024 . 42 . . . 231 29 . 1 9 . 2337
70 Snowy Plover . . 5 . 43 . . . . . . . . . 48
71 Semipalmated Plover . . 325 . 109 . . . 125 120 . . . . 679
72 Killdeer 510 1 211 1 47 . 4 1 7 4 10 15 . . 811
73 Black-necked Stilt 54 27 249 . 29 . 1 . 10 . 175 . . . 545
74 American Avocet 13 1 230 . 56 . . . 438 320 10 . . . 1068
75 Greater Yellowlegs 17 7 4 1 26 2 11 . 8 4 8 . . . 88
76 Lesser Yellowthroat 1 . 2 . 3 . . . . 1 . . . . 7
77 Willet 26 5 118 . 137 . . . 72 127 2 2 17 . 506
78 Wandering Tattler . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1
79 Spotted Sandpiper 12 1 2 . 2 . 7 . 5 . 2 1 2 . 34
80 Whimbrel . . 1 . 1 . . . 7 . . 3 . . 12
81 Long-billed Curlew . 4 6 . 5 . . . 2 7 . 7 . . 31
82 Marbled Godwit 59 . 186 . 76 . . . 133 176 . 1 21 . 652
83 Ruddy Turnstone . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . 2
84 Black Turnstone . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 1 7
85 Surfbird . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . 5 16
86 Red Knot . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . .