Carmel River mouth AREA LIST

This list is compiled from all published literature, North America Birds files going back in the 1950s, the Monterey Peninsula Rare Bird Alert files back to the early 1980s, and the field notes of Bill Hill, Craig Hohenberger, and myself. I have also checked a portion of Laidlaw William's field notes on file at Hasting NHR. Additions to this list are welcome, but I do need a specific date and a specific observer to enter those data into the county database, and details may be necessary for rarities.

- Don Roberson
Symbols on list:
(B) = breeds in Area
(E) = extirpated in Area (formerly resident )
(I) = non-native Introduced resident species
 * = rare or vagrant to Area, report locally to the Monterey BirdBox (831) 626-6605
** = exceptional vagrant, please document with photos or description (send to Box 985, Pacific Grove CA 93950) and report immediately to Bird Box and try to get others to confirm.
Carmel River mouth LIST
350 total as of 30 Oct 2006
1 Fulvous Whistling-Duck **
2 Greater White-fronted Goose *
3 Emperor Goose **
4 Snow Goose *
5 Ross' Goose *
6 Brant *
7 Cackling Goose * (both minima & Aleutian leucopareia)
8 Canada Goose  (I pop.; wild birds scarce)
9 Tundra Swan *
10 Wood Duck
11 Gadwall
12 Eurasian Wigeon *
13 American Wigeon
14 Mallard  (B)
15 Blue-winged Teal *
16 Cinnamon Teal
17 Northern Shoveler
18 Northern Pintail
19 Green-winged Teal
20 Canvasback *
21 Redhead *
22 Ring-necked Duck *
23 Greater Scaup
24 Lesser Scaup
25 Harlequin Duck *
26 Surf Scoter
27 White-winged Scoter
28 Long-tailed Duck *
29 Bufflehead
30 Common Goldeneye
31 Hooded Merganser *
32 Common Merganser *
33 Red-breasted Merganser
34 Ruddy Duck
35 Wild Turkey  (I, but likely native in Pleistocine)
36 California Quail  (B)
37 Red-throated Loon
38 Pacific Loon
39 Common Loon
40 Pied-billed Grebe  (B)
41 Horned Grebe
42 Red-necked Grebe
43 Eared Grebe
44 Western Grebe
45 Clark's Grebe
46 Northern Fulmar
47 Sooty Shearwater
48 Short-tailed Shearwater
49 Black-vented Shearwater
50 American White Pelican *
51 Brown Pelican
52 Brandt's Cormorant
53 Double-crested Cormorant
54 Pelagic Cormorant
55 American Bittern
56 Great Blue Heron
57 Great Egret
58 Snowy Egret
59 Little Blue Heron *
60 Cattle Egret *
61 Green Heron
62 Black-crowned Night-Heron
63 White-faced Ibis *
64 Turkey Vulture
65 Osprey
66 White-tailed Kite
67 Bald Eagle *
68 Northern Harrier
69 Sharp-shinned Hawk  (B; once in 1901)
70 Cooper's Hawk  (B)
71 Red-shouldered Hawk  (B)
72 Broad-winged Hawk *
73 Swainson's Hawk *
74 Zone-tailed Hawk **
75 Red-tailed Hawk
76 Ferruginous Hawk
77 Rough-legged Hawk *
78 Golden Eagle *
79 Crested Caracara **
80 American Kestrel
81 Merlin
82 Peregrine Falcon
83 Prairie Falcon *
84 Clapper Rail *
85 Virginia Rail  (B)
86 Sora
87 Common Moorhen *
88 American Coot  (B)
89 Sandhill Crane **
90 Black-bellied Plover
91 American Golden-Plover *
92 Pacific Golden-Plover *
93 Snowy Plover
94 Semipalmated Plover
95 Killdeer  (B)
96 Black Oystercatcher
97 Black-necked Stilt *
98 American Avocet *
99 Terek Sandpiper **
100 Spotted Sandpiper
101 Solitary Sandpiper *
102 Wandering Tattler *
103 Greater Yellowlegs
104 Willet
105 Lesser Yellowlegs
106 Little Curlew **
107 Whimbrel
108 Long-billed Curlew *
109 Hudsonian Godwit **
110 Marbled Godwit
111 Ruddy Turnstone *
112 Black Turnstone
113 Surfbird
114 Red Knot *
115 Sanderling
116 Semipalmated Sandpiper *
117 Western Sandpiper
118 Least Sandpiper
119 White-rumped Sandpiper **
120 Baird's Sandpiper
121 Pectoral Sandpiper
122 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper *
123 Dunlin
124 Stilt Sandpiper *
125 Buff-breasted Sandpiper *
126 Ruff *
127 Short-billed Dowitcher
128 Long-billed Dowitcher
129 Wilson's Snipe
130 Wilson's Phalarope
131 Red-necked Phalarope
132 Red Phalarope *
133 Parasitic Jaeger *
134 Franklin's Gull *
135 Bonaparte's Gull
136 Heermann's Gull
137 Mew Gull
138 Ring-billed Gull *
139 California Gull
140 Herring Gull
141 Thayer's Gull
142 Western Gull
143 Glaucous-winged Gull
144 Glaucous Gull *
145 Sabine's Gull *
146 Black-legged Kittiwake *
147 Caspian Tern
148 Common Tern
149 Arctic Tern *
150 Forster's Tern *
151 Elegant Tern
152 Black Skimmer *
153 Common Murre
154 Pigeon Guillemot
155 Marbled Murrelet *
156 Ancient Murrelet *
157 Cassin’s Auklet
158 Rhinoceros Auklet
159 Rock Pigeon  (I, B)
160 Eurasian Collared-Dove (I)
161 Band-tailed Pigeon
162 White-winged Dove *
163 Mourning Dove  (B)
164 Black-billed Cuckoo **
165 Greater Roadrunner *
166 Barn Owl
167 Great Horned Owl  (B)
168 Burrowing Owl *
169 Short-eared Owl *
170 Common Nighthawak **
171 Common Poorwill *
172 Black Swift *
173 Vaux's Swift
174 White-throated Swift
175 Broad-billed Hummingbird **
176 Anna's Hummingbird  (B)
177 Calliope Hummingbird *
178 Rufous Hummingbird
179 Allen's Hummingbird  (B)
180 Belted Kingfisher
181 Acorn Woodpecker
182 Red-naped Sapsucker *
183 Red-breasted Sapsucker
184 Nuttall's Woodpecker  (B)
185 Downy Woodpecker  (B)
186 Hairy Woodpecker  (B)
187 Northern Flicker
188 Olive-sided Flycatcher
189 Western Wood-Pewee
190 Eastern Wood-Pewee **
191 Willow Flycatcher  (B until 1974, that pop. now E; rare migrant)
192 Least Flycatcher *
193 Hammond's Flycatcher *
194 Gray Flycatcher *
195 Dusky Flycatcher *
196 Pacific-slope Flycatcher  (B)
197 Black Phoebe  (B)
198 Eastern Phoebe *
199 Say's Phoebe
200 Vermilion Flycatcher *
201 Dusky-capped Flycatcher **
202 Ash-throated Flycatcher
203 Great Crested Flycatcher **
204 Tropical Kingbird *
205 Cassin's Kingbird *
206 Western Kingbird
207 Eastern Kingbird *
208 Loggerhead Shrike
209 Bell's Vireo *
210 Yellow-throated Vireo **
211 Plumbeous Vireo *
212 Cassin's Vireo
213 Blue-headed Vireo **
214 Hutton's Vireo  (B)
215 Warbling Vireo  (B)
216 Philadelphia Vireo *
217 Red-eyed Vireo *
218 Yellow-green Vireo **
219 Steller's Jay *
220 Western Scrub-Jay  (B)
221 Yellow-billed Magpie *
222 American Crow  (B)
223 Common Raven *
224 Horned Lark *
225 Purple Martin *
226 Tree Swallow
227 Violet-green Swallow
228 Northern Rough-winged Swallow  (B)
229 Bank Swallow *
230 Cliff Swallow  (B)
231 Barn Swallow  (B)
232 Chestnut-backed Chickadee  (B)
233 Oak Titmouse
234 Bushtit  (B)
235 Red-breasted Nuthatch
236 Pygmy Nuthatch  (B)
237 Brown Creeper  (B)
238 Bewick's Wren  (B)
239 House Wren  (B)
240 Winter Wren
241 Marsh Wren
242 Golden-crowned Kinglet
243 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
244 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
245 Western Bluebird *
246 Veery **
247 Swainson's Thrush  (B)
248 Hermit Thrush
249 American Robin (B)
250 Varied Thrush
251 Wrentit  (B)
252 Gray Catbird **
253 Northern Mockingbird  (B)
254 Sage Thrasher *
255 Brown Thrasher *
256 California Thrasher
257 European Starling  (I, B)
258 Red-throated Pipit **
259 American Pipit
260 Cedar Waxwing
261 Blue-winged Warbler **
262 Tennessee Warbler *
263 Orange-crowned Warbler
264 Nashville Warbler
265 Virginia's Warbler *
266 Lucy's Warbler *
267 Northern Parula *
268 Yellow Warbler  (B)
269 Chestnut-sided Warbler *
270 Magnolia Warbler *
271 Cape May Warbler *
272 Black-throated Blue Warbler *
273 Yellow-rumped Warbler
274 Black-throated Gray Warbler
275 Black-throated Green Warbler *
276 Townsend's Warbler
277 Hermit Warbler
278 Blackburnian Warbler *
279 Yellow-throated Warbler *
280 Prairie Warbler *
281 Palm Warbler *
282 Bay-breasted Warbler *
283 Blackpoll Warbler *
284 Cerulean Warbler **
285 Black-and-white Warbler *
286 American Redstart *
287 Prothonotary Warbler **
288 Worm-eating Warbler **
289 Ovenbird *
290 Northern Waterthrush *
291 Connecticut Warbler **
292 Mourning Warbler **
293 MacGillivray's Warbler
294 Common Yellowthroat  (B)
295 Hooded Warbler *
296 Wilson's Warbler  (B)
297 Canada Warbler *
298 Yellow-breasted Chat *
299 Summer Tanager *
300 Scarlet Tanager *
301 Western Tanager
302 Spotted Towhee (B)
303 California Towhee  (B)
304 American Tree Sparrow *
305 Chipping Sparrow
306 Clay-colored Sparrow *
307 Brewer's Sparrow *
308 Vesper Sparrow *
309 Lark Sparrow *
310 Lark Bunting *
311 Savannah Sparrow
312 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow *
313 Fox Sparrow
314 Song Sparrow  (B)
315 Lincoln's Sparrow
316 Swamp Sparrow *
317 White-throated Sparrow *
318 Harris's Sparrow *
319 White-crowned Sparrow  (B)
320 Golden-crowned Sparrow
321 Dark-eyed Junco  (B)
322 Rose-breasted Grosbeak *
323 Black-headed Grosbeak  (B)
324 Blue Grosbeak *
325 Lazuli Bunting
326 Indigo Bunting *
327 Painted Bunting **
328 Dickcissel *
329 Bobolink *
330 Red-winged Blackbird  (B)
331 Tricolored Blackbird
332 Western Meadowlark
333 Yellow-headed Blackbird *
334 Rusty Blackbird *
335 Brewer's Blackbird  (B)
336 Great-tailed Grackle *
337 Brown-headed Cowbird  (B)
338 Orchard Oriole *
339 Hooded Oriole  (B)
340 Baltimore Oriole *
341 Bullock's Oriole
342 Purple Finch  (B)
343 House Finch  (B)
344 Red Crossbill *
345 Pine Siskin  (B)
346 Lesser Goldfinch
347 Lawrence's Goldfinch  (B)
348 American Goldfinch  (B)
349 Evening Grosbeak *
350 House Sparrow  (I, B)

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