OCSC Tally Sheet Page 1 ~ Orange County Spring Count Tally Sheet ~ Thanks for contributing to the Orange County Spring Count! It will make my job a whole lot easier if you could submit your count results as a Word document using the table below, and if you follow these simple instructions: 1. Do not change the order of species on the sheet! I will be copying and pasting everybody's entries into one master spreadsheet, and that only works if everybody's input is in the same order. 2. For any species you do not observe; leave the name in place, and just leave the count blank 3. Any species not on the list, please enter under Other Species. Do not add them to the main list. 4. Fill in as much information as you can to identify who, when, where, etc 5. Email the completed sheet as a Word document to me at: ocscount@gmail.com If you really must, I can also accept a hard-copy or PDF, but only as a last resort. 6. Any species highlighted in yellow,or not on the list, please provide details of the sighting. A Rare Bird Report Form is attached. Photos are great (if you remember to carry a camera). 7. If you count multiple different areas, please submit a separate list for each. Any question, write to me, or call 714-669-9482 Thanks! Steve Alter Orange County Spring Count Species Count Your Name: 1 Greater White-fronted Goose 2 Brant 3 Canada Goose 4 Wood Duck 5 Gadwall 6 American Wigeon 7 Mallard 8 Blue-winged Teal 9 Cinnamon Teal 10 Northern Shoveler 11 Northern Pintail 12 Redhead 13 Lesser Scaup 14 Greater Scaup 15 Surf Scoter 16 White-winged Scoter 17 Black Scoter 18 Bufflehead 19 Red-breasted Merganser 20 Ruddy Duck 21 California Quail 22 Mountain Quail 23 Red-throated Loon 24 Pacific Loon Your Phone: Your Email: Total # observers: Other observers: Location:
OCSC Tally Sheet Page 2 25 Common Loon GPS Coordinates (optional) 26 Pied-billed Grebe Latitude Longitude 27 Horned Grebe 28 Eared Grebe 29 Western Grebe 30 Clark's Grebe Date 31 Northern Fulmar 32 Pink-footed Shearwater 33 Sooty Shearwater Time started 34 Black-vented Shearwater 35 American White Pelican 36 Brown Pelican Total time in this location: 37 Brandt's Cormorant 38 Double-crested Cormorant 39 Pelagic Cormorant Distance covered 40 American Bittern 41 Least Bittern or 42 Great Blue Heron Area covered: (acres) 43 Great Egret 44 Snowy Egret 45 Reddish Egret 46 Cattle Egret 47 Green Heron 48 Black-crowned Night- 49 Heron White-faced Ibis 50 Turkey Vulture 51 Osprey 52 White-tailed Kite 53 Northern Harrier 54 Cooper's Hawk 55 Red-shouldered Hawk 56 Red-tailed Hawk 57 Golden Eagle 58 Bald Eagle 59 American Kestrel 60 Peregrine Falcon 61 Clapper Rail 62 Virginia Rail 63 Sora 64 Common Moorhen 65 American Coot 66 Black-bellied Plover 67 Pacific Golden-Plover 68 Snowy Plover 69 Semipalmated Plover 70 Killdeer 71 Black Oystercatcher 72 Black-necked Stilt 73 American Avocet 74 Spotted Sandpiper
OCSC Tally Sheet Page 3 75 Wandering Tattler 76 Greater Yellowlegs 77 Willet 78 Lesser Yellowlegs 79 Whimbrel 80 Long-billed Curlew 81 Marbled Godwit 82 Ruddy Turnstone 83 Black Turnstone 84 Surfbird 85 Red Knot 86 Sanderling 87 Western Sandpiper 88 Least Sandpiper 89 Dunlin 90 Short-billed Dowitcher 91 Long-billed Dowitcher 92 Wilson's Phalarope 93 Red-necked Phalarope 94 Red Phalarope 95 Phalarope sp 96 Bonaparte's Gull 97 Heermann s Gull 98 Ring-billed Gull 99 Western Gull 100 California Gull 101 Herring Gull 102 Glaucous-winged Gull 103 Least Tern 104 Caspian Tern 105 Forster's Tern 106 Royal Tern 107 Elegant Tern 108 Black Skimmer 109 Common Murre 110 Pomarine Jaeger 111 Parasitic Jaeger 112 Rhinoceros Auklet 113 Cassin's Auklet 114 Rock Pigeon 115 Band-tailed Pigeon 116 Eurasian Collared-Dove 117 Common Ground-Dove 118 Mourning Dove 119 Red-crowned Parrot 120 Greater Roadrunner 121 Barn Owl 122 Western Screech-Owl 123 Great Horned Owl 124 Long-eared Owl
OCSC Tally Sheet Page 4 125 Northern Saw-whet Owl 126 Lesser Nighthawk 127 Common Poorwill 128 Vaux's Swift 129 White-throated Swift 130 Black-chinned Hummingbird 131 Anna's Hummingbird 132 Costa's Hummingbird 133 Allen's Hummingbird 134 Belted Kingfisher 135 Acorn Woodpecker 136 Nuttall's Woodpecker 137 Downy Woodpecker 138 Hairy Woodpecker 139 Northern Flicker 140 Olive-sided Flycatcher 141 Western Wood-Pewee 142 Dusky Flycatcher 143 Hammond's Flycatcher 144 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 145 Black Phoebe 146 Say's Phoebe 147 Ash-throated Flycatcher 148 Cassin's Kingbird 149 Western Kingbird 150 Bell's Vireo 151 Cassin's Vireo 152 Plumbeous Vireo 153 Hutton's Vireo 154 Warbling Vireo 155 Western Scrub-Jay 156 American Crow 157 Common Raven 158 Horned Lark 159 Tree Swallow 160 Violet-green Swallow 161 162 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow 163 Cliff Swallow 164 Barn Swallow 165 Mountain Chickadee 166 Oak Titmouse 167 Bushtit 168 White-breasted Nuthatch 169 Cactus Wren 170 Rock Wren 171 Canyon Wren 172 Bewick's Wren 173 House Wren 174 Marsh Wren
OCSC Tally Sheet Page 5 175 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 176 California Gnatcatcher 177 Western Bluebird 178 Swainson's Thrush 179 American Robin 180 Wrentit 181 Northern Mockingbird 182 California Thrasher 183 European Starling 184 American Pipit 185 Cedar Waxwing 186 Phainopepla 187 Orange-crowned Warbler 188 Nashville Warbler 189 Yellow Warbler 190 Yellow-rumped Warbler 191 Black-throated Gray Warbler 192 Townsend's Warbler 193 Hermit Warbler 194 Common Yellowthroat 195 Wilson's Warbler 196 Yellow-breasted Chat 197 Western Tanager 198 Spotted Towhee 199 California Towhee 200 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 201 Chipping Sparrow 202 Black-chinned Sparrow 203 Lark Sparrow 204 Savannah Sparrow 205 Grasshopper Sparrow 206 Song Sparrow 207 White-crowned Sparrow 208 Golden-crowned Sparrow 209 Black-headed Grosbeak 210 Blue Grosbeak 211 Lazuli Bunting 213 Red-winged Blackbird 214 Tricolored Blackbird 215 Western Meadowlark 216 Brewer's Blackbird 217 Great-tailed Grackle 218 Brown-headed Cowbird 219 Hooded Oriole 220 Bullock's Oriole 221 House Finch 222 Purple Finch 223 Lesser Goldfinch 224 Lawrence's Goldfinch 225 American Goldfinch
OCSC Tally Sheet Page 6 226 House Sparrow Additional Species 301 301 302 301 303 301 304 301 305 301 306 301 307 301 308 309 Exotics 401 Black Swan 402 Mute Swan 403 Domestic Chinese Goose 404 Domestic Greylag Goose 405 Egyptian Goose 406 Japanese White-eye 407 Common Peafowl 408 Blue-crowned Parakeet 409 Mitred Parakeet 410 Rose-ringed Parakeet 411 Blue-fronted Parrot 412 Lilac-crowned Parrot 413 Red-lored Parrot 414 White-fronted Parrot 415 Yellow-headed Parrot 416 Pin-tailed Wydah 417 Orange Bishop 418 Nutmeg Mannikin
OCSC Tally Sheet Page 7 RARE BIRD DOCUMENTATION FORM Submitted as documentation of (check all that apply) Unusual species Unusual date Unusual habitat 2. Species Age Sex # 3. Date(s) of Observation Time duration Earlier/Later dates seen by others? 4. Exact Location/Habitat 5. Observer Address Telephone/E-mail 6. Observation Details: Other bservers Optics used Distance from bird Viewing conditions Weather, cloud cover, sun orientation Photo taken? Video? Sound recording? Specimen? Are they available? 7. Past Experience with this or similar species? 8. References or advice consulted: 9. Was this report done from notes made during or after observation or from memory? 10. On the next page give complete details of this observation. Use additional sheets as needed. Send completed forms to: Steve Alter 18001 Bigelow Park, Tustin, CA 92780-2209, ocscount@gmail.comt, 714-669-9482 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: An accompanying sketch or photograph can be most helpful!
OCSC Tally Sheet Page 8 RARE BIRD DOCUMENTATION FORM Species Age Sex # Observer PROVIDE AS MANY SUPPORTING DETAILS AS YOU CAN. Similar species and how were they liminated? HEAD & NECK (Describe forehead, crown, auricular, malar region, median line, etc.) EYE & LORES (Describe supercillium, ring, stripe, color etc.) UPPER & LOWER MANDIBLES LEGS & FEET UPPER PARTS (Describe nape, back, rump, upper tail coverts etc.) UNDER PARTS (Describe throat, belly, side, flanks, crissum etc.) TAIL (Describe inner, middle, outer tail feathers, color pattern, shape etc.) WING (Describe color, length, shape, linings, bars, coverts, leading & trailing edges etc.) RELATIVE SIZE VOCALIZATION BEHAVIOR