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Wildlife Gallery Bird List

Most birders like to keep LISTS. So, of course, I have to have one for my gallery. I began the “Wildlife Gallery & Studio List” the day I opened shop, April 20th 1991.

 

With a list, comes rules that I have set up for myself and that I adhere to like law. For a species to be officially counted on my gallery list, I have to have seen or heard it, either from within the actual gallery or from the small cement slab that lays one step outside of each of the two gallery doors. From that vantage point I can count anything that I can identify, no matter how far away it is. I’m limited only by my optical power and weather condition such as heat waves, wind, rain and glare. In short, my list is confined to an area of 16 X 23 feet!

 

The gallery is located in downtown Bolinas, Marin County, California. Bolinas is situated just south west of the San Andreas fault at the extreme southern end of the Point Reyes Peninsula, nestled between the Bolinas Lagoon and the Pacific Ocean. While I’m bordered on two sides by water, I can’t see any from the gallery. There was, however, a three day period when a hellish windstorm blew down a fence across the street, allowing me to see about 100 feet of the Bolinas Lagoon and giving me nine new gallery birds in that brief window of time. Unfortunately the fence was quickly repaired thereby shutting off my view of salt water! The main gallery window faces south across a patio, adorned with numerous feeders and a large granite water sculpture that acts as a liquid bird magnet. Beyond is a lush garden with a couple of small fresh water pools hidden behind a fence. Framing that area is a heavily forested hillside composed of Coast Live Oak, Douglas fir and numerous other plant species. On fall mornings this hill is a drop in zone for southbound migrants, as these are simply the last trees of choice before crossing the mouth of the Bolinas Lagoon. During the evenings, this hillside catches full sun and is a warm, buggy and perfectly illuminated swath of green. There is a small gap where I can see the backside of Mount Tamalpais approximately three miles to the east otherwise most of my view is at fairly close quarters. There is also a nice swath of sky for hawks, swallows or high-flying migrants. There is often a passage of birds at an incoming high tide as shorebirds and ducks exit the lagoon and pass over the gallery to seek high ground at the Bolinas Water Treatment Ponds.

One more cool thing! I have always wondered how many species a person could record in a single tree. A few years, my friend Josiah Clark gave me a small Red Elderberry tree that I planted in the patio right outside my picture window. I decided to keep a list of every bird that I saw land in, or feed from, his tree. Well, as Josiah would say, “Check it out”! Look for the “J” next to the name of each bird to see what has graced the branches of his tree.

The species below are listed in the order they were first recorded with the date they were first seen.

 

LIST STARTED ON APRIL 20th 1991

 

“W” indicates species that have visited, (bathed or drank from) the Water fountain.

“F” indicates species that have Fed from the Feeders, (seed feeders or hummingbird feeders).

“J” Indicates Birds seen in or feeding from Josiah’s Red Elderberry.

 

1991

1.  4/20           Great Blue Heron

2.     “               Western Gull                                  W, F (!) Eating Bird Seed

3.     “               Pine Siskin                                      W, F, J

4.     “               House Finch                                   W, F, J

5.     “               Band-tailed Pigeon

6.     “               Cedar Waxwing                             W

7.     ”               Orange-crowned Warbler           W, F, J

8.     “               American Crow                             W, F, J

9.     “               Red-winged Blackbird                 F

10.   “               European Starling                        W, J

11.   “                Osprey

12.   “               Double-crested Cormorant

13.  4/21          Song Sparrow                                W, F, J

14.    “              Wrentit                                            W

15.    “              Barn Swallow

16.    “              Pacific-slope Flycatcher               W

17.    “              Western Scrub-Jay                        W, F, (Seed, 2 House Sparrows, 1 Rat, & 2 Deer Mouse) ,J

18.    “              Belted Kingfisher

19.    “              Caspian Tern

20.    “             American Goldfinch                      W, F, J

21.    “              Turkey Vulture

22.    “             Northern Rough-winged Swallow

23.    “             Cliff Swallow

24.    “             Ring-billed Gull

25.    “             Anna’s Hummingbird                   W, F, J

26.    “             Glacous-winged Gull

27.  4/22         Black-bellied Plover

28.    “             Yellow-rumped Warbler              W, J

29.    “              Purple Finch                                  W, F, J

30.    “             Red-shouldered Hawk                 W

31.    “              Chestnut-backed Chickadee       W, F, J

32.    “              California Gull

33.    “              Short-billed Dowitcher

34.    “              White-crowned Sparrow             W, F, J

35.  4/23         White-tailed Kite

36.    “              Brewer’s Blackbird                       W, F

37.    “              Mourning Dove                             W, F

38.  4/24        Red-tailed Hawk

39.    “             Wilson’s Warbler                           W, J

40.    “             California Quail                             W, F, J

41.    “              Spotted Towhee                             W, F

42.  4/26        Warbling Vireo                              W, F, J

43.    “              Golden-crowned Sparrow           W, F, J

44    “               Violet-green Swallow

45.  4/27         Common Loon

46.    “              California Towhee                        W, F, J

47.    “              House Sparrow                              W, F, J

48.    “             Whimbrel

49.    “             Great Egret

50.  4/28        Northern Mockingbird                 W, J

51.    “              Hairy Woodpecker

52.    “              Mallard

53.    “              Bushtit                                            W

54.    “              Vaux’s Swift

55.  5/1            Allen’s Hummingbird                  W, F, J

56.    “              Cooper’s Hawk                              F, (House Sparrow)

57.    “              Brown Pelican

58.    “              Common Raven

59.  5/2           Tree Swallow

60.    “              Least Sandpiper

61.    “              American Robin                            W, J

62.  5/10         Downy Woodpecker

63.    “              Snowy Egret

64.  5/13         White-throated Swift

65.  5/14         American White Pelican

66.  5/16         Bonaparte’s Gull

67.  5/19         Olive-sided Flycatcher

68.  5/21         Brown-headed Cowbird              W, F, J

69.  5/23         Purple Martin

70.  5/24         Killdeer

71.  6/1             Yellow Warbler                             W, J

72.  6/12          Swainson’s Thrush                       W, J

73.  6/15          Black-headed Grosbeak              W, F, J

74.  8/30         Greater Yellowlegs

75.  9/5            Pygmy Nuthatch

76.  9/6           Brown Creeper

77.  9/10         Western Tanager                          W

78.  9/11          Western Wood-Pewee

79.    “              Townsend’s Warbler                    W, J

80.    “             Sharp-shinned Hawk                    F, (House Sparrow), J

81.  9/14         Western Sandpiper

82.  9/20        Steller’s Jay                                    F

83.  9/22        Merlin                                              F, (Fox Sparrow)

84.  9/29        Broad-winged Hawk

85.    “              Northern Flicker

86.  10/3         American Kestrel

87.  10/8         Black Turnstone

88.  10/9         American Pipit

89.    “              Pacific Wren

90.  10/16       Black Phoebe                                 W, J

91.  10/17        Hermit Thrush                              W, F, Seed (!)

92.    “              Canada Goose

93.  10/18       Hutton’s Vireo                               W

94.  10/23       Varied Thrush

95.  10/24       Dark-eyed Junco                          W, F, J

96.  10/31       Ruby-crowned Kinglet                 W, F, (Hummer Feeder), J

97.    “              Spotted Sandpiper                        (Heard only)

98.  11/2          Mew Gull

99.    “              Herring Gull

100.  11/10      Tricolored Blackbird

101.  11/11       Northern Harrier

102.  11/15      Black-crowned Night-Heron

103.  11/20     Golden Eagle

104.  11/22     Northern Shoveler

105.  12/7       Northern Pintail

106.                 American Wigeon

107.    “            Long-billed Curlew

108.  12/21     Peregrine Falcon

109.    “            Short-eared Owl

110.  12/21      Greater White-fronted Goose

 

1992

111.  1/17         Fox Sparrow                                  W, F, J

112.  6/16        Heermann’s Gull

113.  6/30       Elegant Tern

114.  7/22        Nuttall’s Woodpecker

115.  8/4          Common Yellowthroat                W, J

116.    “             Orchard Oriole                              W

117.  10/2        Lesser Goldfinch                           W, F, J

118.  10/5        Golden-crowned Kinglet

119.  10/12      Red-breasted Nuthatch               W, J

120.  10/22     Red-breasted Sapsucker             W

121.  11/1         Tropical Kingbird

122.  11/8        Willet

123.  11/15      Red Crossbill

124.  11/17      Western Bluebird                         W, J

125.    “            Marbled Godwit

 

1993

126.  3/6         Barn Owl

127.  4/30       Semipalmated Plover

128.  6/20       Bewick’s Wren                              W, F

129.  9/13        Black-throated Gray Warbler

130.  9/26       Rock Dove                                     W, F

131.  9/30        Acorn Woodpecker

132.  10/5        Long-billed Dowitcher

133.  11/1         Swamp Sparrow

134.  11/5        Great Horned Owl

135.  11/12       Snow Goose

136.    “            Ross’s Goose

137.  12/1        White-throated Sparrow             W, F, J

 

1994

138.  4/17        Pileated Woodpecker

139.  5/16        Wandering Tattler                       (Heard only)

140.  7/29       Hooded Oriole                              W, F, J

141.  8/24       Rufous Hummingbird                 W, F, J

142.  11/3        Western Meadowlark

143.  12/6        Swainsons Hawk

144.  12/11      Ferruginous Hawk

145.    “            Clay-colored Sparrow                  W, F, J

 

1995

146.  4/24       Ash-throated Flycatcher

1996

147.  9/1          Willow Flycatcher

 

1997

148.  7/13       Lincoln’s Sparrow                         W, F, J

149.    “            Green Heron

150.  8/3         Chipping Sparrow                        F

151.  9/22       American Redstart

152.  10/6       Surf Scoter

 

1998

153.  2/22       Thayer’s Gull

154.  3/12       Bald Eagle

155.  4/18       Brant

156.  4/25       Bullock’s Oriole

157.  5/17        Bank Swallow

158.  7/22       Magnificent Frigatebird

159.  8/28       Prothonotary Warbler

 

1999

160.  1/10       Williamson’s Sapsucker

161.  1/20        Dickcissel                                       W, F, J

162.  1/30       Common Goldeneye

163.  2/6         Forster’s Tern

164.  5/14       Black-legged Kittiwake

165.    “            MacGillivray’s Warbler                W

166.  9/19       Chestnut-sided Warbler              W, J

167.  9/22       Say’s Phoebe

168.  10/2       Lesser Yellowlegs

169.  10/4       Marsh Wren

170.  10/25     Rough-legged Hawk

 

2000

171.  10/4        Pacific Loon

172.  10/28     Surfbird

173.  10/31      Harris’s Sparrow                           F

174.  10/17      Sanderling

 

2001

175.  2/6         Dunlin

176.  5/7          Zone-tailed Hawk

177.  9/26       Nashville Warbler                         W, J

2002

178.  5/16       White-faced Ibis

179.  5/17        Eastern Phoebe

 

2003

180.  8/15       Lucy’s Warbler

181.  10/3       Blackpoll Warbler

182.  10/15     Glacous Gull

183.  10/21     Lesser Nighthawk

 

2004

184.  9/28      Northern Waterthrush                 W

185.  10/23     Tennessee Warbler                       W, F, J

186.  10/23     Cackling Goose

187.  11/4        Tundra Swan

188.  12/10     Bufflehead

189.    “            American Avocet

190.    “            Red-breasted Merganser

191.  12/11      Western Grebe

192.  12/12      Gadwall

193.    “            Ruddy Duck

194.    “            Clark’s Grebe

195.  12/13      Horned Grebe

196.    “            Greater Scaup

 

2005

197.  5/13        Savannah Sparrow                       W, F

198.  10/25     Palm Warbler

199.  10/31     Indigo Bunting                              W, F

 

2006

200.  9/7        Lazuli Bunting                               W, F, J

201.  10/5       Cassin’s Vireo

202.  10/15     Blackburnian Warbler

203.  11/9       American Tree Sparrow               W, F

 

2007

204.  4/26      Eurasian Collared Dove              F

205.  8/23      Calliope Hummingbird               W, F

206.  8/27      Ruby-throated Hummingbird   F

207.  9/11       Black-chinned Hummingbird    W, F, J

208.  9/12      Broad-tailed Hummingbird        W, F, J

209.    “           Western Kingbird

210.    “            Bairds Sandpiper

211.  9/13        Brewers Sparrow

212.  10/29     Green-winged Teal

 

2009

213.  5/3         Rose-breasted Greosbeak           W, J

 

2010

214.  4/4         Pacific Golden-Plover

 

2011

215.  5/15        Red-throated Loon

216.  10/4       Costa’s Hummingbird                 F, J

 

2012

217.  10/5        Magnolia Warbler

218.     “           Hermit Warbler

219.  10/6       Townsend’s Solitaire

220.  11/2       Spotted Owl                                   (Heard only)

221.  12/4       Lark Sparrow

222.  12/20     Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

 

 

MAMMALS

1.   Opossum                                                            F

2.   Brazilian Free-tailed Bat

3.   Little Brown Myotis

4.   Raccoon                                                             F

5.   Norway Rat                                                       F

6.   Striped Skunk

7.   Western Gray Squirrel                                    W

8.   White-footed Deer Mouse

9.   Coyote,                                                               (Heard only)

10. Harbor Seal                                                       (Heard only)

11. Broad-footed Mole

12. Mule Deer

13. Sonoma Chipmunk                                         F

14. Shrew-Mole

15. Long-tailed Weasel

16. Grey Fox

 

REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS

1. Terrestrial Garter Snake                                  W

2. Pacific Tree Frog

3. Western Fence Lizard

 

FISH (being carried by Osprey)

1. Leopard Shark

2. Striped Bass

3. Jack Smelt

4. Flat Fish (? species)

 

BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS

1. Pipevine Swallowtail

2. Anise Swallowtail

3. Satyr Comma

4. Monarch

5. Spring Azure

6. Cabbage White

7. Pale Swallowtail

8. Variable Checkerspot

9. West Coast Lady

10. Western Tiger Swallowtail

11. Red Admiral

12. Umber Skipper

13. Lorquin’s Admiral

14. Acmon Blue

15. Buckeye

16. California Sister

17. White-lined Sphinx Moth

18. Cecropia Moth

19. Field Crescent

 

DRAGONFLIES

1. Red Saddlebags

2. Black Saddlebags

3. Pacific Forktail

4. Swift Forktail

5. Blue-eyed Darner

6. Widow Skimmer

7. Cardinal Meadowhawk

8. Common Green Darner

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