Casa Dos Rios Birds
This is a comprehensive list in loose taxanomic order of all bird species seen at Casa Dos Rios since it was purchased in April, 2004.Common Name | Latin Name | Notes | Link to photos |
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Total species | |||
Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | flyover 1/6/14 | |
Wading Birds: | |||
Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | flyover on 2/11/08, 6/30/10 & 7/4/10; bred across Watsonville Rd. in eucalyptus 4/14 | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | foraging in native garden for two days in 9/08 | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | juvenile flyover 6/24/14 | |
Geese & Ducks: | |||
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | flyover (2) on 4/3/10 | |
Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | breed here regularly - 3 pairs bred here most years, no breeding in 2014 due to drought, 5 pairs breeding here 2015 with addition of 10 new nest boxes, as many as 28 photographed feeding on olives/acorns on wildlife cams | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | seen regularly year-round, no evidence of breeding | |
Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | 1/1/15 pair seen feeding in Uvas Creek | |
Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | Last breeding record here was in 1990, pairs seen here most winters but no current breeding evidence | |
Raptors: | |||
Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | regular flyovers, perch on house and fences periodically | |
White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | 1st pair here 3/08, pair her on 4/26/10 | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | regular here - watched one kill Western bluebird 5 feet away! | |
Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | regular here - photographed nesting pair 2013, more common than sharp-shinned | |
Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | nested in riparian corridor in 2007, and has nested nearby other years, regular flyovers, one found dead in creek | |
Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | regular fly-overs, two found dead in creeks over the years | |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Nest 1 mile away off Day Road, flyovers 9/6/09 & 9/13/09 (very high up) | |
American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | regular in field across the street | |
Game Birds: | |||