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This list was prepared in January 2011 and is a
modification of the Birds of Shasta County Checklist
complied by the Wintu Audubon Shasta County Bird
Checklist Committee in 2005. This list conforms
in arrangement and nomenclature to the American
Ornithologists Union checklist, Seventh Edition
(1998), and supplements through 2010. Please
report new species or other interesting sightings to:
Wintu Audubon Society at www.wintuaudubon.org
Tiburon
Walking Trail
Secluded loop (3/4 mile)
Leah’s loop (13/4 mile)
Mule loop (2 1/4 mile)
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Gate Number
Wintu Audubon Shasta County Bird Checklist
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Lindstrand III, Red Modeen, Bill Oliver, Rob
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generous donations of North State Resources, Inc.
Lema
Walking trails are open from
daylight to dusk.
Please stay on the trails.
For your safety we ask that
you don't park on Shasta View.
Please use Trail Parking Lot.
Old Alturas
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riginally a working mule ranch
belonging to Chuck and Peggy Lema
in the 1950s, the Lema Ranch has
been home for the McConnell Foundation
Headquarters since 1997. One way the
Foundation shares its space at Lema Ranch is
by providing public trails. The Lema Ranch
trails - four miles in all and set on about 200
acres - showcase four ponds. The ponds,
built by the Lema family in the early 1950s,
were enhanced in 1997 when the Foundation
Headquarters was developed, to encourage
aquatic plant communities that provide
wildlife habitat and improve water quality.
Those walking the Lema Ranch trails will
notice a diversity of plants, from graceful
weeping willows to manzanita, oak and pine
trees, and native grasses. Many species of
wildlife can be spotted by the careful observer,
including numerous bird species. Since the
trails opened, members of the Wintu Audubon
Society maintained records of birds observed
on the property, and have summarized that
work in this checklist.
Common Name
Habitat Sp Su Fa Wi
Common Name
Habitat Sp Su Fa Wi
Common Name
Habitat Sp Su Fa Wi
Common Name
Habitat Sp Su Fa Wi
Greater White-fronted Goose
g m o
Cooper’s Hawk
f r w
Western Scrub-Jay
s w
Chipping Sparrow
f
Snow Goose
g m o
Red-shouldered Hawk
r
Yellow-billed Magpie
g
Lark Sparrow
g w
Cackling Goose
g m o
Red-tailed Hawk
g r s w
American Crow
g w
Savannah Sparrow
g
Canada Goose
g m o
Ferruginous Hawk
g
Common Raven
f
Fox Sparrow
f s w
Tundra Swan
g o
American Kestrel
g w
Horned Lark
g
Song Sparrow
m r
Wood Duck
m r
Merlin
g w
Tree Swallow
r o
Lincoln’s Sparrow
f g w
Gadwall
m o
Virginia Rail
m
Violet-green Swallow
f o r w
Harris’s Sparrow
s w
American Wigeon
m o
Sora
m
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
o r
White-crowned Sparrow
g s w
Mallard
m o r
Common Moorhen
m
Cliff Swallow
o r
Golden-crowned Sparrow
s w
Cinnamon Teal
m o
American Coot
m o r
Barn Swallow
m o r
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
f s w
Northern Shoveler
m o
Killdeer
g m r
Oak Titmouse
s w
Black-headed Grosbeak
f r w
Northern Pintail
m o
Greater Yellowlegs
m
Bushtit
s w
Red-winged Blackbird
g m
Green-Winged Teal
m o
Wilson’s Snipe
g m
Red-breasted Nuthatch
f
Western Meadowlark
g
Canvasback
o
Ring-billed Gull
m o
White-breasted Nuthatch
f w
Brewer’s Blackbird
g r
Redhead
o
Forster’s Tern
m o
Bewick’s Wren
s w
Great-tailed Grackle
g r w
Ring-Necked Duck
o
Rock Pigeon
g
Marsh Wren
m
Brown-headed Cowbird
r w
Lesser Scaup
o
Mourning Dove
g w
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
f s w
Hooded Oriole
r w
Bufflehead
o
Anna’s Hummingbird
s w
Western Bluebird
g w
Bullock’s Oriole
r s w
Hooded Merganser
o
Rufous Hummingbird
f s w
Hermit Thrush
f w
House Finch
r s w
Ruddy Duck
o
Belted Kingfisher
m o r
American Robin
f w
Pine Siskin
f r
California Quail
s w
Lewis’ Woodpecker
w
Northern Mockingbird
s w
Lesser Goldfinch
g s w
Pied-billed Grebe
o
Acorn Woodpecker
f w
European Starling
g w
American Goldfinch
g s w
Eared Grebe
o
Red-breasted Sapsucker
f w
American Pipit
m g
House Sparrow
s w
Double-crested Cormorant
o
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
r w
Bohemian Waxwing
r w
American Bittern
m
Downy Woodpecker
f r w
Cedar Waxwing
r w
Great Blue Heron
g m r
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
f r w
Orange-crowned Warbler
r w
Great Egret
g m r
Olive-sided Flycatcher
f
Yellow Warbler
r w
Almost Always Encountered
Green Heron
r
Western Wood-Pewee
f w
Yellow-rumped Warbler
f r w
Usually Encountered
Turkey Vulture
f g w
Willow Flycatcher
r
Townsend’s Warbler
f w
Occasionally Encountered
Osprey
o r
Black Phoebe
r
Common Yellowthroat
m
Rarely Encountered
White-tailed Kite
g
Say’s Phoebe
g w
Wilson’s Warbler
r w
Bald Eagle
o
Ash-throated Flycatcher
s w
Western Tanager
f
Northern Harrier
g
Western Kingbird
g w
Spotted Towhee
s w
Sharp-shinned Hawk
f r w
Hutton’s Vireo
f s w
California Towhee
s w
Legend
Probability of Observing Species in Appropraite Habitat and
Location at Indicated Time of Year:
Habitats:
a- alpine
f - coniferous forests
g- grasslands,
agricultural fields
Seasons:
Sp (Spring)
Su (Summer)
Fa (Fall)
Wi (Winter)
m-marshy areas,
shorelines
o - open water, lakes,
rivers
Mar - May
Jun - Aug
Sep - Nov
Dec - Feb
r - riparian vegetation
s - shrublands
w- oak woodlands