2015 Orange County Bird Log H=Hort, L=Laguna Lake, R=Rancho Santa Ana, S=Santiago, Y=Yorba Park [R]=resident, [W]=wintering, [S]=summering, [M]=migratory | |||
| Species | Location seen | Species | Location seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loons | Hummingbirds | ||
| Red-throated Loon [W] | BC | Allen's Hummingbird [S] | A/BC/C/H/Home/R/Y |
| Grebes | Anna's Hummingbird [R] | A/BC/C/H/Home/R/Y | |
| Clark's Grebe | Black-chinned Hummingbird [S] | S | |
| Eared Grebe [W] | BC | Costa's Hummingbird | |
| Horned Grebe [W] | BC | Kingfishers | |
| Pied-billed Grebe [R] | A/BC/C/L/Y | Belted Kingfisher [R] | A/BC/C/L |
| Western Grebe [W] | BC | Woodpeckers | |
| Pelicans | Acorn Woodpecker [R] | CA/R/S | |
| American White Pelican [W] | BC/C | Downy Woodpecker [R] | A/C |
| Brown Pelican [R] | BC | Ladder-backed Woodpecker | |
| Cormorants | Northern Flicker (red-shafted) [R] | A/C/L | |
| Brandt's Cormorant | Nuttall's Woodpecker [R] | A/BC/C/L/R/S | |
| Double-crested Cormorant [R] | BC/C | Red-breasted Sapsucker | |
| Waders | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | C | |
| American Bittern | Flycatchers | ||
| Black-crowned Night Heron [R] | A/BC/C/L/Y | Ash-throated Flycatcher [S] | CA/S |
| Great Blue Heron [R] | A/BC/C/L/Y | Black Phoebe [R] | A/BC/C/H/Home/R/S/Y |
| Great Egret [R] | A/BC/C/L/Y | Cassin's Kingbird [S] | A/C/CA/Home/S/Y |
| Green Heron [R] | A/C/L/Y | Olive-sided Flycatcher | |
| Reddish Egret | Pacific-slope Flycatcher [S] | CA | |
| Snowy Egret [R] | A/BC/C/L/Y | Say's Phoebe [R] | C |
| White-faced Ibis [M] | BC/Y | Vermillion Flycatcher | |
| Waterfowl | Western Kingbird [S] | A/C/CA/Home/S/Y | |
| American Wigeon [W] | BC/C/L | Western Wood-pewee [R] | C |
| Blue-winged Teal | Chickadees, Tits, Kinglet, Verdin | ||
| Brant | Bushtit [R] | A/C/BC/H/Home/L/S/Y | |
| Bufflehead [W] | BC | Mountain Chickadee | |
| Canada Goose [W] | BC/C/Y | Oak Titmouse | |
| Canvasback | Ruby-crowned Kinglet [W] | C/S/Y | |
| Cinnamon Teal [R] | Y | Verdin | |
| Gadwall | Wrentit [R] | CA/Y | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Waxwing, Lark, Pipit | ||
| Green-winged Teal | American Pipit | ||
| Hooded Merganser [W/scarce] | C/Y | Cedar Waxwing [W] | C/H/L/R |
| Lesser Scaup | Horned Lark | ||
| Mallard [R] | A/BC/C/L/Y | Wrens | |
| Mandarin [W] | Y | Bewick's Wren [R] | A |
| Northern Pintail | Cactus Wren [R/scarce] | CA | |
| Northern Shoveler [W] | BC | House Wren [R] | A/H/Y |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Marsh Wren | ||
| Redhead | Rock Wren | ||
| Ring-necked Duck [W] | L/Y | Jays and Crows | |
| Ruddy Duck [R] | BC | American Crow [R] | A/C/H/S/Y |
| Surf Scoter [W/scarce] | BC | Common Raven [R] | CA/S |
| Wood Duck [R] | C/Y | Western Scrub-jay [R] | A/C/L/S |
| Nighthawks | Mockingbird and Thrasher | ||
| Common Poorwill | California Thrasher [R] | A/R | |
| Lesser Nighthawk | LeConte's Thrasher | ||
| Raptors | Northern Mockingbird [R] | A/C/H/R/S/Y | |
| American Kestrel | CA | Sage Thrasher | |
| Cooper's Hawk [R] | C/Home/S | Swallows | |
| Merlin | Barn Swallow [S] | S/Y | |
| Northern Harrier | Cliff Swallow | ||
| Osprey [R] | BC/L | Northern Roughwing [S] | CA/S |
| Peregrine Falcon | Tree Swallow [R] | Y | |
| Prairie Falcon | Thrushes | ||
| Red-shouldered Hawk [R] | C/CA/H/Home/R/S/Y | American Robin [W] | A/C/Y |
| Red-tailed Hawk [R] | A/C/H/L/R/Y | Hermit Thrush [W] | A/Y |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Swainson's Thrush | ||
| Turkey Vulture [R] | CA/H/R/S/Y | Varied Thrush [W] | A/G/Y |
| White-tailed Kite | Western Bluebird [R] | A/C/Y | |
| Quail | Shrike and Vireos | ||
| California Quail [R] | CA | Cassin's Vireo [S] | A |
| Gambel's Quail | Hutton's Vireo [R] | Y | |
| Coots and Rails | Least Bell's Vireo [S] | A | |
| American Coot [R] | A/BC/C/L/Y | Loggerhead Shrike | |
| Common Moorhen [W/scarce] | L | Warbling Vireo | |
| Light-footed Clapper Rail [R/scarce] | BC/L | Nuthatches | |
| Sora | White-breasted Nuthatch | ||
| Virginia Rail | Gnatcatchers | ||
| Shorebirds | Black-tailed Gnatcatcher | ||
| American Avocet [W] | BC | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | |
| Black-bellied Plover | California Gnatcatcher | ||
| Black-necked Stilt [R] | BC/Y | Silky-flycatcher | |
| Black Oystercatcher | Phainopepla [R] | CA | |
| Black Turnstone | Grosbeaks and Buntings | ||
| Dunlin [W] | BC | Black-headed Grosbeak [S] | C/H |
| Greater Yellowlegs [W] | BC | Blue Grosbeak | |
| Killdeer [R] | H/C | Lazuli Bunting [S] | S |
| Least Sandpiper [W] | BC | Tanagers | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Summer Tanager | ||
| Long-billed Curlew | BC | Western Tanager [S] | CA/S |
| Long-billed Dowitcher [W] | C | Wood-warblers | |
| Marbled Godwit [W] | BC | Black and White Warbler [rare] | A |
| Red Knot [W] | BC | Black-throated Gray Warbler [S] | Y/S |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Common Yellowthroat [R] | A/S/Y | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | MacGillivray's Warbler | ||
| Sanderling [W] | BC | Nashville Warbler [S/scarce] | S |
| Semipalmated Plover | Orange-crowned Warbler [R] | A/C/S/Y | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher [W] | BC | Townsend's Warbler [W] | A/C/Y |
| Snowy Plover | Wilson's Warbler [S] | A | |
| Spotted Sandpiper [W] | BC/C/Y | Yellow-breasted Chat [S] | CC |
| Surfbird | Yellow-rumped Warbler (Aud.) [R] | A/C/BC/H/L/S/Y | |
| Wandering Tattler | Yellow Warbler [S] | A/C/CA/Y | |
| Western Sandpiper [W] | BC | Sparrows | |
| Whimbrel [W] | BC | Black-chinned Sparrow | |
| Willet [W] | BC | Black-throated Sparrow | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | California Towhee [R] | A/BC/C/H/Home/L/Y | |
| Wilson's Snipe | Chipping Sparrow [S] | C/Y | |
| Gulls and Terns | Dark-eyed Junco [R] | C | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Fox Sparrow | ||
| California Gull | Golden-crowned Sparrow | ||
| Heermann's Gull | Lark Sparrow | ||
| Herring Gull | Lincoln's Sparrow | ||
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Rufous-crowned Sparrow | ||
| Mew Gull | Sage Sparrow | ||
| Ring-billed Gull [R] | BC/H | Savannah Sparrow [R/scarce] | BC/R |
| Western Gull [R] | BC | Song Sparrow [R] | A/BC/C/H/Y |
| Caspian Tern [R] | BC | Spotted Towhee [R] | CA |
| Elegant Tern | White-crowned Sparrow [S] | A/BC/C/H/Home/L/Y | |
| Forster's Tern [W] | BC | Finches | |
| Least Tern [S] | BC | American Goldfinch [R] | A/C/H/Home/L/Y |
| Royal Tern | House Finch [R] | A/C/H/Home/L/Y | |
| Black Skimmer | Lawrence's Goldfinch | ||
| Pigeons and Doves | Lesser Goldfinch [R] | A/C/H/Home/L/Y | |
| Band-tailed Pigeon [R] | A/C/H/Home/Y | Pine Siskin | |
| Common Ground Dove | Purple Finch | ||
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Blackbirds and Orioles | ||
| Mourning Dove [R] | A/BC/C/CA/H/Home/Y | Brewer's Blackbird | |
| Rock Pigeon [R] | A/C/H/Home/Y | Brown-headed Cowbird [R] | C/Y |
| Cuckoos | Bullock's Oriole [S] | H/R | |
| Greater Roadrunner | Great-tailed Grackle [R/scarce] | L | |
| Owls | Hooded Oriole [S] | A/CA/H/R/Y | |
| Barn Owl | Red-winged Blackbird [R] | A/Y | |
| Great Horned Owl [R] | BC | Western Meadowlark | |
| Long-eared Owl | Non-natives | ||
| Western Screech Owl | European Starling [R] | A/BC/Y | |
| Swifts | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | G | |
| Vaux's Swift | Egyption Goose [R] | C/Y | |
| White-throated Swift [R] | C | House Sparrow [R] | A/C/H/Home/Y |
| Mandarin Duck [R] | Y | ||
| Nutmeg Mannikin [R] | A/C/H/Y | ||