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Malibu Lagoon Trip Lists January – June 2012

June 30, 2012

This list was created at a later date in order to have a complete record on the blog site.  [Chuck Almdale]

Malibu Census 2012 1/22 2/26 3/25 4/22 5/27 6/24
Temperature 50-59 48-64 51-54 60-65 68-72 70-76
Tide Lo/Hi Height H +6.49 H +3.37 H +3.64 H +3.67 L +0.38 L +0.07
Tide Time 0803 1136 1146 1106 0844 0714
Snow Goose 1
Brant 1
Gadwall 31 35 18 14 5 2
American Wigeon 2 8 3 9
Mallard 23 30 24 16 32 24
Northern Shoveler 46 35 18 12
Northern Pintail 10 8 5
Green-winged Teal 37 38 11
Surf Scoter 14 40
Bufflehead 26 4
Red-brstd Merganser 6 8 2 5 2
Ruddy Duck 59 24 20 9 3
Red-throated Loon 2
Pacific Loon 1 3 3
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 3 2 2 3 4
Eared Grebe 4 2 2
Western Grebe 8 40 1
Brandt’s Cormorant 3 15 1 1
Dble-crstd Cormorant 37 28 30 65 15 17
Pelagic Cormorant 1 2 3
Brown Pelican 48 12 40 80 265 340
Great Blue Heron 7 1 3 1
Great Egret 2 2 1 2 3
Snowy Egret 7 8 12 9 14 4
Green Heron 1
Blk-crwnd N-Heron 2 1 3
Osprey 1
White-tailed Kite 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Sora 2 3 1
American Coot 345 285 20 95 30 4
Blk-bellied Plover 65 93 7 11 22 15
Snowy Plover 81 54 14 3
Semipalmated Plover 3
Killdeer 2 10 4 3 1
Black Oystercatcher 5 2 1
Black-necked Stilt 4
American Avocet 2 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2 1 1 1
Willet 3 2 3 4
Whimbrel 1 2 18 5 20 8
Marbled Godwit 2 8 1
Ruddy Turnstone 15 13 1
Black Turnstone 2 1
Sanderling 200 100
Western Sandpiper 16
Least Sandpiper 12 20 5
Boneparte’s Gull 1
Heermann’s Gull 16 1 15 44
Ring-billed Gull 150 35 8 20
Western Gull 120 55 30 85 85 84
California Gull 1900 360 12 75 4
Glaucous-wingd Gull 5 2 1 1
Caspian Tern 3 25 6 1
Forster’s Tern 1
Royal Tern 16 1 5 4
Elegant Tern 65 35 240
Rock Pigeon 5 4 3 2 3
Eur. Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 2 2 2 2 1
Anna’s Hummingbird 2 2 2 2 3
Allen’s Hummingbird 2 1 2 5 8
Belted Kingfisher 1 1 1 1
Black Phoebe 3 4 4 13 5
Say’s Phoebe 1
Cassin’s Kingbird 2
Western Kingbird 16
American Crow 4 8 3 5 5 4
Rough-wingd Swallow 2 6 6
Violet-green Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1 2 4
Cliff Swallow 12 4
Bushtit 26 4 2 4
Bewick’s Wren 1 1 1
Marsh Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 1
Northern Mockingbird 1 2 2 6 6
European Starling 1 15 4 45 5
Yellow-rumpd Warbler 3 1
Common Yellowthroat 4 2 1 3 3 1
Spotted Towhee 1 1 2
California Towhee 2 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2 8 13 8 12 6
White-crwnd Sparrow 22 4
Red-winged Blackbird 15 2 6 10
Brewer’s Blackbird 1
Great-tailed Grackle 13 8 8 2 2
Brwn-headed Cowbird 2 2 1
Hooded Oriole 1
Bullock’s Oriole 1 2
House Finch 25 10 19 6 8 8
Lesser Goldfinch 2
Totals by Type Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Waterfowl 255 231 101 65 42 26
Water Birds-Other 452 395 91 250 313 368
Herons, Egrets 18 10 14 13 23 5
Raptors 2 2 0 1 0 1
Shorebirds 388 278 65 63 51 25
Gulls & Terns 2207 455 53 272 151 373
Doves 7 6 0 5 5 4
Other Non-Pass. 5 4 0 4 8 12
Passerines 110 93 62 60 127 49
Totals Birds 3444 1474 386 733 720 863
 
Total Species Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Waterfowl 11 11 8 6 4 2
Water Birds-Other 10 12 4 9 4 5
Herons, Egrets 4 2 3 4 4 2
Raptors 2 1 0 1 0 1
Shorebirds 11 10 7 12 6 4
Gulls & Terns 6 7 4 7 7 5
Doves 2 2 0 2 3 2
Other Non-Pass. 3 3 0 2 3 3
Passerines 16 19 9 15 16 13
Totals Species – 96 65 67 35 58 47 37
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