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Malibu Lagoon Trip Lists July – December 2013

December 31, 2013

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

Malibu Census 2013 7/28 8/25 9/22 10/27 11/24 12/23
Temperature 63-68 58-70 64-73 55-65 62-70 12/22
Tide Lo/Hi Height L +1.27 L +1.31 H +5.69 L +2.91 L +3.14 47-64
Tide Time 0800 0628 1123 1127 0741 1113
Brant 2 3 3 3
Cackling Goose 1
Gadwall 4 14 19 22
American Wigeon 4 10 4 35
Mallard 45 52 43 35 12 28
Northern Shoveler 16 30 8 36
Northern Pintail 4
Green-winged Teal 4 32
Redhead 4
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 3 5
Red-brstd Merganser 11 5
Ruddy Duck 25 20 27
Red-throated Loon 1
Pacific Loon 1
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 3 16 11 8 1 6
Horned Grebe 1 2
Eared Grebe 1 1 4 10 3 11
Western Grebe 35 2 12
Brandt’s Cormorant 8 5 12 1
Dble-crstd Cormorant 28 45 56 40 18 28
Pelagic Cormorant 1 4 1
Brown Pelican 195 143 142 43 20 1
Great Blue Heron 4 3 4 4 2 6
Great Egret 2 2 2 3 8 2
Snowy Egret 17 14 37 15 20 14
Blk-crwnd N-Heron 2 2 1 2
White-faced Ibis 1
Osprey 1
White-tailed Kite 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 1
American Kestrel 1 1
Merlin 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 1
American Coot 47 42 195 395 80 270
Blk-bellied Plover 7 115 162 85 44 79
Snowy Plover 30 35 47 58 33 39
Semipalmated Plover 4 1
Killdeer 3 12 7 6 3 6
Spotted Sandpiper 2 2 4 4 2
Willet 15 25 28 20 9
Whimbrel 34 53 18 11 12 6
Marbled Godwit 1 9 4 19
Ruddy Turnstone 7 6 10 17 2 7
Sanderling 15 160
Western Sandpiper 2 4 2
Least Sandpiper 1 2 14 1 4 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 1
Short-billd Dowitcher 2
Long-billed Dowitcher 1 1
Boneparte’s Gull 3
Heermann’s Gull 26 48 74 40 2
Ring-billed Gull 2 12 20 30
Western Gull 190 110 85 85 60
California Gull 1 6 290 2 240
Caspian Tern 2 1
Forster’s Tern 1 10 1
Royal Tern 3 5 4 3
Elegant Tern 600 130 67 20 1
Black Skimmer 1
Rock Pigeon 8 16 25 14
Mourning Dove 3 2 3 3 3
Anna’s Hummingbird 2 1 1 2 3
Allen’s Hummingbird 10 9 7 4 1 2
Belted Kingfisher 1 1 1 1
Northern Flicker 1
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Black Phoebe 6 17 12 17 4 4
Say’s Phoebe 2 4 1 2
Western Kingbird 8
Warbling Vireo 1
Western Scrub-Jay 1 1 1
American Crow 6 5 5 5 2 4
Rough-wingd Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 12 28
Cliff Swallow 1
Oak Titmouse 2
Bushtit 2 55 12 10 52
Bewick’s Wren 1 1 2
House Wren 1 1 1 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 1 2
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 4 1 2 2 3 2
European Starling 42 55 42 35 7 40
American Pipit 25
Ornge-crwnd Warbler 1 3
Yellow-rumpd Warbler 1 35 60 32
Blk-throated G. Warbler 1
Townsend’s Warbler 2 1 1
Common Yellowthroat 1 6 1 11 2 3
Wilson’s Warbler 1 6 7
Spotted Towhee 1
California Towhee 1 2 3 5 2 1
Savannah Sparrow 5 1 2
Song Sparrow 12 20 7 13 10
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
White-crwnd Sparrow 28 15 15
Western Meadowlark 6 3
Brewer’s Blackbird 2
Great-tailed Grackle 8 8 7 4 3
Hooded Oriole 2
Bullock’s Oriole 3
House Finch 8 15 6 6 2 6
Lesser Goldfinch 35 16 4 22 6 10
American Goldfinch 6
Totals by Type July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Waterfowl 47 55 70 122 82 194
Water Birds-Other 274 255 414 547 126 334
Herons, Egrets 25 21 43 24 32 22
Raptors 1 4 1 4 4 2
Shorebirds 88 245 293 237 124 328
Gulls & Terns 823 294 238 461 29 330
Doves 11 18 28 17 0 3
Other Non-Pass. 13 11 9 7 2 5
Passerines 146 251 112 252 115 194
Totals Birds 1428 1154 1208 1671 514 1412
             
Total Species July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Waterfowl 2 2 5 8 9 9
Water Birds-Other 5 6 7 8 8 11
Herons, Egrets 4 4 3 5 4 3
Raptors 1 3 1 4 3 2
Shorebirds 8 11 11 13 9 10
Gulls & Terns 7 5 6 8 6 3
Doves 2 2 2 2 0 1
Other Non-Pass. 3 3 3 3 2 2
Passerines 17 25 15 24 17 20
Totals Species – 110 49 61 53 75 58 61
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