Team Otter included aquatic and terrestrial coverage again this year!
A wildlife count along the American River has been going on for many years now. 37 in fact! For a fair number of those years, local wildlife lovers have represented the SLP area as "Team Otter" for this count. That includes these most recent and challenging years. Once again we were out for a great day of watching and counting wildlife. Our actual count is posted below. This citizen science effort collected data that is stored in eBird and helps look at trends in wildlife along the American River. This year it was hard to get enough people in the field at some locations but counts were still important. Team Otter will be back in 2022 so plan on joining us or one of the other teams in the area. Effie Yeaw and the American River Natural History Association sponsor these counts and will send out reminders to those interested.
Sutter's Landing Park, Sacramento US-CA 38.58791, -121.46104
Dec 5, 2021
8:00 AM
Traveling
1.50 miles
210 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Team Otter Sutter’s Landing Park Participants: Kathleen Ave, Dale Steele, Robert Sewell; in canoe: Tom Biglione, JoEllen Arnold. 3 subunits.
1 Western Grey Squirrel
2 Fox Squirrel
Numerous recent beaver sign: Chewed tree bark, stripped willow wands in the river.
Several otter slides.
Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.8.0 Build 2.8.12
40 Snow Goose -- In flight overhead
32 Canada Goose
1 American Wigeon -- One male, keeping company with a Canada goose
19 Mallard
1 Mallard (Domestic type) -- White, with yellow bill
12 Bufflehead
14 Common Goldeneye
4 Common Merganser
30 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
4 Mourning Dove
1 Anna's Hummingbird
7 Killdeer
35 California Gull
51 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
1 White-tailed Kite
2 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Belted Kingfisher
4 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
3 Black Phoebe
2 Say's Phoebe
7 California Scrub-Jay
6 Yellow-billed Magpie
20 American Crow
10 Bushtit
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
20 European Starling
1 Northern Mockingbird
5 Lesser Goldfinch
3 Fox Sparrow
21 White-crowned Sparrow
22 Golden-crowned Sparrow
1 Savannah Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
2 California Towhee
16 Brewer's Blackbird
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler
Number of Taxa: 41
Dec 5, 2021
8:00 AM
Traveling
1.50 miles
210 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Team Otter Sutter’s Landing Park Participants: Kathleen Ave, Dale Steele, Robert Sewell; in canoe: Tom Biglione, JoEllen Arnold. 3 subunits.
1 Western Grey Squirrel
2 Fox Squirrel
Numerous recent beaver sign: Chewed tree bark, stripped willow wands in the river.
Several otter slides.
Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.8.0 Build 2.8.12
40 Snow Goose -- In flight overhead
32 Canada Goose
1 American Wigeon -- One male, keeping company with a Canada goose
19 Mallard
1 Mallard (Domestic type) -- White, with yellow bill
12 Bufflehead
14 Common Goldeneye
4 Common Merganser
30 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
4 Mourning Dove
1 Anna's Hummingbird
7 Killdeer
35 California Gull
51 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
1 White-tailed Kite
2 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Belted Kingfisher
4 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
3 Black Phoebe
2 Say's Phoebe
7 California Scrub-Jay
6 Yellow-billed Magpie
20 American Crow
10 Bushtit
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
20 European Starling
1 Northern Mockingbird
5 Lesser Goldfinch
3 Fox Sparrow
21 White-crowned Sparrow
22 Golden-crowned Sparrow
1 Savannah Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
2 California Towhee
16 Brewer's Blackbird
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler
Number of Taxa: 41
American wigeon in non-breeding plumage. Photo by JoEllen
Not participating in the count but someone has caused significant damage to this mature cottonwood, now likely to fall into the river before its time... Photo by JoEllen
This "mountain" of geese passed by too late to be counted this time but many others were seen
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