Pasadena Audubon Society
Preliminary Checklist of the Birds of Almansor Park, Alhambra
Photographs by Bob Kaufman Click on the thumbnails to see a larger size.
Egyptian Goose male, 25-Feb-2005
Mandarin Duck male, 7-Feb-2005
Mandarin Duck female, 1-Mar-2005
Eurasian Wigeon male in front, American Wigeon male behind, 7-Feb-2005Species Probability Season Comments Chinese [Swan] Goose ++ Res gray-brown and white forms; both have a large knob at base of bill Egyptian Goose -- seen week of 02/23/05, 5 on 04/08/05 Domestic Goose ++ Res likely to be Embden Canada Goose + Res identification and range of subspecies Species Probability Season Comments Muscovy Duck -- large black-and-white duck with bright red above the beak and around the eye Mandarin Duck + female has less white around the eye and longer, wider white stripe behind the eye than Wood Duck,
young observed May 15, 2005Wood Duck + Res young observed May 15, 2005 Eurasian Wigeon + WV only 1, but has been returning regularly American Wigeon ++ Res Mallard ++ Res young observed May 15, 2005 Pekin Duck ++ Res white ducks that hang out with the Mallards Cinnamon Teal -- WV Ring-necked Duck -- WV Lesser Scaup -- WV Bufflehead -- WV Common Merganser -- WV Ruddy Duck -- WV Species Probability Season Comments Pied-billed Grebe -- WV American White Pelican -- M Double-crested Cormorant ++ WV [Res] seen May 15, 2005 Great Blue Heron -- Great Egret -- Snowy Egret + Res Green Heron -- Black-crowned Night-Heron -- Species Probability Season Comments Osprey - perches on top of the pine tree between the upper and lower ponds Cooper's Hawk - Red-tailed Hawk - American Kestrel - perches at the top of the tallest pine tree on the golf course side American Coot ++ Res young observed May 15, 2005 Killdeer - SV Black-necked Stilt -- seen 01-Mar-05 Ring-billed Gull ++ WV California Gull + WV Western Gull - Rock Pigeon ++ Res Spotted Dove -- Mourning Dove ++ Res White-throated Swift + SV Anna's Hummingbird + Res Allen's Hummingbird + WV Belted Kingisher - Acorn Woodpecker - Res Downy Woodpecker -- in the central parking lot Species Probability Season Comments Black Phoebe ++ Res Western Kingbird - M Cassin's Kingbird - breeding young observed Warbling Vireo -- M gum trees near school and courts American Crow ++ Res Common Raven - Ruby-crowned Kinglet ++ WV Tree Swallow - M Northern Rough-winged Swallow + SV Cliff Swallow - M Barn Swallow -- SV Bushtit + Res American Robin - M Northern Mockingbird + Res European Starling ++ Res Cedar Waxwing - seen 25-Apr-05 Yellow Warbler -- M Townsend's Warbler -- M Orange-crowned Warbler - WV Yellow-rumped Warbler ++ WV Black-throated Gray Warbler -- M seen 25-Apr-05 Wilson's Warbler - M seen 25-Apr-05 Western Tanager - M seen 25-Apr-05 Species Probability Season Comments Lark Sparrow -- WV Savannah Sparrow -- M reported 04/07/05 White-crowned Sparrow + WV Dark-eyed Junco + WV Brewer's Blackbird ++ Res Great-tailed Grackle -- reported 05/16/05, near ponds Brown-headed Cowbird -- House Finch ++ Res Lesser Goldfinch ++ WV American Goldfinch + WV House Sparrow ++ Res
Key to Status Codes Probability of Seeing Season Comments Symbol Code Symbol Code ++ Hard to miss Res Resident + Likely WV Winter Visitor - Occasional SV Summer Visitor -- Very Irregular M Migrant Compiled by Jane Strong, Mickey Long, Scott Markowitz, Bernardo Alps and Bob Kaufman, 2005
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