Pasadena Audubon Society
Preliminary Checklist of the Birds of Almansor Park, Alhambra
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Photographs by Bob Kaufman Click on the thumbnails to see a larger size.
| Species | 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, 2005 | ||
| Wood 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 |
| 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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