San Luis Obispo County
Cumulative Big Years

The birds that are checked below, have been seen in this county by numerous observers.
If you have any additions or corrections mail to:
mstiles@calpoly.edu
The total county list for San Luis Obispo County is currently 452 (446 No Introduced Birds).
Note: The birds reported here do not infer any official county record keeping.
** These birds are pending review by the California Bird Records Committee.

Years 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Totals 351 338 333 336 330  319  292
Most Recent Update 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec  22 Sep
Red Throated Loon X X X X X X X
Arctic Loon              
Pacific Loon X X X X X X X
Common Loon X X X X X X X
Yellow-billed Loon     X   X X  
Pied-billed Grebe X X X X X X X
Horned Grebe X X X X X X X
Red-Necked Grebe X     X X X  
Eared Grebe X X X X X X X
Western Grebe X X X X X X X
Clark's Grebe X X X X X X X
Laysan Albatross X X X        
Black-footed Albatross X X X X X   X
Short-tailed Albatross X         X (DEAD) X
Northern Fulmar X X X X X X X
Mottled Petrel              
Cook's Petrel X            
Pink-footed Shearwater X X X X X X X
Flesh-footed Shearwater X X X   X X  
Buller's Shearwater X X X   X X  
Sooty Shearwater X X X X X X X
Short-tailed Shearwater X X X        
Manx Shearwater X X X        
Black-vented Shearwater X X X X X X  
Wilson's Storm Petrel X   X X      
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel X           X
Leach's Storm Petrel X X X X      
Ashy Storm Petrel X   X   X (dead)    
Black Storm Petrel X   X   X    
Least Storm Petrel X            
Red-billed Tropicbird              
Red-tailed Tropicbird              
Blue-footed Booby              
Brown Booby           X  
Red-footed Booby              
American White Pelican X X X X X X X
Brown Pelican X X X X X X X
Brandt's Cormorant X X X X X X X
Double-crested Cormorant X X X X X X X
Pelagic Cormorant X X X X X X X
Magnificent Frigatebird              
American Bittern X X X X X X X
Least Bittern X     X X X  
Great Blue Heron X X X X X X X
Great Egret X X X X X X X
Snowy Egret X X X X X X X
Little Blue Heron              
Reddish Egret       X     X
Tricolored Heron     X        
Cattle Egret X X X X X X X
Green Heron X X X X X X X
Black-crowned Night Heron X X X X X X X
White-faced Ibis X X X X X X X
Roseate Spoonbill              
Wood Stork              
Turkey Vulture X X X X X X X
California Condor     X X X X  
Fulvous Whistling Duck              
Gr. White-fronted Goose X X X X X X X
Emperor Goose              
Snow Goose X X X X X X X
Ross's Goose X X X X X X X
Canada Goose X X X X X X X
Cackling Goose (split July 2004)         X X X
Brant X X X X X X X
Tundra Swan   X X X      
Trumpeter Swan              
Wood Duck X X X X X X X
Gadwall X X X X X X X
Eurasian Wigeon X X X X X X X
American Wigeon X X X X X X X
Mallard X X X X X X X
Blue-winged Teal X X X X X X X
Cinammon Teal X X X X X X X
Northern Shoveler X X X X X X X
Northern Pintail X X X X X X X
Garganey              
Green-winged Teal X X X X X X X
Canvasback X X X X X X X
Redhead X X X X X X X
Ring-necked Duck X X X X X X X
Tufted Duck              
Greater Scaup X X X X X X X
Lesser Scaup X X X X X X X
King Eider              
Harlequin Duck X X X X X X X
Surf Scoter X X X X X X X
White-winged Scoter X X X X X X X
Black Scoter X X X   X X X
Long-tailed Duck X X X X X X X
Bufflehead X X X X X X X
Common Goldeneye X X X X X X X
Barrow's Goldeneye              
Hooded Merganser X X X X X X X
Common Merganser X X X X X X X
Red-breasted Merganser X X X X X X X
Ruddy Duck X X X X X X X
Osprey X X X X X X X
White-tailed Kite X X X X X X X
Bald Eagle X X X X X X X
Northern Harrier X X X X X X X
Sharp-shinned Hawk X X X X X X X
Cooper's Hawk X X X X X X X
Northern Goshawk       X      
Red-shouldered Hawk X X X X X X X
Broad-winged Hawk       X   X  
Swainson's Hawk X   X     X X
Red-tailed Hawk X X X X X X X
Ferruginous Hawk X X X X X X X
Rough-legged Hawk X X X X X X X
Golden Eagle X X X X X X X
Crested Caracara           X  
American Kestrel X X X X X X X
Merlin X X X X X X X
Peregrine Falcon X X X X X X X
Prairie Falcon X X X X X X X
Chukar X     X X    
Wild Turkey X X X X X X X
Mountain Quail X X X X X X X
California Quail X X X X X X X
Yellow Rail              
Black Rail X X X X X X  
Clapper Rail              
Virginia Rail X X X X X X X
Sora X X X X X X X
Common Moorhen X X X   X   X
American Coot X X X X X X X
Sandhill Crane X X X X X X X
Black-bellied Plover X X X X X X X
American Golden-Plover X     X   X  
Pacific Golden-Plover X X X        
Snowy Plover X X X X X X X
Semipalmated Plover X X X X X X X
Piping Plover              
Killdeer X X X X X X X
Mountain Plover X X X X X X X
American Oystercatcher              
Black Oystercatcher X X X X X X X
Black-necked Stilt X X X X X X X
American Avocet X X X X X X X
Greater Yellowlegs X X X X X X X
Lesser Yellowlegs X X X X X X X
Solitary Sandpiper X   X X      
Willet X X X X X X X
Wandering Tattler X X X X X X X
Spotted Sandpiper X X X X X X X
Little Curlew              
Whimbrel X X X X X X X
Long-billed Curlew X X X X X X X
Marbled Godwit X X X X X X X
Ruddy Turnstone X X X X X X X
Black Turnstone X X X X X X X
Surfbird X X X X X X X
Red Knot X X X X X X X
Sanderling X X X X X X X
Semipalmated Sandpiper X X         X
Western Sandpiper X X X X X X X
Red-necked Stint              
Least Sandpiper X X X X X X X
Baird's Sandpiper X X X X X X  
Pectoral Sandpiper X X X X X X X
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper              
Rock Sandpiper              
Dunlin X X X X X X X
Stilt Sandpiper              
Buff-breasted Sandpiper              
Ruff X            
Short-billed Dowitcher X X X X X X X
Long-billed Dowitcher X X X X X X X
Wilson's Snipe X X X X X X X
Wilson's Phalarope X X X X X X X
Red-necked Phalarope X X X X X X X
Red Phalarope X X X X X X X
South Polar Skua X X X X X X  
Pomarine Jaeger X X X X X X X
Parasitic Jaeger X X X X X X  
Long-tailed Jaeger X   X X      
Laughing Gull       X X    
Franklin's Gull X X X X X X X
Little Gull              
Black-headed Gull              
Bonaparte's Gull X X X X X X X
Heerman's Gull X X X X X X X
Mew Gull X X X X X X X
Ring-billed Gull X X X X X X X
California Gull X X X X X X X
Herring Gull X X X X X X X
Thayer's Gull X X X X X X X
Western Gull X X X X X X X
Glaucous-winged Gull X X X X X X X
Glaucous Gull X X X X X    
Sabine's Gull X X X X X    
Black-legged Kittiwake X X X X X X  
Caspian Tern X X X X X X X
Royal Tern X X X X X X X
Elegant Tern X X X X X X X
Common Tern X X X X X X X
Arctic Tern X X X        
Forster's Tern X X X X X X X
Least Tern X X X X X X X
Black Tern     X X   X  
Black Skimmer X X X X X X X
Common Murre X X X X X X X
Pigeon Guillemot X X X X X X X
Marbled Murrelet X X X X X X X
Xantus's Murrelet X X X X X    
Craveri's Murrelet X X   X      
Ancient Murrelet X X   X X X X
Cassin's Auklet X X X X X X X
Parakeet Auklet              
Rhinoceros Auklet X X X X X X X
Horned Puffin              
Tufted Puffin X X X        
Rock Pigeon X X X X X X X
Band-tailed Pigeon X X X X X X X
White-winged Dove X X X X X X X
Mourning Dove X X X X X X X
Common Ground Dove X X X X X X  
Yellow-billed Cuckoo X   X        
Greater Roadrunner X X X X X X X
Barn Owl X X X X X X X
Western Screech Owl X X X X X X X
Great Horned Owl X X X X X X X
Northern Pygmy Owl X X X X X X X
Burrowing Owl X X X X X X X
Spotted Owl X X X X X X  
Long-eared Owl X X X X X X X
Short-eared Owl X X X X X X  
Northern Saw Whet Owl X X X X   X  
Lesser Nighthawk X X X X X   X
Common Poorwill X   X X X X X
Black Swift X   X X X X X
Chimney Swift       X      
Vaux's Swift X X X X X X X
White-throated Swift X X X X X X X
Broad-billed Hummingbird         X    
Black-chinned Hummingbird X X X X X X X
Anna's Hummingbird X X X X X X X
Costa's Hummingbird X X X X X X X
Calliope Hummingbird X X X X X   X
Rufous Hummingbird X X X X X X X
Allen's Hummingbird X X X X X X X
Belted Kingfisher X X X X X X X
Lewis's Woodpecker X X X X X X  
Acorn Woodpecker X X X X X X X
White-headed Woodpecker             X co. 1st
Williamson's Sapsucker X co. 1st            
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X X X X X X X
Red-naped Sapsucker X X X X X X X
Red-breasted Sapsucker X X X X X X X
Nuttall's Woodpecker X X X X X X X
Downy Woodpecker X X X X X X X
Hairy Woodpecker X X X X X X X
Northern Flicker X X X X X X X
Olive-sided Flycatcher X X X X X X X
Greater Pewee              
Western Wood Pewee X X X X X X X
Willow Flycatcher X X X X X   X
Least Flycatcher           X  
Hammond's Flycatcher X   X X X    
Gray Flycatcher     X X X X X
Dusky Flycatcher              
Pacific-slope Flycatcher X X X X X X X
Black Phoebe X X X X X X X
Eastern Phoebe         X    
Say's Phoebe X X X X X X X
Vermillion Flycatcher             X
Dusky-capped Flycatcher X   X        
Ash-throated Flycatcher X X X X X X X
Great-crested Flycatcher              
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher              
Tropical Kingbird X X X X X X X
Cassin's Kingbird X X X X X X X
Western Kingbird X X X X X X X
Eastern Kingbird     X X      
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher       X      
Loggerhead Shrike X X X X X X X
Bell's Vireo              
Yellow-throated Vireo              
Plumbeous Vireo       X      
Cassin's Vireo X X X X X X X
Blue-headed Vireo              
Hutton's Vireo X X X X X X X
Warbling Vireo X X X X X X X
Philadelphia Vireo              
Red-eyed Vireo X X   X      
Yellow-green Vireo         X **    
Steller's Jay X X X X X X X
Western Scrub Jay X X X X X X X
Pinon Jay       X      
Clark's Nutcracker              
Yellow-billed Magpie X X X X X X X
American Crow X X X X X X X
Common Raven X X X X X X X
Horned Lark X X X X X X X
Purple Martin X X X X X X X
Tree Swallow X X X X X X X
Violet-green Swallow X X X X X X X
N. Rough-winged Swallow X X X X X X X
Bank Swallow X X X X X X X
Cliff Swallow X X X X X X X
Barn Swallow X X X X X X X
Mountain Chickadee         X    
Chestnut-backed Chickadee X X X X X X X
Oak Titmouse X X X X X X X
Bushtit X X X X X X X
Red-breasted Nuthatch X X X X X X X
White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X X X X
Pygmy Nuthatch X X X X X X X
Brown Creeper X X X X X X X
Rock Wren X X X X X X X
Canyon Wren X X X X X X X
Bewick's Wren X X X X X X X
House Wren X X X X X X X
Winter Wren X X X X X X X
Marsh Wren X X X X X X X
American Dipper X X X   X    
Golden-crowned Kinglet X X X X X X X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X X X X X X X
Arctic Warbler              
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X X X X X
Western Bluebird X X X X X X X
Mountain Bluebird X X X X X X X
Townsend's Solitaire   X X        
Swainson's Thrush X X X X X X X
Hermit Thrush X X X X X X X
American Robin X X X X X X X
Varied Thrush X X X X   X  
Wrentit X X X X X X X
Gray Catbird           X  
Northern Mockingbird X X X X X X X
Sage Thrasher X X X X X X X
Brown Thrasher X     X      
Bendire's Thrasher              
California Thrasher X X X X X X X
Le Conte's Thrasher X     X X X X
Euopean Starling X X X X X X X
Yellow Wagtail              
White Wagtail              
Red-throated Pipit X X   X      
American Pipit X X X X X X X
Bohemian Waxwing              
Cedar Waxwing X X X X X X X
Phainopepla X X X X X X X
Golden-winged Warbler              
Tennessee Warbler X X X X X X X
Orange-crowned Warbler X X X X X X X
Nashville Warbler X X X X X X X
Virginia's Warbler X X X   X X  
Lucy's Warbler X   X X      
Northern Parula X X X   X X X
Yellow Warbler X X X X X X X
Chestnut-sided Warbler X X X X X X X
Magnolia Warbler X X X X X X  
Cape May Warbler X X          
Black-throated Blue Warbler X     X X X  
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X X X X X
Black-throated Gray Warbler X X X X X X X
Black-throated Green Warbler X X X X X    
Townsend's Warbler X X X X X X X
Hermit Warbler X X X X X X X
Blackburnian Warbler   X X   X X  
Yellow-throated Warbler       X      
Grace's Warbler              
Pine Warbler       X X    
Prairie Warbler X X X X      
Palm Warbler X X X X X X  
Bay-breasted Warbler              
Blackpoll Warbler X X X X X X X
Cerulean Warbler              
Black and White Warbler X X X X X X  
American Redstart X X X X X X X
Prothonotary Warbler X     X   X  
Worm-eating Warbler   X          
Ovenbird             X
Northern Waterthrush X X X X X X  
Kentucky Warbler              
Connecticut Warbler              
Mourning Warbler              
MacGillivray's Warbler X X X X X X X
Common Yellowthroat X X X X X X X
Hooded Warbler   X          
Wilson's Warbler X X X X X X X
Canada Warbler         X    
Painted Redstart              
Yellow-breasted Chat X X X X X X X
Hepatic Tanager              
Summer Tanager X X X X X X X
Scarlet Tanager   X   X X    
Western Tanager X X X X X X X
Green-tailed Towhee X X     X    
Spotted Towhee X X X X X X X
California Towhee X X X X X X X
Rufous-crowned Sparrow X X X X X X X
American Tree Sparrow              
Chipping Sparrow X X X X X X X
Clay-colored Sparrow X X X X X X X
Brewer's Sparrow X X   X   X X
Black-chinned Sparrow X X X X X X X
Vesper Sparrow X X X X X X X
Lark Sparrow X X X X X X X
Black-throated Sparrow X X X     X  
Sage Sparrow X X X X X X X
Lark Bunting X X X   X X X
Savannah Sparrow X X X X X X X
Grasshopper Sparrow X X X X X X X
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow X X X X X X  
Fox Sparrow X X X X X X X
Song Sparrow X X X X X X X
Lincoln's Sparrow X X X X X X X
Swamp Sparrow X X X X X X X
White-throated Sparrow X X X X X X X
White-crowned Sparrow X X X X X X X
Golden-crowned Sparrow X X X X X X X
Harris' Sparrow X X X        
Dark-eyed Junco X X X X X X X
McCown's Longspur X            
Lapland Longspur X   X        
Chestnut-collared Longspur X            
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X X X X X X X
Black-headed Grosbeak X X X X X X X
Blue Grosbeak X X X X X X X
Lazuli Bunting X X X X X X X
Indigo Bunting X X X X X X  
Painted Bunting              
Dickcissel   X   X X    
Bobolink X X          
Red-winged Blackbird X X X X X X X
Tricolored Blackbird X X X X X X X
Western Meadowlark X X X X X X X
Yellow-headed Blackbird X X X X X X X
Rusty Blackbird              
Brewer's Blackbird X X X X X X X
Common Grackle           X co. 1st  
Great-tailed Grackle X X X X X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird X X X X X X X
Orchard Oriole X X X X      
Hooded Oriole X X X X X X X
Baltimore Oriole              
Bullock's Oriole X X X X X X X
Scott's Oriole X     X X X X
Purple Finch X X X X X X X
Cassin's Finch              
House Finch X X X X X X X
Red Crossbill           X  
Pine Siskin X X X X X X  
Lesser Goldfinch X X X X X X X
Lawrence's Goldfinch X X X X X X X
American Goldfinch X X X X X X X
Evening Grosbeak              
House Sparrow X X X X X X X

Observers (in no apparent order):

Gavan Brown, Deb Villa MD, Maggie Smith, Mike Feighner, Tom Edell, Corrine Ardoin, Mike Stiles, Roger Zachary, Mark Brown, Karen Clarke, Brad Schram, Curtis Marantz, Bruce Webb, Jim and Karen Havlena, Jim Royer, Jamie Chavez, Dave Lawrence, Bill Bouton, Doug and Jason Stinson, Greg Smith, Regena Orr, Neil Clipperton, Dave Compton, Steve Schubert, Nick Todd, Wendy Thackery, Richard Rowlett, Dave Roark, Michael and Peggy Craig, Joe Seals, Steve Glover, Luanna Helfman, Miriam Eagle, Cher Hollingsworth and family, Mike McGee, Al Schmierer, Mary Adams, Travis Cooper, Mike Tyner, Paul and Lisa Andreano, Adonis Tate, Don Roberson, Cedric Villasenor, Rosemary Flamion, the group at Hi Mountain, the Cal Poly Ornithology class and Francis Villablanca, and m.ob.

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