Big Green Day: Yolo County...1999

Friday, May 7, 2010

Yolo County...1999

Thanks to Steve Hampton for providing the first GREEN BIG DAY record. Here are the details:

This H-2-H (home to home) loop started at Steve's house in Davis on April 24, 1999. Steve and his team-mate Paul Kelly logged approximately 30 miles by bike to come up with an impressive 116 species!

Here's their list for the day:

Complete List of Species

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Gadwall Anas strepera
American Wigeon Anas americana
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Greater Scaup Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Sora Porzana carolina
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
American Coot Fulica americana
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
California Gull Larus californicus
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
Rock Dove Columba livia
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli
American Crow Corvus brachyrynchos
Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
American Pipit Anthus rubescens
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens
Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
California Towhee Pipilo crissalis
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus

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Green BIG Day Guidelines

Green Big Day Rules will generally conform to the ABA Recording Rules (as amended 1999) with the following clarifications: Count can start anytime after midnight and end anytime before midnight within a single 24 hour period. Once count has started competitors must refrain from using any motorized vehicle until counting has ended. Approved human-powered or natural methods include: walking, hiking, running, skiing, bicycle, kayak, sailboat, etc. Heard only birds are acceptable subject to confirmation by all members of the team. Competition to be by team of 2 or more, only species seen or heard by all members of the team may be counted. Single person records will be accepted and posted with the designation “single”. The responsible use of recorded calls is acceptable. No time is added for breaks. Records will be recorded for the following geographical areas: County, State and Country.

Records should be submitted in one of 3 categories within 2 classes.

Class I: CLEAN GREEN (CG)

This class requires that only non-motorized, human or natural (e.g. sail) powered methods be used for all portions of the record attempt, including travel from each participants home to the starting point of the count, during the count, and travel to each participants home from the count.

CG:H-2-H (Home Loop Route back to Home)

Count starts at the Home of one of the team members and ends at the same Home.

This method limits a team’s geographical reach to that area that can be traveled from and to home within 24 hours. Additional team members must travel to and from the starting home using only human-powered methods.

CG:A-2-A (Point A Loop Route back to Point A)

Count starts at one point (A) and ends at the same point (A).

This method allows teams to compete anywhere without the limitation of starting from a team member’s home. Because this category allows for a starting point other than from home it may allow for travel to species rich areas allowing for higher species counts. Travel to and from starting point must only be by human-powered methods e.g Cyclists from Sacramento, California intending to establish a Green Big Day record for San Diego County must use only bicycles to travel from their homes in Sacramento to San Diego, complete their Green Big Day on bicycles (or by foot, etc.), then must return home to Sacramento by bicycle.

CG:A-2-B (Point A to Point B)

Count starts at one point (A) and ends at a different point (B).

This method allows teams to compete anywhere without the limitation of starting from a team member’s home and will likely yield the highest species count as birders are not limited by having to loop back to the starting point. Because this category allows for a starting point other than from home it may allow for travel to species rich areas allowing for higher species counts. Travel to and from starting point and ending point must only be by human-powered methods (as above).

Class II: MODIFIED GREEN (MG)

This class allows the use of motorized methods for travel to and from the starting and finishing point of the count but not at any time during the count.

MG:H-2-H (Home Loop Route back to Home)

Count starts at the Home of one of the team members and ends at the same Home.

This method limits a team’s geographical reach to that area that can be traveled from and to home within 24 hours. Additional team members may travel to and from the starting home using any method, though low-impact, non-motorized methods are encouraged.

MG:A-2-A (Point A Loop Route back to Point A)

Count starts at one point (A) and ends at the same point (A).

This method allows teams to compete anywhere without the limitation of starting from a team member’s home or having to travel to start point and from end point by non-motorized means. Because this category allows for a starting point other than from home it may allow for travel to species rich areas allowing for higher species counts. Because this method starts and ends at the same point, no additional motorized travel is required to return to starting point. Participants may travel to and from the starting/ending point using any method, though low-impact, non-motorized methods are encouraged.

MG:A-2-B (Point A to Point B)

Count starts at one point (A) and ends at a different point (B).

This method allows teams to compete anywhere without the limitation of starting from a team member’s home or having to travel to start point and from end point by non-motorized means. Because this category allows for a starting point other than from home it may allow for travel to species rich areas allowing for higher species counts. Participants may travel to and from the starting/ending point using any method, though low-impact, non-motorized methods are encouraged. This method will likely yield the highest species count as birders are not limited by having to loop back to the starting point.

GREEN BIG DAY RECORD SUBMISSION

Please include the following information in a MS Word document:

Team Captain Name:
______________________________
Additional Team Members:
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Category (circle one)
H-2-H
A-2-A
A-2-B

Team Captains:
Address
______________________________
______________________________
Contact Phone/E-mail
______________________________

Region (choose one)
Country
______________________________
State/Province
______________________________
County
______________________________

Count Date
______________________________
Start Point, End Point
______________________________
Approximate Miles Traveled During Count
______________________________
Methods of Travel During Count
______________________________
Number of Species Seen or Heard by ALL Team Members
______________________________

Species List (attach on separate sheet)

Account of Big Day (on separate sheet. Any length, the more detailed the better)

Email submission to birdtours@altacal.org or fax to: 530-879-5614 atten: Scott H.

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MG:A-2-B.
125 SPECIES
LIAM HUBER
SCOTT HUBER
MAY 16, 2010
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Yolo County
CG:H-2-H.
116 SPECIES
STEVE HAMPTON
PAUL KELLY
APRIL 24, 1999
Yuba County

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