BUTTE COUNTY BIRD LIST
February, 2006

Am. Golden Plover - 3 records
American Redstart - 2 records
Baikal Teal - 1 record Gray Lodge
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 record
Bell's Vireo - historical
Black Rail - Rare
Black Turnstone
Black Vulture - Chico 1 record
Black-chinned Sparrow - Infrequent (breed?)
Blue Jay - 1 record in 1950
Brambling - 1 record in Chico 1986
Brant - Rare (a few each year)
Brown Thrasher - 1 record, wintered
Brown-crested Flycatcher - 1-2 record
Franklin's Gull - 4 records
Fulvous Whistling Duck - 15 + birds in 1962
Gray Catbird - 1 record
Jack Snipe - 1 in 1938
Lark Bunting - 1 record in 1981
Least Bittern - Infrequent (described as "weekly"?)
Lesser Nighthawk - Infrequent
Little Blue Heron - 4 records
Magnificent Frigatebird - Chico 1 record
McCown's Longspur - 2 records
Northern Parula - 2-3 records
Pacific Golden-Plover
Palm Warbler - 3 records
Plumbeous Vireo
Ruddy Turnstone - 2 Chico 1973 & 1976
Ruff - 2 records
Snowy Owl - 1 record in 1916
Summer Tanager - 2 records
Vermilion Flycatcher - 2 records
Whooper Swan - 1 or 2 records
Yellow Rail - 1 record in 1968