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VFO Records

Ventura County Big Year
David Pereksta 
2001, 333 species

Ventura County Big Day
Onik Arian, David Pereksta, John Tiffany, Walter Wehtje
19 April, 2002
173 species

VFO'ers.......
   Their Ventura County list, best self found 
   Ventura County birds, & favorite Ventura
   County birding locations.

Onik Arian
County List: 358
Best Self Found Birds:
   Northern Pygmy-Owl
   Red-throated Pipit (Oxnard Plain)	
   Painted Redstart (Big Sycamore Canyon)
   Prothonotary Warbler 
Favorite VC Birding Locations:
   Pt Mugu (Naval Base, "The Rock" & Lagoon)
   Lockwood Valley-Mutah Flats
   Canada Larga
   Oxnard Plain

Don DesJardin
County List: 403
Best Self Found Birds:
   Mongolian Plover (Near Pt Mugu)
   Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (SCRE)
   Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Near Pt Mugu)
   Yellow-throated Vireo (Big Sycamore Canyon)
Favorite VC Birding Locations:
   Pt Mugu ("The Rock" & Lagoon)
   Santa Clara River Estuary (SCRE)
   Oxnard Plain
   Lockwood Valley-Mutah Flats

David Pereksta
County List: 375
Best Self Found Birds:
   Yellow-billed Loon (Pt Mugu, "The Rock") 
   Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Olivas Adobe)
   Broad-winged Hawk (Laguna Road,Oxnard Plain)
   Blue-headed Vireo (Laguna Road,Oxnard Plain)
Favorite VC Birding Locations:
   Pt Mugu (Naval Base, "The Rock", & Lagoon)
   Big Sycamore Canyon
   Santa Clara River Estuary (SCRE)

Brad Sillasen
County List: 322
Best Self Found Birds:
   Red-necked Stint (SCRE)
   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Near Pt Mugu)
   Gray-headed Junco (Soule Park, Ojai)
   Zone-tailed Hawk (Upper Ojai)
Favorite VC Birding Locations:
   Soule Park, Ojai - Fall
   Sisar Canyon - Spring
   Santa Clara River Estuary
   Lake Casitas

John Tiffany
County List: 361
Best Self Found Birds:
   Yellow-billed Loon (Rincon Point)
   Greater Pewee (Saticy Spreading Grounds)
   Lark Bunting (Oxnard Plain)
   Sage Thrasher (near Saticoy)
Favorite VC Birding Locations:
   Rincon Creek at Bates Road
   Pt Mugu (Naval Base, "The Rock", & Lagoon)
   Lockwood Valley-Mutah Flats
   Santa Clara River Estuary (SCRE)

Steve Tucker
County List: 355
Best Self Found Birds:
   Grace's Warbler (Etting Road, Oxnard Plain)
   Yellow-green Vireo
   Manx Shearwater (Pelagic trip off Ventura)
   Tufted Duck (Saticoy Spreading Grounds)
Favorite VC Birding Locations:
   Lockwood Valley-Mutah Flats
   Oxnard Plain
   Pt Mugu (Naval Base, "The Rock" & Lagoon)
   Santa Clara River Estuary (SCRE)

Walter Wehtje
County List: 396
Best Self Found Birds:
   Sooty Tern (SCRE)
   Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (McGrath State Beach)
   Light-footed Clapper Rail (McGrath Lake)
   Canada Warbler (Huneme Road, Oxnard Plain)
Favorite VC Birding Locations:
   Pine Mountain-Reyes Peak
   Pt Mugu Naval Base
   Big Sycamore Canyon 
   San Nicolas Island

Ventura County Birding Links
   These sites can be a great source of information 
   if you are planning to visit Ventura County 
   for a "Birding Experience".

Bird Clubs
   Conejo Valley Audubon
   http://rsakamoto.home.mindspring.com/index.html

   Ventura Audubon
   http://www.venturaaudubon.org

Bird Finding & Location Guides
   Central Coast Birding Trail, Ventura County
   http://lpas.westhost.com/CCBT/Ventura.htm

   Point Mugu "The Rock" Seawatching
   http://www.badbirdz.com/awatchPointMugu.htm

Record Keeping and Reporting Bird Sightings
   Here in Ventura County we pride ourselves in record 
   keeping that could provide valueable data on avian
   occurrence and population trends for future researchers
   and birders. Any information is better than no
   information at all. You can report things like, out of range
   migrants, unusal concentrations of a particular species, or 
   any other unusual sightings to our compiler for American
   Birds.
   
   Compiler for American Birds
   Walter Wehtje
   wehtje@west.net