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County Statistics  
Current county list: 319 
Top county lister: 304 (Todd Easterla 95%) 
Top Big Year: 267 in 1998 (Todd Easterla)
Top Big Day: 180 on 30 April 2008 (Bruce Webb, Todd Easterla, Tanner Easterla) 
"Best Bird": Kentucky Warbler (15-16 Nov 2002 Granite Bay) 
Contenders: Yellow-billed Loon (13 Feb 1988 Lake Tahoe), winter Black-throated Blue Warbler (12 Dec 1978-15 May 1979 Auburn) 
Compiler for North American Birds: Ed Pandolfino
5530 Delrose Court
Carmichael, CA 95608
erpfromca@aol.com
Statistics last updated 5/08; see "explanations of county statistics" for details. Thank you to Todd Easterla, Bruce Webb, Ed Pandolfino, and Jim Booker for supplying some of the information here.

Bird Clubs
Sierra Foothills Audubon Society, Grass Valley
Central Valley Bird Club

Birding Sites
Birding Hotspots of Placer County - Bruce Webb
Brewer Road
Folsom Lake
Beals Point
Mosquito Ridge Road
Lake Tahoe Region
Placer County State Parks
Placer County Parks and Beaches
Stevens Trail
Tahoe National Forest
El Dorado National Forest

Other Birding Resources
Central Valley Bird Box - Transcripts
Placer County Checklist (tables version with seasonal abundance)
Placer County Checklist (non tables version)
Birds and Birding in the Sierra-Nevada - Email list
Endangered Species

Please send corrections, additions or updates to Joe Morlan: jmorlan@ccsf.org
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