These are the birds that have been seen in the Blue Lake Springs Development Mostly Fly-in-Acres Lake and around Anna Lee Way and Nola Dr. (4000 feet in Arnold, Calaveras)
| Pied-billed Grebe | Downy Woodpecker | Cassin’s Vireo |
| Eared Grebe | Hairy Woodpecker | Hutton's Vireo |
| Great Blue Heron | White-headed Woodpecker | Warbling Vireo |
| Canada Goose | Northern Flicker | Orange-crowned Warbler |
| Wood Duck | Pileated Woodpecker | Nashville Warbler |
| Mallard | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Yellow Warbler |
| Ring-necked Duck | Western Wood-pewee | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Common Goldeneye | Willow Flycatcher | Black-throated Gray Warbler |
| Barrow’s Goldeneye | Hammond's Flycatcher | Townsend's Warbler |
| Bufflehead | Dusky Flycatcher | Hermit Warbler |
| Hooded Merganser | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | MacGillivray’s Warbler |
| Common Merganser | Black Phoebe | Wilson's Warbler |
| Turkey Vulture | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Western Tanager |
| Osprey | Western Kingbird | Black-headed Grosbeak |
| White-tailed Kite | Tree Swallow | Lazuli Bunting |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Violet-green Swallow | Spotted Towhee |
| Cooper's Hawk | Northern Rough-wing Swallow | California Towhee |
| Northern Goshawk | Swallow,Cliff | Chipping Sparrow |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Swallow,Barn | Savannah Sparrow |
| California Quail | Steller's Jay | Fox Sparrow |
| Mountain Quail | Western Scrub-jay | Song Sparrow |
| California Gull | Common Raven | Lincoln’s Sparrow |
| Virginia Rail | Mountain Chickadee | Golden-crowned Sparrow |
| Killdeer | Oak Titmouse | White-crowned Sparrow |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Bushtit | Dark-eyed Junco |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Mourning Dove | White-breasted Nuthatch | Western Meadowlark |
| Western Screech-owl | Brown Creeper | Yellow-headed Blackbird |
| Great Horned Owl | Bewick's Wren | Brewer's Blackbird |
| Northern Pygmy-owl | House Wren | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Common Nighthawk | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Bullock’s Oriole |
| White-throated Swift | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | House Finch |
| Anna's Hummingbird | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Purple Finch |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Western Bluebird | Cassin's Finch |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Townsend's Solitaire | Red Crossbill |
| Belted Kingfisher | Hermit Thrush | Pine Siskin |
| Acorn Woodpecker | American Robin | Lesser Goldfinch |
| Red-naped Sapsucker | Varied Thrush | Lawrence’s Goldfinch |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | Wrentit | American Goldfinch |
| Williamson's Sapsucker | Cedar Waxwing | Evening Grosbeak |
| Nuttall's Woodpecker | Loggerhead Shrike |
122 Species as of 7/3/02
This checklist is based on reported observations of many individual people.
Additional observations are very much appreciated.
This list was most recently updated by Penelope Bowen,
Formerly Calaveras County Coordinator for the
American Birding Association's "North American Birds"
Send comments and additions to the current County coordinator:
John Sterling
email: ani@cal.net
Blue Lake Springs area has been included in the annual Calaveras Christmas Bird Count.
For the results of that count go to the Calaveras
Christmas Bird Count Page
For a complete list of Calaveras county bird species
check the California County WEB
site.
For a list of birds in Calaveras Big Trees State Park that includes seasonal occurence:
The Calaveras Big Trees
State Park Bird List.
Index for Calaveras and Alpine County Birding