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California Vacation Day Two
September 13, 2003 
Moss landing, Elkhorn Slough, Watsonville

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Western Willet and Western Pygmy Blue
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Mark and Shirley - Our new Friend and personal Tour Guide 

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Red-necked Phalaropes 

~ Species Seen  in California  (9/13/2003) ~

Pied-billed Grebe   Podilymbus podiceps

Double-crested Cormorant  Phalacrocorax auritus

Pelagic Cormorant   Phalacrocorax pelagicus

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Brown Pelican  Pelecanus occidentalis

Canada Goose Branta canadensis

Mallard   Anas platyrhynchos

Northern Pintail   Anas acuta

Northern Shoveler  Anas clypeata

Snowy Egret   Egretta thula

Great Blue Heron   Ardea herodias

Green Heron   Butorides virescens

Black-crowned Night-Heron   Nycticorax nycticorax

American Bittern   Botaurus lentiginosus

White Ibis   Eudocimus albus

White-faced Ibis   Plegadis chihi

Turkey Vulture   Cathartes aura

White-tailed Kite   Elanus leucurus

Northern Harrier   Circus cyaneus

Red-shouldered Hawk   Buteo lineatus

Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis

American Kestrel   Falco sparverius

Peregrine Falcon   Falco peregrinus

American Coot   Fulica americana

Common Snipe   Gallinago gallinago

Marbled Godwit   Limosa fedoa

Whimbrel   Numenius phaeopus

Long-billed Curlew   Numenius americanus

Greater Yellowlegs   Tringa melanoleuca

Solitary Sandpiper   Tringa solitarian

Spotted Sandpiper   Tringa macularia

Willet   Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

Long-billed Dowitcher   Limnodromus scolopaceus

Sanderling   Calidris alba

Semipalmated Sandpiper   Calidris pusilla

Western Sandpiper   Calidris mauri

Least Sandpiper   Calidris minutilla

Pectoral Sandpiper   Calidris melanotos

Red-necked Phalarope   Phalaropus lobatus

Black-necked Stilt   Himantopus mexicanus

American Avocet   Recurvirostra americana

Black-bellied Plover   Pluvialis squatarola

Semipalmated Plover   Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer   Charadrius vociferus

Snowy Plover   Charadrius alexandrinus

Heermann's Gull   Larus heermanni

California Gull   Larus californicus

Western Gull   Larus occidentalis

Caspian Tern   Sterna caspia

Elegant Tern   Sterna elegans

Forster's Tern   Sterna forsteri

Rock Dove   Columba livia

Mourning Dove   Zenaida macroura

Anna's Hummingbird   Calypte anna

Belted Kingfisher   Ceryle alcyon

Acorn Woodpecker   Melanerpes formicivorus

Black Phoebe   Sayornis nigricans

Western Scrub-Jay   Aphelocoma californica

American Crow   Corvus brachyrhynchos

Northern Mockingbird   Mimus polyglottos

European Starling   Sturnus vulgaris

Marsh Wren   Cistothorus palustris

Bewick's Wren   Thryomanes bewickii

Barn Swallow   Hirundo rustica

Chestnut-backed Chickadee   Parus rufescens

Oak (Plain) Titmouse  Parus inornatus

House Sparrow   Passer domesticus

American Goldfinch   Carduelis tristis

House Finch   Carpodacus mexicanus

Orange-crowned Warbler  Vermivora celata

Yellow Warbler   Dendroica petechia

Common Yellowthroat   Geothlypis trichas

Wilson's Warbler   Wilsonia pusilla

Song Sparrow   Melospiza melodia

White-crowned Sparrow   Zonotrichia leucophrys

Golden-crowned Sparrow   Zonotrichia atricapilla

Savannah Sparrow   Passerculus sandwichensis

Spotted Towhee   Piplio maculatus

California Towhee   Pipilo crissalis

Red-winged Blackbird   Agelaius phoeniceus

Tricolored Blackbird   Agelaius tricolor

Great-tailed Grackle   Quiscalus mexicanus

Brewer's Blackbird   Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird   Molothrus ater

////---- STATISTICS ----/////

Species seen - 84

 

Elkhorn Slough Visitor Center
Nice Exhibit area!

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