Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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American Avocet 7
Common Snipe 4
Herring Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 50
Red-shafted Flicker 1 Belded Kingfisher - 1-GZ, DB
Black Phoebe 1
Horned Lark 35
Common Crow 5
Water Pipit 75
Loggerhead Shrike ** 2
Starling 370
Audubon's Warbler 5
Western Meadowlaim 135
Red-winged Blackbird 450
Brewer's Blackbird 100
House Finch 35
Savannah Sparrow 115
White-crowned Sparrow 150
Golden-crowned Sparrow 5
Great Horned Owl 1
Tree Swallow ** 1
Los Banos refuge 1115-1450 p.c., very windy 10-25 mph S, warm
Eared Grebe 2
Western Grebe 3
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Great Blue Heron 9
Snowy Egret 81
Common Egret 7
Black-crowned Night Heron 1
American Bittern 4 - scarce - much of the wet areas seemed drained
White-faced Ibis ** 88
Canada Goose 2
Snow Goose 13
Ross' Goose 5 Fantastic close views, verifying our identification of a bird at Ano Nuevo in Jan - Snows have smooth pink bill bases, while Ross's show a dark sheath near base of bill. Ross' bill noticeably shorter, and less deep, but overall body size differs are not that striking even when they're swimming next to each other
Mallard 10
Gadwall 8
Pintail 175
Green-winged Teal 45
Cinnamon Teal 110
American Widgeon 5
Shoveler 230
Ruddy Duck 50
Turkey Vulture ** 2
White-tailed Kite 1
Red-tailed Hawk 21
Marsh Hawk 19