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Local and Migrant Birds of the Refuge

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  • View Larger Image Ridgway's Light-footed Rail
  • View Larger Image American Avocets
  • View Larger Image Belding's Savannah Sparrow
  • View Larger Image Long-billed Curlew cries
  • View Larger Image Marbled Godwits in flight.
Local and Migrant Birds of the RefugeRThawk2018-10-28T21:22:50-07:00
Ruddy Duck
Ruddy Duck, Photo credit: Carolyn Vance
Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret, Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan
Pacific Golden Plovers
Pacific Golden Plovers, Photo credit: Jeff Bray

CA Least Tern, egg 15
CA Least Tern, egg 15, Photo Credit: Rick Nye
American Avocets
American Avocets, Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan
Loggerhead Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike, Photo credit: Carolyn Vance

Osprey on Refuge sign post
Osprey on post, Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan
Least Tern egg, 2017
First Least Tern eggs of 2017 season, Photo Credit: Rick Nye
Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican, Photo credit: Tim Anderson

Belding's Savannah Sparrow
Belding’s Savannah Sparrow, Photo credit: Leland R. Sisk
Nesting Killdeer
Nesting Killdeer, Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan
California Least Tern on nest 174
California Least Tern on nest 174, Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan

Osprey
Osprey, Photo credit: Leland R. Sisk
Eyes on the Colony, CA Least Tern chick on a beach walk
California Least Tern chick on a beach walk, Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan
Eyes on the Colony, CA Least tern, nesting
California Least tern, nesting, Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan

Bufflehead
Bufflehead, Photo credit: Leland R. Sisk
Western Tanager
Western Tanager, Photo credit: Tim Anderson
White-tailed Kite on fence
White-tailed Kite, Photo credit: Tim Anderson

Belted Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher, Photo credit: Tim Anderson
Marbled Godwits in flight.
Marbled Godwits in flight. Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan
Osprey overhead
Osprey overhead, Photo credit: Leland R. Sisk

Canadian Geese
Goose family, Photo credit: Rick Nye
Migrant Bird YHBB
Yellow-headed Blackbird, Photo credit: Rick Nye
Black-headed Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak, Photo credit: Tim Anderson

Belding's Savannah Sparrow
Belding’s Savannah Sparrow, Photo credit: Tim Anderson
Ridgway's Light-footed Rail
Ridgway’s Light-footed Rail, Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan
Banded Peregrine Falcon
Banded Peregrine Falcon, Photo credit: Carolyn Vance

Common Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat male, Photo credit: Tim Anderson
Black crowned Night Heron
Black crowned Night Heron, Photo credit: Tim Anderson
Red-Tailed Hawk, Photo credit: Leland R. Sisk
Red-Tailed Hawk, Photo credit: Leland R. Sisk

Burrowing Owl
Burrowing Owl, Photo credit: Tim Anderson
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron, Photo credit Leland R. Sisk
Red-winged Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird in flight, Photo credit: Leland R. Sisk

California Least Tern chick
California Least Tern chick, Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan
Western Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark, Photo credit: Leland R. Sisk
California Least Tern chick on the run.
California Least Tern chick on the run. Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan

California Least Tern
California Least Tern in flight. Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan
Ferruginous Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk, Photo credit: Jeff Bray
Nelson's Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow, Photo credit: Jeff Bray

Just hatched, California Least Tern chick
Just hatched, California Least Tern chick, Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan
Long-billed Curlew cries
Long-billed Curlew cries, Photo credit: Kirk Gilligan

Belding's Savannah Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Female Belted Kingfisher
Common Yellowthroat, male
Western Tanager

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