California quail at Big Creek Reserve over Spring Break. See here.
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barn swallow at Big Creek Reserve over Spring Break. See here.
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First of 12 images of birds in my yard, April 8, 2022. See below for Bolsa Chica.
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non-native (from SE Asia) member of the waxbill family, known as the scaly-breasted munia (formerly known as a chestnut manikin)
see here
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The most common orioles in southern California are the Bullock's and hooded orioles.
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The red-crowned parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) is usually considered feral in several U.S. urban regions,
including southern California, but some have argued that it is possible that some North American populations are native.
Plus, its feral status is complicated because it is now considered an endangered species within its native range, where it has become rare because of agricultural and ranching modification of its habitat and the pet trade.
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northern mockingbird
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house finch
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Twelfth of 12 images of birds in my yard, April 8, 2022, a female Nuttall's woodpecker.
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Arrival at Bolsa Chica wetlands.
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An osprey that put on a show while we were still trying out our loaner binoculars.
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Even luckier to see a Ridgway's Rail as soon as we moved from the parking lot to the bridge.
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willet
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Tentatively elegant terns, not Caspian terns as first suspected. The latter is the largest tern species
in the world, and has a thicker reddish bill that does not curve slightly downward, and only a short fork in the tail. - see here. What do you think?
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We saw lots of ruddy ducks.
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The California horn snail (Cerithidea californica) belongs to the caenogastropod superfamily, Cerithioidea, whose
relationships to other caenogastropods (e.g., Littorinimorpha, Neogastropoda) is still uncertain.
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elegant terns
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reddish egret
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Aplysia californica (California sea hare)
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Aplysia vaccaria (black sea hare)
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Challenge: Compare and contrast a duck with a grebe. Suggestion: Look up each in Wikipedia or eBird, also noting the higher classification of each group. Which one is more closely related to flamingos? Are both considered waterfowl?
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Tentative: long-billed dowitcher. See here.
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