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County Notes
We have only visited this county 7 times since we started birding, so we think of it as rare.
161 Species
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-Tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail
Wild Turkey
New World Quail
California Quail
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Albatrosses
Black-footed Albatross
Shearwaters and Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Pink-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Cormorants
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Oystercatchers
Black Oystercatcher
Stilts and Avocets
American Avocet
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Sanderling
Dunlin
Dowitcher sp. NOT ABA COUNTABLE
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Red Phalarope
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Swifts
Vaux's Swift
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Western Wood-Pewee
Black Phoebe
Vireos
Hutton's Vireo
Jays and Crows
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven
Swallows
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtits
Bushtit
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Creepers
Brown Creeper
Wrens
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Babblers
Wrentit
Starlings
European Starling
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Wood-Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Emberizids
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Northern Finches
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
7 Trips
2001 Jun 16, Lost Coast 1
2001 Jun 17, Lost Coast 2
2002 Jun 29, Post Ashland
2002 Oct 10, Humboldt Surf and Turf 1
2002 Oct 11, Humboldt Surf and Turf 2
2002 Oct 12, California Fall Challenge
2002 Oct 13, Humboldt Surf and Turf 4
County Photos
County Map
Arcata Marsh
Azelea State Reserve
Fairhaven
Rural Areas of Humboldt County
Patrick's Point State Park
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Redwood Creek Horse Trail
Trinidad Harbor
Trinidad State Beach