Location : Arrowhead Marsh Login
Location Notes
We have only visited Arrowhead Marsh 5 times.
Note to photographers: A great place to find rails at high tides in January, but subjects can be frustratingly far away.
97 Species
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
Loons
Common Loon
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Oystercatchers
Black Oystercatcher
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Forster's Tern
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Swifts
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays and Crows
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Bushtits
Bushtit
Wrens
Rock Wren
Marsh Wren
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird
Starlings
European Starling
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Wood-Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Emberizids
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Northern Finches
House Finch
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Location Photos
Location Map
5 Trips
2007 Oct 27, Wild Bird Center in Hayward
2007 Sep 23, MBB Overdrive Alameda Big Day 2007
2006 Nov 18, Wild Bird Center Field Trip
2006 Nov 16, Scouting Arrowhead
2005 Jan 11, High Tide Weekend 3