Location Report: Charleston Slough
Santa Clara County, California (See also...)
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Location Notes
We visit Charleston Slough at least 5 times a year.
Our most visited and most productive site. Includes the adjacent Shoreline Lake.
Latest trip
Super sMeW Birdathon, Apr 20, 2008
First trip
From Field List 1, Feb 10, 1996
118 Species
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail
Ring-necked Pheasant
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills
White-faced Ibis
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs
Yellowlegs sp. NOT ABA COUNTABLE
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Dowitcher sp. NOT ABA COUNTABLE
Long-billed Dowitcher
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Typical Owls
Burrowing Owl
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Jays and Crows
American Crow
Common Raven
Swallows
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtits
Bushtit
Wrens
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
Audubon's Warbler NOT ABA COUNTABLE
Common Yellowthroat
Emberizids
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Northern Finches
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
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