Location : Arcata Marsh Login
Location Notes
We have only visited Arcata Marsh 3 times.
an amazing artificial marsh created by the City of Arcata to process its sewage.
76 Species
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
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
Ruddy Duck
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Caracaras and Falcons
Peregrine Falcon
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Stilts and Avocets
American Avocet
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Dunlin
Dowitcher sp. NOT ABA COUNTABLE
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Western Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Swifts
Vaux's Swift
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe
Swallows
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Wrens
Marsh Wren
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Starlings
European Starling
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Emberizids
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Northern Finches
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Location Photos
Location Map
3 Trips
2002 Oct 11, Humboldt Surf and Turf 2
2002 Oct 10, Humboldt Surf and Turf 1
2001 Jun 16, Lost Coast 1