We have only seen this bird 20 times since we started birding, so we think of it as rare.

2008 Jan 21, Bolinas Lagoon

2008 Jan 19, Cosumnes River Preserve

2007 Nov 24, Gray Lodge Wildlife Area

2007 Oct 27, Hayward Regional Shoreline

2007 Oct 21, Hayward Regional Shoreline

2007 Mar 10, Point Reyes National Seashore

2007 Jan 01, Starbucks Pond

2006 Nov 18, Hayward Regional Shoreline

2006 Nov 05, Hayward Regional Shoreline

2006 Jan 22, Palo Alto Duck Pond

2005 Jan 10, Point Reyes National Seashore

2004 Nov 27, Sacramento NWR

2004 May 15, Mount Hamilton

2004 Jan 24, Point Reyes National Seashore

2003 Mar 28, San Diego

2002 Apr 20, Malheur NWR

2002 Feb 26, Starbucks Pond

2002 Jan 27, Charleston Slough

2002 Jan 26, Las Gallinas Sewage Ponds

2002 Jan 05, Sunnyvale Baylands