Trip : Class Field Trip Login
Las Gallinas Sewage Ponds, 54 Sightings
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Caracaras and Falcons
Merlin
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Plovers
Killdeer
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs
Dowitcher sp.
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Mew Gull
California Gull
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Swifts
White-throated Swift
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird
Starlings
European Starling
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Wood-Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Emberizids
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Northern Finches
House Finch
Trip Notes
We had a great time being sherpas to Bob Power's excellent class field trip at Las Gallinas. In addition to some great looks at raptors hunting we worked on ducks, shorebirds, and waders. Lots of fun!
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