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Stalked Hairy Fairy Cup (Lachnum virgineum)Observer
reinerDescription
Heart-Shaped Lachnum virgineum
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Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)Observer
reinerDescription
Fortunately there was a convenient arrow pointing out the bird otherwise I would never have seen it! :)
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Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)Observer
naturealiDescription
Coso Junction Rest Area, Inyo County, California
27 October 2015
ebird checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25570106
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Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)Observer
joakospamerwildlifeDescription
Southern lapwing 2nd record in North America, 1st record in Texas. Seen in the late evening resting on grass in golf course, then feeding, preening & stretching. It was attacked by a Scissor-tailed flycatcher and Northern mockingbird before flying off to a pond.
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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)Observer
kalamurphykingDescription
Diva
There is always one.
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California Ringlet (Coenonympha california ssp. california)Observer
yubabirder
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Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)Observer
jtcouncilDescription
Video Media: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Hh8UomMFSgLgeTMh9
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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)Observer
pinawaptDescription
Male Common Merganser (foreground) and female Red-breasted Merganser (background).
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Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)Observer
trickmanDescription
P00[1023:1023] TT[463] E[187:0010]G[008:0x06] IR[F] LV[236:-10]
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)Observer
trickmanDescription
2102:011015:90F:0000:B16 :5E[161:0030]G[008:0x0006
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)Observer
trickmanDescription
1525:042621:46F:2463:B24 646:4E[196:0006]G[008:0x0006
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Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)Observer
eclark55Description
This beautiful male was with his mate casually browsing the ground. They were along the Round Lake Trail in Lakes Basin Recreation Area. My first!!
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Common Loon (Gavia immer)Observer
jakescottDescription
This is a bad scan of a print of a picture that I took in the Allagash. Luckily the date was on the back of the print.
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Lesser Scaup × Ring-necked Duck (Aythya affinis × collaris)Observer
donnaduganDescription
maybe hybrid? Head seemed more green and sides more white as in Greater Scaup, Bill seems to favor Lesser Scaup or Ring-necked. Missing spur on shoulder that seems to always be present in ring-necked ducks.
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Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)Observer
ianibisDescription
Rare bird for the central valley of California. Seen along with a Yellow-billed Magpie, and a European Starling. This remains one of my most glorious sightings nearly two years later! Such a good bird!
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American Wigeon (Mareca americana)Observer
wikiphotographerDescription
A flock of American wigeons (Mareca americana) in flight at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex south of Chico, Butte County, California, on December 24, 2023
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Colima Warbler (Leiothlypis crissalis)Observer
jdmantheyDescription
Male singing on territory. Captured and banded (with appropriate permits). Later recaptured chasing a different male Leiothlypis (either virginiae or a hybrid) into the net.
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Northern Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis ssp. principalis)Observer
thepigeongirl
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Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)Observer
oliverdrescherDescription
right one
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Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)Observer
jennysweattDescription
https://youtu.be/4SKnDW0t47E
Video of 2 loons. One held it's head up (I thought it was a cormorant at first because of the head tilt). The 2nd loon had a lot of white and smaller bill. Sorry for blurry long distance video, 55 seconds long
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Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)Observer
greglasleyDescription
Terek Sandpiper
Carmel River mouth
Monterey Co., California
2 Sep 1988
This was the first (and remains the only) California record of this old world species. It was seen by hundreds of people at the time and was very well publicized. I bet virtually every birdwatcher in California in 1988 saw this bird. The main photo shows it in some beach debris, while the 2nd photo shows the bird on the beach with a Willet in the background. The Terek is about the size of a Solitary Sandpiper.
There are occasional records of this species in Alaska, and on the Aleutians it is probably annual, but mainland U.S. records are very rare.
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Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)Observer
serpophagaDescription
Accepted California Bird Records Committee record (CBRC 2019-119).
https://www.californiabirds.org/queryDatabase.asp?partial=on&species=spotted+redshank
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Surfbird × Great Knot Hybrid (Calidris virgata × tenuirostris)Observer
finaticDescription
San Diego County, California, US
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Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)Observer
kentrossDescription
Dance after mating.
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Common Loon (Gavia immer)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
White Rock, BC, Canada
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Thayer's Gull (Larus glaucoides ssp. thayeri)Observer
twr61Description
The slightly smaller brown gull in the center of the first photo, with relatively small bill
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Common Loon (Gavia immer)Observer
spyingnaturalistDescription
Hero of the day: this Monterey City works employee who rescued this Common Loon from a downtown street.
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Flammulated Owl (Psiloscops flammeolus)Observer
dgomez04Description
Near Cuchara, Colorado
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White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)Observer
pst207176gearDescription
Found on the ground under an overpass where these birds live in holes on the bottom of the freeway.
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White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)Observer
aggie_wildliferDescription
Found clinging to the bank of a private Lake "shivering"
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Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)Observer
twillrichardsonDescription
Great scope looks from the Camp Rich pier, but just too far for the DSLR. 2nd Tahoe record behind Dave Quady's 2006 birds
