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Native and Naturalized (135)

  1. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  2. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  3. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  4. Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  5. Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  6. Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  7. Willet Tringa semipalmata
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  8. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  9. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  10. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
    # Count: 350
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  11. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
    # Count: 200
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  12. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  13. Western Gull Larus occidentalis
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  14. California Gull Larus californicus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  15. Least Tern Sternula antillarum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  16. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  17. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  18. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  19. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  20. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  21. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  22. Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  23. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  24. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  25. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Easterla
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  26. Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  27. Surfbird Calidris virgata
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  28. Common Murre Uria aalge
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  29. Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  30. Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  31. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  32. White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  33. Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  34. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  35. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  36. King Eider Somateria spectabilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eric Ongman
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  37. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Eric Ongman
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  38. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eric Ongman
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  39. Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eric Ongman
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  40. Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eric Ongman
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  41. Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Eric Ongman
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  42. Purple Martin Progne subis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eric Ongman
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  43. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Eric Ongman
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  44. Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Eric Ongman
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  45. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Larry Siemens
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  46. Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Larry Siemens
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  47. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Larry Siemens
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  48. Common Raven Corvus corax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Larry Siemens
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  49. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Larry Siemens
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  50. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  51. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  52. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  53. Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  54. Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  55. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  56. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  57. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  58. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  59. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Lin 'Caspian' Stern
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  60. Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lin 'Caspian' Stern
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  61. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lin 'Caspian' Stern
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  62. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lin 'Caspian' Stern
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  63. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lin 'Caspian' Stern
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  64. Brant Branta bernicla
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Max Benningfield
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  65. Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Max Benningfield
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  66. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Zach Weinstein
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  67. Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Zach Weinstein
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  68. Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michele Swartout
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  69. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Michele Swartout
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  70. Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Max Brodie
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  71. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Max Brodie
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  72. Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Connor Cochrane
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  73. Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Connor Cochrane
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  74. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Connor Cochrane
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  75. Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Leah Alcyon
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  76. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Leah Alcyon
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  77. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Alexandra Lamb
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  78. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Alexandra Lamb
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  79. Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nora Papian
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  80. Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nora Papian
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  81. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nora Papian
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  82. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nora Papian
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  83. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nora Papian
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  84. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Cindy Bertsch
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  85. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Corey Leamy
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  86. Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Reya Coats
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  87. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Reya Coats
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  88. American Wigeon Mareca americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Reya Coats
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  89. White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Reya Coats
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  90. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Reya Coats
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  91. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Reya Coats
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  92. Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Reya Coats
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  93. Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Reya Coats
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  94. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Reya Coats
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  95. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Reya Coats
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  96. Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bill McIver
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  97. Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bill McIver
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  98. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Hannah Cox
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  99. Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hannah Cox
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  100. Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Hannah Cox
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  101. American Coot Fulica americana
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Hannah Cox
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  102. Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Hannah Cox
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  103. Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Hannah Cox
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  104. Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Bill McIver
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  105. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Amy Duerfeldt
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  106. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Amy Duerfeldt
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  107. Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Quartieri
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  108. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Burton
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  109. Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Burton
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  110. Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Burton
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  111. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Burton
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  112. Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Burton
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  113. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Burton
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  114. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Max Brodie
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  115. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Max Brodie
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  116. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Max Brodie
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  117. Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Max Brodie
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  118. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Max Brodie
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  119. Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Max Brodie
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  120. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Kirk Swenson
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  121. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kirk Swenson
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  122. Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kirk Swenson
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  123. Dunlin Calidris alpina
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Kirk Swenson
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  124. Merlin Falco columbarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kirk Swenson
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  125. Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: jeff allen
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  126. Gadwall Mareca strepera
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Max Benningfield
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  127. Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Max Benningfield
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  128. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Max Benningfield
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  129. Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Max Benningfield
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  130. Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Owen Sinkus
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  131. Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Rob Fowler
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  132. Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Kaia Colestock
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  133. Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kaia Colestock
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  134. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kaia Colestock
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  135. Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Pittman
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit

Hybrids (1)

  1. Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) Larus occidentalis x glaucescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit

Additional Taxa (9)

  1. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  2. Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris mauri/pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  3. Larus sp. Larus sp.
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Aidan Brubaker
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  4. hummingbird sp. Trochilidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Max Brodie
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  5. Greater/Lesser Scaup Aythya marila/affinis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Alexandra Lamb
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  6. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Max Brodie
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  7. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: jeff allen
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  8. Eurasian/American Wigeon Mareca penelope/americana
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Max Benningfield
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit
  9. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Leah Alcyon
    Location: Humboldt Bay--South Spit