Category: Birds
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Rhinoceros Auklet
SHOREBIRDS AND SEABIRDS OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COASTLINE The Rhinoceros Auklet is a distinctive seabird with a robust body, a thick, bright orange bill with a horn-like projection (the rhinoceros-like feature) above the eyes during the breeding season.
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Common Yellowthroat
COMMON VALLEY BIRDS – Species #62 The Common Yellowthroat is a small North American warbler known for its distinctive appearance.
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Orange-crowned Warbler
LEARN 100 COMMON VALLEY BIRDS The Orange-crowned Warbler is more readily encountered as a Fairly Common Winter Visitor, but is also an Uncommon Visitor in summer in the Central Valley.
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Warbling Vireo (SASK)
SASKATCHEWAN BIRDS – LAND OF LIVING SKIES Post #13 Warbling Vireos prefer deciduous and mixed woods, aspen groves, poplars, shade trees.
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Pacific Wren (SIERRA)
SIERRA NEVADA BIRDS – Post #17 The Pacific Wren is a Fairly Common Year-Round Resident of the Sierra Nevada in the Lower and Upper Montane biotic zones.
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Black Vulture
SE Arizona – Wings over Sky Islands Blog Post #4 With perhaps the greatest biological diversity in the entire US, many seasoned birders believe Southeast Arizona to be the top birding destination. Habitats range from the Desert Scrub at lower elevations to Riparian Oases and pine forests of the dramatic…
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Semipalmated Sandpiper (SASK)
SASKATCHEWAN BIRDS – LAND OF LIVING SKIES Post # 12 Semipalmated Sandpipers prefer open mudflats but can also be found in marshes and lake shores.
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Lucifer Hummingbird
SE ARIZONA – WINGS OVER SKY ISLANDS The Lucifer Hummingbird is a medium-sized (3–4 g) hummingbird with a relatively long, decurved bill.
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Pacific Loon
SHOREBIRDS AND SEABIRDS OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COASTLINE The Pacific Loon is found along the Western Coast of the United States during the fall and winter, and in Northern Canada and Alaska where they migrate for the breeding months of the spring and summer.
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