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 [264 species found]

Arctic Tern  Sterna paradisaea

Ash-throated Flycatcher  Myiarchus cinerascens

Baird's Sandpiper  Calidris bairdii

Bald Eagle  Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Band-tailed Pigeon  Columba fasciata

Bank Swallow  Riparia riparia

Barn Owl  Tyto alba

Barn Swallow  Hirundo rustica

Barrow's Goldeneye  Bucephala islandica

Belted Kingfisher  Ceryle alcyon

Bewick's Wren  Thryomanes bewickii

Black Oystercatcher  Haematopus bachmani

Black Phoebe  Sayornis nigricans

Black Rail  Laterallus jamaicensis

Black Scoter  Melanitta nigra

Black Turnstone  Arenaria melanocephala

Black-bellied Plover  Pluvialis squatarola

Black-crowned Night-Heron  Nycticorax nycticorax

Black-footed Albatross  Phoebastria nigripes (Diomedea nigripes)

Black-headed Grosbeak  Pheucticus melanocephalus

Black-legged Kittiwake  Rissa tridactyla

Black-necked Stilt  Himantopus mexicanus

Black-throated Gray Warbler  Dendroica nigrescens

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  Polioptila caerulea

Blue-winged Teal  Anas discors

Bonaparte's Gull  Larus philadelphia

Brandt's Cormorant  Phalacrocorax penicillatus

Brant  Branta bernicla

Brewer's Blackbird  Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown Creeper  Certhia americana

Brown Pelican  Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown-headed Cowbird  Molothrus ater

Bufflehead  Bucephala albeola

Bullock's Oriole  Icterus bullockii

Burrowing Owl  Athene cunicularia

Bushtit  Psaltriparus minimus

Cackling Goose  Branta hutchinsii

California Gull  Larus californicus

California Quail  Callipepla californica

California Thrasher  Toxostoma redivivum

California Towhee  Pipilo crissalis

Canada Goose  Branta canadensis

Canvasback  Aythya valisineria

Caspian Tern  Hydroprogne caspia

Cassin's Auklet  Ptychoramphus aleuticus

Cassin's Vireo  Vireo cassinii

Cattle Egret  Bubulcus ibis

Cedar Waxwing  Bombycilla cedrorum

Chestnut-backed Chickadee  Poecile rufescens

Chipping Sparrow  Spizella passerina

Cinnamon Teal  Anas cyanoptera

Clapper Rail  Rallus longirostris

Clark's Grebe  Aechmophorus clarkii

Cliff Swallow  Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Common Goldeneye  Bucephala clangula

Common Loon  Gavia immer

Common Merganser  Mergus merganser

Common Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus

Common Murre  Uria aalge

Common Poorwill  Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Common Raven  Corvus corax

Common Tern  Sterna hirundo

Common Yellowthroat  Geothlypis trichas

Cooper's Hawk  Accipiter cooperii

Dark-eyed Junco  Junco hyemalis

Double-crested Cormorant  Phalacrocorax auritus

Downy Woodpecker  Picoides pubescens

Dunlin  Calidris alpina

Eared Grebe  Podiceps nigricollis

Elegant Tern  Sterna elegans

Eurasian Wigeon  Anas penelope

European Starling  Sturnus vulgaris

Ferruginous Hawk  Buteo regalis

Forster's Tern  Sterna forsteri

Fox Sparrow  Passerella iliaca

Gadwall  Anas strepera

Glaucous Gull  Larus hyperboreus

Glaucous-winged Gull  Larus glaucescens

Golden Eagle  Aquila chrysaetos

Golden-crowned Kinglet  Regulus satrapa

Golden-crowned Sparrow  Zonotrichia atricapilla

Grasshopper Sparrow  Ammodramus savannarum

Great Blue Heron  Ardea herodias

Great Egret  Ardea alba

Great Horned Owl  Bubo virginianus

Greater Scaup  Aythya marila

Greater White-fronted Goose  Anser albifrons

Greater Yellowlegs  Tringa melanoleuca

Green Heron  Butorides virescens

Green-winged Teal  Anas crecca

Hairy Woodpecker  Picoides villosus

Harlequin Duck  Histrionicus histrionicus

Heermann's Gull  Larus heermanni

Hermit Thrush  Catharus guttatus

Hermit Warbler  Dendroica occidentalis

Herring Gull  Larus argentatus

Hooded Merganser  Lophodytes cucullatus

Hooded Oriole  Icterus cucullatus

Horned Grebe  Podiceps auritus

Horned Lark  Eremophila alpestris

House Finch  Carpodacus mexicanus

House Sparrow  Passer domesticus

House Wren  Troglodytes aedon

Hutton's Vireo  Vireo huttoni

Killdeer  Charadrius vociferus

Lark Sparrow  Chondestes grammacus

Lawrence's Goldfinch  Carduelis lawrencei

Lazuli Bunting  Passerina amoena

Leach's Storm-Petrel  Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Least Sandpiper  Calidris minutilla

Lesser Goldfinch  Carduelis psaltria

Lesser Scaup  Aythya affinis

Lesser Yellowlegs  Tringa flavipes

Lewis's Woodpecker  Melanerpes lewis

Lincoln's Sparrow  Melospiza lincolnii

Loggerhead Shrike  Lanius ludovicianus

Long-billed Curlew  Numenius americanus

Long-billed Dowitcher  Limnodromus scolopaceus

Long-eared Owl  Asio otus

Long-tailed Duck  Clangula hyemalis

MacGillivray's Warbler  Oporornis tolmiei

Mallard  Anas platyrhynchos

Marbled Godwit  Limosa fedoa

Marbled Murrelet  Brachyramphus marmoratus

Marsh Wren  Cistothorus palustris

Merlin  Falco columbarius

Mew Gull  Larus canus

Mourning Dove  Zenaida macroura

Nashville Warbler  Vermivora ruficapilla

Northern Flicker  Colaptes auratus

Northern Fulmar  Fulmarus glacialis

Northern Harrier  Circus cyaneus

Northern Mockingbird  Mimus polyglottos

Northern Pintail  Anas acuta

Northern Pygmy-Owl  Glaucidium gnoma

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Northern Saw-whet Owl  Aegolius acadicus

Northern Shoveler  Anas clypeata

Nuttall's Woodpecker  Picoides nuttallii

Oak Titmouse  Baeolophus inornatus (Parus inornatus)

Olive-sided Flycatcher  Contopus cooperi

Orange-crowned Warbler  Vermivora celata

Osprey  Pandion haliaetus

Pacific Loon  Gavia pacifica

Pacific-slope Flycatcher  Empidonax difficilis

Parasitic Jaeger  Stercorarius parasiticus

Pectoral Sandpiper  Calidris melanotos

Peregrine Falcon  Falco peregrinus

Pied-billed Grebe  Podilymbus podiceps

Pigeon Guillemot  Cepphus columba

Pileated Woodpecker  Dryocopus pileatus

Pine Siskin  Carduelis pinus

Pink-footed Shearwater  Puffinus creatopus

Pomarine Jaeger  Stercorarius pomarinus

Prairie Falcon  Falco mexicanus

Purple Finch  Carpodacus purpureus

Pygmy Nuthatch  Sitta pygmaea

Red Crossbill  Loxia curvirostra

Red Knot  Calidris canutus

Red Phalarope  Phalaropus fulicarius

Red-breasted Merganser  Mergus serrator

Red-breasted Nuthatch  Sitta canadensis

Red-breasted Sapsucker  Sphyrapicus ruber

Red-necked Grebe  Podiceps grisegena

Red-necked Phalarope  Phalaropus lobatus

Red-shouldered Hawk  Buteo lineatus

Red-tailed Hawk  Buteo jamaicensis

Red-throated Loon  Gavia stellata

Red-winged Blackbird  Agelaius phoeniceus

Redhead  Aythya americana

Rhinoceros Auklet  Cerorhinca monocerata

Ring-billed Gull  Larus delawarensis

Ring-necked Duck  Aythya collaris

Ring-necked Pheasant  Phasianus colchicus

Rock Pigeon  Columba livia

Rock Wren  Salpinctes obsoletus

Rough-legged Hawk  Buteo lagopus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  Regulus calendula

Ruddy Duck  Oxyura jamaicensis

Ruddy Turnstone  Arenaria interpres

Rufous Hummingbird  Selasphorus rufus

Rufous-crowned Sparrow  Aimophila ruficeps

Sabine's Gull  Xema sabini

Sanderling  Calidris alba

Savannah Sparrow  Passerculus sandwichensis

Say's Phoebe  Sayornis saya

Semipalmated Plover  Charadrius semipalmatus

Semipalmated Sandpiper  Calidris pusilla

Sharp-shinned Hawk  Accipiter striatus

Short-billed Dowitcher  Limnodromus griseus

Short-eared Owl  Asio flammeus

Short-tailed Shearwater  Puffinus tenuirostris

Snow Goose  Chen caerulescens

Snowy Egret  Egretta thula

Snowy Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus

Solitary Sandpiper  Tringa solitaria

Song Sparrow  Melospiza melodia

Sooty Shearwater  Puffinus griseus

Sora  Porzana carolina

Spotted Owl  Strix occidentalis

Spotted Sandpiper  Actitis macularius

Spotted Towhee  Pipilo maculatus

Steller's Jay  Cyanocitta stelleri

Surf Scoter  Melanitta perspicillata

Surfbird  Aphriza virgata

Swainson's Hawk  Buteo swainsoni

Swainson's Thrush  Catharus ustulatus

Swamp Sparrow  Melospiza georgiana

Thayer's Gull  Larus thayeri

Townsend's Warbler  Dendroica townsendi

Tree Swallow  Tachycineta bicolor

Tricolored Blackbird  Agelaius tricolor

Tufted Puffin  Fratercula cirrhata

Turkey Vulture  Cathartes aura

Varied Thrush  Ixoreus naevius

Vaux's Swift  Chaetura vauxi

Violet-green Swallow  Tachycineta thalassina

Virginia Rail  Rallus limicola

Wandering Tattler  Tringa incana

Warbling Vireo  Vireo gilvus

Western Bluebird  Sialia mexicana

Western Grebe  Aechmophorus occidentalis

Western Gull  Larus occidentalis

Western Kingbird  Tyrannus verticalis

Western Meadowlark  Sturnella neglecta

Western Sandpiper  Calidris mauri

Western Screech-Owl  Otus kennicottii

Western Scrub-Jay  Aphelocoma californica

Western Tanager  Piranga ludoviciana

Western Wood-Pewee  Contopus sordidulus

Whimbrel  Numenius phaeopus

White-breasted Nuthatch  Sitta carolinensis

White-crowned Sparrow  Zonotrichia leucophrys

White-tailed Kite  Elanus leucurus

White-throated Sparrow  Zonotrichia albicollis

White-throated Swift  Aeronautes saxatalis

White-winged Scoter  Melanitta fusca

Wild Turkey  Meleagris gallopavo

Willet  Tringa semipalmata

Willow Flycatcher  Empidonax traillii

Wilson's Phalarope  Phalaropus tricolor

Wilson's Snipe  Gallinago delicata

Wilson's Warbler  Wilsonia pusilla

Winter Wren  Troglodytes troglodytes

Wood Duck  Aix sponsa

Wrentit  Chamaea fasciata

Yellow Warbler  Dendroica petechia

Yellow-breasted Chat  Icteria virens

Yellow-rumped Warbler  Dendroica coronata