Yolo County California

order Anseriformes: ducks, geese & swans

Garganey (Spatula querquedula)

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)

Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)

order Pelecaniformes: pelicans, herons & ibis

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)

order Gruiformes: cranes & rails

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)

Sora (Porzana carolina)

order Charadriiformes: shorebirds

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

order Apodiformes: swifts & hummingbirds

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

order Accipitriformes: hawks, eagles & kites

White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)

Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)

order Strigiformes: owls

Barn Owl #02, Yolo County California - 27 September 2018

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

order Coraciiformes

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

order Piciformes: woodpeckers

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

order Falconiformes: falcons

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)

order Passeriformes: perching birds

Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Marsh Wren #02, Yolo County California April 2010

Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)

Sage Thrasher (Oroescoptes montanus)

Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)

Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

order Lagomorpha: rabbits, hares & pikas

Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)

order Carnivora: carnivorous mammals

North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)

American Mink (Neovision vision)

all photographs Copyright © Douglas Herr

last updated 14 September 2024

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