Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary Bird Checklist Arcata, Humboldt County, California (Updated Fall 2014)

The following list of 327 species was updated by Rob Fowler and David Fix in 2014 from the list they compiled in 2009. Data came from sightings entered in eBird; Stanley Harris's Northwest California Bird (2005, 1996, 1991); historical records in North American Birds magazine and its supporting unpublished Humboldt County summaries; the 2006 edition Arcata Marsh bird checklist (Elias Elias); the 1995 edition Arcata Marsh bird checklist (Kristina Van Wert); and personal communications with many birders. Formatting by Camden Bruner.

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Abbreviations: A - Abundant; occurs in large numbers C - Common; likely to be found U - Uncommon; occurs in small numbers, found with seearching R - Rare; expected in very small numbers, not likely to be found Ca - Casual; several records, possibly may occur regularly Ac - Accidental; 1-3 records, not reasonably expected to occur

Sp - Spring (Marsh - May) S - Summer (June to mid-July) F - Fall (mid-July through November)

W - Winter (December through February) Here

Waterfowl: Breeds

Spring Summer Fall Winter _____ Greater White-fronted Goose R R R _____ Emperor Goose Ac _____ Snow Goose Ca Ca Ca _____ Ross's Goose Ca Ca Ca _____ Brant U Ac U R _____ Cackling Goose A U C _____ Canada Goose C C C C yes _____ Tundra Swan Ca Ca _____ Wood Duck U U U U yes _____ Gadwall C C C C yes _____ Eurasian Wigeon R U R _____ American Wigeon U Ca A C ______Pelagic Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant Double-crested Brandt's Cormorant Grebe Clark's Western Grebe Eared Grebe Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Grebe Pied-billed Common Loon Loon Pacific Red-throated Loon Quail California Ruddy Duck Red-breasted Merganser Common Merganser Hooded Merganser Barrow's Goldeneye Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Duck Long-tailed Scoter Black Scoter White-winged Scoter Surf Lesser Scaup Scaup Greater DuckTufted Ring-necked Duck Redhead Canvasback Green-winged Teal Garganey Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Cinnamon Teal Teal Blue-winged Mallard Cormorants: Grebes: Grebes: Quail: Quail: Loons: Ca Ac Ca Ca Ca Ca Ca U U U U U U U A C C R R R C C C C R R C R C R R R C Spring Ca Ca Ac Ca Ca Ca Ac Ca Ca Ca U A R R R C C R R R Summer Ac Ac Ca Ca Ac Ca Ac U U U U U U U U A A C C R R R C R C R C R C R R R R C R Fall Ac Ac Ac Ca Ca Ac Ca Ac Ca U U U U U U U U A A C C R R R C C R C R C C R R R C Winter yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Breeds Here Here

Pelicans: Breeds

Spring Summer Fall Winter _____ American White Pelican Ac Ac Ac _____ Brown Pelican R C C R Herons, Bitterns & Allies: _____ American Bittern U U U U yes _____ Least Bittern Ac Ac _____ Great Blue Heron U U U U _____ Great Egret C C C C _____ Snowy Egret U U U U _____ Little Blue Heron Ac Ac _____ Cattle Egret Ac Ca Ca _____ Green Heron U R R Ca yes _____ Black-crowned Night-Heron C U A A yes Ibises: _____ White-faced Ibis R Ac Ac Ac Hawks, Kites, Eagles & Allies _____ Black Vulture Ac _____ Turkey Vulture C C C C _____ Osprey U U U R _____ White-tailed Kite U U U U yes _____ Northern Harrier U R U U _____ Sharp-shinned Hawk R U R _____ Cooper's Hawk R Ac U R _____ Bald Eagle U U U U _____ Red-shouldered Hawk U U U U _____ Swainson's Hawk Ac _____ Red-tailed Hawk U U U U _____ Ferruginous Hawk Ac _____ Rough-legged Hawk R R R Rails, Cranes & Allies: _____ Virginia Rail C U A A yes _____ Sora U Ca c U yes _____ Common Gallinule Ca Ca Ca Ca _____ American Coot C R A A yes _____ Sandhill Crane Ac Stlts & Avocets: _____ Black-necked Stilt Ca Ca Ca Ca yes _____ American Avocet C R C C Plovers: _____ Black-bellied Plover C U C C _____ American Golden-Plover Ac _____ Pacific Golden-Plover Ca R Ca ______Parasitic Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Pomarine Red Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Wilson's Phalarope Wilson's Snipe Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Short-billed Western Sandpiper Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Pectoral SandpiperBuff-breasted SandpiperLeast Stint Little Baird's Sandpiper Dunlin Sanderling Sandpiper Stilt SandpiperSharp-tailed Ruff Surfbird Red Knot Turnstone Black Ruddy Turnstone Godwit Marbled Godwit Bar-tailed Hudsonian Godwit Curlew Long-billed Whimbrel Lesser Yellowlegs Willet Common Greenshank Yellowlegs Greater Tattler Wandering Sandpiper Solitary Spotted Sandpiper Killdeer Plover Semipalmated Snowy Plover Sandpipers, Phalaropes & Allies: & Phalaropes Sandpipers, Jaegers: Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac U U U U U U U A A A A R C C R R R R C R R Spring Ca Ca Ca Ca Ca Ac Ac Ca Ca Ac U U U U U U U R R R Summer Ac Ac Ca Ac Ac Ca Ac Ac Ca Ac U U U U U U U A A A A C C R R R C R C C R R R R R Fall Ca Ac Ac Ca U U U R C C R R R R C R C R R Winter Breeds Here Here

Alcids: Breeds

Spring Summer Fall Winter _____ Cassin's Auklet Ac _____ Common Murre Ac Ac Gulls & Terns: _____ Black-legged Kittiwake Ac _____ Sabine's Gull Ca _____ Bonaparte's Gull R Ca U U _____ Black-headed Gull Ac Ac _____ Little Gull Ac Ac _____ Laughing Gull Ac Ac _____ Franklin's Gull Ac Ca _____ Heermann's Gull U C Ca _____ Mew Gull U C C _____ Ring-billed Gull U U C C _____ Western Gull U U U U yes _____ California Gull U U U U _____ Herring Gull Ca R R _____ Thayer's Gull Ca R R _____ Glaucous-winged Gull U R C C _____ Glaucous Gull Ca Ca Ca Ca _____ Least Tern Ac _____ Caspian Tern U U C Ca _____ Black Tern Ac Ac _____ White-winged Tern Ac Ac _____ Common Tern Ca Ac _____ Forster's Tern R U U _____ Elegant Tern Ca R Pigeons & Doves: _____ Rock Pigeon R R R R _____ Band-tailed Pigeon Ca Ca Ca _____ Eurasian Collared-Dove R R R R _____ White-winged Dove Ac _____ Mourning Dove R R R Cuckoos: _____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo Ac Threatened Species Owls: _____ Barn Owl U U U U _____ Western Screech-Owl Ac _____ Great Horned Owl Ca _____ Snowy Owl Ac _____ Northern Pygmy-Owl Ac Ac _____ Burrowing Owl Ac Ca Ca ______Ash-throated Flycatcher Dusky-capped Flycatcher Say's Phoebe Eastern Phoebe Phoebe Black Flycatcher Pacific-slope Dusky Flycatcher Flycatcher Gray Hammond's Flycatcher Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Willow Western Wood-Pewee Flycatcher Olive-sided Falcon Prairie Falcon Peregrine Merlin Kestrel American Crested Caracara Woodpecker Pileated Northern Flicker WoodpeckerHairy Downy Woodpecker Red-breasted Sapsucker WoodpeckerAcorn Belted Kingfisher Hummingbird Allen's Hummingbird Rufous Anna's Hummingbird Swift Vaux's Swift Black Common Nighthawk Northern Owl Saw-whet Short-eared Owl Owl Long-eared Caracaras & Falcons: & Caracaras Hummingbirds: Woodpeckers: Nighthawks: Kingfishers: Flycatchers: Swifts: Ac Ac Ca Ac Ca Ca U U U U U U U U U U C R R R C R Spring Ca Ca Ca Ac Ca Ac Ac Ac Ac U U R C C R R Summer Ca Ca Ca Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ca Ac Ac Ca Ac Ac U U U U U U U U U U C C R Fall Ca Ac Ac Ac Ac Ca Ca U U U U U U U C Winter yes yes yes Breeds Here ______Rock Wren Rock Brown Creeper Red-breasted Nuthatch Bushtit Chestnut-backed Chickadee ChickadeeMountain Black-capped Chickadee Swallow Cliff Barn Swallow Bank Swallow Swallow Violet-green Tree Swallow Martin Purple Northern Swallow Rough-winged Horned Lark Common Raven Crow American Jay Steller's Jay Gray Red-eyed Vireo Vireo Warbling Vireo Hutton's Cassin's Vireo Vireo Plumbeous Northern Shrike Shrike Loggerhead Eastern Kingbird Western Kingbird Kingbird Tropical Flycatcher Sulphur-bellied Crested Flycatcher Great Crows & Jays: & Crows Chickadees: Nuthatches: Creepers: Swallows: Bushtits: Shrikes: Wrens: Vireos: Larks: Larks: Ca Ac Ac Ca Ac Ca Ac U U U U A A A R R R C C R C C Spring Ac Ca Ac Ca Ca Ca Ca Ac U A C C C R C C Summer Ca Ca Ac Ca Ca Ac Ac Ac Ca Ca Ac Ca U U U U A C R R C R C R C C Fall Ca Ca Ca Ac Ac Ca Ca U R R C R C C Winter

yes yes yes yes yes yes Breeds Here ______MacGillivray's Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler Virginia's Warbler Nashville Warbler Orange-crowned Tennessee Warbler Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Black-and-white Northern Waterthrush Ovenbird Snow Bunting Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Lapland Cedar Waxwing Pipit American Wagtail Eastern Yellow European Starling Northern Mockingbird ThrasherSage Thrush Varied Robin American Thrush Hermit Swainson's Thrush Western Bluebird Wrentit Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Gnatcatcher Blue-gray Bewick's Wren Marsh Wren Wren Pacific Wren House Longspurs & Snow Buntings: Snow & Longspurs Mockingbirds & Thrashers: & Mockingbirds Wagtails & Pipits: Pipits: & Wagtails Sylviid Warblers: Sylviid Gnatcatchers: Waxwings: Warblers: Thrushes: Starlings: Kinglets: Ca Ac Ca Ca Ac U U U U A A C R R R R C R R Spring Ca Ac Ca Ac U A A R R R Summer Ca Ac Ca Ca Ac Ca Ac Ac Ca Ac Ac Ac Ac Ca Ac U U U U U U A A A R C R C R Fall Ac Ca Ac Ca Ac Ac Ca Ac Ac Ac Ca U U U U U A A C R R R R Winter yes yes yes yes yes Breeds Here ______Golden-crowned Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Lincoln's Song Sparrow Sparrow Fox Nelson's Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Sparrow Savannah Bunting Lark Sparrow Lark Vesper Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Sparrow Clay-colored Chipping Sparrow Tree Sparrow American Spotted Towhee Towhee Green-tailed Chat Yellow-breasted Wilson's Warbler Warbler Hermit Townsend's Warbler Warbler Gray Black-throated Warbler Prairie Yellow-rumped Warbler Warbler Palm Warbler Blue Black-throated Warbler Blackpoll Chestnut-sided Warbler Warbler Yellow Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Magnolia Northern Parula Redstart American Hooded Warbler Common Yellowthroat Kentucky Warbler Mourning Warbler Sparrows & Allies: & Sparrows Ac Ca Ac Ac Ac Ca Ac U U U U U C R C R C C C R C R R Spring Ac Ac Ca U U R R C R Summer Ac Ca Ac Ac Ac Ac Ca Ac Ac Ca Ac Ca Ac Ac Ca Ca Ac Ca Ac Ac U U U U U U A A A A A C C C C R C Fall Ca Ac Ca Ac Ac Ac Ac Ca Ca Ac U U U U U U A C R R C C C Winter yes yes yes yes yes Breeds Here ______House SparrowHouse Evening Grosbeak Goldfinch American Lesser Goldfinch Siskin Pine Common Redpoll Red Crossbill Greenfinch Oriental Finch Purple Finch House Brambling Oriole Baltimore Oriole Bullock's Hooded Oriole Orchard Oriole Brown-headed Cowbird Grackle Great-tailed Brewer's Blackbird Blackbird Rusty Yellow-headed Blackbird Western Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird Bobolink Dickcissel Bunting Painted Bunting Indigo Bunting Lazuli Grosbeak Blue Black-headed Grosbeak Rose-breasted Grosbeak Western Tanager Dark-eyed Junco Old World Sparrows: Sparrows: World Old Cardinals & Allies: & Cardinals Finches & Allies: & Finches Blackbirds: Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac U U U U U U U U U U U C C C C Spring Ac Ac Ca Ac Ca Ca Ac U U U C R C C C R C Summer Ca Ac Ac Ac Ca Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ca U U U U U U U U U A C C C R Fall Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ac Ca U U U U U A C C R C Winter yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Breeds Here