Appendix 3 Photographs in Species Accounts Fulvous Whistling-Duck: Captives at Sea World (A. Mercieca). Pied-billed Grebe: Winter-plumaged bird at Mission Bay Greater White-fronted Goose: Fall migrants at sod farm in the (A. Mercieca). Tijuana River valley, 2002 (A. Mercieca). Horned Grebe: Winter-plumaged bird at San Diego Bay Snow Goose: Wintering flock at the south end of the Salton (A. Mercieca). Sea, Imperial Co. (A. Mercieca). Eared Grebe: Winter-plumaged bird at Mission Bay Ross’s Goose: On San Diego Bay shore at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Western Grebe: Pair at Sweetwater Reservoir (A. Mercieca). Brant: On San Diego Bay shore at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). Clark’s Grebe: At Sweetwater Reservoir (A. Mercieca). Canada Goose: Captive at Sea World (A. Mercieca). Laysan Albatross: In eastern tropical Pacific (P. Unitt). Tundra Swan: Captive at Sea World (A. Mercieca). Black-footed Albatross: Near San Clemente Island Wood Duck: Male at Santee Lakes (A. Mercieca). (R. E. Webster). Gadwall: Male at El Cajon (A. Mercieca). Northern Fulmar: Captive at Sea World (K.W. Fink). Eurasian Wigeon: Captive male at Sea World (K. W. Fink). Pink-footed Shearwater: Near San Clemente Island American Wigeon: Male at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). (B. L. Sullivan). Mallard: Female with ducklings at Santee Lakes (A. Mercieca). Flesh-footed Shearwater: Off Fort Bragg, Mendocino Co., Blue-winged Teal: Male at Famosa Slough (A. Mercieca). 17 August 2002 (B. L. Sullivan). Cinnamon Teal: Pair at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Buller’s Shearwater: On ocean off California (R. E. Webster). Northern Shoveler: Male at Santee Lakes (A. Mercieca). Short-tailed Shearwater: On ocean off San Diego Northern Pintail: Male at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). (R. E. Webster). Green-winged Teal: Male at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Black-vented Shearwater: On ocean off La Jolla, January 2002 Canvasback: Male at San Diego Zoo (A. Mercieca). (B. L. Sullivan). Redhead: Male at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Black Storm-Petrel: Flock on ocean off San Diego Ring-necked Duck: Male at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). (M. B. Stowe). Tufted Duck: Male at Miramar Lake, 1992 (A. Mercieca). Masked Booby: Subadult at La Jolla, January 2002 Greater Scaup: Male in Alaska (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Lesser Scaup: Male at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Brown Booby: Subadult at Shelter Island 17 November 1997 King Eider: Adult male at Imperial Beach, December 1982 (A. Mercieca). (M. B. Stowe). American White Pelican: Flock soaring over Salton Sea, Harlequin Duck: Male at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Imperial Co. (A. Mercieca). Surf Scoter: Male in San Diego Bay at Chula Vista Brown Pelican: Adult at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Brandt’s Cormorant: Adult at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). White-winged Scoter: Captive female at Sea World Double-crested Cormorant: Adult at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Pelagic Cormorant: Adult at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). Black Scoter: Female at Salton Sea, Imperial County Magnificent Frigatebird: Immature over south San Diego Bay (K. Z. Kurland). (A. Mercieca). Long-tailed Duck: Immature at south San Diego Bay American Bittern: Bird held in captivity for rehabilitation at (A. Mercieca). Sea World (A. Mercieca). Bufflehead: Male at San Diego Zoo (A. Mercieca). Least Bittern: Adult male at Wild Animal Park, 24 July 2004 Common Goldeneye: Captive female at Sea World (D. Furseth). (A. Mercieca). Great Blue Heron: Pair at nest at Point Loma submarine base Barrow’s Goldeneye: Captive female at Sea World (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Great Egret: At Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Hooded Merganser: Pair at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Snowy Egret: At Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Common Merganser: Captive female at Sea World Little Blue Heron: Adult at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Tricolored Heron: At Chula Vista Nature Center (A. Mercieca). Red-breasted Merganser: Female or immature in Tijuana River Reddish Egret: At Salton Sea, Imperial Co. (K. Z. Kurland). estuary (A. Mercieca). Cattle Egret: Adult at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Ruddy Duck: At San Diego Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca) Green Heron: Adult at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Ring-necked Pheasant: Captive male at San Diego Zoo Black-crowned Night-Heron: Adult retaining some immature (A. Mercieca). plumage at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Wild Turkey: Captive male at Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: Adult at Sea World, 3 April (A. Mercieca). 1979 (A. Mercieca). Mountain Quail: Adult at Idyllwild, Riverside County, April White Ibis: Immature in Florida (A. Mercieca). 2002 (J. C. Daynes) White-faced Ibis: Immature at Whelan Lake, December 2002 California Quail: Male at Lakeside (A. Mercieca). (J. C. Daynes). Gambel’s Quail: Male near Tucson, Arizona (A. Mercieca). Roseate Spoonbill: Immature in Imperial Co. (K. Z. Kurland). Red-throated Loon: Winter-plumaged bird at Mission Bay Wood Stork: Adult at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Turkey Vulture: Adult at Ramona (A. Mercieca). Pacific Loon: Winter-plumaged bird at Mission Bay California Condor: Captive pair at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Common Loon: Winter-plumaged bird at San Diego Bay Osprey: Over Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). 618 Appendix 3: Photographs in Species Accounts White-tailed Kite: Adult and nestlings in Texas (A. Mercieca). Upland Sandpiper: Immature in the Tijuana River valley, Mississippi Kite: Adult in Colorado (A. Mercieca). October 1999 (J. W. Schlotte). Bald Eagle: Captive adult at San Diego Zoo (A. Mercieca). Whimbrel: At La Jolla (A. Mercieca). Northern Harrier: Adult female and nestlings in Saskatchewan Long-billed Curlew: At Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Bar-tailed Godwit: Immature at Coronado, November 1981 Sharp-shinned Hawk: Immature at Chula Vista (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Cooper’s Hawk: Adult at Poway, October 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Marbled Godwit: At San Diego Bay (A. Mercieca). Northern Goshawk: Falconer’s bird in captivity (A. Mercieca). Ruddy Turnstone: Fall migrants at south San Diego Bay, July Harris’s Hawk: Recently fledged juvenile at Boulevard, 12 July 2003 (J. C. Daynes). 2000 (A. Mercieca). Black Turnstone: In winter plumage at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). Red-shouldered Hawk: Adult in San Diego (A. Mercieca). Surfbird: In winter plumage at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Broad-winged Hawk: Adult in Costa Rica (A. Mercieca). Red Knot: In winter plumage at south San Diego Bay Swainson’s Hawk: Light-morph adult in Arizona (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Zone-tailed Hawk: Adult at Oak Hill Cemetery, Escondido Sanderling: In winter plumage at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Semipalmated Sandpiper: Juvenile at Mono Lake Red-tailed Hawk: Adult female at nest, Indian Gorge, Anza– (R. E. Webster). Borrego Desert State Park (A. Mercieca). Western Sandpiper: Juvenile on San Diego Bay at Chula Vista Ferruginous Hawk: Injured adult held in captivity for (A. Mercieca). rehabilitation (A. Mercieca). Least Sandpiper: In winter plumage at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). Rough-legged Hawk: At Lower Klamath National Wildlife Baird’s Sandpiper: Juvenile at Bosque del Apache, New Mexico, Refuge, Oregon, December 2002 (J. C. Daynes). September 2003 (J. C. Daynes). Golden Eagle: Adult and nestlings near Jacumba (A. Mercieca). Pectoral Sandpiper: Juvenile at San Clemente Island, 22 American Kestrel: Male at Lee Vining, Mono Co. September 2002 (B. L. Sullivan). (A. Mercieca). Dunlin: In winter plumage on San Diego Bay at Chula Vista Merlin: Falconer’s bird in captivity (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Peregrine Falcon: Adult at Point Loma (A. Mercieca). Stilt Sandpiper: In winter plumage at the Salton Sea, Imperial Prairie Falcon: Pair at nest in Anza–Borrego Desert State Park Co. (K. Z. Kurland). (A. Mercieca). Buff-breasted Sandpiper: Juvenile at sod farm, Tijuana River Yellow Rail: Female found moribund in Santee 16 December Valley, September 2002 (A. Mercieca). 1998, now SDNHM 50186 (J. Melli). Ruff: Adult in winter plumage on San Diego Bay at Chula Vista Black Rail: Bird found in Imperial Valley, held for (A. Mercieca). rehabilitation in San Diego, later released back in Imperial Short-billed Dowitcher: Juvenile at Mission Bay (A. Mercieca). Valley (A. Mercieca). Long-billed Dowitcher: Juvenile at San Clemente Island Clapper Rail: Adult in Tijuana River estuary (A. Mercieca). (B. L. Sullivan). Virginia Rail: Adult at San Elijo Lagoon (A. Mercieca). Wilson’s Snipe: In Tijuana River valley (A. Mercieca). Sora: Adult in Tijuana River estuary (A. Mercieca). Wilson’s Phalarope: Female in breeding plumage at Bear River, Common Gallinule: Adult at Wild Animal Park (A. Mercieca). Utah (A. Mercieca). American Coot: Adult and chick at Santee Lakes (A. Red-necked Phalarope: Pair at Churchill, Manitoba Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Sandhill Crane: At Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Red Phalarope: In winter plumage at south San Diego Bay Refuge, New Mexico (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Black-bellied Plover: Molting adult at La Jolla (A. Mercieca). South Polar Skua: In Antarctica (J. R. Jehl, Jr.) American Golden-Plover: Migrant in coastal Texas Pomarine Jaeger: Adult in Alaska (K. W. Fink). (A. Mercieca). Parasitic Jaeger: Adult in Alaska (K. W. Fink). Pacific Golden-Plover: Adult in Hawaii (A. Mercieca). Long-tailed Jaeger: Over Pacific Ocean off Ventura Snowy Plover: Incubating adult at Border Field State Park (R. E. Webster). (A. Mercieca). Laughing Gull: Captive in winter plumage at San Diego Zoo Wilson’s Plover: Adult in coastal Texas (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Semipalmated Plover: Adult in Alaska (A. Mercieca). Franklin’s Gull: Adult in nonbreeding plumage in Montana Killdeer: Incubating adult at Proctor Valley (A. Mercieca). (A. Mercieca). Mountain Plover: In Imperial Valley, Imperial Co. Little Gull: Immature in captivity at Sea World, after having (K. Z. Kurland). been captured in fishing line at Oceanside, 27 December American Oystercatcher: Pair in Baja California (K. W. Fink). 1981 (K. W. Fink). Black Oystercatcher: At La Jolla (A.