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Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
These squirrels were introduced locally into both Northern and Southern California from the East. They are the largest of North America's squirrels and highly variable. Some gray morph individuals can be confused with native Western Gray Squirrels. However Fox Squirrels are much more likely to...- jmorlan
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- california fox squirrel sciurus niger usa
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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My Hermie
Hermit Thrush The hermit thrush is a medium-sized North American thrush. It is not very closely related to the other North American migrant species of Catharus, but rather to the Mexican russet nightingale-thrush. The specific name guttatus is Latin for "spotted".- KC Foggin
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- catharus guttatus hermit thrush myrtle beach sc usa
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- Category: North America
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American Avocet
This attractive species has been increasing and expanding its range in San Francisco Bay. These are in non-breeding plumage showing a gray wash on their head and neck. Note the sharply upturned bill tips. I believe the two birds on the bottom right are females, but the one above is a male with a...- jmorlan
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- american avocet california recurvirostra americana usa
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
This nervous, flitty species has been increasing and expanding its range in California in the last decades. Nevertheless, I rarely encounter these birds in the winter. I saw this one here last week and returned today hoping for better photos. This individual was singing so it is presumably a...- jmorlan
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- blue-gray gnatcatcher california polioptila caerulea usa
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America
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One of my Tufties
Tufted Titmouse The Tufted Titmouse is a small songbird from North America, a species in the tit and chickadee family. The black-crested titmouse, found from central and southern Texas southward, was included as a subspecies, but now is considered a separate species,- KC Foggin
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- baeolophus bicolor myrtle beach sc tufted titmouse usa
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- Category: North America
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Greater Scaup
This diving duck has increased markedly in the San Francisco Bay region at the expense of the formerly more common Lesser Scaup. Greater Scaup is the only circumpolar member of the Aythyini tribe. This is an adult male showing greenish face (varies with the light), rounded head and triangular...- jmorlan
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- aythya marila california greater scaup usa
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- Category: North America
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Baltimore Oriole
Female Baltimore Oriole dealing with the cold temps as the sun sets- KC Foggin
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- female baltimore oriole icterus galbula myrtle beach sc usa
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- Category: North America
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Tufted Duck
This is an immature male. Adult males are strikingly black and white, with a long head tassel, but immature males such as this have retained juvenile brown smudging on the flanks, breast and scapulars with only a rudimentary tuft. The broad black bill tip extending well beyond the nail is a...- jmorlan
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- aythya fuligula california tufted duck usa
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- Category: North America
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Greater Yellowlegs
The smudgy, relatively unstreaked breast and gray mantle indicate nonbreeding (Definitive Basic) plumage. However, we can see a few new black streaks showing up on the flanks and neck indicating the beginning of a change to breeding (alternate) plumage. This species prefers inhospitable...- jmorlan
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- california greater yellowlegs tringa melanoleuca usa
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- Category: North America
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Mallard x Mexican Duck (Anas platyrhynchos x diazi)
This odd duck caused some confusion at first, but the dust seems to have settled and the consensus is that this is a hybrid between Mallard and Mexican Duck. Mexican Duck has a rather tortured taxonomic history, formerly being classified as a separate species but then lumped with Mallard...- jmorlan
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- anas diazi anas platyrhynchos california hybrid mallard mexican duck usa
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- Category: North America
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Red-Tailed Hawk
In the backyard resting for awhile. Not in the tallest tree though where bald eagles set.- Ozprey1
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- buteo jamaicensis minnesota princeton red-tailed hawk usa
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America
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Blackburnian Warbler
This species is a very rare migrant in California mostly in the Fall with only occasional winter records. They normally winter in the mountains of northern South America. This immature female was discovered in this small hilltop park on 9 January. Note the gray rather than black eyeline combined...- jmorlan
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- blackburnian warbler california setophaga fusca usa
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- Category: North America
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So sleek and beautiful
Cedar Waxwing a medium-sized, sleek bird with a large head, short neck, and short, wide bill. Waxwings have a crest that often lies flat and droops over the back of the head. The wings are broad and pointed, like a starling's. The tail is fairly short and square-tipped.- KC Foggin
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- bombycilla cedrorum cedar waxwing myrtle beach sc usa
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- Category: North America
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Coyote (Canis latrans)
On the prowl, this is the race "C. l. ochropus," sometimes called the "California Valley Coyote." It is a more golden or ocher color, slightly darker and less gray than other races. It also averages slightly smaller. They remind me of African Jackals and are sometimes called the American...- jmorlan
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- california canis latrans coyote usa
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Another arrival
Dark-eyed Junco Also considered as New World sparrows. Adults generally have gray heads, necks, and breasts, gray or brown backs and wings, and a white belly, but show a confusing amount of variation in plumage details- KC Foggin
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- dark-eyed junco junco hyemalis myrtle beach sc usa
- Comments: 13
- Category: North America
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Blue-winged Teal
This is a male. Scarce but possibly increasing in the Far West, Phelps Slough is one of the more reliable places to see Blue-winged Teal in San Mateo County. Formerly included in the genus "Anas" but moved to "Spatula" to preserve monophyly of "Anas."- jmorlan
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- blue-winged teal california spatula discors usa
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- Category: North America
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Way, Way, Early
Great-crested Flycatcher I went back over my dates for this Flycatcher and the earliest I had one arrive was in the month of March. and it's not like it's warm down here but perhaps it was colder from where it originated from.- KC Foggin
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- great-crested flycatcher myiarchus crinitus myrtle beach sc usa
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- Category: North America
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Bald Eagle - Imm-2
Up against two adults in this feast.- Ozprey1
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- bald eagle (immature) haliaeetus leucocephalus minnesota princeton usa
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- Category: North America
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Willet
This common shorebird looks uniformly drab gray in non-breeding plumage until it spreads its wings offering a very different appearance. The Willet is a strictly North American breeding bird with two populations. This is the larger "Western Willet" (T. s. inornata) which breeds inland in the...- jmorlan
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- california tringa semipalmata usa willet
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Not so common around my yard
Common Yellowthroat- KC Foggin
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- common yellowthroat geothlypis trichas myrtle beach sc usa
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Long-billed Curlew
This is the largest North American shorebird. It is largely a grassland species breeding in the western plains and wintering primarily in Mexico. However it is not uncommon in the valleys and coasts of California in migration and in the winter. These birds are highly skilled at manipulating...- jmorlan
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- california long-billed curlew numenius americanus usa
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Eurasian and American Green-winged Teal
The bird on the left is the Eurasian form (rare here) while the bird on the right is the American version. These are adult males. The females are almost indistinguishable. Many authorities regard these as two different species because of strong genetic divergence, but the AOS and eBird still...- jmorlan
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- anas crecca california common teal green-winged teal usa
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Dark-eyed Junco
Formerly split under the name "Slate-colored Junco" this nominate race is an uncommon migrant and winter visitor to California. This one has been visiting our backyard off-and-on for the last week. It differs from the expected "Oregon Junco" group in lacking a defined dark hood and in lacking...- jmorlan
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- california dark-eyed junco junco hyemalis slate-colored usa
- Comments: 2
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