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Bird Photos: Rarities

Here's a collection of photos of rarities for the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.

Click on the name of the bird to see the photos and some comments about the sighting.

Harlequin Duck Stockton Sewage Treatment Ponds, San Joaquin Co., CA, 11/22/05

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Coyote Point Marina, San Mateo, San Mateo Co., CA, 7/24/02

Glossy Ibis Alviso, Santa Clara Co., CA, 5/15/01

Buff-breasted Sandpiper Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes Nat'l Seashore, Marin Co., CA, 9/10/04

Ruff & Reeve Alviso, Santa Clara Co., CA, 9/26/03 and Newark, Alameda Co., CA, 1/20/01

Ruff (Reeve) Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes Nat'l Seashore, Marin Co., CA, 9/10/04

Kumlein's Iceland Gull Hidden Lake Park, Milpitas, Santa Clara Co., CA, 2/24/05

Greater Roadrunner Alviso Marina, Alviso, Santa Clara Co., CA, 9/11/04. Out of normal range.

Lewis's Woodpecker Skyline Blvd. at Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve, Santa Clara Co., CA, 10/17/03. Out of normal range.

Willamson's Sapsucker College of San Mateo, San Mateo Co., CA, 12/29/04. Out of normal range.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Hidden Villa, Los Altos, Santa Clara Co., CA, 3/11/05.

Cassin's Kingbird Panoche Valley, San Benito Co., 2/20/05

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Long Marine Lab, Santa Cruz CA, 12/10/02

Blue-headed Vireo Mendoza Ranch (B), Pt. Reyes Nat'l Seashore, Marin Co., CA, 10/2/04

Sedge Wren Half Moon Bay State Beach, Half Moon Bay, San Mateo Co., CA, 12/10/02

Chestnut-sided Warbler Mendoza Ranch (B), Pt. Reyes Nat'l Seashore, Marin Co., CA, 10/2/04

Prothonotary Warbler Colma Creek Mouth, South San Francisco, San Mateo Co., CA, 9/29/04

Canada Warbler Mendoza Ranch (B), Pt. Reyes Nat'l Seashore, Marin Co., CA, 10/2/04

Lark Bunting Bayfront Park, Menlo Park, San Mateo Co., CA, 10/7/04

Harris's Sparrow San Joaquin River NWR, Stanislaus Co., CA, 2/26/05

White-throated Sparrow Bayfront Park, Menlo Park, San Mateo Co., CA, 10/21/04

Snow Bunting Clifton Court Forebay, Byron, Contra Costa Co., CA, 3/5/04

 

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