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ANSERIFORMES
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)<\/strong>
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant<\/a>
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose<\/a>
Mute Swan<\/a>
Trumpeter Swan<\/a>
Wood Duck<\/a>
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard<\/a>
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck<\/a>
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck<\/a>
Surf Scoter<\/a>
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow\u2019s Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GALLIFORMES
Odontophoridae (Quails)
<\/strong>California Quail<\/a>
Phasianidae (Grouse, Ptarmigans, and Pheasants)<\/strong>
Ruffed Grouse<\/a>
Sooty Grouse
White-tailed Ptarmigan<\/a>
Ring-necked Pheasant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBIFORMES
Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)<\/strong>
Rock Pigeon<\/a>
Band-tailed Pigeon<\/a>
Eurasian Collared-Dove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Caprimulgidae (Goatsuckers)<\/strong>
Common Nighthawk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

APODIFORMES
Apodidae (Swifts)<\/strong>
Black Swift<\/a>
Vaux\u2019s Swift<\/a>
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)<\/strong>
Anna\u2019s Hummingbird<\/a>
Rufous Hummingbird<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRUIFORMES
Rallidae (Rails and Coots)<\/strong>
Virginia Rail<\/a>
American Coot
Gruidae (Cranes)<\/strong>
Sandhill Crane<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHARADRIIFORMES
Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)<\/strong>
Black Oystercatcher<\/a>
Charadriidae (Plovers)<\/strong>
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer<\/a>
Semipalmated Plover
Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies)<\/strong>
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson\u2019s Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper<\/a>
Greater Yellowlegs
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Dunlin<\/a>
Least Sandpiper<\/a>
Western Sandpiper<\/a>
Stercorariidae (Jaegers)<\/strong>
Parasitic Jaeger<\/a>
Alcidae (Auks, Murres, and Allies)<\/strong>
Rhinoceros Auklet<\/a>
Marbled Murrelet<\/a>
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre<\/a>
Ancient Murrelet<\/a>
Laridae (Gulls and Terns)<\/strong>
Bonaparte\u2019s Gull<\/a>
Short-billed Gull (Mew)
American Herring Gull
California Gull<\/a>
Glaucous-winged Gull
Iceland Gull (Thayer’s)
Caspian Tern<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PODICIPEDIFORMES
Podicipedidae (Grebes)<\/strong>
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GAVIIFORMES
Gaviidae (Loons)<\/strong>
Pacific Loon<\/a>
Common Loon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROCELLARIIFORMES
Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)<\/strong>
Black-footed Albatross<\/a>
Hydrobatidae (Storm-Petrels)<\/strong>
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel<\/a>
Procellariidae (Fulmars and Shearwaters)<\/strong>
Northern Fulmar
Sooty Shearwater<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SULIFORMES
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)<\/strong>
Brandt’s Cormorant<\/a>
Pelagic Cormorant<\/a>
Double-crested Cormorant<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PELECANIFORMES
Ardeidae (Herons)<\/strong>
Great Blue Heron<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CATHARTIFORMES
Cathartidae (New World Vultures)
<\/strong>Turkey Vulture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACCIPITRIFORMES
Pandionidae (Ospreys)
<\/strong>Osprey<\/a>
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and Allies)
<\/strong>Golden Eagle<\/a>
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper\u2019s Hawk<\/a>
American Goshawk (Northern)<\/a>
Northern Harrier<\/a>
Bald Eagle<\/a>
Red-tailed Hawk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STRIGIFORMES
Tytonidae (Barn Owls)
<\/strong>American Barn Owl<\/a>
Strigidae (Typical Owls)
<\/strong>Western Screech-Owl<\/a>
<\/a>Snowy Owl<\/a>
Great Horned Owl<\/a>
Northern Pygmy-Owl<\/a>
Barred Owl<\/a>
Short-eared Owl<\/a>
Northern Saw-whet Owl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CORACIIFORMES
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
<\/strong>Belted Kingfisher<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PICIFORMES
Picidae (Woodpeckers)
<\/strong>Red-breasted Sapsucker<\/a>
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker<\/a>
Northern Flicker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FALCONIFORMES
Falconidae (Falcons)
<\/strong>American Kestrel<\/a>
Merlin<\/a>
Peregrine Falcon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PASSERIFORMES
Tyrannidae (Flycatchers)
<\/strong>Olive-sided Flycatcher<\/a>
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher<\/a>
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope)
Vireonidae (Vireos)
<\/strong>Hutton’s Vireo
Cassin’s Vireo
Western Warbling Vireo<\/a>
Laniidae (Shrikes)
<\/strong>Northern Shrike<\/a>
Corvidae (Jays, Crows, and Ravens)
<\/strong>Canada Jay<\/a>
Steller\u2019s Jay<\/a>
American Crow (Northwestern)<\/a>
Common Raven<\/a>
Paridae (Chickadees)
<\/strong>Black-capped Chickadee<\/a>
Chestnut-backed Chickadee<\/a>
Alaudidae (Larks)
<\/strong>Horned Lark<\/a>
Hirundinidae (Swallows)
<\/strong>Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow<\/a>
Purple Martin<\/a>
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow<\/a>
Cliff Swallow<\/a>
Aegithalidae (Bushtits)
<\/strong>Bushtit<\/a>
Regulidae (Kinglets)
<\/strong>Ruby-crowned Kinglet<\/a>
Golden-crowned Kinglet<\/a>
Sittidae (Nuthatches)
<\/strong>Red-breasted Nuthatch<\/a>
Certhiidae (Creepers)
<\/strong>Brown Creeper<\/a>
Troglodytidae (Wrens)
<\/strong>Northern House Wren
Pacific Wren<\/a>
Marsh Wren
Bewick\u2019s Wren<\/a>
Cinclidae (Dippers)
<\/strong>American Dipper<\/a>
Sturnidae (Starlings)
<\/strong>European Starling<\/a>
Turdidae (Thrushes)
<\/strong>Western Bluebird<\/a>
Townsend\u2019s Solitaire
Varied Thrush<\/a>
Swainson\u2019s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Bombycillidae (Waxwings)
<\/strong>Cedar Waxwing
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
<\/strong>House Sparrow
Motacillidae (Pipits)
<\/strong>American Pipit
Fringillidae (Finches and Allies)
<\/strong>Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill<\/a>
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Passerellidae (Sparrows, Juncos, and Towhees)
<\/strong>Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco<\/a>
White-crowned Sparrow<\/a>
Golden-crowned Sparrow<\/a>
Savannah Sparrow<\/a>
Song Sparrow<\/a>
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Spotted Towhee<\/a>
Icteridae (Blackbirds)
<\/strong>Western Meadowlark<\/a>
Bullock\u2019s Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird<\/a>
Brown-headed Cowbird<\/a>
Brewer\u2019s Blackbird
Parulidae (New World Warblers)
<\/strong>Orange-crowned Warbler<\/a>
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat<\/a>
Northern Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend\u2019s Warbler<\/a>
Wilson\u2019s Warbler
Cardinalidae (Tanagers and Cardinals)
<\/strong>Western Tanager<\/a>
Black-headed Grosbeak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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