THE CREAGRUS
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all photos & text by Don Roberson
all photos taken in California
ROSEATE SPOONBILL Ajaia ajaja
SEEN BUT NOT YET PHOTOGRAPHED IN CALIFORNIA
The ROSEATE SPOONBILL is a rare vagrant in California occurring
mostly during unpredictable incursions like the 70 birds in 1973 and 28
individuals in 1977. Most occurrence are around the Salton Sea in summer
or fall. During invasion years a few many wander to the s. & c. California
coast.
My personal Roseate Spoonbill records:
9/14/73 Salton Sea north end RIV
6/12/77 Unit 1, Salton Sea NWR, south end Salton
Sea IMP 3 birds
9/19/77 Goleta SBA
See the family page for county abbreviations. All photos & text ©
2001 Don Roberson; all rights reserved.
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including, but not limited to, the California Bird Records Committee of
Western Field Ornithologists. However, blanket permission for use of descriptions
by North American Birds editors in their research is granted, and
serious researchers in general are granted permission to use the records
cited herein.
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