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Species
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MTY status & distribution
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Documentation:
if photo, usually a thumbnail;
if specimen or details,
so indicated
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credits or comments
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Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
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Common coastal spring & fall migrant and winter visitor; a
few non-breeders remain to summer locally. A few inland during spring &
fall migration
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photo © Don Roberson
30 Jan 2004 Moss Landing
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American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
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Rare fall migrant and very rare spring migrant throughout
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photo © John Sorensen
21 Sep 1993 Carmel R. mouth
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Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
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Scarce fall migrant & rare spring migrant and winter visitor,
almost entirely along the coast or on coastal grasslands; very rare in
summer
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photo © Ronald L. Branson
12 Sep 1977 Pt. Pinos
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Mongolian Plover
Charadrius mongolus
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Very rare fall vagrant; 3 records through 2003 (all Aug-Sep)
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photo © Robert F. Tintle
14 Aug 1989 Moss Landing
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Snowy Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
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Breeds locally: nests on sandy beaches and Elkhorn Slough salt
flats when undisturbed. Numbers augmented in winter by visitors from interior
breeding populations; very rare inland.
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photo © Robert F. Tintle
12 Jan 1986 Carmel R. mouth
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Wilson's Plover
Charadrius wilsonia
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Exceptional vagrant; one record (Sep 1992-Jan 1993)
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photo © Don Roberson
15 Sep 1992 Moss Landing
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Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
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Fairly common spring & fall migrant along the coast and lower
Salinas Valley; uncommon winter visitor around Elkhorn Slough. Very rare
in summer
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photo © Robert F. Tintle
15 Aug 1987 Asilomar SB
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Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
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Breeds widely; common resident of coastal and inland water margins
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photo © Don Roberson
15 Aug 1981 Crespi Pond
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Mountain Plover
Charadrius montanus
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Scarce winter (Nov-Jan) visitor to southeastern MTY; fall vagrant
along the coast. Formerly more regular in Salinas Valley on dry short-grass
plains but all such habitat now gone
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photo © Don Roberson
3 Nov 1991 Moss Landing
near Moro Cojo Slough
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Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus bachmani
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Breeds widely; fairly common and conspicuous resident of rocky
coastal shores and offshore islets
See species
page for many more photos and details
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photo © Don Roberson
11 Jan 2004 Pebble Beach
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Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
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Breeds locally; fairly common resident around Elkhorn Slough and
lower Salinas Valley; numbers increased in winter by migrants from other
populations. Rare elsewhere in spring & fall migration
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photo © Don Roberson
May 1982 Moss Landing
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American Avocet
Recurvirstra americana
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Breeds locally; fairly common resident around Elkhorn Slough and
lower Salinas Valley; numbers increased in winter by migrants from other
populations. Rare elsewhere in spring & fall migration
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photo © Don Roberson
2 Feb 2004 Salinas wtp
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Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
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Fairly common and conspicuous spring & fall migrant; smaller
numbers winter on freshwater margins, and a few non-breeders may summer
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photo © Don Roberson
2 Feb 2004 Salinas wtp
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Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
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Uncommon spring & fall migrant (more in fall), preferring freshwater
margins; a very few winter regularly on Elkhorn Slough
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photo © Don Roberson
9 Aug 1981 Carmel R. mouth
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Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
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Rare spring & fall migrant but annual on freshwater margins;
very rare in winter
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photo © Bill Hill
3 Sep 2003 Carmel R. mouth
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Willet
Catoptrphorus semipalmatus
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Common spring & fall migrant and winter visitor along the coast
on both rocky shores and tidal mudflats, with some inland; a few non-breeders
summer along the coast
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photo © Don Roberson
1 Jan 1996 Elkhorn Slough ERR
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Wandering Tattler
Heteroscelus incanus
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Uncommon spring & fall migrant and winter visitor to rocky
coastal shores; rare in summer
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photo © John Sorensen
Dec 2003 Monterey
(Coast Guard jetty)
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Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
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Breeds locally: nests uncommonly along major rivers inland. Otherwise
an uncommon spring & fall migrant and winter visitor along the coast
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photo © Robert F. Tintle
May 1988 Asilomar SB
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Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
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Exceptional fall vagrant; one record (Aug-Sep 1988) is the only
record for California
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photo © Peter LaTourrette
7 Sep 1988 Carmel River SB
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Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
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Very rare fall vagrant; one record (Sep 1997)
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description only
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no photo in MTY
but
written description
on file with CBRC
[record accepted]
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Little Curlew
Numenius minutus
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Exceptional fall vagrant; one record (Sep 1994)
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photo © Don Roberson
7 Sep 1994 Carmel River SB
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Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
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Common spring & fall migrant and fairly common winter visitor
along the coast; scarce in summer
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photo © Don Roberson
11 Jan 2004 Pebble Beach
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Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
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Fairly common spring & fall migrant and winter visitor to Elkhorn
Slough and interior grasslands; scarce in summer; rare along the coast
elsewhere
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photo © Don Roberson
2 Jan 2004 Moss Landing
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Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
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Very rare fall vagrant; one record (Aug-Oct 1988)
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photo © W. Ed Harper
4 Sep 1988 Salinas R. mouth
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Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
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Very rare fall vagrant, two records through 2003 (both Sep)
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photo © Don Roberson
5 Sep 1994 Elkhorn Slough
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Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
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Common spring & fall migrant and winter visitor along the coast,
esp. at Elkhorn Slough; scarce in summer
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photo © John Sorensen
Oct 1993 Moss Landing
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Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
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Uncommon spring & fall migrant along the coast, rather scarce
in winter; rare in June
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photo © Don Roberson
23 Oct 1979 Pt. Pinos
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Black Turnstone
Arenaria melanocephala
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Common spring & fall migrant and winter visitor to rocky coastal
shores; very rare in June
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photo © Don Roberson
1 Nov 2003 Pacific Grove
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Surfbird
Aphriza virgata
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Uncommon spring & fall migrant along rocky shores; some winter
locally in small numbers
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photo © Stan Wulkowicz
14 Apr 2002 Moss Landing
(north jetty)
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Red Knot
Calidris canutus
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Uncommon spring & fall migrant on tidal mudflats; scarce in
winter on Elkhorn Slough, very rare in June
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photo © John Sorensen
July 2000 Carmel R. mouth
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Sanderling
Calidris alba
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Common spring & fall migrant and winter visitor along the coast,
especially on sandy beaches; rare in June
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photo © Don Roberson
8 Oct 1982 Pt. Pinos
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Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
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Rare but regular fall migrant to coastal freshwater margins; rare
in spring migration
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photo © Don Roberson
11 Sep 1985 Moonglow Dairy, Moss Landing
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Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
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Common spring & fall migrant throughout; common winter visitor
to tidal mudflats; rare in June
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photo © Don Roberson
9 Aug 1981 Carmel R. mouth
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Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
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Very rare fall vagrant: one record (July 2001)
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photo © John Sorensen
14 July 2001 Moss Landing
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Little Stint
Calidris minuta
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Very rare fall vagrant: one record (Sep 1985)
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photo © Don Roberson
17 Sep 1985 Moonglow Dairy,
Moss Landing
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Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
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Very rare fall vagrant; one record (Aug-Sep 1988)
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photo © Peter LaTourrette
29 Aug 1988 Salinas wtp
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Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
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Common spring & fall migrant throughout; common winter visitor
to tidal mudflats and freshwater margins; rare in June
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photo © Don Roberson
9 Aug 1981 Carmel R. mouth
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White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
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Very rare vagrant; one in spring (June 1978) and one in fall (Sep
1985)
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photo © Don Roberson
14 Sep 1985 Salinas wtp
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Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
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Uncommon fall migrant to coastal freshwater and estuarine edges;
very rare in spring migration
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photo © Don Roberson
4 Aug 1981 Salinas R. mouth
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Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
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Uncommon fall migrant to freshwater and estuarine edges; rare in
spring migration
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photo © Don Roberson
15 Sep 1981 Crespi Pond
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
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Very rare fall migrant to coastal freshwater edges
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photo © Don Roberson
22 Sep 1986 Moonglow Dairy,
Moss Landing
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Rock Sandpiper
Calidris ptilocnemis
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Very rare late fall or early spring migrant or winter visitor to
rocky coastal shores
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photo © Stan Wulkowicz
14 Apr 2003 north jetty, Moss Landing
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Dunlin
Calidris alpina
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Common spring & fall migrant throughout, common winter visitor
on tidal mudflats; rare in summer (June-August)
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photo © Robert F. Tintle
1 Dec 1991 Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach
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Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
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Very rare fall vagrant: two records through 2003 (Sep 1985, July
1987)
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photo © Don Roberson
5 Sep 1985 Salinas wtp
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Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
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Rare fall migrant to freshwater or estuarine margins; exceptional
in winter
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photo © John Sorensen
24 July 2004 Salinas wtp
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Tryngites subruficollis
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Very rare fall vagrant to coastal estuarine and freshwater margins
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photo © Don Roberson
30 Aug 1985 Carmel R. mouth
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Ruff
Philmachus pugnax
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Rare fall vagrant to coastal estuarine and freshwater margins,
or occasionally tidal mudflats; very rare in winter or spring but several
records of each
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photo © John Sorensen
22 Aug 2001 Carmel R. mouth
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Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
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Common spring & fall migrant along the coast with smaller numbers
inland; rather uncommon winter visitor to tidal mudflats on Elkhorn Slough;
rare in June
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photo © Don Roberson
17 Aug 1981 Crespi Pond
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Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
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Common spring & fall migrant throughout; common winter visitor
at Elkhorn Slough and sometimes elsewhere along the north coast or in the
Salinas Valley; very rare in summer (late May to mid-July)
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photo © Don Roberson
12 Oct 1982 Pt. Pinos
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Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
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Fairly common spring & fall migrant and winter vicinity to
marshy fields and grassy freshwater margins; rare in summer (mid-May to
mid-Aug)
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photo © Robert F. Tintle
Jan 1987 Pacific Grove
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Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
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Fairly common fall and uncommon spring migrant on freshwater ponds
or coastal estuaries; very rare in winter
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photo © Don Roberson
13 Aug 1981 Salinas R. mouth
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Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
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Common spring & fall migrant along the coast and offshore;
rare in winter or in summer (June)
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photo © Don Roberson
13 Aug 1981 Salinas R. mouth
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Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicaria
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Common spring & fall migrant offshore, and sometimes also along
the coast when winds push birds near-shore. Uncommon winter visitor, mostly
offshore, with numbers varying winter-to-winter; rare in summer (June)
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photo © Don Roberson
1 Nov 2003 Pacific Grove
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