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Birds

American Avocet Recurvirostra americana | Bahia | January
American Coot – Fulica americana | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | November
American Wigeon – Mareca americana | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | December
Brewer’s Blackbird – Euphagus cyanocephalus | Las Gallinas Wildlife Pond | January
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus | Las Gallinas Valley Birding Loop | May
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans | Las Gallinas Valley Birding Loop | June
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra | Muddy Hollow | June
Dowitchers – Genus Limnodromus | Corte Madera | March
Great Egret Ardea alba | Bon Tempe | March
Great Egret Ardea alba | Larkspur Landing | January
Snowy Egret – Egretta thula | Corte Madera | March
Snowy Egret – Egretta thula | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds| December
House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus | Lucas Valley | January
Gadwall Mareca strepera (hen) | Las Gallinas Valley Wildlife Ponds | January
Canada Goose Branta canadensis | Corte Madera | March
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | March
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus | Bahia | January
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
Red-tailed Hawk – Buteo jamaicensis | Terra Linda | February
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias | Abbotts Lagoon | May
Juvenile Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias | Bel Marin Keys | June
Anna’s Hummingbird – Calypte anna | Marin Headlands | February
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
White-tailed Kite – Elanus leucurus | Las Gallinas Birding Loop | January
Mallards | Larkspur | January
Male Mallard | Las Gallinas Valley Wildlife Ponds | December
Female Mallard | Las Gallinas Valley Wildlife Ponds | December
Common Merganser Mergus merganser | Bel Marin Keys | April
Hooded Mergansers | Lake Lagunitas | March
Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata | Lucas Valley | April
Least Sandpiper  – Calidris minutilas | Las Gallinas Wildlife Pond | January
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
Pine Siskin Spinus pinus | Lucas Valley | February
Wilson’s Snipe – Gallinago delicata | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus | Corte Madera | March
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus |Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus |Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
Savannah Sparrow | Muddy Hollow Loop, Pt. Reyes | May
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia | Green Gulch GGNRA | April
Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla | Lucas Valley | January
White-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia leucophrys | Tomales Point | November
Mute Swan – Cygnus olor | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January (non-native)
Mute Swan – Cygnus olor | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | May (non-native)
Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | December
Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
Green-winged Teal – Anas crecca | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
Green-winged Teal – Anas crecca | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
Green-winged Teal – Anas crecca (female) | Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds | January
Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus | Lucas Valley | November
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Wilson’s Warbler Cardellina pusilla | GGNRA | April
Yellow-rumped Warbler – Setophaga coronata | Las Gallinas Birding Loop | January
Female Acorn Woodpecker | Lake Lagunitas | March
Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens -|Lucas Valley | December
Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens | Lucas Valley | December
Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens | Lucas Valley | December
Nuttall’s Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii -|Bahia/Rush Creek | December

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Bluet (Genus Enallagma) – Narrow-winged Damselfly (Family Coenagrionidae) | Green Gulch Trail | April
Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturate) – Lucas Valley – June
Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturate) | Nicasio | June
Grappletail (Octogomphus specularis) | Blackstone Canyon | May
Cardinal Meadowhawk (Sympetrum illotum) | GGNRA | April