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Santa Clara River Estuary

Located in the California, USA area, Santa Clara River Estuary is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Mallard, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Marbled Godwit in the area.

303
All-Time Species
87
Sightings (14 days)
California
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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Aug 14, 2026
13
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Aug 14, 2026
12
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Aug 14, 2026
1
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
Aug 14, 2026
19
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Aug 14, 2026
15
WilletTringa semipalmata
Aug 14, 2026
3
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Aug 14, 2026
1
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Aug 14, 2026
2
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Aug 14, 2026
17
California GullLarus californicus
Aug 14, 2026
2
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Aug 14, 2026
1
Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
Aug 14, 2026
26
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Aug 14, 2026
3
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Aug 14, 2026
75
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Aug 14, 2026
1
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Aug 14, 2026
1
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Aug 14, 2026
1
Green HeronButorides virescens
Aug 14, 2026
1
Great EgretArdea alba
Aug 14, 2026
4
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Aug 14, 2026
3
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Aug 14, 2026
4
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Aug 14, 2026
2
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Aug 14, 2026
3
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Aug 14, 2026
1
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Aug 14, 2026
1
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Aug 14, 2026
2
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Aug 14, 2026
4
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Aug 14, 2026
15
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Aug 14, 2026
1
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Aug 14, 2026
1
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Aug 14, 2026
4
GadwallMareca strepera
Aug 12, 2026
4
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Aug 12, 2026
3
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
Aug 12, 2026
1
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Aug 12, 2026
1
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Aug 12, 2026
4
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus
Aug 12, 2026
6
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Aug 12, 2026
1
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Aug 12, 2026
7
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Aug 12, 2026
2
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
Aug 12, 2026
7
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Aug 12, 2026
2
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Aug 12, 2026
29
Least TernSternula antillarum
Aug 12, 2026
6
Black TernChlidonias niger
Aug 12, 2026
1
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
Aug 12, 2026
14
SanderlingCalidris alba
Aug 12, 2026
6
Common TernSterna hirundo
Aug 12, 2026
1
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Aug 12, 2026
1
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Aug 12, 2026
5
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Aug 12, 2026
1
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Aug 12, 2026
1
American CootFulica americana
Aug 12, 2026
1
Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
Aug 12, 2026
1
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Aug 12, 2026
1
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Aug 12, 2026
2
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Aug 12, 2026
2
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Aug 12, 2026
2
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Aug 12, 2026
1
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Aug 11, 2026
1
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Aug 11, 2026
1
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Aug 10, 2026
4
Common RavenCorvus corax
Aug 10, 2026
1
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
Aug 9, 2026
2
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Aug 9, 2026
1
Black-vented ShearwaterPuffinus opisthomelas
Aug 9, 2026
1
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Aug 9, 2026
2
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Aug 9, 2026
20
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Aug 8, 2026
1
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Aug 8, 2026
4
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Aug 8, 2026
1
Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin
Aug 8, 2026
1
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Aug 8, 2026
1
Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii
Aug 8, 2026
1
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Aug 8, 2026
1
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Aug 8, 2026
1
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Aug 8, 2026
1
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Aug 7, 2026
1
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Aug 7, 2026
1
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Aug 7, 2026
1
Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus
Aug 7, 2026
1
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Aug 7, 2026
1
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Aug 6, 2026
2
Wandering TattlerTringa incana
Aug 6, 2026
1
BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
Aug 5, 2026
1
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Aug 3, 2026
1
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Aug 3, 2026
1

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