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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, Ring-billed Gull, Western Gull in the area.

301
All-Time Species
39
Sightings (14 days)
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
May 18, 2026
2
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
May 18, 2026
2
Western GullLarus occidentalis
May 18, 2026
50
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
May 18, 2026
5
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
May 18, 2026
2
Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
May 18, 2026
150
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
May 18, 2026
7
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
May 18, 2026
1
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
May 18, 2026
1
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
May 18, 2026
68
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
May 18, 2026
2
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
May 18, 2026
2
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
May 18, 2026
2
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
May 18, 2026
1
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
May 17, 2026
1
GadwallMareca strepera
May 17, 2026
36
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
May 17, 2026
1
WilletTringa semipalmata
May 17, 2026
4
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
May 17, 2026
1
California GullLarus californicus
May 17, 2026
24
Green HeronButorides virescens
May 17, 2026
1
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
May 17, 2026
1
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
May 17, 2026
2
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
May 17, 2026
40
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
May 17, 2026
7
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
May 17, 2026
4
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
May 16, 2026
2
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
May 16, 2026
2
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
May 16, 2026
1
BrantBranta bernicla
May 13, 2026
1
SanderlingCalidris alba
May 13, 2026
35
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
May 13, 2026
7
Least TernSternula antillarum
May 13, 2026
16
Common TernSterna hirundo
May 13, 2026
11
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
May 12, 2026
1
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
May 12, 2026
1
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
May 12, 2026
1
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
May 12, 2026
1
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
May 12, 2026
3

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