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Birds of the Elfin Forest
| Species | Habitat | Peak Period |
| Loons | ||
| Red-throated Loon | b | Nov-Apr |
| Pacific Loon | b | Apr-May Nov-Dec |
| Common Loon | b | Nov-Apr |
| Grebes | ||
| Horned Grebe | bu | Nov-Mar |
| Eared Grebe | bmu | Oct-Apr |
| Pied-billed Grebe | bmu | Sep-Apr |
| Western Grebe | b | Oct-Apr |
| Clark's Grebe | b | Oct-Apr |
| Pelicans | ||
| American White Pelican | bu | Sep-Mar |
| Brown Pelican | b | Mar-Nov |
| Cormorants | ||
| Brandt's Cormorant | b | All Year |
| Pelagic Cormorant | b | All Year |
| Double-crested Cormorant | b | All Year |
| Wading Birds | ||
| American Bittern | m | U |
| Great Blue Heron | mu | All Year |
| Great Egret | mu | Sep-Apr |
| Snowy Egret | mu | Sep-Apr |
| Tricolored Heron | Rare | |
| Cattle Egret | Rare | Sep-May |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | mu | All Year |
| Geese | ||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Rare | Oct-Apr |
| Snow Goose | m | U Jul-Mar |
| Canada Goose | m | Oct-Apr |
| Brant | bu | Dec-Apr |
| Dabbling Ducks | ||
| Wood Duck | Rare | |
| Mallard | mu | Oct-Apr |
| Northern Pintail | bmu | Aug-Mar |
| Gadwall | bmu | Sep-Apr |
| American Wigeon | bmu | Oct-Mar |
| Eurasian Wigeon | bmu | Oct-Mar |
| Northern Shoveler | bmu | Sep-Apr |
| Blue-winged Teal | bmu | Sep-Apr |
| Cinnamon Teal | bmu | Jan-Apr Sep-Oct |
| Green-winged Teal | bmu | Oct-Apr |
| Diving Ducks | ||
| Lesser Scaup | b | Nov-Mar |
| Ring-necked Duck | bu | Oct-Mar |
| Greater Scaup | b | Nov-Mar |
| Canvasback | bu | Nov-Mar |
| Surf Scoter | b | Nov-Apr |
| Bufflehead | b | Dec-Apr |
| Common Goldeneye | b | U Nov-Apr |
| Red-breasted Merganser | b | Nov-Apr |
| Ruddy Duck | bmu | Oct-Apr |
| Raptors | ||
| Turkey Vulture | a | All Year |
| Northern Harrier | a | Oct-Mar |
| White-tailed Kite | aoz | All year |
| Cooper's Hawk | a | U Sep-Apr |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | aoz | Sep-Apr |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | a | All year |
| Red-tailed Hawk | aoz | All year |
| Ferruginous Hawk | a | U Sep-Apr |
| Osprey | a | U Aug-May |
| Golden Eagle | a | U All year |
| American Kestrel | a | All year |
| Prairie Falcon | a | U All year |
| Merlin | a | Sep-Dec |
| Peregrine Falcon | a | All year |
| Quail | ||
| California Quail | ozcsd | All year |
| Rails and Allies | ||
| Virginia Rail | m | Oct-Apr |
| Sora | m | Sep-Apr |
| Black Rail | m | All year |
| American Coot | bmu | All year |
| Plovers | ||
| Black-bellied Plover | u | Jul-May |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Rare | Sep-Dec |
| Semipalmated Plover | mu | Apr-May Jul-Sep |
| Killdeer | m | All year |
| Stilts and Avocets | ||
| Black-necked Stilt | mu | Apr-May Aug-Sep |
| American Avocet | mu | Oct-Mar |
| Sandpipers | ||
| Greater Yellowlegs | mu | Jul-Oct |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | mu | U |
| Spotted Sandpiper | mu | Jul-Apr |
| Whimbrel | u | Mar-May Jul-Sep |
| Long-billed Curlew | mu | Aug-Apr |
| Willet | mu | All year |
| Marbled Godwit | mu | Jul-Apr |
| Ruddy Turnstone | u | Jul-May |
| Sanderling | u | Jul-May |
| Red Knot | u | Aug-Apr |
| Dunlin | mu | Oct-Apr |
| Western Sandpiper | mu | Jul-May |
| Least Sandpiper | mu | Jul-Apr |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | mu | Aug-Apr |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | mu | Jul-Apr |
| Wilson’s Snipe | mu | Sep-Apr |
| Jaegers | ||
| Pomarine Jaeger | a | Sep-Oct |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Rare | |
| Gulls | ||
| Sabine’s Gull | Rare | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | bu | Apr-May Oct-Dec |
| Ring-billed Gull | bu | Sep-Apr |
| California Gull | bu | Sep-Apr |
| Herring Gull | bu | Oct-Apr |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | bu | Nov-Mar |
| Western Gull | bu | All year |
| Heermann's Gull | bu | Jul-Oct |
| Terns and Skimmers | ||
| Caspian Tern | ab | Apr-Dec |
| Royal Tern | ab | Jul-Mar |
| Elegant Tern | ab | Jul-Oct |
| Forster's Tern | ab | Aug-Apr |
| Black Skimmer | ab | U All year |
| Pigeons and Doves | ||
| Rock Dove ● | t | All year |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | t | All year |
| White-winged Dove | Rare | Aug-Nov |
| Mourning Dove | ozcsd | All year |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove ● | t | All year |
| Roadrunners | ||
| Greater Roadrunner | cs | U All year |
| Owls | ||
| Barn Owl | rcoz | All year |
| Great Horned Owl | rcoz | All year |
| Burrowing Owl | Rare | |
| Short-eared Owl | mcs | Oct-Mar |
| Kingfishers | ||
| Belted Kingfisher | rt | All year |
| Swifts | ||
| White-throated Swift | a | All year |
| Vaux's Swift | a | U Apr-May |
| Hummingbirds | ||
| Anna's Hummingbird | aozcs | All year |
| Rufous Hummingbird | ozcs | Mar-Apr |
| Allen's Hummingbird | ozcs | Feb-Jun |
| Woodpeckers | ||
| Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) | oz | All year |
| Downy Woodpecker | oz | All year |
| Hairy Woodpecker | oz | All year |
| Nuttall's Woodpecker | oz | All year |
| Flycatchers | ||
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | roz | Apr-Sep |
| Black Phoebe | roz | All year |
| Say's Phoebe | cs | Sep-Mar |
| Western Kingbird | roz | Apr-Sep |
| Shrikes and Vireos | ||
| Loggerhead Shrike | ozcs | All year |
| Hutton's Vireo | roz | All year |
| Warbling Vireo | roz | Apr-Aug |
| Jays and Crows | ||
| California Scrub Jay | ozcs | All year |
| American Crow | t | All year |
| Swallows | ||
| Tree Swallow | ar | Mar-Oct |
| Violet-green Swallow | a | Mar-Aug |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | a | Mar-Aug |
| Barn Swallow | ar | Mar-Aug |
| Cliff Swallow | a | Mar-Sep |
| Titmice and Nuthatches | ||
| Oak Titmouse | roz | All year |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | roz | All year |
| Bushtit | rozcs | All year |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | oz | All year |
| Wrens | ||
| Marsh Wren | km | Aug-Mar |
| Bewick's Wren | rozcs | All year |
| House Wren | rozcs | Mar-Sep |
| Wrentit | cs | All year |
| Kinglets | ||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | rozcs | Oct-Mar |
| Gnatcatchers | ||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | rozcs | All year |
| Thrushes | ||
| Western Bluebird | rozcs | All year |
| American Robin | roz | Oct-Apr |
| Swainson's Thrush | roz | May-Sep |
| Hermit Thrush | rozcs | Oct-Mar |
| Mimids | ||
| Northern Mockingbird | rozcs | All year |
| California Thrasher | cs | All year |
| Pipits | ||
| Red-throated Pipit | Rare | |
| American Pipit | ukm | Oct-Mar |
| Waxwings | ||
| Cedar Waxwing | oz | Nov-May |
| Starlings | ||
| European Starling ●● | coz | All year |
| Wood Warblers | ||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | rozcs | All year |
| Yellow Warbler | Rare | May-Sep |
| Townsend's Warbler | roz | Apr-May |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | rozcs | Oct-Apr |
| Palm Warbler | Rare | |
| Common Yellowthroat | mk | All year |
| Wilson's Warbler | roz | Apr-Sep |
| Tanagers | ||
| Western Tanager | roz | Apr-Jun Aug-Oct |
| Sparrows and Allies | ||
| California Towhee | rozcs | All year |
| Spotted Towhee | rozcs | All year |
| Chipping Sparrow | oz | May-Aug |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | U Sep-Oct | |
| Lark Sparrow | oz | All year |
| Savannah Sparrow | mk | All year |
| Fox Sparrow | rozcs | Oct-Mar |
| Song Sparrow | rmkoz | All year |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | rcs | Oct-Mar |
| Dark-eyed Junco | rozcs | All year |
| White-crowned Sparrow | ozcs | All year |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | rozcs | Oct-Apr |
| Grosbeaks | ||
| Black-headed Grosbeak | roz | Apr-Aug |
| Blackbirds and Allies | ||
| Western Meadowlark | t | All year |
| Hooded Oriole | oz | Apr-Jul |
| Red-winged Blackbird | rmk | All year |
| Brewer's Blackbird | krozcs | All year |
| Great-tailed Grackle | rk | U All Year |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | kroz | All year |
| Finches | ||
| House Finch | rozcs | All year |
| Purple Finch | roz | All year |
| Lesser Goldfinch | rozcs | All year |
| Lawrence's Goldfinch | rozc | Mar-Jul |
| American Goldfinch | roz | All year |
| Pine Siskin | roz | Oct-Apr |
| Old World Sparrows | ||
| House Sparrow ● | oz | All year |
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MBNEP / Califonia State Park's guide to"Common Birds of the Estero Bay Area"
Lots of info plus color photos.File size: 1.0 MB. eBird Elfin Forest Preserve - Lupine Point Overlook Key
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| Habitat
(where to look for the species): a = aerial - hunting or mating displays b = bay - on open water c = maritime chaparral d = disturbed (open sand) k = brackish water marsh m = coastal salt marsh – vegetated o = coast live oak woodland r = riparian s = coastal dune scrub t = transit – just passing through – non-stop u = mud flat – unvegitated tidal lands and channels z = oak/manzanita complex |
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non-native species ●● = non-native species which is or has the potential to negatively impact the natives species of the Elfin Forest. Peak Period – refers to months in which a species is, on average, most abundant. Also: U = uncommon, few sightings noted in or from Elfin Forest in any given year. Rare = only seen a few times in or from the Forest. |