Trip : Audubons to Merced NWR Login
70 Species at Merced NWR, CA
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Ibises and Spoonbills
White-faced Ibis
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Pigeons and Doves
Mourning Dove
Typical Owls
Great Horned Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays and Crows
American Crow
Swallows
Tree Swallow
Wrens
Marsh Wren
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird
Starlings
European Starling
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Wood-Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Emberizids
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Northern Finches
House Finch
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Trip Notes
Bob Power led us on a trip to the very popular Merced NWR, which today was packed with bay area birders and photographers. We got to see the "goose bomb" quite a few times, as the white geese kept exploding off the ground time and again; we're not sure why. Other highlights included nice looks at eared and horned grebes together and hundreds of scaup flushing up from the quiet of the O'Neill Forebay.
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