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photographs by Douglas Herr

California: Marin County

order Charadriiformes: shorebirds

Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)

Snowy Plover (Anarhynchus nivosus)

Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)

Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

order Suliformes: cormorants, gannets, boobies​​​​​​​

Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus)

order Pelecaniformes: pelicans, herons & ibis

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

order Accipitriformes: hawks, eagles & osprey

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)

Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii)

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)

order Falconiformes: falcons​​​​​​​

Merlin (Falco columbarius)

order Passeriformes: perching birds

Common Raven (Corvus corax)

Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)

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last updated 12 December 2025
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