California: Yolo County

order Lagomorpha: rabbits, hares & pikas

Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)

order Carnivora: carnivorous mammals

North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)

American Mink (Neovision vision)

order Anseriformes: ducks, geese & swans

Garganey (Spatula querquedula)

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)

Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)

order Apodiformes: swifts & hummingbirds

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

order Gruiformes: cranes, rails & coots

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)

Sora (Porzana carolina)

order Charadriiformes: shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

order Pelecaniformes: pelicans, herons, ibis

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)

order Accipitriformes: hawks, eagles & osprey

White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)

Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)

order Strigiformes: owls

American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata)

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

order Falconiformes: falcons
at Yolo Bypass

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

at Yolo Bypass

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)

order Passeriformes: perching birds

Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)

Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)

Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)

American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)

Western Meadlowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

all photographs Copyright © Douglas Herr
last updated 29 June 2025
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