Santa Cruz County, California Species Spring Summer Fall Winter Red-throated Loon C - C F Pacific Loon C - C C Common Loon C - C F Pied-billed Grebe C F C C Horned Grebe - - - U Eared Grebe - - - U Western Grebe C F C C Clark's Grebe F F U F American White Pelican - U F U Brown Pelican F C C F Brandt's Cormorant C C C C Double-crested Cormorant F U C C Pelagic Cormorant F F F F American Bittern - - U U Great Blue Heron F F F F Great Egret U - F F Snowy Egret U - F F Cattle Egret - - - U Green Heron U U U U Black-crowned Night Heron U U F F Turkey Vulture F F U - Canada Goose U - U U Brant C - U - Wood Duck U U F F Gadwall F U F F American Wigeon - - U C Mallard C C C C Blue-winged Teal - - U U Cinnamon Teal C U U F Northern Shoveler U - U F Northern Pintail U - U F Green-winged Teal U - F C Canvasback U - F C Ring-necked Duck U - U C Greater Scaup R - R U Lesser Scaup U - U F Surf Scoter C U C C White-winged Scoter U - U U Bufflehead - - U C Common Goldeneye - - U F Hooded Merganser - - U F Common Merganser U U U U Red-breasted Merganser F - U F Ruddy Duck F U F C Osprey U - U - White-tailed Kite U U F F Northern harrier - - U U Sharp-shinned Hawk F U F F Cooper's Hawk F U F F Red-shouldered Hawk U U F F Red-tailed Hawk C F C C Ferruginous Hawk - - - U Golden Eagle U U U U American Kestrel U U F F Merlin - - U U Peregrine Falcon U - U U Wild Turkey U U U U California Quail C C C C Virginia Rail U U F F Sora U - F F Common Moorhen - - - U American Coot C F C C Black-bellied Plover C - C C Snowy Plover U U U F Semipalmated Plover F - F - Killdeer U U F C Black Osytercatcher U U U U Black-necked Stilt U - F F American Avocet - - U U Greater Yellowlegs F - F U Lesser Yellowlegs - - U - Willet C U C C Wandering Tattler U - U - Spotted Sandpiper U - U U Whimbrel F - F U Long-billed Curlew U - U - Marbled Godwit C U C C Ruddy turnstone F - F F Black turnstone C - C C Surfbird F - F F Sanderling C - C C Western Sandpiper C - F - Least Sandpiper C - F U Dunlin C - F U Short-billed Dowitcher F - F - Long-billed Dowitcher F - F U Wilson's Snipe - - U F Wilson's Phalarope U - - - Red-necked Phalarope C - C - Red Phalarope C - C F Pomarine Jaeger F - F - Parasitic Jaeger U - F - Bonaparte's Gull C - C U Heermann's Gull U C C C Mew Gull U - F C Ring-billed Gull U - F C California Gull C U C C Herring Gull U - U F Thayer's Gull - - U U Western Gull C C C C Glaucous-winged Gull F - C C Sabine's Gull U - U - Black-legged Kittiwake U - U F Caspian Tern F F - - Elegant Tern - C C - Common Tern F - F - Arctic Tern F - F - Forster's Tern C F U F Common Murre C C C C Pigeon Guillemot C C - - Marbled Murrelet F F U U Xantus's Murrelet - - U - Ancient Murrelet U - U F Cassin's Auklet F F C C Rhinoceros Auklet F U F C next page
Santa Cruz County, California