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Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary

The Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary is home to the City of Arcata’s innovative wastewater treatment facility. The sanctuary is 307 acres, including freshwater marshes, salt marsh, tidal sloughs, grassy uplands, mudflats, brackish marsh, approximately 5 miles of walking and biking paths ...more ↓

Sora 1
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 2
Rallus limicola
American Coot 3
Fulica americana
Belted Kingfisher 4
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 5
Streptopelia decaocto
Baird's Sandpiper 6
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 7
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 8
Calidris alpina
Least Sandpiper 9
Calidris minutilla
Long-billed Dowitcher 10
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Greater Yellowlegs 11
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 13
Numenius phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew 1
Numenius americanus
Ruddy Turnstone 14
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 15
Limosa fedoa
Red-necked Phalarope 1
Phalaropus lobatus
Eared Grebe 16
Podiceps nigricollis
Horned Grebe 11
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 17
Podiceps grisegena
Western Grebe 1
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 18
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 19
Phalacrocorax auritus
Brown Pelican 20
Pelecanus occidentalis
Western Gull 6
Larus occidentalis
Ring-billed Gull 21
Larus delawarensis
Prairie Falcon 22
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 23
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 2
Falco sparverius
Merlin 24
Falco columbarius
Turkey Vulture 25
Cathartes aura
Killdeer 26
Charadrius vociferus
Semipalmated Plover 27
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-necked Stilt 28
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 29
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 11
Pluvialis squatarola
Snowy Egret 9
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 30
Nycticorax nycticorax
Green Heron 31
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 11
Botaurus lentiginosus
Northern Harrier 15
Circus cyaneus
Swainson's Hawk 32
Buteo swainsoni
Red-shouldered Hawk 27
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 33
Buteo jamaicensis
White-tailed Kite 33
Elanus leucurus
Anna's Hummingbird 34
Calypte anna
Eurasian Wigeon 11
Anas penelope
Mallard 35
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 36
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 37
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 38
Anas cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 39
Anas discors
Gadwall 40
Anas strepera
Northern Shoveler 39
Anas clypeata
American Wigeon 39
Anas americana
Bufflehead 39
Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser 41
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 40
Mergus merganser
Surf Scoter 39
Melanitta perspicillata
Ring-necked Duck 39
Aythya collaris
Tufted Duck 39
Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 42
Aythya affinis
Redhead
Aythya americana
Canvasback 43
Aythya valisineria
Ross's Goose 44
Chen rossii
Ruddy Duck 16
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 45
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 7
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 31
Lophodytes cucullatus
Cedar Waxwing 46
Bombycilla cedrorum
Marsh Wren 39
Cistothorus palustris
Common Raven 47
Corvus corax
Song Sparrow 48
Melospiza melodia
Fox Sparrow 4
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 49
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow 50
Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned Sparrow 51
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Spotted Towhee 33
Pipilo maculatus
Western Meadowlark 34
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 52
Agelaius phoeniceus
Dark-eyed Junco 48
Junco hyemalis
Yellow-breasted Chat 53
Icteria virens
Brown-headed Cowbird 43
Molothrus ater
Red Crossbill 54
Loxia curvirostra
Cliff Swallow 55
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Barn Swallow 56
Hirundo rustica
Violet-green Swallow 11
Tachycineta thalassina
Tree Swallow 39
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 43
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
American Robin 57
Turdus migratorius
Red-breasted Nuthatch 58
Sitta canadensis
European Starling 50
Sturnus vulgaris
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 59
Tyrannus forficatus
Black Phoebe 11
Sayornis nigricans
Downy Woodpecker 60
Picoides pubescens
Long-eared Owl 43
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl 39
Asio flammeus
Barn Owl 61
Tyto alba

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