CommonLanguageNature.org: Bair Island & Baylands Bird Guide

Summary of Birds seen at Bair Island and in western SF Bay Area Baylands, based on data from iNaturalist. The listings for Bair Island were meager, so this also includes birds listed for Bedwell Bayfront Park, which has more trees and is about 2 miles south.

American Wigeon 1
Mareca americana
Northern Shoveler 2
Spatula clypeata
Northern Pintail 3
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 4
Anas crecca
Mallard 5
Anas platyrhynchos
Common Goldeneye 6
Bucephala clangula
Ruddy Duck 7
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canvasback 8
Aythya valisineria
Canada Goose 9
Branta canadensis
Ross's Goose 10
Anser rossii
American Coot 12
Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt 13
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 14
Recurvirostra americana
Snowy Egret 15
Egretta thula
Great Egret 16
Ardea alba
Long-billed Curlew 17
Numenius americanus
Least Sandpiper 18
Calidris minutilla
Western Sandpiper 19
Calidris mauri
Long-billed Dowitcher 20
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 21
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 22
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 8
Tringa semipalmata
Dunlin 23
Calidris alpina
Black Phoebe 24
Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe 25
Sayornis saya
Burrowing Owl 18
Athene cunicularia
Eurasian Collared-Dove 26
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 27
Columba livia
Feral Pigeon 28
Columba livia domestica
Mourning Dove 29
Zenaida macroura
California Gull 30
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 31
Larus delawarensis
Semipalmated Plover 32
Charadrius semipalmatus
Peregrine Falcon 33
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 34
Falco sparverius
Anna's Hummingbird 18
Calypte anna
Northern Harrier 35
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 36
Buteo jamaicensis
White-tailed Kite 37
Elanus leucurus
Double-crested Cormorant 38
Phalacrocorax auritus
Barn Swallow 39
Hirundo rustica
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 40
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 41
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Molothrus ater
Western Meadowlark 18
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 42
Agelaius phoeniceus
House Sparrow 43
Passer domesticus
Bewick's Wren 18
Thryomanes bewickii
Lapland Longspur 18
Calcarius lapponicus
Lincoln's Sparrow 44
Melospiza lincolnii
Golden-crowned Sparrow 45
Zonotrichia atricapilla
White-crowned Sparrow 46
Zonotrichia leucophrys
California Towhee 47
Melozone crissalis
Savannah Sparrow 48
Passerculus sandwichensis
Northern Mockingbird 25
Mimus polyglottos
Red-throated Pipit 49
Anthus cervinus
American Pipit 8
Anthus rubescens
Yellow-rumped Warbler 50
Setophaga coronata
Yellow Warbler 51
Setophaga petechia
Bushtit 52
Psaltriparus minimus
American Crow 53
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 54
Corvus corax
American Goldfinch 55
Spinus tristis
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 56
Empidonax difficilis
Willow Flycatcher 25
Empidonax traillii

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