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Common Birds of Lake Merritt

A few of the more common birds you're likely to see in and around the lake. Still a work in progress.

Rock Dove 1
Columba livia
American Coot 2
Fulica americana
Anna's Hummingbird 3
Calypte anna
Herring Gull 4
Larus argentatus
California Gull 5
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 6
Larus delawarensis
Western Gull 7
Larus occidentalis
Eared Grebe 8
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 9
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 9
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 10
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 11
Egretta thula
Great Egret 9
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 9
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 12
Nycticorax nycticorax
Green Heron 13
Butorides virescens
Mallard 14
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 15
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 16
Bucephala clangula
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 17
Aythya affinis
Canvasback 18
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 19
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 20
Branta canadensis
Double-crested Cormorant 21
Phalacrocorax auritus
American Robin 22
Turdus migratorius
California Towhee 23
Melozone crissalis
American Crow 24
Corvus brachyrhynchos

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