Ruxton Island Field Guide

Ruxton Island is in the Canadian province of BC, in the warm, sunny Gulf Islands. I'm constantly adding observations. Please enter your photos on iNat's Ruxton Island Biodiversity Project, and I'll add them here. Birds are under 2 headings on the left, due to a glitch in iNat.

California Gull ¹
Larus californicus

Ring-billed Gull ²
Larus delawarensis

Mew Gull ³
Larus canus

Dunlin ⁴
Calidris alpina

Western Sandpiper ⁵
Calidris mauri

Spotted Sandpiper ⁶
Actitis macularius

Surfbird ⁷
Calidris virgata

Black Turnstone ⁸
Arenaria melanocephala

Glaucous-winged Gull ⁹
Larus glaucescens

Pigeon Guillemot ¹⁰
Cepphus columba

Black Oystercatcher ¹⁰
Haematopus bachmani

Edited by John D Reynolds, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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