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Spotted Sandpiper
Southern California
Spotted Sandpiper can be seen all across North America. They feed on variety of insects and invertebrates including larvae, spiders, worms, crustaceans and mollusks.
Pectoral Sandpiper
Southern California
Pectoral Sandpiper forage on grasslands and mudflats, picking up food by sight, occasionally by probing. Pectorals winter in South America and breed in arctic tundra.
Western Sandpiper
Southern California
Western Sandpiper is commonly seen shorebird across North America. Winters from southern USA to Peru and breed in arctic tundra.
Pyrrhuloxia (Male)
Southeastern Arizona
Pyrrhuloxia is a resident of western United States. They feed on seeds and insects. Often seen around feeders.
Pyrrhuloxia (Female)
Southeastern Arizona
Pyrrhuloxia help cotton fields by feeding on cotton worms and weevils. Name comes from Latin and Greek meaning "bullfinch with a crooked bill"
California Towhee
Southern California
California Towhee can be seen in habitats like Chaparral, riparian thickets, and arid scrub. They forage in the leaf litter by scratching, with both feet at once, in a fast hopping motion.
Burrowing Owl
Sonoran Desert
Burrowing Owl is small ground-dwelling Owl, seen throughout North America. They are generally active at dusk and dawn.
Brown Pelican
Southern California
Brown Pelican occurs on coasts of both South and North Americas. Mainly feed on fish, amphibians and crustaceans.
Gambel's Quail
Southeastern Arizona
Gambel's Quail forages in open habitats interspersed with patches of shrubs, trees or brush piles, streams, springs, and water holes of desert.
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