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Cactus Wren Pair
Southern California
Largest wren seen in North America. Primary diet is insects, including ants, beetles, grasshoppers, and wasps. Occasional Seed and fruit eater. Nests in cactus plants.
Caspian Tern
Southern California
Largest tern in the world. Mainly feeds on fish, hovering high over the water and then plunging. Breeds on large lakes and coastal areas in North America.
Eared Grebe
Southern California
Often seen on ponds and marshes with ducks. Eared grebes found at Mono Lake in any season. Salton Sea hosts more than 90% of the entire North American population of the Eared Grebe.
Dunlin
Southern California
Dunlin is a medium sized shorebird, commonly seen across the world. Breeds in arctic, subarctic region and winters along coasts around the northern hemisphere.
Least Sandpiper
Southern California
Least Sandpiper is the smallest of all the sandpipers. Prefers fresh and saltwater mudflats. Feeds on insects, crustaceans, mollusks, and marine worms.
White-tailed Kite
Southern California
Easily identifiable medium-sized raptor of open grasslands and savannas, hunts small mammals while hovering.
White Pelican Fibrous Plate
Southern California
A large aquatic bird which breeds in interior North America. Over 90 percent of American white pelicans stopover at Salton Sea along the Pacific Flyway.
Least Sandpiper
Southern California
Least Sandpiper is the smallest of all the sandpipers. Prefers fresh and saltwater mudflats. Feeds on insects, crustaceans, mollusks, and marine worms.
Lesser Scaup
Southern California
Lesser scaup prefers boreal forests for their breeding activity. They feed on sedges, bulrushes, crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic insects.
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