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2020

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Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
December 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
December 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
December 16, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

American avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Family: Recurvirostridae
Shoreline Park
December 16, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Family: Podicipedidae (grebes)
Shoreline Park
December 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Family: Podicipedidae( grebes)
Shoreline Park
December 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
December 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Snowy

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Shoreline Park
December 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

White crown

White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Shoreline Park
December 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Mockingbird on pyracantha

Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Family: Mimidae (mockingbirds)
Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea)
Family: Rosaceae (rose family)
Shoreline Park
December 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Brant and Canada

Brant (Branta bernicla)
Family: Anatidae (duck, geese, swans)
Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
Family: Anatidae (duck, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
December 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Brant (Branta bernicla)
Family: Anatidae (duck, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
December 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Brant (Branta bernicla)
Family: Anatidae (duck, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
December 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Yellow Stainer (Agaricus xanthodermus)
Family: Agaricaceae (field mushrooms and puffballs)
Shoreline Park
December 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Beach sheoak (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Family: Casuarinaceae (sheoak family)
Shoreline Park
December 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Beach sheoak (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Family: Casuarinaceae (sheoak family)
Shoreline Park
December 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Beach sheoak (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Family: Casuarinaceae (sheoak family)
Shoreline Park
December 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Beach sheoak (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Family: Casuarinaceae (sheoak family)
Shoreline Park
December 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Beach sheoak (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Family: Casuarinaceae (sheoak family)
Shoreline Park
December 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Beach sheoak (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Family: Casuarinaceae (sheoak family)
Shoreline Park
December 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Pay launch fee

Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Signs
Shoreline Park
December 16, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Ringer

Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
December 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
December 16, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
December 16, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
December 16, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
December 16, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Brown pelican takeoff

Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Family: Pelecanidae
Shoreline Park
September 19, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Brown pelican splashdown

Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Family: Pelecanidae
Shoreline Park
September 19, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Green heron (Butorides virescens)
Family: Ardeidae
Shoreline Park
August 26, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Green heron (Butorides virescens)
Family: Ardeidae
Shoreline Park
August 26, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Family: Podicipedidae
Shoreline Park
August 26, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Family: Podicipedidae( grebes)
Shoreline Park
December 5, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
August 26, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
August 26, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Mammals

Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Family: Procyonidae
Shoreline Park
April 15, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Shoreline Park
April 15, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

California ground squirrel ()
Family:
Shoreline Park
April 30, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Hare ()
Family:
Shoreline Park
April 30, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Domestic cat ()
Family:
Shoreline Park
April 30, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Birds

Heron

Juvenile at night

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Family: Ardeidae
Shoreline Park
July 8, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Juvenile at night

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Family: Ardeidae
Shoreline Park
July 8, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Stilts

Stilt

Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Family: Recurvirostridae
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Stilt

Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Family: Recurvirostridae
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Stilt

Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Family: Recurvirostridae
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Stilt

Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Family: Recurvirostridae
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Stilt

Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Family: Recurvirostridae
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Stilt

Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Family: Recurvirostridae
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Stilt

Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Family: Recurvirostridae
Shoreline Park
May 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Avocet

American avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Family: Recurvirostridae
Shoreline Park
May 10, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Avocet

American avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Family: Recurvirostridae
Shoreline Park
May 10, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Cormorant

Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus)
Family: Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants and shags)
Shoreline Park
July 8, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Kites

Three kites and a midair mouse

Kites (Elanus leucurus)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles,kites)
Shoreline Park
May 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Kites (Elanus leucurus)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles,kites)
Shoreline Park
May 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Three kites and a midair mouse

Kites (Elanus leucurus)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles,kites)
Shoreline Park
May 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Kites (Elanus leucurus)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles,kites)
Shoreline Park
May 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Kites (Elanus leucurus)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles,kites)
Shoreline Park
May 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Kites (Elanus leucurus)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles,kites)
Shoreline Park
May 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Kites (Elanus leucurus)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles,kites)
Shoreline Park
May 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Kites (Elanus leucurus)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles,kites)
Shoreline Park
May 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Scauped

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
Family: Anatidae
Shoreline Park
April 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Golden eye

Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Golden eye

Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
November 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Golden eye

Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
November 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Golden eye

Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
December 16, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Male-ard

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
November 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Scot

Surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
November 19, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Scoter

Surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
November 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Bufflehead ()
Family: Anatidae
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
November 24, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
November 24, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
November 24, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
November 24, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
April 30, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
April 30, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Shoreline Park
November 24, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Bufflehead ()
Family: Anatidae
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Kestrel in flight

American kestrel ()
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Family: Mimidae (mockingbirds and thrashers)
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Family: Mimidae (mockingbirds and thrashers)
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Family: Mimidae (mockingbirds and thrashers)
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Finch
Shoreline Park
May 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

California towhee (Pipilo crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Shoreline Park
May 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Eared grebes (Podiceps nigricollis)
Family: Podicipedidae (grebes)
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Family: Scolopacidae
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Family: Scolopacidae
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Family: Scolopacidae
Shoreline Park
November 19, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Family: Scolopacidae
Shoreline Park
November 24, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Willet

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers, willets)
Shoreline Park
June 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Willet

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers, willets)
Shoreline Park
June 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Willet

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers, willets)
Shoreline Park
June 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Willet

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers, willets)
Shoreline Park
June 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Willet

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers, willets)
Shoreline Park
July 15, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Black skimmer

Black skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
April 27, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Skimmers

Black skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
April 27, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Skimmers

Black skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
April 27, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Skimmers

Black skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
April 27, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Skimmers

Black skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
April 27, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Skimmers

Black skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
April 27, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
April 27, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
April 27, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
April 30, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
April 30, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Splash

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
July 8, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Demise

Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
July 8, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Family: Corvidae
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Family: Mimidae
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Western bluebird (Sialia mexicana Swainson)
Family: Turdidae
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Gull in flight

Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Gull in float

Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns, skimmers)
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Confluence of coots

American coot (Fulica americana)
Family: Rallidae (ralls, coots, gallinules)
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Mowing a path through the coots

American coot (Fulica americana)
Family: Rallidae (ralls, coots, gallinules)
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Kites mating

Kites (Elanus leucurus)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles,kites)
Shoreline Park
April 21, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Kite not mating

Kites
Shoreline Park
February 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Bugs and spiders

Spider

Spider ()
Family:
Shoreline Park
June 4, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Flora

()
Family: Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
Shoreline Park
July 15, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

()
Family: Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
Shoreline Park
July 15, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

()
Family: Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
Shoreline Park
July 15, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Showy honey-myrtle (Melaleuca nesophila)
Family: Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
Shoreline Park
July 15, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Showy honey-myrtle (Melaleuca nesophila)
Family: Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
Shoreline Park
July 15, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Shoreline Park
December 5, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

()
Shoreline Park
May 29, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

()
Shoreline Park
May 29, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Fungi

()
Shoreline Park
May 29, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

()
Shoreline Park
May 29, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

()
Shoreline Park
May 29, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Puffball ()
Shoreline Park
May 29, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Sunset

Shoreline Park
May 29, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Signage

Sign
Shoreline Park
June 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Scofflaws

Shoreline Park
June 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Hoverfly on buckwheat

()
Shoreline Park
June 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

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Last modified: February 27, 2021
Created: January 26, 2019 (from shoreline2020.html)
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