BIRDS OF FAMOSA SLOUGH
Displayed in the Point Loma Hervey Public Library
March through April, 2025
59 Different Birds
Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)1
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) 1
American Coot (Fulica americana) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1
American Goldfinch1
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1
American Wigeon (Mareca americana) 1
Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 1
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) 1
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 2
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) 2
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) 1
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus erythrohynchos) 1
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 1
Bushtit (Psaltripsarus minimus) 1
California Towhee (Melozone crissalis) 1
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)1
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 1
Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) 1
House Finch1
House Sparrow1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)1
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 1
Light-footed Ridgway’s Rail (Rallus obsoletus) 1
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) 1
MacGillivray’s Warbler1
Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos, male) 1
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) 1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
Norther Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) 1
Northern Shovelers (Spatula clypeata) 1
Orange-crowned Warbler1
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)1
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 1
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 1
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) 1
Selasphorus rufus Nashville Warbler (Passei) 1
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 1
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 1
Vaux’s Swift (Chaetura vauxi) 1
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) 1
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) 1
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 2
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri, in winter plumage) 1
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 1
Willet (Tringa semipalmata) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronat) 1
Special Thanks to the following:
Leon Scales has organized and curated this wonderful display of local wildlife.
1 San Diego Natural History Museum
2 From Barbara and Jim Peugh
