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Karen Foil
Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsii
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Gerrit Vyn
Cactus Wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
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California Condor
Gymnogyps californianus
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Gerrit Vyn
California Gull
Larus californicus
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Len Blumen
California Quail
Callipepla californica
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Luke Seitz
California Thrasher
Toxostoma redivivum
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Sounds
Typical Voice
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Eric Rosenberg
California Towhee
Melozone crissalis
Identification
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Sounds
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Typical Voice
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Mike Wisnicki
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
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Sounds
Typical Voice
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ashockenberry
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
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Christopher L. Wood
Canada Warbler
Cardellina canadensis
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Typical Voice
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Lois Manowitz
Canvasback
Aythya valisineria
Identification
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Sounds
Typical Voice
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Ganesh Jayaraman
Canyon Towhee
Melozone fusca
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Mike Forsman
Canyon Wren
Catherpes mexicanus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Christopher L. Wood
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrina
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
© Errol Taskin
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Kevin Shea
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Tim Lenz
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Christopher Taylor
Cassin's Auklet
Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Mike Wisnicki
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Lois Manowitz
Cassin's Kingbird
Tyrannus vociferans
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Stephen Ramirez
Cassin's Sparrow
Peucaea cassinii
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Mike Wisnicki
Cassin's Vireo
Vireo cassinii
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Greg Page
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Stephen Ramirez
Cave Swallow
Petrochelidon fulva
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
© Ben Thomas/GBBC
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Ed Schneider
Cerulean Warbler
Setophaga cerulea
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Gerry Dewaghe
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Calcarius ornatus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Joan Gellatly
Chihuahuan Raven
Corvus cryptoleucus
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Tom Johnson
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Byard Miller
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Identification
Life History
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Videos
Typical Voice
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Peter Burke
Chuck-will's-widow
Antrostomus carolinensis
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Robinsegg
Chukar
Alectoris chukar
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Joan Gellatly
Cinnamon Teal
Anas cyanoptera
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Clapper Rail
Rallus longirostris
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
© Scott A. Haber
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Robinsegg
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Bill Thompson
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Christopher L. Wood
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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J Gilbert
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Common Ground-Dove
Columbina passerina
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Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Joe Urban
Common Loon
Gavia immer
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Raymond Lee
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Luke Seitz
Common Murre
Uria aalge
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Philip Simmons
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Stephen Ramirez
Common Pauraque
Nyctidromus albicollis
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Tom Johnson
Common Poorwill
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Chuq Von Rospach
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Greg Schneider
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerry Dewaghe
Connecticut Warbler
Oporornis agilis
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerry Dewaghe
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Videos
Typical Voice
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Lois Manowitz
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Empidonax occidentalis
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Joan Gellatly
Costa's Hummingbird
Calypte costae
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Carlos Escamilla
Couch's Kingbird
Tyrannus couchii
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Paul Pruitt
Crested Caracara
Caracara cheriway
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Cameron Rognan
Crissal Thrasher
Toxostoma crissale
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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Gerrit Vyn
Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre
Identification
Life History
Sounds
Typical Voice
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