Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-faced Ibis**
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Sanderling
Black Turnstone
Wilson's Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Heermann's Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Common Murre
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove*
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher**
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Cassin’s Vireo
Hutton’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub Jay
American Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling*
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler**
Blackpoll Warbler**
Black-and-white Warbler**
American Redstart**
Northern Waterthrush**
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow**
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow*
Ross’s Goose
Mallard
California Quail
Wild Turkey*
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Sooty Shearwater
Brown Pelican
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Bird Habitats:
(P) Pine/Oak Forest
(R) Riparian, along Santa Rosa Creek
(S) Shoreline (mostly rocky)
This list of 139 species was compiled from a 1998 "Bluff Trail" bird list and observations recorded since then. Revised by M. Roest in 2007 and Jim Royer in June, 2011. This is an admittedly incomplete list in need of more sightings. Please report preserve sightings of species not on this list to Jim Royer at jrmotmot@gmail.com
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-faced Ibis**
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Sanderling
Black Turnstone
Wilson's Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Heermann's Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Common Murre
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove*
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher**
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Cassin’s Vireo
Hutton’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub Jay
American Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling*
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler**
Blackpoll Warbler**
Black-and-white Warbler**
American Redstart**
Northern Waterthrush**
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow**
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow*
Ross’s Goose
Mallard
California Quail
Wild Turkey*
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Sooty Shearwater
Brown Pelican
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Bird Habitats:
- Grassland/Remnant Coastal Scrub
(P) Pine/Oak Forest
(R) Riparian, along Santa Rosa Creek
(S) Shoreline (mostly rocky)
This list of 139 species was compiled from a 1998 "Bluff Trail" bird list and observations recorded since then. Revised by M. Roest in 2007 and Jim Royer in June, 2011. This is an admittedly incomplete list in need of more sightings. Please report preserve sightings of species not on this list to Jim Royer at jrmotmot@gmail.com