Wood duck
Range: Southern Canada to Northern Mexico
Black-throated sparrow
Northern pintail
American wigeon
Green-winged teal
Synonyms: green teal
Blue-winged teal
Mallard
Brown noddy
Mexican Jay
King penguin
Golden eagle
Synonyms: gold eagle
Great egret
Synonyms: white egret, great white egret
Great blue heron
Range: North America
Synonyms: blue heron
Burrowing owl
Burrowing owl
Lesser scaup
Ring-necked duck
Bridled titmouse
Brant
Synonyms: Brant goose
Canada goose
Synonyms: Canada geese
Bufflehead
Lava heron
Gambel's quail
Cactus wren
Northern cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
House finch
Willet
Snow goose
Kelp goose
Kelp goose
Upland goose
Swallowtail gull
Synonyms: swallow-tailed gull, swallowtailed gull
Steller's jay
Synonyms: blue jay
Wandering albatross
Waved albatross
Snowy egret
Rockhopper penguin
Western rockhopper penguin
Macaroni penguin
Magnificent frigatebird
Synonyms: Magnificent frigate bird
Great frigatebird
Synonyms: Great frigate bird
American coot
Greater roadrunner
Sandhill crane
Fairy tern
Synonyms: white tern, camar
Magellanic oystercatcher
Bald eagle
Range: North America south to northern Mexico
Bald eagle
Bullock's oriole
Hooded oriole
Ring-billed gull
Synonyms: Ring billed gull
Western gull
Imperial shag
Synonyms: Blue-eyed shag
Marbled godwit
Patagonian crested duck
Giant kelp
Synonyms: kelp forest, seaweed, sea weed, sea grass, sargazo gigante, harina de kelp, giant kelp, harina de la macroalga, gedroogde kelp, zeewier, reuzenkelp, braendeltang, macroalga marina, Phaeophyceae
Acorn woodpecker
Gila woodpecker
Wild turkey
Elephant seal
Synonyms: elefante marino, sea elephant, sea cow
Southern elephant seal
Bronzed cowbird
Brown-headed cowbird
Flightless cormorant
Whimbrel
Harris' hawk
Synonyms: Harris hawk
House sparrow
Elkhorn kelp
Synonyms: elk kelp
White pelican
California brown pelican
Range: Nesting by this subspecies is restricted to islands in the Gulf of California and along the outer coast from Baja California to West Anacapa and Santa Barbara Islands in Southern California. Non-breeding California brown pelicans range northward along the Pacific Coast from the Gulf of California to Washington and southern British Columbia. Roosting and loafing sites provide important resting habitat for breeding and non-breeding birds. Important roosting sites include offshore rocks and islands, river mouths with sand bars, breakwaters, pilings, and jetties along the Pacific Coast and San Francisco Bay.
Notable: The brown pelican was listed as endangered in 1970 because of widespread pollutant-related reproductive failures. They are extremely sensitive to bioaccumulation of the pesticide DDT, which causes reproductive failure by altering calcium metabolism and thinning eggshells. In 1985, brown pelicans on the Atlantic Coast, had recovered enough that they could be removed from the endangered species list. Although California breeding populations have rebounded since the elimination of DDT use, persistent residues in the coastal environment continue to cause chronic reproductive problems. Despite the banning of DDT, some birds still show relatively high levels of pesticides in their tissues. Pelicans are dependent on northern anchovies and Pacific sardines, which have declined due to over-fishing by humans. Breeding populations and nesting productivity vary dramatically from year to year depending on El Nino events and other climatic changes. Pelicans are also threatened by the possibility of oil spills from tanker traffic in the Santa Barbara Channel, disturbance at post-breeding roosts on the central California coast, entanglement with hooks and fishing line, and disease outbreaks resulting from overcrowding in harbors.
Red-billed tropicbird
Synonyms: redbilled tropic bird, red billed tropic bird
Imperial shag
Synonyms: Blue-eyed shag
Double-crested cormorant
Flightless cormorant
Brandt's cormorant
Straited caracara
Black-headed grosbeak
Waved albatross
Greater flamingo
Arizona woodpecker
Canyon towhee
Pied-billed grebe
Adelie penguin
Chinstrap penguin
Gentoo penguin
American avocet
Black skimmer
White-breasted nuthatch
Magellanic penguin
Galapagos penguin
Range: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
Elegant tern
Forster's tern
Sooty tern
Royal tern
Masked booby
Synonyms: masked boobie
Nazca booby
Synonyms: Nazca boobie
Red-footed booby
Synonyms: red footed booby, red-footed boobie
Flightless steamer duck
Gray-headed albatross
Black-browed albatross
Curve-billed thrasher
American robin
White-winged dove
White-crowned sparrow