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Birds of San Sebastian

Arial map of SSEC


This is a yard list of the birds of San Sebastian Equestrian Center.  A yard list is a list of any bird either seen or heard around the property. 
There is a lush evergreen forest around the barn, that is overlooking the Carnation Valley, and if you are a birder you can recognize many of the bird calls. 
Martha Anderson, is our barn birder.  Marty compiled the list below of the birds of San Sebastian.

Audio Notes:
The song in the background (nine different phrases in 37 seconds) belongs to the Wood Thrush (
Hylochicla mustelina ), considered the most beautiful singer in North America.
Another beautiful songs belongs to Uirapuru or Organ Wren, Musician Wren Cyphorhinus arada 1274kB (Amazonia, Brazil).
These and other recordings are available from Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Library of Natural Sounds.

Common Name
 

Scientific Name

Family Name




Double Credsted Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant
 

Phalacrocorax auritus

Cormorants

Great Blue Heron
 

Ardea herodias

Herons, Egrets, Bitterns

Green Heron
 

Butorides virescens

Herons, Egrets, Bitterns

Turkey Vulture
 

Cathartes aura

American Vultures

Mallard
 

Anas platyrhynchos

Ducks and Geese

Canada Goose
 

Branta canadensis

Ducks and Geese

Cooper's Hawk
 

Accipiter cooperii

Hawks and Eagles

Northern Pygmy-Owl

Sharp-shinned Hawk
 

Accipiter striatus

Hawks and Eagles

Red-tailed Hawk
 

Buteo jamaicensis

Hawks and Eagles

Northern Harrier
 

Circus cyaneus

Hawks and Eagles

Bald Eagle
 

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Hawks and Eagles

Osprey
 

Pandion haliaetus

Hawks and Eagles

Merlin
 

Falco columbarius

Falcons

Chukar
 

Alectoris chukar

Pheasants and Grouse

Hawk

Ring-necked Pheasant
 

Phasianus colchicus

Pheasants and Grouse

California Quail
 

Callipepla californica

New World Quail

Killdeer
 

Charadrius vociferus

Plovers

Ring-billed Gull
 

Larus delawarensis

Gulls and Terns

Glaucous-winged Gull
 

Larus glaucescens

Gulls and Terns

Band-tailed Pigeon
 

Columba fasciata

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Dove
 

Columba livia

Pigeons and Doves

Mourning Dove
 

Zenaida macroura

Pigeons and Doves

Northern Saw-whet Owl
 

Aegolius acadicus

Owls

Northern Pygmy-Owl
 

Glaucidium gnoma

Owls

Vaux's Swift
 

Chaetura vauxi

Swifts

Rufous Hummingbird
 

Selasphorus rufus

Hummingbirds

 

Belted Kingfisher
 

Ceryle alcyon

Kingfishers

 

Northern Flicker
 

Colaptes auratus

Woodpeckers

 

Pileated Woodpecker
 

Dryocopus pileatus

Woodpeckers

 

Downy Woodpecker
 

Picoides pubescens

Woodpeckers

 

Hairy Woodpecker
 

Picoides villosus

Woodpeckers

 

Olive-sided Flycatcher
 

Contopus cooperi (Contopus borealis)

Tyrant Flycatchers

 

Western Wood-Pewee
 

Contopus sordidulus

Tyrant Flycatchers

 

Pacific-slope Flycatcher
 

Empidonax difficilis

Tyrant Flycatchers

 

Willow Flycatcher
 

Empidonax traillii

Tyrant Flycatchers

 

Warbling Vireo
 

Vireo gilvus

Vireos

 

Hutton's Vireo
 

Vireo huttoni

Vireos

 

Red-eyed Vireo
 

Vireo olivaceus

Vireos

 

American Crow
 

Corvus brachyrhynchos

Crows, Magpies, Jays

 

Northwestern Crow
 

Corvus caurinus

Crows, Magpies, Jays

 

Common Raven
 

Corvus corax

Crows, Magpies, Jays

 

Barn Swallow
 

Hirundo rustica

Swallows

 

Cliff Swallow
 

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Hirundo pyrrhonota)

Swallows

 

Tree Swallow
 

Tachycineta bicolor

Swallows

 

Violet-green Swallow
 

Tachycineta thalassina

Swallows

 

Black-capped Chickadee
 

Poecile atricapilla

Chickadees and Titmice

 

Chestnut-backed
 Chickadee

Poecile rufescens

Chickadees and Titmice

 

Bushtit
 

Psaltriparus minimus

Bushtits

 

Brown Creeper
 

Certhia americana

Creepers

 

Bewick's Wren
 

Thryomanes bewickii

Wrens

 

Winter Wren
 

Troglodytes troglodytes

Wrens

 

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
 

Regulus calendula

Kinglets

 

Golden-crowned Kinglet
 

Regulus satrapa

Kinglets

 

Swainson's Thrush
 

Catharus ustulatus

Thrushes

 

Varied Thrush
 

Ixoreus naevius

Thrushes

 

American Robin
 

Turdus migratorius

Thrushes

 

European Starling
 

Sturnus vulgaris

Starlings and Mynas

 

Cedar Waxwing
 

Bombycilla cedrorum

Waxwings

 

Yellow-rumped Warbler
 

Dendroica coronata

Wood Warblers

 

Townsend's Warbler
 

Dendroica townsendi

Wood Warblers

 

Orange-crowned Warbler
 

Vermivora celata

Wood Warblers

 

Wilson's Warbler
 

Wilsonia pusilla

Wood Warblers

 

Western Tanager
 

Piranga ludoviciana

Tanagers

 

Dark-eyed Junco
 

Junco hyemalis

New World Sparrows

 

Song Sparrow
 

Melospiza melodia

New World Sparrows

 

Savannah Sparrow
 

Passerculus sandwichensis

New World Sparrows

 

Fox Sparrow
 

Passerella iliaca

New World Sparrows

 

Spotted Towhee
 

Pipilo maculatus

New World Sparrows

 

Golden-crowned Sparrow
 

Zonotrichia atricapilla

New World Sparrows

 

White-crowned Sparrow
 

Zonotrichia leucophrys

New World Sparrows

 

Black-headed Grosbeak
 

Pheucticus melanocephalus

Cardinals

 

Brewer's Blackbird
 

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Blackbirds and Orioles

 

Brown-headed Cowbird
 

Molothrus ater

Blackbirds and Orioles

 

Pine Siskin
 

Carduelis pinus

Finches

 

American Goldfinch
 

Carduelis tristis

Finches

 

House Finch
 

Carpodacus mexicanus

Finches

 

Purple Finch
 

Carpodacus purpureus

Finches

 

Evening Grosbeak
 

Coccothraustes vespertinus

Finches

 

Red Crossbill
 

Loxia curvirostra

Finches

 

House Sparrow
 

Passer domesticus

Old World Sparrows