Abundance: Common Season: Year round Habitat: Shore or mudflat Breeding status: Breeds at or near Upper Newport Bay Slide #26.02.36 - Adult (May 23). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature. Slide #26.02.43 - Adult incubating (Jun). Photograph © Charles W. Melton. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature. Slide #26.02.09 - Adult brooding chick (Jul). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature. Slide #26.02.30 - Juvenile. Photograph © Peter Knapp. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.