Abundance: Very common
Season: Year round
Habitat: Seen most often in flight; Shore or mudflatore or mudflat
Breeding status: Breeds at or near Upper Newport Bay
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#29.19.80 - Adult, alternate, in flight (May 18). Photograph ©
James R. Gallagher. Original available
from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#29.19.55 - Adult, basic, in flight (Sep 13). Photograph ©
James R. Gallagher. Original available
from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#29.19.49 - Juvenile, in flight (Aug 3). Photograph © James
R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea
and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#29.19.87 - 1st year, basic, in flight (Dec 4). Photograph ©
James R. Gallagher. Original available
from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.