Abundance: Very common
Season: Summer/breeding season
Habitat: Seen most often in flight; Shore or mudflat
Breeding status: Breeds at or near Upper Newport Bay
Conservation status: Endangered species - federal and state lists
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#29.22.32 - Adult in flight (Jun). Photograph © Russ
Kerr. Original available from the Sea and
Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#29.22.07 - Adult pair, courting (date?). Photograph © Russell
Wilson. Original available from the Sea and
Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#29.22.03 - Adult pair, brooding chick (date?). Photograph ©
Arnold Small. Original available from the Sea
and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#29.22.06 - Nest with eggs (date?). Photograph © Russell
Wilson. Original available from the Sea and
Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#29.22.21 - Juvenile (Jul 22). Photograph © James
R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea
and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.