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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#30.01.61 - Adult (Aug 17). Photograph © James
R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea
and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#30.01.36 - Adult, in flight, skimming (Aug 31). Photograph ©
James
R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea
and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#30.01.70 - Nest colony, overview (Aug 17). Photograph © James
R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea
and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#30.01.64 - Adult, incubating (Aug 17). Photograph © James
R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea
and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#30.01.58 - Nest with chicks and egg (Aug 2). Photograph ©
James
R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea
and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#30.01.94 - Juvenile, in flight (Dec 4). Photograph © James
R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea
and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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