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Species found at Viewing Site
| Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge - Site # 315 | |
| Species: | American Avocet |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | American Coot |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | American Crow |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Beach Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | American Goldfinch |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | American Kestrel |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | American Wigeon |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
| Season View: | W |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Anna's Hummingbird |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Bewick's Wren |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Black Phoebe |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Black Skimmer |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach Trail |
| Present Season: | Sp,Su |
| Season View: | Sp,Su |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Black-Bellied Plover |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach |
| Present Season: | Sp |
| Season View: | Sp |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Black-Necked Stilt |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Saline Pond, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Brewer's Blackbird |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Brown Pelican |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Su,F |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Bushtit |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | California Gull |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Caspian Tern |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach Trail |
| Present Season: | Sp,Su |
| Season View: | Sp,Su |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Cinnamon Teal |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Saline Pond, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Common Yellowthroat |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Double-Crested Cormorant |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Eared Grebe |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach Trail, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Gadwall |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Saline Pond, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Great Blue Heron |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Great Egret |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | House Finch |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Killdeer |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach Trail, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Least Sandpiper |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach, Saline Pond, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Least Tern |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | F |
| Season View: | F |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Loggerhead Shrike |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Long-Billed Dowitcher |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Beach, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Mallard |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Marbled Godwit |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach, Beach Trail, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Mourning Dove |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Northern Harrier |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Beach Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Northern Pintail |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Northern Shoveler |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Orange-Crowned Warbler |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Su,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Pacific-Slope Flycatcher |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Sp,Su,F |
| Season View: | Sp,Su |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Pied-Billed Grebe |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Red-Tailed Hawk |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Ring-Billed Gull |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Beach Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Ruddy Duck |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Sanderling |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Semipalmated Plover |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach |
| Present Season: | Sp,F |
| Season View: | Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Short-Billed Dowitcher |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River River Loop Trail, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Snowy Plover |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Su |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Song Sparrow |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Turkey Vulture |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Su,F |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Violet-Green Swallow |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Sp,Su,F,Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Su,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Western Grebe |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach Trail, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Western Gull |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Western Meadowlark |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Western Sandpiper |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach, Beach Trail, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Whimbrel |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Beach, River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | White-Crowned Sparrow |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | White-Tailed Kite |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Su |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Willet |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail, Beach, Saline Pond |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Wilson's Warbler |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | River Loop Trail |
| Present Season: | Sp,Su,F |
| Season View: | Sp,Su,F |
| Reliable: | Good |