Photo Gallery of Mendocino County Birds
George Chaniot collected most of these photos documenting sightings of some more unusual bird species in Mendocino County. Many thanks to Matthew Matthiessen for the first photos and to Vishnu for making the scans.
- Emperor Goose link, Lake Co., by Ron Storey
- Ross's Goose
- Tufted Duck
- Tufted Duck in Lake County
- Harlequin Ducks
- Surf Scoter in Lake County
- Black Scoters
- Shy Albatross
- Laysan Albatross video link, by Steve Sosensky
- Laysan Albatross
- Laysan Albatross link, Joe Morlan's California Birding, by Barbara Pratt
- Murphy's Petrel link, Shearwater Journeys
- Dark-rumped Petrel link, by Don Doolittle
- Dark-rumped Petrel, by David W. Nelson
- Hawaiian Petrel Link, Shearwater Journeys
- Streaked Shearwater link, Shearwater Journeys
- Black-vented Shearwater
- Brown Booby
- White-faced Ibis
- Crested Caracara
- Common Moorhen
- Sandhill Crane
- Snowy Plover
- Black-necked Stilt
- American Avocets
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Bar-tailed Godwit link, by Don Doolittle
- Bar-tailed Godwit video link, by Les and Cindy Lieurance
- Rock Sandpipers
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Ruff
- Laughing Gull
- Laughing Gull link, by Les Lieurance
- Franklin's Gull
- Iceland Gull link, Lake Co., by Floyd Hayes
- Lesser Black-backed Gull in Clearlake link, Joe Morlan's California Birding, by Floyd Hayes
- Lesser Black-backed Gull in Clearlake link, Joe Morlan's California Birding, by John Sterling
- Glaucous Gull at Ten Mile Beach
- Glaucous Gull in Clearlake
- Xantus's Murrelet link, by Don Doolittle
- Another Xantus's Murrelet Link, Shearwater Journeys
- Tufted Puffin
- Flammulated Owl
- Spotted Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- Northern Saw-Whet Owl
- Common Poorwill
- Costa's Hummingbird
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Tropical Kingbird
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Canyon Wren
- Northern Wheatear
- Sage Thrasher
- Brown Thrasher
- Yellow Wagtail video link, by Les Lieurance
- Yellow Wagtail
- Grace's Warbler
- American Redstart
- Northern Waterthrush
- Summer Tanager
- Summer Tanager
- Green-tailed Towhee
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- Black-chinned Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Lapland Longspur 1
- Lapland Longspur 2
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- Snow Bunting at Cabrillo Point, by Jon Klein
- Snow Bunting at Laguna Point, by Matthew Matthiessen
- Snow Bunting at Laguna Point, by Vishnu
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Indigo Bunting
- Red Crossbill
- Common Redpoll
Last revised August 28, 2012.