Abundance: Abundant
Season: Year round
Habitat: Open water; Shore or mudflat; Marsh
Breeding status: Breeds at or near Upper Newport Bay
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#14.11.51 - Adult male, alternate (Jan 28). Photograph © James
R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea
and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.
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#14.11.38 - Adult male, eclipse (basic) molting to alternate (Sep
20). Photograph © James R. Gallagher.
Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon
Library of Nature.
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#14.11.36 - Adult female and chicks (Jul 14). Photograph ©
James R. Gallagher. Original available
from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.