Site Report: Kern National Wildlife Refuge

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) Male

Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Male Flying

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)

Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) Breeding

Redhead (Aythya americana)

Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) Adult Breeding

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) 1st Summer

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) April

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) Female

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) Breeding

















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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) Male

Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Male Flying

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)

Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) Breeding

Redhead (Aythya americana)

Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) Adult Breeding

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) 1st Summer

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) April

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) Female

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) Breeding
A pocket of land north of Bakersfield. It is pretty dry out here other than the refuge which features migratory and overwintering birds.
Visits
No visit reports available.Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (26 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(26 records)
Class: Birds
(26 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (7 records)
- Order: Pelicans (7 records)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Order: Perching Birds (9 records)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: Shrikes
- Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (3 records)