Birds of the Klamath Refuges

Here are 57 of the almost 300 bird species in the Klamath. Pause over thumbnails with an audio icon to hear sound from that bird. Sounds make take a moment to load. Click here for a complete bird list. All birds are wild, and were photographed in the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake Refuges by myself.

Eared-Grebe
(Podiceps nigricollis)

Rough-legged Hawk
(Buteo lagopus)

Cinnamon Teal
(Anas cyanoptera)

Yellow-headed Blackbird
(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)

Red-tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)

American White Pelican
(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Brown-headed Cowbird
(Molothrus ater)

American Goldfinch
(Carduelis tristis)

Mallard Duck
(Anas platyrhynchos)\

American Robin
(Turdus migratorius)

Western Grebe
(Aechmophorus occidentalis)

Caspian Tern
(Sterna caspia)

Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Black-Crowned Night Heron
(Nycticorax nycticorax)

Canvasback
(Aythya valisineria)

Great Egret
(Ardea alba)

Great Horned Owl
(Bubo virginianus)

Black-Necked Stilt
(Himantopus mexicanus)

American Coot
(Fulica americana)

Canada Goose
(Branta canadensis)

California Gull
(Larus californicus)

Greater White-fronted Goose
(Anser albifrons)

Tundra Swan
(Cygnus columbianus)

Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)

Marsh Wren
(Cistothorus palustris)

Northern Harrier
(Circus cyaneus)

Ruddy Duck
(Oxyura jamaicensis)

American Wigeon
(Anas americana)

Ring-necked Pheasant
(Phasianus colchicus)

Northern Shoveler
(Anas clypeata)

House Finch
(Carpodacus mexicanus)

Greater Scaup
(Aythya marila)

Red-winged Blackbird
(Agelaius phoeniceus)

White-faced Ibis
(Plegadis chihi)

Sandhill Crane
(Grus canadensis)

Surf Scoter
(Melanitta perspicillata)

Rock Pigeon
(Columba livia)

Semipalmated Plover
(Charadrius semipalmatus)

Redhead
(Athya americana)

Snow Goose
(Chen caerulescens)

Northern Pintail
(Anas acuta)

Tree Swallow
(Tachycineta bicolor)

Least Sandpiper
(Calidris minutilla)

Snowy Egret
(Egretta thula)

Western Meadowlark
(Sturnella neglecta)

Common Raven
(Corvus corax)

Yellow-headed Bb (red head)
(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)

Willet
(Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)

Audubon's Warbler
(Dendroica coronata auduboni)

Forster's Tern
(Sterna forsteri)

Bufflehead
(Bucephala albeola)

Double-crested Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax auritus)

Barn Owl
(Tyto alba)

Bonaparte's Gull
(Larus philadelphia)

Barn Swallow
(Hirundo rustica)

Bullock's Oriole
(Icterus bullockii)

Amercian Avocet
(Recurvirostra americana)