Campus Species associated with Grassy Habitats
including birds that breed in grassland habitat or forage in grassy or cultivated areas. Aquatic species that are listed are now unlikely to be seen, except possibly at Felt Lake, which is closed to the public.

 Night-Herons
..... Black-crowned Night-Heron


 Herons / Egrets
..... Snowy Egret Great Blue Heron
..... Great Egret


 Geese / Ducks
.....Canada Goose Green-winged Teal
.....Mallard American Wigeon
.....Gadwall Northern Pintail


 Vultures / Birds of Prey
..... White-tailed Kite American Kestrel
..... Northern Harrier Prairie Falcon


 Pheasants
..... Ring-necked Pheasant


 New World Quail
..... California Quail


 Marsh Birds / Shorebirds
..... Least Sandpiper


 Gulls / Terns
..... California Gull


 Pigeons / Doves
..... Mourning Dove


 Owls
..... Common Barn-Owl


 Poorwill / Nighhawk
..... Common Nighthawk


  Larks
..... Horned Lark


  Swallows
..... Tree Swallow No. Rough-winged Swallow
..... Violet-green Swallow Barn Swallow
..... Cliff Swallow


  Thrushes
..... Western Bluebird American Robin


  Pipits
..... American Pipit


  Towhees
..... California Towhee Spotted Towhee


  Sparrows
..... Lark Sparrow Swamp Sparrow
..... Grasshopper Sparrow
..... Savannah Sparrow White-throated Sparrow
..... Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow
..... Song Sparrow


  Blackbirds
..... Western Meadowlark Brewer's Blackbird
..... Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird


  Finches
..... House Finch American Goldfinch
..... Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch


  Old World Sparrows
..... House Sparrow


Birds that collect grass for nest construction

  Grebes
..... Pied-billed Grebe


 Geese / Ducks
..... Canada Goose Cinnamon Teal
..... Mallard Ring-necked Duck
..... Gadwall
..... Green-winged Teal Lesser Scaup
..... American Wigeon
..... Northern Pintail
..... Northern Shoveler


 Vultures / Birds of Prey
..... Northern Harrier Peregrine Falcon
..... Sharp-shinned Hawk


 New World Quail
..... California Quail


 Marsh Birds / Shorebirds
..... Killdeer Lesser Yellowlegs
..... Spotted Sandpiper
..... Greater Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper


 Gulls / Terns
..... Ring-billed Gull Forster's Tern


  Kingfishers
..... Belted Kingfisher


  Flycatchers
..... Olive-sided Flycatcher Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
..... Pacific-slope Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher


 Vireos
..... Hutton's Vireo Warbling Vireo


  Jays / Crows / Ravens
..... Steller's Jay Western Scrub-Jay
..... American Crow


  Larks
..... Horned Lark


  Swallows
..... Tree Swallow Cliff Swallow
..... Violet-green Swallow No. Rough-winged Swallow


  Titmice / Chickadees
..... Oak Titmouse


  Bushtits
..... Bushtit


  Nuthatches
..... Red-breasted Nuthatch


  Wrens
..... House Wren Bewick's Wren


  Thrushes
..... Western Bluebird Varied Thrush
..... Swainson's Thrush American Robin


  Mockingbirds / Thrashers
..... Northern Mockingbird California Thrasher


  Starlings
..... European Starling


  Pipits
..... American Pipit


  Waxwings
..... Cedar Waxwing


  Wood-Warblers
..... Orange-crowned Warbler Townsend's Warbler
..... Yellow Warbler Wilson's Warbler
..... Common Yellowthroat


  Towhees
..... California Towhee Spotted Towhee


  Sparrows
..... Lark Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow
..... Fox Sparrow White-throated Sparrow
..... Savannah Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow
..... Lincoln's Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow
..... Song Sparrow


  Juncos
..... Dark-eyed Junco


  Bunting
..... Lazuli Bunting


  Blackbirds
..... Western Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird
..... Brewer's Blackbird


  Orioles
..... Hooded Oriole Bullock's Oriole


  Finches
..... Purple Finch Lesser Goldfinch
..... House Finch
..... Pine Siskin


  Old World Sparrows
..... House Sparrow


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