These photos document sightings of some more unusual bird species in Mendocino County. Please submit any more scans by e-mail to the webmaster. Many thanks to Matthew Matthiessen for the first photos and to Vishnu for making the scans.

• 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, Joe Morlan's California Birding
• Streaked Shearwater link, Shearwater Journeys
• Black-vented Shearwater
• Brown Booby
• 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
• Crested Caracara
• White-faced Ibis
• Sandhill Crane
• Common Moorhen
• American Avocets
• Black-necked Stilt
• Snowy Plover
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Hudsonian Godwit
• Bar-tailed Godwit link, by Don Doolittle
• Bar-tailed Godwit video link, by Les & 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
• Brown Thrasher
• Sage Thrasher
• Yellow Wagtail link, by Ron LeValley
• Yellow Wagtail video link, by Les Lieurance
• Yellow Wagtail
• Grace's Warbler
• American Redstart
• Northern Waterthrush
• Summer Tanager
• Summer Tanager
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Indigo Bunting
• 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
• Red Crossbill
• Common Redpoll

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