Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary
California · Southwest
Moderate
October-May
About This Location
Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary is a productive birding destination in California, with 202 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts American Wigeon, Mallard, and Northern Pintail among many others. The unique desert and riparian habitats support specialty species alongside wintering and migrating birds.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bucephala islandica
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Anna's Hummingbird
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Willet
Sanderling
Dunlin
Forster's Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
American Crow
Bushtit
House Finch
White-crowned Sparrow
Birding Tips
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Start birding at dawn when desert birds are most active before the heat.
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Check around water sources, which concentrate desert species.
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Carry extra water and sun protection; mornings are the prime birding window.