Dataset: CAS-ORN
Search Criteria: United States OR USA OR U.S.A. OR United States of America; excluding cultivated/captive occurrences

Page 563, records 56201-56300 of 67786

Ornithology


CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Vermivora celata (Say, 1823)
84621Point Reyes Bird Observatory   1971-10-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Vermivora celata (Say, 1823)
84622D. F. Desante   1971-05-05
United States, California, Alameda Co., Coyote Hills, 37.54215 -122.08579

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Vermivora celata (Say, 1823)
84623D. F. Desante   1971-05-05
United States, California, Alameda Co., Coyote Hills, 37.54215 -122.08579

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
84624Point Reyes Bird Observatory staff   1970-05-28
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
84625Point Reyes Bird Observatory staff   1971-10-02
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84626Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-04-30
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Vermivora celata (Say, 1823)
84627Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-04-30
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84628D. F. Desante   1971-05-20
United States, California, Inyo Co., Deep Springs College

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84629Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-05-23
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84630Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-05-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84631D. F. Desante   1970-06-03
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84632D. F. Desante   1970-06-15
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84633D. F. Desante   1971-09-18
United States, California, Placer Co., Robinson's Flat, 39.15611 -120.5

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84634Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-09-22
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84635Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-09-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84636Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-09-27
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84637Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-17
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84638Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84639Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84640D. F. Desante   1970-06-02
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84641D. F. Desante   
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica magnolia (A. Wilson, 1811)
84642D. F. Desante   1970-06-18
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica coronata auduboni (J. K. Townsend, 1837)
84643D. F. Desante   1971-07-05
United States, California, Placer Co., Robinson Flat; 35 mi NE of Auburn, 39.1561 -120.5

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica coronata auduboni (J. K. Townsend, 1837)
84644D. F. Desante   1971-07-15
United States, California, Placer Co., Robinson Flat; 35 mi NE of Auburn, 39.1561 -120.5

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica coronata auduboni (J. K. Townsend, 1837)
84645Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-06-04
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica coronata auduboni (J. K. Townsend, 1837)
84646Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-10
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica coronata auduboni (J. K. Townsend, 1837)
84647Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-21
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica nigrescens (J. K. Townsend, 1837)
84648R. R. Levalley   1977-09-11
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica nigrescens (J. K. Townsend, 1837)
84649Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-09-23
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica nigrescens (J. K. Townsend, 1837)
84650Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-23
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica townsendi (J. K. Townsend, 1837)
84651Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-05-24
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica townsendi (J. K. Townsend, 1837)
84652Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-21
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica occidentalis (J. K. Townsend, 1837)
84653Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica virens (Gmelin, 1789)
84654Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-11-14
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica palmarum (Gmelin, 1789)
84655Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-04
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica palmarum (Gmelin, 1789)
84656Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-21
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica castanea (A. Wilson, 1810)
84657Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   0000-00-00
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica striata (J. R. Forster, 1772)
84658D. F. Desante   1970-06-08
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica striata (J. R. Forster, 1772)
84659D. F. Desante   1970-06-17
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica striata (J. R. Forster, 1772)
84660Point Reyes Bird Observatory   1971-09-09
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Dendroica striata (J. R. Forster, 1772)
84661Point Reyes Bird Observatory   1971-09-18
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Mniotilta varia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84662Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-06-16
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Mniotilta varia (Linnaeus, 1766)
84663Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-06-17
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
84664Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-09-06
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
84665Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1977-09-12
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
84666Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-09-18
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
84667D. F. Desante   1971-10-23
United States, California, Placer Co., Robinson Flat; 35 mi NE of Auburn, 39.1561 -120.5

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
84668Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-23
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
84669D. F. Desante   1970-06-04
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
84670Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-06-06
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
84671D. F. Desante   1970-06-07
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Oporornis tolmiei (J. K. Townsend, 1839)
84672D. F. Desante   1970-06-15
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Oporornis tolmiei (J. K. Townsend, 1839)
84673Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84674Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-06-04
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84675Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-06-24
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84676D. F. Desante   1970-07-05
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84677G. Hunn   0000-00-00
United States, California, unspecified

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84678P.R.B.O.   1986-09-03
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84679Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-09-18
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84680Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-09-26
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84681Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-10-09
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84682Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-13
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84683Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84684Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)
84685Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia citrina (Boddaert, 1783)
84686Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-07-07
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
84687Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-09-23
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84688Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-05-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84689Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-05-27
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84690Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-06-05
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84691D. F. Desante   1970-06-06
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84692Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-09-05
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84693Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-09-18
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84694Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-09-22
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84695Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-10
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84696Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-11
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84697Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1970-10-13
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84698Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-23
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84699Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84700Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84701Point Bird Observatory Staff   1971-10-25
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84702Point Bird Observatory Staff   
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84703Point Reyes Bird Observatory Staff   0000-00-00
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84704D. F. Desante   1971-05-11
United States, California, Alameda Co., Coyote Hills Regional Park; 5 mi W of Newark, 37.5541 -122.07995

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84705D. F. Desante   1971-07-15
United States, California, Placer Co., Robinson Flat; 35 mi NE of Auburn, 39.1561 -120.5

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84706D. F. Desante   1971-05-19
United States, California, Inyo Co., Deep Springs College

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84707D. F. Desante   1971-05-18
United States, California, Inyo Co., Deep Springs College

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84708D. F. Desante   1971-05-20
United States, California, Inyo Co., Deep Springs College

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84709D. F. Desante   1971-05-20
United States, California, Inyo Co., Deep Springs College

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84710D. F. Desante   1971-05-20
United States, California, Inyo Co., Deep Springs College

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811)
84711D. F. Desante   1971-05-20
United States, California, Inyo Co., Deep Springs College

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Spizella passerina (Bechstein, 1798)
84712R. Levalley   1977-09-06
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844
84713D. Giuliani   1978-10-22
United States, California, San Francisco Co., Farallon Islands; SE Farallon Islands, 37.69917 -123.00674

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
84714J. Arnold   751933-02-26
United States, California, Alameda Co., Berkeley; Strawberry Canyon, 37.87412 -122.23913

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
84715Sonoma Co. Agriculture Dept.   1975-06-06
United States, California, Sonoma Co., Santa Rosa, 38.43761 -122.7228

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
84716Gadd P.; Sonoma Co. Agriculture Dept.   0000-00-00
United States, California, Sonoma Co., unspecified, 38.48161 -122.9438

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
84717J. R. Arnold   5571940-12-20
United States, California, San Joaquin Co., Stockton, 37.96792 -121.29006

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
Agelaius tricolor (Audubon, 1837)
84718J. R. Arnold   5581940-12-20
United States, California, San Joaquin Co., Stockton, 37.96792 -121.29006

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
84719R. E. Blizard   1991-05-28
United States, California, San Mateo Co., Princeton Harbor; 100 m S of Breakwater, 37.49493 -122.48386

CAS-CASC:ORN-CASORN
84720M. Marcussen   1987-07-02
United States, California, Sonoma Co., Sonoma; 2300 Thornsberry Road, 38.28758 -122.42052


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