Thanks to all the other great candidates. You all offered much.
Sorry Shoveler our 1st runner up and top runner most of the month. All of these candidates are fairly common to Southern California.
​So there is a good chance you caught a glimpse of some or all of these this year. ​This page is a bit about all of them.
Click on links at bottom of page for Audubon and eBird candidate plumage.
Audubon and eBird Profiles of Plumage Links:  click each one for some eye candy
Northern Flicker Audubon, Brown Pelican Audubon, White-tailed Kite Audubon, Phainopepla Audubon,
Snowy Plover Audubon, Northern Shoveler Audubon, Belted Kingfisher Audubon.
eBird big spots for each candidate below:
​Riverside Belted Kingfisher, Santa Barbara White-tailed Kite, Snowy Plover San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino Northern Shoveler,
​Orange Phainopepla, San Diego Northern Flicker, Los Angeles Brown Pelican
eBird profiles for each bird:
Belted Kingfisher Lake Skinner, White-tailed Kite Murrieta Creek, Snowy Plover Lake Elsinore, Phainopepla Murrieta Creek,
Brown Pelican Oceanside Harbor, Northern Flicker Murrieta Creek, Northern Shoveler Lake Elsinore