Unusual & Rare Birds Recorded in Del Norte County

Ten Unusual Birds Found in Del Norte County

• Tufted puffin 
• Harlequin duck
• Marbeled murrelet
• Black-capped chickadee
• Gray jay
• Ruffed grouse
• Black oyster catcher
• Mountain quail
• Wrentit
• Allen's hummingbird

Ten Rare Birds Recorded in Del Norte County

• White-collared swift
• Bristle-thigh curlew
• Common eider
• Red-headed woodpecker
• Steller’s eider
• Spotted redshank
• Brambling
• Chuck-wills-widow
• Gyrfalcon
• Yellow rail

Learn more about these birds.

Find a complete list of recorded birds in Del Norte County on the California Redwoods Birding Trail website. Here’s another list.

(Tufted Puffin Photo by M. Shultz)