Dairy Mart Ponds
California · Southwest
About This Location
Dairy Mart Ponds is a productive birding destination in California, with 268 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, and Anna's Hummingbird 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
Inca Dove
Columbina inca
Common Ground Dove
Columbina passerina
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Neotropic Cormorant
Nannopterum brasilianum
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Gadwall
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Western Gull
Forster's Tern
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Nuttall's Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Black Phoebe
Bell's Vireo
American Crow
Birding Tips
- 1
Start birding at dawn when desert birds are most active before the heat.
- 2
Check around water sources, which concentrate desert species.
- 3
Carry extra water and sun protection; mornings are the prime birding window.
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