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Birding California: A Regional Primer

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Hawaiian Petrel has become an annual visitor in recent years, and albatross are more abundant in this part of the state. McDonald Road, south end of the Salton Sea, CA. Black-footed is common, Laysan are sporadic, and Short-tailed are not unheard of. Best spring and fall. Bowles Road, south end of the Salton Sea, CA.

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Remotest Endemic Birds

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The Heard and Mcdonald Islands are also extremely remote and Clements lists the Heard Island Shag as a full species, although Sibley/Monroe lists it as a subspecies of Imperial Shag. There is one bird species that, according to my above categorization, is quite possible the single most remote species of bird in the world.

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