Waterbirds

UC Davis has its own wealth of waterbirds associated most notably with the Arboretum waterway.
Nearby City of Davis Wetlands and Vic Fazio Wildlife Area (co-managed by Yolo Basin Foundation & California Fish and Game) provide huge areas that draw thousands of wintering waterfowl. photo request: waterbirds

• Grebes

• Pied-billed Grebe
  

• Ducks
  

• Wood Duck
  

• Mallard
  

• "puddle ducks" (hybrid Mallards and domestic ducks) are ones that swim toward visitors!
  

• a 'crest' or head-tuft (in wild or domestic Mallard) is caused by a genetic mutation which does not breed true
  

• "Cayuga" = dark-colored domestic Mallard variety; bred for size, color, and taste
  

• Geese
  

• Canada Goose
  

• Snow Goose
  

• White-Fronted Goose
  

• domesticated hybrids
  

• Cormorants
  

• Double-crested Cormorant
  

• Coots
  

• American Coot
  

• Moorhen
  

Photos

Pied-billed Grebe at the North Area Drainage Pond (aka North Davis Pond).

Canada Geese and a couple uglies (domestic geese) at Lake Solano. any Mallard can be 'crested' (here are wild-hybrid and 'Cayuga Mallard' drakes at UCD Arboretum).

Davis is also home to many birds not found in water, as well as other urban animals.