Site Report: Golden Gate Park - Stow Lake

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) Adult

Mew Gull (Larus canus)

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Virginia's Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae)

Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) - Female Domestic Type

Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) - Juvenile

Stow Lake is a shallow man-made lake in Golden Gate Park. There is a wooded island of non-native trees in the middle of the lake, and then another pond in the middle of the island. It is good for gulls and the occasional migrant waterbird. If you feel so inclined, you can explore the lake by paddleboat.

Visits

2007-02-23: None

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (53 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (1 record)

Class: Insects (1 record)

Order: Butterflies and Moths (1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Phylum: Chordates (52 records)

Class: Birds (51 records)

Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii)
- Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)

Order: Pelicans (3 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Grebes
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Family: Herons
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Order: Perching Birds (29 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
- California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
- Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Family: Vireos
- Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)

Order: Vultures (1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Class: Reptiles (1 record)

Order: Turtles (1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta)

Lifelists

Trips

San Francisco 2007