Site Report: McLaren Park
Coyote (Canis latrans)
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Juvenile
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Parus rufescens)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Juvenile
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) Male in Flight
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Male
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Coyote (Canis latrans)
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Juvenile
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Parus rufescens)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Juvenile
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) Male in Flight
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Male
City park designed by the same guy who did Golden Gate Park. There are a couple of concrete ponds here where mallards breed, a few forested areas, and a grassland with scattered trees. To get here, you have to climb to the top of a big hill, look for the blue watertower.
Visits
- 2007-06-24: None
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (33 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(33 records)
Class: Birds
(31 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii)
- Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
- Order: Perching Birds
(19 records)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
- Family: Dippers
- American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Nuttall's Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Canidae
- Coyote (Canis latrans)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)