Site Report: Mission Creek

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) Nonbreeding Plumage

Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) Male

Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) Female

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Male Audubon's Ssp.

Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)

Mission Creek is what is left of an estuary, now mostly paved over by city. There are efforts by the city to make the area more recreation friendly, but this is a fully humanized area. There are small parks surrounding the creek.

Visits

2007-04-30: Riding my bike to a Giants game.
2007-12-15: None
2007-12-17: None

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (13 records)

Phylum: Chordates (13 records)

Class: Birds (13 records)

Order: Anseriformes (2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Order: Pelicans (2 records)
- Family: Grebes
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Family: Loons
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)

Order: Perching Birds (6 records)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)

Lifelists

Trips

San Francisco 2007