Site Report: Mission Creek, United States of America

Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) Male

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) Nonbreeding Plumage

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.

Map of Site Report: Mission Creek, United States of America

Visits

2007-04-30: Riding my bike to a Giants game.
2007-12-15: None
2007-12-17: None
2008-01-17: None
2008-01-26: None
2012-05-04: Riding past on my bicycle.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (13 records)

Phylum: Chordates (13 records)

Class: Birds (13 records)

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

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
- Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- 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