Site Report: Candlestick Park
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Juvenile
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) Male
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) Female
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Male
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Spotted Sandpiper (Tringa macularia) Nonbreeding
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Female
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) Male Breeding
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Male Bicolor
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) Non-breeding
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) Male Winter
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Breeding
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
California Darkling Beetle (Coelocnemis californica)
Spotted Sandpiper, San Francisco
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Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Juvenile
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) Male
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) Female
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Male
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Spotted Sandpiper (Tringa macularia) Nonbreeding
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Female
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) Male Breeding
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Male Bicolor
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) Non-breeding
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) Male Winter
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Breeding
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
California Darkling Beetle (Coelocnemis californica)
Spotted Sandpiper, San Francisco
Candlestick Park is where the 49ers played, and where the Giants used to play. Next to the park, the shoreline is open landfill with access to the bay. The offshore birding can be exceptional. I have seen huge rafts of various ducks, and gulls are also very frequent here. To get to some of the best birding, you need to get into some of the dingier areas, but it is also quite easy to park your car and walk out to a pier where ducks sometimes congregate. Don't forget to check the grasslands for species not often seen in San Francisco.
Visits
- 2007-01-01: This was part of the New Years all day birding blitz done by me and a friend
- 2007-02-05: Bike ride to Candlestick Point.
- 2007-03-19: None
- 2007-04-13: None
- 2007-05-21: Estimated date
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (84 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(2 records)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Cobweb Spiders
- Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Darkling Beetles
- California Broad-necked Darkling Beetle (Coelocnemis dilaticollis)
Phylum: Chordates
(82 records)
Class: Birds
(80 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(9 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- 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)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
- Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Order: Pelicans (25 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Family: Grebes
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
- Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
- Family: Loons
- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Order: Perching Birds
(25 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- 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)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
- Family: Wrens
- Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (11 records)
- Family: Plovers
- American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: North American Spiny Lizards
- Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)