Site Report: Crissy Field
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)
Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Coopers Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
McCown's Longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) Feeding
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) Adult and Juvenile
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans)
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans)
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans)
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
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Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)
Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Coopers Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
McCown's Longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) Feeding
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) Adult and Juvenile
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans)
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans)
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans)
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Crissy Field was once and even longer field, but a recent restoration project has brought us Crissy Lagoon. One of the best spots for little brown birds in the city. The lagoon hosts a variety of coastal bird species.
Visits
- 2007-07-28: None
- 2007-08-23: None
- 2007-12-17: Bicycle ride to Crissy Field to look for reported Red-Necked Grebe.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (78 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(78 records)
Class: Birds
(78 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(10 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
- Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
- Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)
- 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
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Order: Pelicans
(22 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Grebes
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
- Family: Loons
- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
- Family: Pelicans
- American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Order: Perching Birds (28 records)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- McCown's Longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
- American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(12 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
- Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)
- Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)