Site Report: Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Cardinal Meadowhawk (Sympetrum illotum)
Umber Skipper (Lon melane)
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) - Male
Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) - Male
California Red-legged Frog (Rana draytonii)
Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Blow Fly (Compsomyiops callipes)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Varied Thrush (Zoothera naevia) Female
California Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
California Quail (Callipepla californica) Male - Golden Gate Park
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Coyote (Canis latrans)
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Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Cardinal Meadowhawk (Sympetrum illotum)
Umber Skipper (Lon melane)
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) - Male
Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) - Male
California Red-legged Frog (Rana draytonii)
Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Blow Fly (Compsomyiops callipes)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Varied Thrush (Zoothera naevia) Female
California Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
California Quail (Callipepla californica) Male - Golden Gate Park
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Coyote (Canis latrans)
The San Francisco Botanical Garden has several gardens including a garden of San Francisco native plants. It is one of the last stands in the city for the California Quail. There are additional exotic gardens that may attract unusual species.
Visits
- 2007-01-03: None
- 2007-01-17: None
- 2007-02-09: None
- 2007-09-27: None
- 2007-11-02: None
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (93 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(5 records)
Class: Insects
(5 records)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Apidae
- Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(2 records)
- Family: Skippers
- Umber Skipper (Lon melane)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Skimmers
- Cardinal Meadowhawk (Sympetrum illotum)
- Order: Flies
(1 record)
- Family: Blow Flies
- Blow Fly (Compsomyiops callipes)
Phylum: Chordates
(88 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Frogs
- California Red-legged Frog (Rana draytonii)
Class: Birds
(85 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (7 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (3 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Order: Pelicans
(4 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Grebes
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Order: Perching Birds
(52 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
- Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
- California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica)
- Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
- California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- Family: New World Quail
- California Quail (Callipepla californica)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(3 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
- Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Canidae
- Coyote (Canis latrans)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)