Trip Report: San Francisco 2007 (2007-01-01 - 2007-12-31)
Golden Gate Bridge
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi) Female
California Quail (Callipepla californica) Male - Golden Gate Park
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Nonbreeding Plumage
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) nonbreeding
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) Male
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Male
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Male
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
California Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
California Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) Male - Heron's Head Park
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) Male Breeding
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) Female
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) Male
Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea) Male - Glen Park
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) Male
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
American Tree-Creeper (Certhia americana)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Juvenile
Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Varied Thrush (Zoothera naevia) Female
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Mew Gull (Larus canus) 1st Winter
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) Male Winter
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Golden Gate Bridge
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi) Female
California Quail (Callipepla californica) Male - Golden Gate Park
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Nonbreeding Plumage
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) nonbreeding
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) Male
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Male
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Male
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
California Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
California Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) Male - Heron's Head Park
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) Male Breeding
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) Female
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) Male
Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea) Male - Glen Park
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) Male
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
American Tree-Creeper (Certhia americana)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Juvenile
Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Varied Thrush (Zoothera naevia) Female
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Mew Gull (Larus canus) 1st Winter
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) Male Winter
This includes all visits within the San Francisco City Limits for 2007
Sites Visited
Country: United States of America
(35 sites)
- Agua Vista Park
- Aquatic Park
- Baker Beach
- Bernal Heights - Neighborhood park
- Bernal Hill
- Candlestick Park
- Crissy Field
- Dolores Park
- Downtown
- Ferry Plaza
- Fort Funston
- Fort Point
- Garfield Park
- Giants Park
- Glen Canyon Park
- Golden Gate Park - Buffalo Paddock
- Golden Gate Park - Conservatory of Flowers
- Golden Gate Park - Lily Pond
- Golden Gate Park - Lloyd Lake
- Golden Gate Park - North Lake
- Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden
- Golden Gate Park - South Lake
- Golden Gate Park - Stow Lake
- Heron's Head Park
- Islais Creek
- Lake Merced
- McLaren Park
- Mission Creek
- Mission - My Backyard
- Mount Davidson
- Ocean Beach
- Palace of Fine Arts
- Presidio - El Polin Spring
- Sutro Heights--Baths / Land's End
- Tire Beach
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (159 records,
65 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(159 records,
65 images)
Class: Birds
(151 records,
64 images)
- Order: Anseriformes
(17 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
- Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
- Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- 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
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (7 records)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(3 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
- Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Family: Swifts
- White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
- 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 (33 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Grebes
- Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii)
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
- Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
- Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds (64 records)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
- Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
- Family: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
- Family: New World Warblers
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
- Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
- Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
- Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(17 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
- California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)
- Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
- Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
- Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Family: Plovers
- American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Snowy Plover (Anarhynchus nivosus)
- Order: Tubenoses
(1 record)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- 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 Puffbirds
(2 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Class: Mammals
(6 records,
0 images)
- Order: Carnivorans
(2 records)
- Family: Mustelids
- Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
- Family: Phocidae
- Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetaceans
(1 record)
- Family: Dolphins
- Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
- Order: Rodents
(3 records)
- Family: Pocket Gophers
- Botta's Pocket Golpher (Thomomys bottae)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records,
1 image)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Snakes
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta)