2018
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
Blow Fly (Compsomyiops callipes)
Snowy Egret (Egreta thula)
Nelson's Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)
Snowy Egret (Egreta thula)
Douglas Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
European Drone Fly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) - Male
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)
Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi)
Colima Warbler (Oreothlypis crissalis)
Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) - Gray-headed
Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)
Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) - Female
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) - Female
Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)
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Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
Blow Fly (Compsomyiops callipes)
Snowy Egret (Egreta thula)
Nelson's Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)
Snowy Egret (Egreta thula)
Douglas Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
European Drone Fly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) - Male
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)
Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi)
Colima Warbler (Oreothlypis crissalis)
Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) - Gray-headed
Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)
Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) - Female
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) - Female
Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)
Species Images for 2018
Sites Visited
Country: United States of America
(31 sites)
- Armstrong Redwoods State Park
- Bernal Heights - Neighborhood Garden
- Big Bend National Park
- Big Bend Yuba River
- Burleigh H. Murray State Park
- Camp Meeker
- Candlestick Park
- Carrizo Plain National Monument
- Crissy Field
- Fiscalini Ranch Preserve
- Fort Mason
- Golden Gate Park - Middle Lake
- Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden
- Golden Gate Park - Stow Lake
- Grizzly Island
- Heron's Head Park
- India Basin Shoreline Park
- Jenner
- Lafayette Park
- Lake Merced
- McNear Brick and Block
- Mission - My New Backyard
- Morro Bay
- Mountain View Slough
- Mount Davidson
- Oceano
- Odessa Meteor Crater
- Presidio - El Polin Spring
- San Luis Obispo - Laguna Lake
- San Simeon Elephant Seals
- Sutro Heights--Baths / Land's End
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (240 records,
86 images)
Phylum: Angiosperms
(1 record,
1 image)
Class: Eudicots
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Caryophyllales
(1 record)
- Family: Cactaceae
- Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus coccineus)
Phylum: Arthropods
(19 records,
18 images)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Gem-shaped Orbweaver (Araneus gemma)
Class: Insects
(17 records,
16 images)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(2 records)
- Family: Apidae
- Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
- Family: Hornets and Yellowjackets
- Western Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Darkling Beetles
- California Broad-necked Darkling Beetle (Coelocnemis dilaticollis)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(9 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
- Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
- West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Geometer Moth (Erannis sp)
- Family: Skippers
- Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
- Family: Sphinx Moths
- Rocky Mountain Clearwing (Hemaris thetis)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
- Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
- Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Skimmers
- Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
- Order: Flies
(4 records)
- Family: Blow Flies
- Blow Fly (blowfly sp)
- Blow Fly (Compsomyiops callipes)
Class: Malacostracans
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Crabs
(1 record)
- Family: Shore Crabs
- Lined Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)
Phylum: Chordates
(220 records,
67 images)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Frogs
- California Red-legged Frog (Rana draytonii)
Class: Birds
(206 records,
56 images)
- Order: Anseriformes
(15 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
- 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: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (5 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(9 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii)
- Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
- Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
- Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
- Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
- White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (5 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Barn Owl and Grass-owls
- American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Red-masked Parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys)
- Order: Pelicans (34 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
- Family: Grebes
- Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii)
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- 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: Jaegers and Skuas
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(106 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
- Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum)
- Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
- Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)
- Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
- Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
- 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)
- Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi)
- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: Larks
- Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
- Family: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)
- Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
- Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca)
- Family: New World Warblers
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens)
- Colima Warbler (Leiothlypis crissalis)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis)
- Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
- Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Bell's Sparrow (Artemisiospiza belli)
- Black-chinned Sparrow (Spizella atrogularis)
- Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
- Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri)
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)
- Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
- Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
- Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)
- Family: Shrikes
- Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- 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
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
- Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
- Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)
- Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri)
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
- Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
- Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
- Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
- Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
- Family: Vireos
- Cassin's Vireo (Vireo cassinii)
- Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Western Warbling Vireo (Vireo swainsoni)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Family: Wrens
- Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
- Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)
- Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
- Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
- Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
- Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(16 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
- 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)
- Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Family: Plovers
- American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Mountain Plover (Anarhynchus montanus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: New World Quail
- California Quail (Callipepla californica)
- Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (6 records)
Class: Mammals
(11 records,
8 images)
- Order: Carnivorans
(3 records)
- Family: Mustelids
- American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
- Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
- Family: Phocidae
- Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
- Order: Cetacea
(1 record)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Delphinidae
- Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Audubon's Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)
- Order: Rodents
(5 records)
- Family: Beavers
- American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
- Family: Squirrels
- Douglas Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)
- Long-eared Chipmunk (Neotamias quadrimaculatus)
- Nelson's Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Common American Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records,
2 images)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: North American Spiny Lizards
- Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus graciosus)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Soft-shelled Turtles
- Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)