|
Months Likely to be Seen |
Breeds in SF? |
Where Likely to be Seen |
| Loons |
| Red-throated Loon |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
Ft Funston, Ft Point, Ft Mason, Ocean Beach, Land's End |
| Common Loon |
09, 10, 11 |
no |
Fort Funston, Candlestick State Park |
| Pacific Loon |
09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
Fort Funston, Ocean Beach, Cliff House |
| Grebes |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
yes |
Lake Merced, North Lake (GG Park) |
| Horned Grebe |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Candlestick State Park, Ocean Beach, India Basin |
| Eared Grebe |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Candlestick State Park |
| Western Grebe |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Ft Point, Ft Mason, Crissy Field, Cliff House, Lake Merced |
| Clark's Grebe |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Lake Merced, Crissy Field, Fort Funston |
| Shearwaters & Petrels |
| Northern Fulmar |
12, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
no |
offshore (Ocean Beach) |
| Sooty Shearwater |
06, 07, 08, 09 |
no |
offshore (Ocean Beach) |
| Black-vented Shearwater |
09, 10, 11, 12 |
no |
offshore (Ocean Beach) |
| Pink-footed Shearwater |
09, 10, 11 |
no |
offshore (Ocean Beach) |
| Storm-Petrels |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel |
02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 |
yes |
Farallon Islands |
| Ashy Storm-Petrel |
08, 09, 10, 11 |
yes |
Farallon Islands |
| Pelicans |
| Brown Pelican |
06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
no |
Ocean Beach, Aquatic Park, Fort Funston |
| Cormorants |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
all year |
yes |
Farallon Islands, GG Park lakes, Candlestick State Park |
| Brandt's Cormorant |
all year |
yes |
Farallon Islands, Ocean Beach, Crissy Field, Alcatraz Island |
| Pelagic Cormorant |
all year |
yes |
Farallon Islands, Alcatraz Island, Cliff House, Fort Point |
| Herons & Egrets |
| Great Blue Heron |
all year |
yes |
Marina, Golden Gate Park |
| Green Heron |
all year |
yes |
Lloyd & Mallard Lake (GGP), Lake Merced |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
all year |
yes |
Alcatraz Island, Lloyd & Stow Lake (GGP), Lake Merced |
| Great Egret |
all year |
yes |
Mallard Lake (GG Park), Crissy Field |
| Snowy Egret |
all year |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Crissy Field , Alcatraz Island |
| Ducks |
| Mallard |
all year |
yes |
Golden Gate Park |
| Northern Shoveler |
09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Mallard Lake & other GG Park locations |
| American Wigeon |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Golden Gate Park lakes |
| Canvasback |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Golden Gate Park lakes |
| Ring-necked Duck |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Strybing Arbretum lake & other GG Park lakes |
| Lesser Scaup |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
GG Park, Candlestick State Park, India Basin |
| Surf Scoter |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
Ft Mason, Ft Point, Ft Funston, Candlestick State Park |
| Black Scoter |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
Fort Funston |
| White-winged Scoter |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
Fort Funston, Candlestick State Park, Lake Merced |
| Common Goldeneye |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
no |
Candlestick State Park |
| Bufflehead |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Candlestick State Park, GG Park lakes |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
Crissy Field, Aquatic Park, Candlestick State Park |
| Ruddy Duck |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
yes |
Lake Merced |
| Hawks |
| Cooper's Hawk |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Lake Merced |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
all year |
yes |
Strybing Arboretum & other GG Park locations, Presidio |
| Red-shouldered Hawk |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Mount Davidson |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Stern Grove, Glen Canyon Park |
| Osprey |
all year |
unknown |
Lake Merced, Candlestick State Park |
| Falcons |
| Merlin |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
Candlestick State Park, Richmond & Sunset Districts |
| American Kestrel |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Ocean Beach, Lake Merced |
| Peregrine Falcon |
all year |
yes |
Downtown |
| Quail |
| California Quail |
all year |
yes |
Presidio, Strybing Arboretum (GG Park) |
| Rails |
| American Coot |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Lake Merced |
| Virginia Rail |
all year |
yes |
Lake Merced |
| Sora |
all year |
yes |
Lake Merced |
| Shorebirds |
| Killdeer |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
yes |
Sunset Reservoir, Ocean Beach |
| Black-bellied Plover |
08, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
no |
Ocean Beach, Sunset Reservoir, Candlestick State Park |
| Snowy Plover |
07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02 |
no |
Ocean Beach (at Pacheco Ave), Crissy Field |
| American Black Oystercatcher |
all year |
yes |
Farallon Islands, Land's End, China Beach , Alcatraz Island |
| Black Turnstone |
07, 08, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Sutro Baths |
| Wandering Tattler |
07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
Cliff House, Land's End |
| Surfbird |
09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
Cliff House, Land's End |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
08, 09, 10, 03, 04, 05 |
no |
Crissy Field , India Basin |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
08, 09, 10, 04, 05 |
no |
Crissy Field, Candlestick State Park |
| Western Sandpiper |
08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Crissy Field, India Basin |
| Sanderling |
08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Crissy Field, Ocean Beach, Fort Funston Beach |
| Dunlin |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
no |
Crissy Field, Candlestick State Park, India Basin |
| Long-billed Curlew |
all year |
no |
Crissy Field, India Basin |
| Marbled Godwit |
09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
no |
Crissy Field, Fort Funston Beach |
| Willet |
08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Crissy Field, Fort Funston Beach |
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Crissy Field |
| American Avocet |
all year |
yes |
Crissy Field, Lake Merced, India Basin |
| Gulls |
| Western Gull |
all year |
yes |
ubiquitous incl. Farallon Isles, Alcatraz Isle, Sunset Reservoir |
| Ring-billed Gull |
08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Ocean Beach, Wharf, Sunset Reservoir |
| Glaucous-winged Gull |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
GG Park lakes, Lake Merced, Sunset Reservoir, Ocean Beach |
| Heermann's Gull |
07, 08 |
no |
Ocean Beach, Marina Green, Crissy Field |
| Mew Gull |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
GG Park lakes, Lake Merced, Sunset Reservoir |
| California Gull |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
Lake Merced, Ocean Beach, Sunset Reservoir, Alcatraz Isle |
| Thayer's Gull |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
Stow Lake (GG Park), Sunset Reservoir |
| Terns |
| Elegant Tern |
07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12 |
no |
Ocean Beach, Coast Guard Pier (Crissy Field), India Basin |
| Caspian Tern |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
yes |
Farallon Islands, Aquatic Park, Ocean Beach, Lake Merced |
| Forster's Tern |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
yes |
Aquatic Park, Ocean Beach |
| Alcids |
| Common Murre |
all year |
yes |
Farallon Islands |
| Pigeon Guillemot |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 |
yes |
Farallon Islands , Alcatraz Island |
| Tufted Puffin |
04, 05, 06, 07 |
yes |
Farallon Islands |
| Cassin's Auklet |
all year |
yes |
Farallon Islands |
| Rhinoceros Auklet |
all year |
yes |
Farallon Islands |
| Pigeons & Doves |
| Rock Dove |
all year |
yes |
Downtown & other |
| Band-tailed Pigeon |
11, 12, 01, 02 |
no |
Mountain Lake (Presidio), Mount Davidson |
| Mourning Dove |
all year |
yes |
ubiquitous |
| Parakeets |
| Red-masked Parakeet |
all year |
yes |
Telegraph Hill & surrounds |
| White-winged Parakeet |
all year |
yes |
Mission District (Dolores St.) |
| Owls |
| Barn Owl |
all year |
yes |
Candlestick State Park, Lake Merced |
| Western Screech-Owl |
all year |
yes |
Presidio, GG Park: oak woodlands at east end |
| Great Horned Owl |
all year |
yes |
Presidio, Glen Canyon Park, Stern Grove, Lake Merced |
| Burrowing Owl |
all year |
unknown |
Candlestick State Park |
| Swifts |
| Black Swift |
03, 04, 05, 06 |
no |
Mount Davidson |
| Vaux's Swift |
03, 04, 05, 06 |
no |
Mount Davidson |
| White-throated Swift |
all year |
yes |
Candlestick State Park |
| Hummingbirds |
| Anna's Hummingbird |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Mount Davidson, Lake Merced |
| Rufous Hummingbird |
03, 04, 05, 06 |
no |
Mountain Lake Park (Presidio) |
| Allen's Hummingbird |
02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Mount Davidson, Lake Merced |
| Kingfishers |
| Belted Kingfisher |
all year |
yes |
GG Park lakes, Lake Merced, India Basin |
| Woodpeckers |
| Acorn Woodpecker |
09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
no |
Mount Davidson |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker |
09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
no |
Strybing Arboretum & other GG Park locations |
| Nuttall's Woodpecker |
all year |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Presidio & other |
| Downy Woodpecker |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Glen Canyon Park , Lake Merced |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
all year |
yes |
Mount Davidson |
| Northern Flicker |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Stern Grove |
| Flycatchers |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
05, 06, 07, 08, 09 |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Lake Merced |
| Western Wood-Pewee |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11 |
yes |
Mount Davidson |
| Willow Flycatcher |
03, 04, 05, 06 & 08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
Lincoln Park |
| Hammond's Flycatcher |
03, 04, 05, 06 & 08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
Mount Davidson |
| Dusky Flycatcher |
03, 04, 05, 06 & 08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
Stern Grove |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 |
yes |
Middle & Lloyd & Stow Lake (GG Park), Lincoln Park |
| Black Phoebe |
all year |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Crissy Field, Lake Merced |
| Say's Phoebe |
all year |
no |
Fort Funston, Crissy Field, Candlestick State Park |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07 |
no |
Lincoln Park |
| Tropical Kingbird |
08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
Buffalo Paddocks (GG Park), Lake Merced |
| Western Kingbird |
03, 04, 05, 06 |
no |
Candlestick State Park |
| Vireos |
| Cassin's Vireo |
all year |
no |
GG Park, Battery Davis (Fort Funston), Mount Davidson |
| Hutton's Vireo |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, McLaren Park, Lincoln Park |
| Warbling Vireo |
04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Presidio, Glen Canyon Park |
| Corvids |
| Steller's Jay |
all year |
yes |
Golden Gate Park |
| Western Scrub-Jay |
all year |
yes |
parks & yards |
| American Crow |
all year |
yes |
ubiquitous |
| Common Raven |
all year |
yes |
ubiquitous |
| Larks |
| Horned Lark |
all year |
yes |
Presidio, Candlestick State Park |
| Swallows |
| Tree Swallow |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
yes |
Glen Canyon Park, Spreckels Lake (GG Park), Lake Merced |
| Violet-green Swallow |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
yes |
Spreckels Lake (GG Park), Lake Merced |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
yes |
Spreckels Lake (GG Park), Lake Merced |
| Bank Swallow |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
yes |
Fort Funston, Lake Merced |
| Barn Swallow |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
yes |
Spreckels Lake (GG Park), Lake Merced |
| Cliff Swallow |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
yes |
Spreckels Lake (GG Park), Lake Merced |
| Chickadees |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Lake Merced, McLaren Park |
| Tits |
| Bushtit |
all year |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Lake Merced, McLaren Park |
| Nuthatches |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
all year |
yes |
Lincoln Park, North Lake (GG Park), Presidio |
| Pygmy Nuthatch |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Land's End, Glen Canyon Park |
| Creepers |
| Brown Creeper |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Glen Canyon Park |
| Wrens |
| Bewick's Wren |
all year |
yes |
Fort Funston, Lake Merced |
| House Wren |
all year |
no |
Presidio, Land's End |
| Winter Wren |
all year |
yes |
Stern Grove, Strybing Arboretum (GG Park) |
| Marsh Wren |
all year |
yes |
Lake Merced |
| Rock Wren |
all year |
yes |
Farallon Islands |
| Gnatcatchers |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
03, 04, 05 |
no |
GG Park, Presidio, Lincoln Park, Mount Davidson |
| Kinglets |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
yes |
Strybing Arboretum (GG Park) |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Golden Gate Park, Aquatic Park |
| Thrushes |
| Western Bluebird |
02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 |
yes |
Lobos Creek Valley (Presidio), Mount Davidson |
| Swainson's Thrush |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11 |
yes |
Mountain Lake (Presidio) |
| Hermit Thrush |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, McLaren Park, Mount Davidson |
| American Robin |
all year |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Presidio, Stern Grove |
| Varied Thrush |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
GG Park, Presidio, Mount Davidson, McLaren Park |
| Babblers |
| Wrentit |
all year |
yes |
Coyote Gulch (Presidio), Bayview Hill (Candlestick State Park) |
| Mockingbirds |
| Northern Mockingbird |
all year |
yes |
parks & yards |
| Starlings |
| European Starling |
all year |
yes |
ubiquitous |
| Pipits |
| American Pipit |
08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02 |
no |
Fort Funston |
| Waxwings |
| Cedar Waxwing |
all year |
no |
Strybing Arboretum & other GG Park locations, Lake Merced |
| Wood Warblers |
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11 |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Glen Canyon Park, Mount Davidson |
| Nashville Warbler |
all year |
no |
Battery Davis (Ft Funston), Land's End, North & Middle Lake |
| Northern Parula |
09, 10, 11 |
no |
Lincoln Park, North Lake (GG Park) |
| Yellow Warbler |
all year |
yes |
Mountain Lake Park, Battery Davis (Ft Funston), Middle Lake |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
09, 10, 11 |
no |
Battery Davis (Fort Funston), Middle Lake (GG Park) |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Strybing Arboretum & North & Middle Lake, Presidio |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
Glen Canyon Park, Battery Davis (Fort Funston) |
| Townsend's Warbler |
09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Strybing Arboretum & Middle Lake (GG Park), Presidio |
| Hermit Warbler |
all year |
no |
Chain of Lakes (GG Park), Mt Davidson, Lincoln Park |
| Palm Warbler |
01 - 05 & 08 - 12 |
no |
Glen Canyon Park |
| Blackpoll Warbler |
08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
Glen Canyon Park, Battery Davis, Middle Lake, Lobos Creek |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
03, 04, 05 & 08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
Stern Grove, Glen Canyon Park, Lake Merced |
| American Redstart |
03, 04, 05 & 08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
Glen Canyon Park, Battery Davis (Ft Funston), Middle Lake |
| MacGillivray's Warbler |
03, 04, 05 & 08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
GG Park, Lake Merced, Sutro Heights Park |
| Common Yellowthroat |
all year |
yes |
Lake Merced |
| Wilson's Warbler |
04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 |
yes |
North & Middle Lake (GG Park), Presidio, Glen Canyon Park |
| Tennessee Warbler |
09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
no |
Battery Davis (Fort Funston), Stow Lake (GG Park) |
| Tanagers |
| Summer Tanager |
09, 10, 11 |
no |
Stern Grove |
| Western Tanager |
09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03 |
no |
North & Middle Lake (GG Park), Presidio, Glen Canyon Park |
| New World Sparrows |
| Spotted Towhee |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Angel Island, Mount Davidson |
| California Towhee |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, McLaren Park, Lake Merced & other |
| Chipping Sparrow |
08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
Middle Lake (GG Park) |
| Clay-colored Sparrow |
08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
Skyline Grove (Fort Funston), Middle Lake (GG Park) |
| Lark Sparrow |
08, 09, 10, 11 |
no |
Crissy Field |
| Savannah Sparrow |
all year |
yes |
Lobos Creek Valley (Presidio), India Basin |
| Fox Sparrow |
11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
no |
Strybing Arboretum (GG Park), Mount Davidson |
| Song Sparrow |
all year |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Glen Canyon Park |
| Lincoln Sparrow |
09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
no |
Stern Grove, Candlestick State Park |
| Swamp Sparrow |
11, 12, 01, 02 |
no |
Middle Lake (GG Park), SF Zoo grounds, Lake Merced |
| White-throated Sparrow |
11, 12, 01, 02 |
no |
Golden Gate Park, Stern Grove |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
all year |
yes |
ubiquitous incl. Angel, Alcatraz & Yerba Buena Islands |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow |
09, 10, 11, 12, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
no |
Golden Gate Park, Presidio, other parks & yards |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
all year |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Presidio & other |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
06, 07, 08, 09 |
no |
Middle Lake (GG Park) |
| Black-headed Grosbeak |
05, 06, 07, 08, 09 |
yes |
GG Park, Presidio, Glen Canyon Park |
| Lazuli Bunting |
03, 04, 05, 06 |
yes |
Glen Canyon Park, Golden Gate Park |
| Blackbirds |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
all year |
yes |
Lake Merced, North Lake (GG Park) |
| Tricolored Blackbird |
11, 12, 01, 02 |
yes |
Lake Merced, Chain of Lakes (GG Park) |
| Western Meadowlark |
11, 12, 01, 02 |
yes |
Crissy Field, Candlestick State Park, McLaren Park |
| Brewer's Blackbird |
all year |
yes |
ubiquitous |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Presidio & other |
| Hooded Oriole |
03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 |
yes |
Dolores Park, Sutro Heights Park, Presidio, GG Park |
| Bullock's Oriole |
all year |
yes |
Glen Canyon Park |
| Finches |
| Purple Finch |
all year |
yes |
Strybing Arboretum & other GG Park locations, Lake Merced |
| House Finch |
all year |
yes |
ubiquitous |
| Red Crossbill |
all year |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Sutro Heights Park |
| Pine Siskin |
all year |
yes |
Strybing Arboretum & other GG Park locations, Mt Davidson |
| Lesser Goldfinch |
all year |
yes |
Glen Canyon Park, McLaren Park, Lake Merced |
| American Goldfinch |
all year |
yes |
Golden Gate Park, Presidio, Lake Merced |
| Old World Sparrows |
| House Sparrow |
all year |
yes |
ubiquitous incl. Farallon Islands |
