Birding in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco,CA,USA)

Birding in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco,CA,USA), by Antonio Silveira
Birding in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco,CA,USA)
With 3 mile long and ½ mile wide and 1,017 acres of area, the Golden Gate Park
in San Francisco, California, USA, is one of the most important urban park of the world
because is a great forested area, a important area of migrations birds and recreations area
to more 13 million people visits each year.
This spectacular park has recreation areas, museums, botanical gardens and large
areas of forest and bush, and several lakes and ponds, as Stow Lake, Spreckels Lake
North Lake, Mallard Lake, South Lake and others.
Refugio of the fauna of Californian coast, Golden Gate Park is a special place for
watching wildlife, especially birds (birdwatching).
According to public information published on the net by the managing body of the
park, there are about 110 species commonly in the park area, but the number reaches 200
contact with migratory birds (1), since the park is an important stopover point for
migrating waterbirds and shorebirds following the Pacific Coast flyway. Several species of
birds like Grebes, Ducks, Hawls, Coots, Laridae,Pigeons and Doves, Hummingbirds,
Tyrant-flycatchers, Thrushes, Crows, Finches and Sparrows.
In 26 and 27,June 2013, we had (Antonio Silveira and Gianine Luiza) the
opportunity to visit the Golden Gate Park, where we observed many species of birds, and
mammals such as the gray squirrel and raccon, around six hour of observation.
Below is the list of birds observed for us in park, in ours visits some with records by photo,
video or sonds.
By Antonio Silveira
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Birds records in Golden Gate Park (by Antonio Silveira)
American Coot (Fulica americana) below
American Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) below
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
below
Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) below
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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) below
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
California Towhee (Pyrgisoma crissale or Pipilo crissalis) below
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Common Raven (Corvus corax) below
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Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) below
Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) below
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) below
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) below
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) below
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Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) below
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) below
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) below
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Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) below
———————————————————See this photos and videos in our collaborations in Internet Bird Collection
(http://ibc.lynxeds.com/users/antonio-silveira)
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Some photos of the park
Mallards Lake
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North Lake
Forest
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Big trees.
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Birding
in Golden
Gate
Park SF
Recreation
and
Parks
(http://sfrecpark.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/wcm_recpark/Volunteer/Brochures/BirdinginGoldenGate
Park.pdf)
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