Natural History Wanderings

Yesterday I went birding on a Golden Gate Audubon field trip at the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park

I saw or heard 30 bird species. Group members also saw Cooper’s Hawk and House Wren.

Anna’s Hummingbirds were very abundant. I was doing a patch survey of Hummingbirds at Home and had 23 observations (some may have been of the same bird). No other Hummers were seen by group members

I also saw a Monarch Butterfly and a number of Eastern Gray Squirrels.

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San Francisco Botanical Garden Bird Lists 11/1/15

• Canada Goose  X
• Mallard  X
• Turkey Vulture  X
• American Coot  X
• Western Gull  X
• Anna’s Hummingbird  X
• Downy Woodpecker  X
• Northern Flicker  X
• Black Phoebe  X
• Hutton’s Vireo  X
• Steller’s Jay  X
• Western Scrub-Jay  X
• American Crow  X
• Common Raven  X
• Chestnut-backed Chickadee  X
• Pygmy Nuthatch  X
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet  X
• Hermit Thrush  X
• American Robin  X
• Cedar Waxwing  X
• Yellow-rumped Warbler  X
• Townsend’s Warbler  X
• Fox Sparrow  X
• White-crowned Sparrow  X
• Golden-crowned Sparrow  X
• Song Sparrow  X
• California Towhee  X
• House Finch  X
• Pine Siskin  X
• Lesser Goldfinch  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25664656