Here's where you will find the Critter List for the Field Trips for the Fall 2012
session of the Golden Gate Audubon Society sponsored
"Birds of the Bay Area: Fall Migrations" class! Thank you for joining up with us!
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DUCKS & GEESE
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Redhead
LOONS
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Red-necked Pheasant
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe

PELICANS & CORMORANTS
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant

HERONS & EGRETS
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
White-faced Ibis

NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture

Raptors
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle

American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon


RAILS
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot

Sandhill Crane

SHOREBIRDS
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Red Knot
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Pectoral Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher (sp.)
Wilson's Snipe
Heerman's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Forster's Tern
Elegant Tern
Common Murre
DOVES
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove
OWLS
Barn Owl
Great-horned Owl
Short-eared Owl

SWIFTS
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift

HUMMINGBIRDS
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe

SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike

VIREOS
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo

CROWS, JAYS
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven

SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
CHICKADEES & TITS
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit

NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch

TREECREEPERS
Brown Creeper

WRENS
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
Rock Wren
GNATCATCHERS & KINGLETS
Blue-gray Gnatcacher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

THRUSHES
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush

BABBLERS
Wrentit

MOCKINGBIRDS
Northern Mockingbird

STARLINGS
European Starling

PIPITS
American Pipit

WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwings

WOOD-WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Palm Warbler
NEW WORLD SPARROWS
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Tanagers & Icterids
Western Tanager
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird

FINCHES & OLD WORLD
SPARROWS
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch        
House Sparrow





Other Interesting Sightings:
River Otters
Raccoon
Black-tailed Deer
Coyote
Eastern Gray Squirrel
California Ground Squirrel
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
California Sea Lion
Bottlenosed Dolphins
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Location/Field Report                     Marin                   Coyote                 Briones               Hayward                SF               Central
                                                      Headlands                Hills                   Reservoir             Shoreline         Land's End        Valley

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Bird species seen per trip               56         64          55          55           54           43          55          61         55       56        75       94
Total bird species for all trips          56         71          87          98         112         113        124       129       144     146      163     166