Site Report: Half Moon Bay - Venice Beach
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
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Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
A long sandy beach in a suburban area. Good for gulls.
Visits
- 2007-01-14: Sunny cool day.
- 2020-01-19:
- 2022-12-17:
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (33 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(33 records)
Class: Birds
(33 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Order: Pelicans
(8 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Family: Loons
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Order: Perching Birds
(14 records)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Family: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (5 records)