Site Report: McLaren Park, United States of America
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Male
Spotted Tussock Moth (Lophocampa maculata)
Flower Longhorn Beetle (Ortholeptura insignis)
Tropical Fruitworm Moth (Lotisma trigonana)
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle (Laemostenus complanatus)
Brown-lined Looper (Neoalcis californiaria)
Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis sp)
Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis maroccanella)
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Juvenile
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Parus rufescens)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Juvenile
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) Male in Flight
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
European Harvestman (Phalangium opilio)
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Coyote (Canis latrans)
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Male
Spotted Tussock Moth (Lophocampa maculata)
Flower Longhorn Beetle (Ortholeptura insignis)
Tropical Fruitworm Moth (Lotisma trigonana)
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle (Laemostenus complanatus)
Brown-lined Looper (Neoalcis californiaria)
Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis sp)
Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis maroccanella)
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Juvenile
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Parus rufescens)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Juvenile
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) Male in Flight
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
European Harvestman (Phalangium opilio)
City park designed by the same guy who did Golden Gate Park. There are a couple of concrete ponds here where mallards breed, a few forested areas, and a grassland with scattered trees. To get here, you have to climb to the top of a big hill, look for the blue watertower.
Visits
- 2006-06-06: Long bike ride up to the park.
- 2007-06-24: None
- 2021-02-13:
- 2025-06-25:
- 2026-07-14: Put out the moth sheet trying out new sheet material.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (41 records,
20 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(8 records,
8 images)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Harvestmen
(1 record)
- Family: Phalangiid Harvestmen
- European Harvestman (Phalangium opilio)
Class: Insects
(7 records,
7 images)
- Order: Beetles
(2 records)
- Family: Ground Beetles
- Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle (Laemostenus complanatus)
- Family: Longhorn Beetles
- Flower Longhorn Beetle (Ortholeptura insignis)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(5 records)
- Family: Blastobasid
- Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis maroccanella)
- Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis sp)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Brown-lined Looper (Neoalcis californiaria)
- Family: Tropical Fruitworm Moths
- Tropical Fruitworm Moth (Lotisma trigonana)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Spotted Tussock Moth (Lophocampa maculata)
Phylum: Chordates
(33 records,
12 images)
Class: Birds
(31 records,
10 images)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii)
- Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
- Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Order: Perching Birds
(19 records)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
- Family: Dippers
- American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Nuttall's Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
Class: Mammals
(2 records,
2 images)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Canidae
- Coyote (Canis latrans)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)