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Numenius americanus

Observer

benedictgagliardi

Date

Apr 13, 2013

Place

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA (Google, OSM)

Description

Wading in Crissy Field Marsh. Sorry for the bad cell phone picture :(

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Euphagus cyanocephalus

Observer

benedictgagliardi

Date

May 13, 2013

Place

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA (Google, OSM)

Description

Dust bathing

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Sea Anemones Order Actiniaria

Observer

robberfly

Date

Apr 24, 2013 03:14 PM PDT

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Can't believe this shot cropped up so well...
Possibly "Moonglow Anemone" (Anthopleura artemesia)?

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Goose Barnacle Pollicipes polymerus

Observer

robberfly

Date

Apr 24, 2013 03:15 PM PDT

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Fantastic to crawl below the fishing pier in front of the Warming Hut. Tried not to drop my iPhone into the ocean.

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Giant Green Anemone Anthopleura xanthogrammica

Observer

robberfly

Date

Apr 24, 2013 03:20 PM PDT

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Thrilling to see below the pier...

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California Mussel Mytilus californianus

Observer

robberfly

Date

Apr 24, 2013 03:22 PM PDT

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Hard to find but finally came up with this one on the breakwater wall.

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Lupines Genus Lupinus

Observer

acasey

Date

Apr 18, 2013

Place

Crissy field, San Francisco, Ca (Google, OSM)

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Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium

Observer

acasey

Date

Apr 18, 2013

Place

Crissy field, San Francisco, Ca (Google, OSM)

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Italian thistle Carduus pycnocephalus

Observer

acasey

Date

Apr 18, 2013

Place

Crissy field, San Francisco, Ca (Google, OSM)

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Snowy Egret Egretta thula

Observer

acasey

Date

Apr 18, 2013

Place

Crissy field, San Francisco, Ca (Google, OSM)

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Killdeer Charadrius vociferus

Observer

acasey

Date

Apr 18, 2013

Place

Crissy field, San Francisco, Ca (Google, OSM)

Description

A single killdeer was searching for food in the Crissy field marsh.

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American Coot Fulica americana

Observer

acasey

Date

Apr 18, 2013

Place

Crissy field, San Francisco, Ca (Google, OSM)

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American Goldfinch Spinus tristis

Observer

acasey

Date

Apr 18, 2013

Place

Crissy field, San Francisco, Ca (Google, OSM)

Description

This guy had his back to me for a bit, but finally gave me a decent view!

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Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

Observer

acasey

Date

Apr 16, 2012

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco, Ca (Google, OSM)

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Common Raven Corvus corax

Observer

acasey

Date

Apr 16, 2012

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA (Google, OSM)

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Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii

Observer

pierre_t

Date

May 10, 2009

Place

San Francisco (Google, OSM)

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Phacelia distans

Observer

robberfly

Date

Mar 30, 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)

Description

I didn't know what this was, but knew it was different. Lew Stringer keyed it for me.

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Pink Sand-verbena ( Abronia umbellata )

Observer

robberfly

Date

Mar 30, 2013 11:56 AM PDT

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)

Description

I photographed the yellow one at Baker Beach..

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Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula )

Observer

robberfly

Date

Mar 30, 2013 11:48 AM PDT

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)

Description

I thought the lagoon was a bust: coots and Western Gulls. I turned the corner and...there it was!

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Common Deerweed (Acmispon glaber)

Observer

robberfly

Date

Mar 30, 2013 11:39 AM PDT

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Secondary host for Green Hairstreaks & Orange Sulfurs.

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What

Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus

Observer

m_jon

Date

Dec 12, 2012 11:39 AM PST

Place

San Francisco, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)

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European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Observer

m_jon

Date

Dec 12, 2012 11:40 AM PST

Place

San Francisco, California, United States (Google, OSM)

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What

Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus

Observer

m_jon

Date

Dec 12, 2012 11:40 AM PST

Place

San Francisco, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)

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White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys

Observer

m_jon

Date

Dec 12, 2012 11:56 AM PST

Place

San Francisco, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

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Herring Gull Larus argentatus

Observer

m_jon

Date

Dec 12, 2012 11:58 AM PST

Place

San Francisco, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

The gulls in the foreground match Herring gulls. The background gulls look like something different, perhaps California gulls (Larus californicus).

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Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Observer

m_jon

Date

Dec 12, 2012 12:00 PM PST

Place

San Francisco, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

Mallards, coots, and a snowy egret

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American Coot Fulica americana

Observer

m_jon

Date

Dec 12, 2012 12:04 PM PST

Place

San Francisco, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

American crow, Fulica americana

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Greater Scaup Aythya marila

Observer

m_jon

Date

Dec 12, 2012 12:09 PM PST

Place

San Francisco, California, United States (Google, OSM)

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Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Observer

m_jon

Date

Dec 12, 2012 12:14 PM PST

Place

San Francisco, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

A turkey vulture circling with a red-tailed hawk.

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Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

Observer

m_jon

Date

Dec 12, 2012 12:14 PM PST

Place

San Francisco, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

A turkey vulture circling with a red-tailed hawk.

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Hemigrapsus nudus

Observer

tiwane

Date

Dec 27, 2012

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco (Google, OSM)

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Pachygrapsus crassipes

Observer

tiwane

Date

Dec 27, 2012

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco (Google, OSM)

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Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Observer

primalux

Date

Oct 15, 2010 06:36 AM PDT

Place

San Francisco, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

I initially thought this was a black-bellied plover, but I don't really have experience with plovers, and it looks enough like a pacific golden plover that I have no idea.

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Killdeer Charadrius vociferus

Observer

primalux

Date

Nov 28, 2009 08:28 AM PST

Place

crissy field, san francisco, ca (Google, OSM)

Description

@ Crissy Field

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Common Loon Gavia immer

Observer

garyg

Date

Dec 4, 2012

Place

Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA (Google, OSM)

Description

Single bird in the water about 30 meters off shore

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Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus

Observer

garyg

Date

Dec 7, 2012

Place

Crissy Field Marsh (Google, OSM)

Description

Single bird on sand bar

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Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

Observer

garyg

Date

Dec 5, 2012

Place

Crissy Field Marsh (Google, OSM)

Description

Single bird at the far end of the marsh; called Old Fred by some locals

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Willet Tringa semipalmata

Observer

garyg

Date

Dec 5, 2012

Place

Crissy Field Marsh (Google, OSM)

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Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Observer

garyg

Date

Dec 5, 2012

Place

Crissy Field Marsh (Google, OSM)

Description

Six flying over the surf of the beach

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Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis

Observer

garyg

Date

Dec 5, 2012

Place

Crissy Field Marsh (Google, OSM)

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Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

Observer

garyg

Date

Dec 5, 2012

Place

Crissy Field Marsh (Google, OSM)

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Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

Observer

garyg

Date

Dec 5, 2012

Place

Crissy Field Marsh (Google, OSM)

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Great Egret Ardea alba

Observer

garyg

Date

Dec 5, 2012

Place

Crissy Field Marsh (Google, OSM)

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Snowy Egret Egretta thula

Observer

garyg

Date

Dec 5, 2012

Place

Crissy Field Marsh (Google, OSM)

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Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

Observer

garyg

Date

Dec 5, 2012

Place

Crissy Field Marsh (Google, OSM)

Description

Seen on a late afternoon walk with low clouds and drizzle

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Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

Observer

victoriousness

Date

Feb 12, 2012 01:37 PM PST

Place

Chrissy Field, San Francisco, CA (Google, OSM)

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Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

Observer

victoriousness

Date

Feb 12, 2012 11:54 AM PST

Place

Chrissy Field, San Francisco, CA (Google, OSM)

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Beach Suncup Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia

Observer

invertboy

Date

Jul 1, 2012 02:54 PM PDT

Place

San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)

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Yellow Sand Verbena Abronia latifolia

Observer

invertboy

Date

Jul 1, 2012 03:16 PM PDT

Place

Marine Dr, San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)

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beach wormwood Artemisia pycnocephala

Observer

invertboy

Date

Jul 1, 2012 03:17 PM PDT

Place

San Francisco, California, US (Google, OSM)