Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Golden Gate Park – Blue Heron Lake & Strawberry Hill
212 species and 132,102 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May, September–October and December, with up to 119 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American CootFulica americana
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
Northern RavenCorvus corax97 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 212 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Golden Gate Park – Arboretum1 km216 species
- Golden Gate Park – North Lake2 km222 species
- Fort Mason6 km251 species
- Rodeo Lagoon9 km315 species
- Heron's Head Park10 km208 species
- South Richmond Marshes (Stege, Hoffman) and Meeker Slough20 km232 species
All 212 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Golden Gate Park – Blue Heron Lake & Strawberry Hill?
March–May, September–October and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 119 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Golden Gate Park – Blue Heron Lake & Strawberry Hill?
212 species, from 132,102 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Golden Gate Park – Blue Heron Lake & Strawberry Hill in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebe, Myrtle Warbler and Western Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.