United States · California
Golden Gate Park – North Lake
222 species and 137,501 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 133 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American CootFulica americana
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens94 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 222 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 – Blue Heron Lake & Strawberry Hill2 km212 species
- Golden Gate Park – Arboretum3 km216 species
- Rodeo Lagoon7 km315 species
- Fort Mason8 km251 species
- Heron's Head Park12 km208 species
- South Richmond Marshes (Stege, Hoffman) and Meeker Slough21 km232 species
All 222 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Golden Gate Park – North Lake?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 133 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Golden Gate Park – North Lake?
222 species, from 137,501 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Golden Gate Park – North Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, American Coot, Song Sparrow, Pied-billed Grebe and Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.