Bird AlbumUnited States · California
South Richmond Marshes (Stege, Hoffman) and Meeker Slough
232 species and 137,163 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–March, with up to 145 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CootFulica americana
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
WilletTringa semipalmata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American WigeonMareca americana
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fort Mason14 km251 species
- Heron's Head Park19 km208 species
- EBMUD – Valle Vista Staging Area20 km209 species
- Rodeo Lagoon20 km315 species
- Golden Gate Park – Arboretum20 km216 species
- Golden Gate Park – Blue Heron Lake & Strawberry Hill20 km212 species
All 232 species recorded here
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at South Richmond Marshes (Stege, Hoffman) and Meeker Slough?
October–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 145 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at South Richmond Marshes (Stege, Hoffman) and Meeker Slough?
232 species, from 137,163 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at South Richmond Marshes (Stege, Hoffman) and Meeker Slough in November?
The most recorded in November: American Coot, White-crowned Sparrow, Snowy Egret, Black Phoebe and American Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.