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Fort Funston Field Guide

This is a field guide to Fort Funston in anticipation of the August 24th BioBlitz. Currently, we're aware of 252 species in this park. How many of them can we confirm with observations, and how many new ones will we find?

California Red-legged Frog 1
Rana draytonii
Northern Alligator Lizard 2
Elgaria coerulea
Downy Woodpecker 3
Picoides pubescens
Northern Flicker 4
Colaptes auratus
Rock Dove 5
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 6
Zenaida macroura
Anna's Hummingbird 7
Calypte anna
California Quail 8
Callipepla californica
Willet 9
Tringa semipalmata
Whimbrel 10
Numenius phaeopus
Elegant Tern 11
Thalasseus elegans
Heermann's Gull 12
Larus heermanni
Western Gull 12
Larus occidentalis
Forster's Tern 11
Sterna forsteri
Killdeer 13
Charadrius vociferus
Pigeon Guillemot 14
Cepphus columba
Common Murre 15
Uria aalge
Parasitic Jaeger 16
Stercorarius parasiticus
Common Loon 17
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 18
Gavia pacifica
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 14
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Brown Pelican 19
Pelecanus occidentalis
Black Scoter 18
Melanitta americana
White-winged Scoter 20
Melanitta fusca
Surf Scoter 20
Melanitta perspicillata
Red-tailed Hawk 21
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 22
Buteo lineatus
White-tailed Kite 21
Elanus leucurus
Turkey Vulture 23
Cathartes aura
Double-crested Cormorant 24
Phalacrocorax auritus
Pelagic Cormorant 25
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Brandt's Cormorant 26
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Cliff Swallow 27
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Barn Swallow 28
Hirundo rustica
Bank Swallow 29
Riparia riparia
Brewer's Blackbird 30
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 17
Molothrus ater
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 31
Poecile rufescens
Pygmy Nuthatch 32
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 33
Sturnus vulgaris
Bewick's Wren 34
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 6
Turdus migratorius
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 17
Empidonax difficilis
Black Phoebe 18
Sayornis nigricans
Warbling Vireo 35
Vireo gilvus
Hutton's Vireo 12
Vireo huttoni
Dark-eyed Junco 36
Junco hyemalis
Song Sparrow 12
Melospiza melodia
White-crowned Sparrow 37
Zonotrichia leucophrys
California Towhee 38
Melozone crissalis
Western Tanager 17
Piranga ludoviciana
Yellow-rumped Warbler 39
Setophaga coronata
Hermit Warbler 40
Setophaga occidentalis
Yellow Warbler 41
Setophaga petechia
Townsend's Warbler 42
Setophaga townsendi
Bushtit 43
Psaltriparus minimus
Brown Creeper 44
Certhia americana
Western Scrub-Jay 45
Aphelocoma californica
Common Raven 46
Corvus corax
House Finch 47
Haemorhous mexicanus
Common Porpoise 48
Phocoena phocoena
Gray Whale 49
Eschrichtius robustus
Bottlenose Dolphin 50
Tursiops truncatus
Common Dolphin 51
Delphinus delphis
Harbor Seal 52
Phoca vitulina
California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus
Guadalupe Fur Seal 53
Arctocephalus townsendi
Northern Fur Seal 54
Callorhinus ursinus
Long-tailed Weasel 55
Mustela frenata
California Mussel 54
Mytilus californianus
Woodlouse Spider 56
Dysdera crocata
Acmon Blue 17
Plebejus acmon
Genista Broom Moth 57
Uresiphita reversalis
Honey Bee 58
Apis mellifera
Yellow-faced Bumblebee 59
Bombus vosnesenskii
Formica fusca 60
odorous house ant 60
Tapinoma sessile
Hypoponera opacior 60
California Lady Beetle 61
Coccinella californica
Laemostenus complanatus 62
Trirhabda flavolimbata 63
Jerusalem Cricket 26
Stenopelmatus fuscus
Pallid-winged Grasshopper 64
Trimerotropis pallidipennis
Common Earwig 65
Forficula auricularia
Thereva comata
Thereva elizabethae
Acrosathe vanduzeei
Coelopa vanduzeei 62
Pacific Sand Crab 66
Emerita analoga
Dungeness Crab 67
Metacarcinus magister
Goose Barnacle 8
Pollicipes polymerus
Eccentric sand dollar 68
Dendraster excentricus
California Polypody 69
Polypodium californicum
Bracken 70
Pteridium aquilinum
Monterey Cypress 71
Cupressus macrocarpa
Monterey Pine 72
Pinus radiata
giant horsetail 73
Equisetum telmateia
Yellow Bush Lupine 74
Lupinus arboreus
Miniature Lupine 75
Lupinus bicolor

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