BirdingGirl

I only birded for a couple of hours in Presidio Park while in San Francisco, but I was excited to see some birds I had never seen before. Female Anna's Hummingbird: Male Anna's Hummingbird: I especially like this profile one: The hummingbirds at Presidio Park were so fun to watch. I first noticed them as I was walking down the Park Presidio Blvd. corridor of sequoia redwoods. I kept hearing this weird wheezing noise and would stop to look for the bird but couldn't find it. It wasn't until I got into the main park, near Mountain Lake , that I realized that wheezing noise was coming from the hummingbirds! I'm no expert at hummingbirds (and especially not West Coast ones) but Anna's Hummingbird was the closest match to my photos and is also very common in the Presidio Park. I also saw my first Wilson's Warbler: This was another tricky ID for me because I had trouble finding pictures where the black cap comes down the nape of its neck as you can see in the fi...

I was in San Francisco last week doing some training for our West Coast office. I arrived on Sunday May 17th, the day after Bird-a-thon wrapped up. As soon as I checked into my hotel I took a cab to the Presidio. Little did I know but they were coming off of a heat wave so I had beautiful weather for my birding trip-sunny with temps in the 80s. I had done limited research before leaving, but I did find some good tips for San Francisco birding here: http://www.towhee.net/sfspec/index.html I walked down the corridor of Park Presidio Blvd. (lined with sequoia redwoods) and then I basically spent most of my time around Mountain Lake: The write-up shown above (taken from the Presidio Park website: http://www.presidio.gov/nature/natural/projects.htm ) describes what they have done to improve the Mountain Lake area. It really is a cool area, with wetland sections and dense underbrush. That's where I was scouting for warblers (ID-d a Wilson's Warbler) and was watching the chestnut-bac...