Birds of San Francisco

Birds of San Francisco

Birds of San Francisco

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Bird Colors
Bushtit illustration

Bushtit

Length: 3.5"
Weight: 0.2 oz
Wingspan: 6"
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Allen's Hummingbird illustration

Allen's Hummingbird

Length: 3.6"
Weight: 0.1 oz
Wingspan: 4.3"
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Pacific Wren illustration

Pacific Wren

Length: 3.9"
Weight: 0.3 oz
Wingspan: 5.5"
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Anna's Hummingbird illustration

Anna's Hummingbird

Length: 3.9"
Weight: 0.2 oz
Wingspan: 4.9"
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Pygmy Nuthatch illustration

Pygmy Nuthatch

Length: 4"
Weight: 0.4 oz
Wingspan: 7.1"
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet illustration

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Length: 4"
Weight: 0.3 oz
Wingspan: 7"
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Lesser Goldfinch illustration

Lesser Goldfinch

Length: 4.1"
Weight: 0.3 oz
Wingspan: 7.3"
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Hutton's Vireo illustration

Hutton's Vireo

Length: 4.5"
Weight: 0.4 oz
Wingspan: 7.9"
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Wilson's Warbler illustration

Wilson's Warbler

Length: 4.5"
Weight: 0.3 oz
Wingspan: 6.4"
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee illustration

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Length: 4.5"
Weight: 0.3 oz
Wingspan: 7.5"
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Common Yellowthroat illustration

Common Yellowthroat

Length: 4.8"
Weight: 0.3 oz
Wingspan: 6.7"
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Northern Yellow Warbler illustration

Northern Yellow Warbler

Length: 4.9"
Weight: 0.3 oz
Wingspan: 7.4"
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Orange-crowned Warbler illustration

Orange-crowned Warbler

Length: 4.9"
Weight: 0.3 oz
Wingspan: 7.4"
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Pine Siskin illustration

Pine Siskin

Length: 4.9"
Weight: 0.5 oz
Wingspan: 8.3"
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Townsend's Warbler illustration

Townsend's Warbler

Length: 4.9"
Weight: 0.3 oz
Wingspan: 7.9"
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Violet-green Swallow illustration

Violet-green Swallow

Length: 4.9"
Weight: 0.5 oz
Wingspan: 12"
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Western Warbling Vireo illustration

Western Warbling Vireo

Length: 5.1"
Weight: 0.4 oz
Wingspan: 8.5"
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Savannah Sparrow illustration

Savannah Sparrow

Length: 5.2"
Weight: 0.7 oz
Wingspan: 8.2"
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Yellow-rumped Warbler illustration

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Length: 5.2"
Weight: 0.4 oz
Wingspan: 8.6"
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Bewick's Wren illustration

Bewick's Wren

Length: 5.2"
Weight: 0.4 oz
Wingspan: 7"
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Brown Creeper illustration

Brown Creeper

Length: 5.2"
Weight: 0.3 oz
Wingspan: 7.5"
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House Finch illustration

House Finch

Length: 5.5"
Weight: 0.7 oz
Wingspan: 9.2"
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Tree Swallow illustration

Tree Swallow

Length: 5.5"
Weight: 0.7 oz
Wingspan: 13"
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Purple Finch illustration

Purple Finch

Length: 5.6"
Weight: 0.9 oz
Wingspan: 9.6"
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Least Sandpiper illustration

Least Sandpiper

Length: 5.7"
Weight: 0.8 oz
Wingspan: 11"
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Song Sparrow illustration

Song Sparrow

Length: 5.9"
Weight: 0.7 oz
Wingspan: 8.3"
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Dark-eyed Junco illustration

Dark-eyed Junco

Length: 6"
Weight: 0.8 oz
Wingspan: 8.7"
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Cedar Waxwing illustration

Cedar Waxwing

Length: 6.1"
Weight: 1.1 oz
Wingspan: 9.8"
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House Sparrow illustration

House Sparrow

Length: 6.3"
Weight: 1 oz
Wingspan: 8.9"
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Downy Woodpecker illustration

Downy Woodpecker

Length: 6.3"
Weight: 0.9 oz
Wingspan: 11"
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White-crowned Sparrow illustration

White-crowned Sparrow

Length: 6.4"
Weight: 1 oz
Wingspan: 9.1"
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Hermit Thrush illustration

Hermit Thrush

Length: 6.5"
Weight: 1.1 oz
Wingspan: 11"
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Black Phoebe illustration

Black Phoebe

Length: 6.5"
Weight: 0.7 oz
Wingspan: 11"
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Barn Swallow illustration

Barn Swallow

Length: 6.7"
Weight: 0.6 oz
Wingspan: 12"
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Golden-crowned Sparrow illustration

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Length: 6.8"
Weight: 1.1 oz
Wingspan: 9.5"
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Fox Sparrow illustration

Fox Sparrow

Length: 6.8"
Weight: 1.2 oz
Wingspan: 11"
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Western Bluebird illustration

Western Bluebird

Length: 6.9"
Weight: 1 oz
Wingspan: 13"
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Nuttall's Woodpecker illustration

Nuttall's Woodpecker

Length: 7"
Weight: 1.3 oz
Wingspan: 14"
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Say's Phoebe illustration

Say's Phoebe

Length: 7"
Weight: 0.8 oz
Wingspan: 13"
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Western Tanager illustration

Western Tanager

Length: 7"
Weight: 1 oz
Wingspan: 12"
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Spotted Sandpiper illustration

Spotted Sandpiper

Length: 7.5"
Weight: 1.5 oz
Wingspan: 15"
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Brown-headed Cowbird illustration

Brown-headed Cowbird

Length: 7.5"
Weight: 1.5 oz
Wingspan: 13"
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Hooded Oriole illustration

Hooded Oriole

Length: 7.7"
Weight: 0.8 oz
Wingspan: 10"
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Spotted Towhee illustration

Spotted Towhee

Length: 7.8"
Weight: 1.4 oz
Wingspan: 11"
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Red-winged Blackbird illustration

Red-winged Blackbird

Length: 8.2"
Weight: 1.9 oz
Wingspan: 14"
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European Starling illustration

European Starling

Length: 8.5"
Weight: 2.8 oz
Wingspan: 15"
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Western Meadowlark illustration

Western Meadowlark

Length: 8.7"
Weight: 3.5 oz
Wingspan: 16"
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Brewer's Blackbird illustration

Brewer's Blackbird

Length: 8.9"
Weight: 2.3 oz
Wingspan: 15"
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Hairy Woodpecker illustration

Hairy Woodpecker

Length: 9"
Weight: 2.4 oz
Wingspan: 15"
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California Towhee illustration

California Towhee

Length: 9"
Weight: 1.7 oz
Wingspan: 11"
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Northern Mockingbird illustration

Northern Mockingbird

Length: 9.5"
Weight: 1.8 oz
Wingspan: 13"
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American Robin illustration

American Robin

Length: 9.6"
Weight: 2.8 oz
Wingspan: 15"
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Killdeer illustration

Killdeer

Length: 9.8"
Weight: 3.5 oz
Wingspan: 20"
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California Scrub-Jay illustration

California Scrub-Jay

Length: 11"
Weight: 3 oz
Wingspan: 15"
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Mourning Dove illustration

Mourning Dove

Length: 12"
Weight: 4.4 oz
Wingspan: 18"
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Northern Flicker illustration

Northern Flicker

Length: 12"
Weight: 4.7 oz
Wingspan: 19"
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Steller’s Jay illustration

Steller’s Jay

Length: 12"
Weight: 4.1 oz
Wingspan: 18"
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Eurasian Collared-Dove illustration

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Length: 12"
Weight: 2.5 oz
Wingspan: 17"
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Pied-billed Grebe illustration

Pied-billed Grebe

Length: 13"
Weight: 14.9 oz
Wingspan: 19"
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Pigeon Guillemot illustration

Pigeon Guillemot

Length: 13"
Weight: 1.1 lbs
Wingspan: 23"
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Red-masked Parakeet illustration

Red-masked Parakeet

Length: 13"
Weight: 6.3 oz
Wingspan: 22"
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Rock Pigeon illustration

Rock Pigeon

Length: 13"
Weight: 10.8 oz
Wingspan: 25"
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Belted Kingfisher illustration

Belted Kingfisher

Length: 13"
Weight: 5.3 oz
Wingspan: 22"
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Eared Grebe illustration

Eared Grebe

Length: 13"
Weight: 14.5 oz
Wingspan: 19"
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Horned Grebe illustration

Horned Grebe

Length: 14"
Weight: 15.5 oz
Wingspan: 18"
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White-tailed Kite illustration

White-tailed Kite

Length: 14"
Weight: 11.8 oz
Wingspan: 40"
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Bufflehead illustration

Bufflehead

Length: 14"
Weight: 15 oz
Wingspan: 21"
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Ruddy Duck illustration

Ruddy Duck

Length: 15"
Weight: 1.3 lbs
Wingspan: 22"
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Willet illustration

Willet

Length: 15"
Weight: 8.9 oz
Wingspan: 27"
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American Coot illustration

American Coot

Length: 16"
Weight: 1.4 lbs
Wingspan: 24"
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Common Murre illustration

Common Murre

Length: 16"
Weight: 2.1 lbs
Wingspan: 26"
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Cooper's Hawk illustration

Cooper's Hawk

Length: 16"
Weight: 15.9 oz
Wingspan: 30"
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Elegant Tern illustration

Elegant Tern

Length: 16"
Weight: 9.1 oz
Wingspan: 34"
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Peregrine Falcon illustration

Peregrine Falcon

Length: 17"
Weight: 2.1 lbs
Wingspan: 41"
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Ring-necked Duck illustration

Ring-necked Duck

Length: 17"
Weight: 1.5 lbs
Wingspan: 25"
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Short-billed Gull illustration

Short-billed Gull

Length: 17"
Weight: 1.1 lbs
Wingspan: 44"
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Greater Scaup illustration

Greater Scaup

Length: 18"
Weight: 2.3 lbs
Wingspan: 29"
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Hudsonian Whimbrel illustration

Hudsonian Whimbrel

Length: 18"
Weight: 13 oz
Wingspan: 32"
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American Avocet illustration

American Avocet

Length: 18"
Weight: 11.1 oz
Wingspan: 29"
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American Crow illustration

American Crow

Length: 18"
Weight: 1 lbs
Wingspan: 37"
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Black Oystercatcher illustration

Black Oystercatcher

Length: 18"
Weight: 1.4 lbs
Wingspan: 32"
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Heermann's Gull illustration

Heermann's Gull

Length: 19"
Weight: 1.1 lbs
Wingspan: 46"
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Northern Shoveler illustration

Northern Shoveler

Length: 19"
Weight: 1.3 lbs
Wingspan: 30"
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Red-shouldered Hawk illustration

Red-shouldered Hawk

Length: 19"
Weight: 1.4 lbs
Wingspan: 40"
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American Wigeon illustration

American Wigeon

Length: 20"
Weight: 1.9 lbs
Wingspan: 33"
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California Gull illustration

California Gull

Length: 20"
Weight: 1.5 lbs
Wingspan: 52"
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Caspian Tern illustration

Caspian Tern

Length: 20"
Weight: 1.4 lbs
Wingspan: 50"
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Red-tailed Hawk illustration

Red-tailed Hawk

Length: 21"
Weight: 2.4 lbs
Wingspan: 49"
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Surf Scoter illustration

Surf Scoter

Length: 21"
Weight: 2.3 lbs
Wingspan: 30"
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Long-billed Curlew illustration

Long-billed Curlew

Length: 23"
Weight: 1.5 lbs
Wingspan: 31"
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Mallard illustration

Mallard

Length: 23"
Weight: 2.5 lbs
Wingspan: 35"
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Glaucous-winged Gull illustration

Glaucous-winged Gull

Length: 23"
Weight: 2.3 lbs
Wingspan: 54"
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Snowy Egret illustration

Snowy Egret

Length: 24"
Weight: 13.1 oz
Wingspan: 40"
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Western Gull illustration

Western Gull

Length: 24"
Weight: 2.2 lbs
Wingspan: 54"
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Common Raven illustration

Common Raven

Length: 24"
Weight: 2.6 lbs
Wingspan: 48"
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Western Grebe illustration

Western Grebe

Length: 25"
Weight: 3.3 lbs
Wingspan: 24"
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Black-crowned Night Heron illustration

Black-crowned Night Heron

Length: 25"
Weight: 1.9 lbs
Wingspan: 45"
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Clark's Grebe illustration

Clark's Grebe

Length: 25"
Weight: 2.8 lbs
Wingspan: 27"
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Pelagic Cormorant illustration

Pelagic Cormorant

Length: 26"
Weight: 4.1 lbs
Wingspan: 42"
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Turkey Vulture illustration

Turkey Vulture

Length: 28"
Weight: 4 lbs
Wingspan: 68"
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Brandt's Cormorant illustration

Brandt's Cormorant

Length: 31"
Weight: 4.6 lbs
Wingspan: 44"
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Common Loon illustration

Common Loon

Length: 31"
Weight: 9.3 lbs
Wingspan: 46"
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Double-crested Cormorant illustration

Double-crested Cormorant

Length: 32"
Weight: 4 lbs
Wingspan: 48"
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Great Egret illustration

Great Egret

Length: 39"
Weight: 2.2 lbs
Wingspan: 53"
Monthly presence
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Canada Goose illustration

Canada Goose

Length: 39"
Weight: 12.1 lbs
Wingspan: 62"
Monthly presence
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Blue Heron illustration

Great Blue Heron

Length: 46"
Weight: 4.9 lbs
Wingspan: 72"
Monthly presence
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Brown Pelican illustration

Brown Pelican

Length: 48"
Weight: 7.9 lbs
Wingspan: 79"
Monthly presence
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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