Holiday to San Francisco and Hawaii, March 2017


We went for a fantastic three-week holiday taking in a three-night stop at San Francisco either side of a week on Maui and a week on Big Island. I didn’t record every sighting as it wasn’t really a birding trip, as such, and I wanted to record lots of other things too. I did, however take as many photos as I could. though we did not see too many endemics (we never really got much of a chance to spend time on our own in the rain forests which is where we really need to be) Despite that we clocked up about forty species and twenty-six of those were lifers.

Birds Seen in San Francisco  ( 17 Species, 8 Lifers )

American Coot Fulica americana Lifer
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos  
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Lifer
Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Lifer
Canada Goose Branta canadensis  
Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens Lifer
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus  
Herring Gull Larus argentatus  
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  
Raven Corvus corax  
Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys Lifer
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Lifer
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Lifer
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon Columba livia  
Starling Sturnus vulgaris  
Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri Lifer
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys  

 

Birds Seen in Hawaii  ( 23 Species, 18 Lifers )

Black Noddy (Hawaiian) Anous minutus melanogenys Lifer
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Lifer
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Lifer
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Lifer
Gray Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus Lifer
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  
Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai Lifer
Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis Lifer
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Lifer
House Sparrow Passer domesticus  
Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonicus Lifer
Java Sparrow Lonchura oryzivora Lifer
Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax  
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Lifer
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Lifer
Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata Lifer
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon Columba livia  
Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola Lifer
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Lifer
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Lifer
Yellow-billed Cardinal Paroaria capitata Lifer
Zebra Dove Geopelia striata Lifer

 

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