Presidio - Battery Godfrey
California · Southwest
Moderate
October-May
About This Location
Presidio - Battery Godfrey is a productive birding destination in California, with 282 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts Greater Scaup, Surf Scoter, and Long-tailed Duck among many others. The unique desert and riparian habitats support specialty species alongside wintering and migrating birds.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bucephala islandica
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Harris's Sparrow
Zonotrichia querula
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Common Murre
Uria aalge
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
White-throated Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Black Oystercatcher
Black Turnstone
Short-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western Grebe
Red-throated Loon
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Birding Tips
- 1
Start birding at dawn when desert birds are most active before the heat.
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Check around water sources, which concentrate desert species.
- 3
Carry extra water and sun protection; mornings are the prime birding window.