Date: 10/4/25 1:46 pm From: Dominik Mosur via groups.io <dominikmosur...> Subject: [SFBirds] LAWRENCE'S Goldfinch on Corona Hill 10/3/25 + recent misc. observations
Yesterday around 11 a.m. a female Lawrence's Goldfinch paid a brief visit to Corona Hill. It didn't stick around for long, switching perch trees a couple of times, before heading off south toward Noe Valley.
A few getting on the late side western migrants in the first days of October:
Willow Flycatcher - Hoover Middle School 10/1
Western Wood-pewee - Corona Hill 10/3
Olive-sided Flycatcher - Corona Hill 10/2
Lazuli Bunting - Corona Hill 10/2, this one appeared to be an after-hatch or older male (ie it looked like an colorful adult), a plumage I don't recall seeing after about early August in previous years
Some belated observations from the 2nd half of September that I found of note:
Rufous Hummingbird - a hatch-year female was on Corona Hill 9/25
American Coot - first arrivals to Laguna Honda Reservoir noted 9/23
Broad-winged Hawk - 9 over Corona Hill 9/23 (including one Dark Morph), 3 on 9/26 (one Dark Morph)
Red-breasted Sapsucker - first fall arrival on Corona Hill 9/27
Acorn Woodpecker - 2 were on Corona Hill 9/18 with one lingering the next day and another visited briefly 9/27, another on Mount Sutro 9/28 was the first one I've encountered at that site during bi-monthly surveys
Merlin - first (and so far only) one I've seen this fall flew over the Clipper Terrace Community Garden 9/18
Lark Sparrow - 9/17-18 on Corona Hill
Tricolored Blackbird - 18 were at McCoppin Square 9/20 during the Rare Bird Round Up
SORDIDA ssp. Orange-crowned Warbler - the Channel Island subspecies which is rare in Northern California , one was in flowering red gums at Hoover Middle School on 9/20 during the Rare Bird Round-up
Blackpoll Warbler - in the red gum next to the defunct bocce /lawn bowling area of Pine Lake/Stern Grove next to 19th Ave at Warona 9/20 during the Rare Bird Round-up
Townsend's x Hermit Warbler - Gamble Memorial Park 9/24 and seen through the end of the month was likely a returning individual as one of this hybrid combination was noted on multiple occasions here this past January - February
