Date: 11/15/26 1:40 pm From: David Assmann via SFBirds <david_assmann...> Subject: [SFBirds] 2025 National Christmas Bird Count Summary Released and reminder about 2026 Count
National Audubon has released the compiled results of last year’s Christmas Bird Count, and San Francisco, with 183 species, came in 10 th. Matagorda County in Texas came in first with 239 species. The top count in California was San Diego, with 218 species.
We had the highest count of any circle in the country for 10 species in 2025, including setting a new CBC record for Anna’s Hummingbirds with 1,962. Other high counts included 3 Red Phalaropes, 9,225 Red-throated Loons,7,656 Western Gulls, 5,368 Band-tailed Pigeons, 334 ** Red-masked Parakeets, 1,133 Common Ravens, and 467 Townsend’s Warblers. We were also one of two counts to report a MacGillivray's Warbler and one of 6 counts to report a Grace's Warbler.
The San Francisco count circle includes the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and all of San Francisco, and reaches down the peninsula to San Bruno Mountain and the wetlands north of the San Francisco International Airport. Including a wide variety of habitats, the San Francisco count generally tops 160 species. View a MAP ( https://cbcviewer.appspot.com/ ) of our San Francisco count areas.
If you are a beginning birder or if you have never participated in a Christmas Bird Count, there will be a three hour CBC training session the morning of Saturday November 21st at Heron's Head Park. Details here. ( https://goldengatebirdalliance.app.neoncrm.com/event-detail?event=20468 )
