Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
200 Nevada Ave, Moss Beach, CA
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Fitzgerald Marine Reserve was first developed as a spa and weekend "getaway" for San Francisco's elite. This kept the area in a natural state--important since the reserve is a delicate coastal area. At low tide, there are many tidal pools and reefs to explore. The cooler months are a bonanza for birders, as the rich waters in the cove attract a number of migratory species either "passing through" or staying for the Winter months. Here you'll find Scoters, Cormorants. Pelicans, Gulls, Guillemots, and Mergansers, as well as some resident Sparrows, Finches, and Phoebes.
Typical species include:
Ducks
Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, Ruddy Ducks, Black Scoters, White-Winged Scoters, Common Mergansers
Geese
Canada Goose, Brandt's Goose
Gulls
California Gulls, Ring Billed Gulls, Glaucous Gull, Glaucous Winged Gull, Heerman's Gull
Pelicans
WHite Pelicans, California Bown Pelicans
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorants, Pelagic Cormorants, Brandt's Cormorants
Shorebirds
Western Sandpiper, Long-billed Curlew, Willet, Short-billed Dowitcher, Marbled Godwit, Black Bellied Plover, Sanderling
Grebes
Pied Billed Grebe, Western Grebe, Clark's Grebe
Songbirds
Song Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows, Black-Crowned Sparrow, Golden-Crowned Sparrow, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Lesser Goldfinch, Red-Winged Blackbirds, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe
Swallows and Swifts
Cliff Swallows, Barn Swallows
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Raptors
Red Tailed Hawks, Black Winged Kites, American Kestrel
