Chula Vista sits on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border, and the bay’s south end is one of the richest wildlife spots in the region. The wildlife refuge there holds light-footed clapper rails, ospreys, and thousands of wintering shorebirds, brown pelicans and terns work the water, and the uplands hold coastal sage scrub with California gnatcatchers, quail, and roadrunners.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Chula Vista. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
232,041
recent observations
30
species listed
16
birds
7
plants
3
mammals
Naturalists have logged 232,041 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Chula Vista. The most frequently seen is the Western Fence Lizard, with 17,912 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (16 of the species listed here), followed by plants (7).