Wildlife near San Francisco, California
Here’s what naturalists are spotting near San Francisco right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
Naturalists have logged 309,727 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near San Francisco. The most frequently seen is the Black-crowned Night Heron, with 17,209 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (16 of the species listed here), followed by plants (6).
Most-observed species near San Francisco
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