Shollenberger Park
| Shollenberger Park |
Photo: Scott Hess |
| Type |
Municipal |
| Location |
Petaluma, California |
| Area |
165 acres (0.67 km2), 248 acres (1.00 km2) with adjacent Alman Marsh and Petaluma River Marsh |
| Created |
1995 |
| Visitors |
150,000 |
| Status |
Open all year |
Shollenberger Park is a 165-acre (0.67 km2) wetland park located in Petaluma, California.[1]. Together with the 80-acre (320,000 m2) Alman Marsh, and 260-acre (1.1 km2) Ellis Creek opening to the public in July 2009, a total of 505 acres (2.04 km2) will be accessible to the public. Named after Richard Shollenberger, a park chief, the park is one of the last wetlands of its kind in the country. It is a bird watching paradise, attracting 195 species of birds[2], including threatened species. The Audubon Society has ranked Shollenberger Park as an important birding site, and the San Francisco Chronicle ranks it as a top destination for nature lovers. The park is home to rare animal and plant species, such as the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse. The park attracts 150,000 visitors annually and serves as an outdoor classroom for children as well as a wildlife research location. PRBO Conservation Science, a non-profit wildlife conservation and research organization is located next to the park.
The area was formerly known as Cader Lane Ponds.[3]
List of Birdlife[4]
- Grebes - Clark's Grebe, Eared Grebe, Horned Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe
- Loons - Common Loon
- Pelicans - American White Pelican
- Cormorants - Double-crested Cormorant
- Herons, Egrets, Bitterns - American Bittern, Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Green Heron, Snowy Egret
- Ibises and Spoonbills - White-faced Ibis
- Ducks, Geese, Swans- American Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Bufflehead, Cackling Goose, Canada Goose, Canvasback, Cinnamon Teal, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, Greater Scaup, Greater White-fronted Goose, Green-winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Long-tail Duck (Old Squaw), Mallard, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Redhead, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Duck, Ross' Goose, Ruddy Duck, Snow Goose, Surf Scoter, Tundra Swan, White-winged Scoter
- New World Vultures - Turkey Vulture
- Hawks and Allies - Cooper's Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, Golden Eagle, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, White-tailed Kite
- Falcons and Caracaras - American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine
- New World Quail - California Quail
- Rails and Coots - American Coot, Black Rail, Clapper Rail, Common Moorhen, Sora, Virginia Rail
- Plovers and Lapwings - Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, Pacific Golden Plover, Semipalmated Plover
- Stilts and Avocets - American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt
- Sandpipers, Phalaropes, Allies - Baird's Sandpiper, Dunlin, Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marbled Godwit, Red-necked Pharalope, Red Pharalope, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Shor-billed Dowitcher, Spotted Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Wilson's (Common) Snipe, Wilson's Pharalope, Willet,
- Gulls, Terns, Allies - Black Tern, Bonaparte's Gull, California Gull, Caspian Tern, Forster's Tern, Glaucous-winged Gull, Herring Gull, Mew Gull, Red-billed Gull, Thayer's Gull, Western Gull
- Pigeons and Doves - Mourning Dove, Rock Dove (Pigeon)
- Owls - Barn Owl, Burrowing Owl, Short-eared Owl
- Swifts - Vaux's Swift, White-throated Swift
- Hummingbirds - Allen's Hummingbird, Anna's Hummingbird
- Kingfishers - Belted Kingfisher
- Woodpeckers - Acorn Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Nuttall's Woodpecker
- Tyrant Flycatchers - Ash-throated Flycatcher, Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, Tropical Kingbird, Western Kingbird
- Shrikes - Loggerhead Shrike
- Crows and Jays - American Crow, Common Raven, Steller's Jay, Western Scrub-Jay
- Larks - Horned Lark
- Swallows and Martins - Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Tree Swallow, Violet-green Swallow
- Chickadees and Titmice - Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Oak Titmouse
- Long-tailed Tits - Bushtit
- Wrens - Bewick's Wren, Marsh Wren
- Kinglets - Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Thrushes - American Robin, Western Bluebird
- Mockingbirds and Thrashers - Northern Mockingbird
- Starlings and Mynas - European Starling
- Wagtails and Pipits - American Pipit
- Wood-Warblers - Chesnut-sided Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Orange-crowned Warbler, Palm Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Tanagers, Cardinals and allies - Western Tanager
- New World Sparrows - California Towhee, Dark-eyed Junco, Fox Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Spotted Towhee, Swamp Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow
- Grosbeaks - Black-headed Grosbeak
- Blackbirds, Orioles and allies - Brewer's Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Bullock's Oriole, Common Grackle, Great-tailed Grackle, Hooded Oriole, Red-winged Blackbird, Tri-colored Blackbird, Western Meadowlark
- Finches and Allies - Amerincan Goldfinch, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch
- Old World Sparrows - House Sparrow
- Exotics - Mute Swan
References
- ^ Petaluma Wetlands Alliance
- ^ Park docents and Dutra
- ^ Madrone Audubon Society
- ^ Petaluma Wetlands Alliance
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