Bothe - Napa Valley State Park features diverse flora and fauna. Birders have many opportunities for bird watching due to the the varied vegetation and microclimates in the park. The species list below shows birds spotted and recorded here.
| LIST OF BIRDS OF BOTHE-NAPA VALLEY STATE PARK | |||||||||||
| KEY | |||||||||||
| c - common: species can usually be observed during the season indicated and in appropriate habitat | |||||||||||
| u - uncommon: species cannot always be observed unless searched for in the appropriate habitat | |||||||||||
| r - rare: a few individuals are observed annually | |||||||||||
| ca - casual: species has been observed only a few times and not on an annual basis | |||||||||||
| a - accidental: species has been observed in the park but is of extremely unlikely occurrence | |||||||||||
| An asterisk (*) indicates that the bird has been observed nesting within the park. | |||||||||||
| Sp (Spring) - March through May | |||||||||||
| Su (Summer) - June through August | |||||||||||
| F (Fall) - September through November | |||||||||||
| W (Winter) - December through February | |||||||||||
| SPECIES | Sp | Su | F | W | |||||||
| Great Blue Heron | ca | ca | ca | ca | |||||||
| Great Egret | ca | ca | a | ||||||||
| Snowy Egret | a | ||||||||||
| Green Heron | a | ca | a | ||||||||
| Canada Goose | r | a | a | ca | |||||||
| Wood Duck | a | ||||||||||
| Mallard | a | ||||||||||
| Ring-necked Duck | a | ||||||||||
| Turkey Vulture * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Osprey | ca | ca | a | ||||||||
| White-tailed Kite * | ca | ca | a | ||||||||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Cooper's Hawk * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Northern Goshawk | a | ||||||||||
| Red-shouldered Hawk * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Red-tailed Hawk * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Golden Eagle | a | a | |||||||||
| American Kestrel | ca | a | ca | ca | |||||||
| Merlin | ca | ca | ca | ||||||||
| Peregrine Falcon * | u | u | r | r | |||||||
| Prairie Falcon | a | ||||||||||
| Wild Turkey * | c | c | u | u | |||||||
| California Quail * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Mountain Quail * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Killdeer | a | ||||||||||
| Mew Gull | a | ||||||||||
| Ring-billed Gull | a | ||||||||||
| Rock Dove | a | ca | |||||||||
| Band-tailed Pigeon * | u | u | ca | u | |||||||
| Mourning Dove * | u | c | ca | ca | |||||||
| Barn Owl | ca | ca | a | ||||||||
| Western Screech-Owl * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Great Horned Owl * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Northern Pygmy-Owl * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Spotted Owl * | r | r | r | r | |||||||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl * | u | u | r | r | |||||||
| Vaux's Swift | ca | ca | ca | ||||||||
| White-throated Swift * | ca | a | |||||||||
| Anna's Hummingbird * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Rufous Hummingbird | r | ca | |||||||||
| Allen's Hummingbird * | u | u | ca | u | |||||||
| Belted Kingfisher | r | r | r | r | |||||||
| Acorn Woodpecker * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | u | u | u | ||||||||
| Nuttall's Woodpecker * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Downy Woodpecker * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Hairy Woodpecker * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Northern Flicker * | u | u | c | c | |||||||
| Pileated Woodpecker * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher * | u | u | ca | ||||||||
| Western Wood-Pewee | r | r | ca | ||||||||
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher * | c | c | ca | ||||||||
| Black Phoebe * | c | c | r | c | |||||||
| Ash-throated Flycatcher * | r | r | |||||||||
| Western Kingbird | ca | ||||||||||
| Tree Swallow * | ca | a | |||||||||
| Violet-green Swallow * | c | c | ca | ca | |||||||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | ca | ||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | ca | ca | |||||||||
| Steller's Jay * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Western Scrub-Jay * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| American Crow | r | ca | r | r | |||||||
| Common Raven * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Oak Titmouse * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Bushtit * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | ca | ca | ca | a | |||||||
| White-breasted Nuthatch * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Pygmy Nuthatch | a | ||||||||||
| Brown Creeper * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Bewick's Wren * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| House Wren * | u | u | r | ||||||||
| Winter Wren * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | ca | ca | ca | ||||||||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | u | a | c | c | |||||||
| Western Bluebird * | u | u | r | u | |||||||
| Swainson's Thrush | a | ||||||||||
| Hermit Thrush * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| American Robin * | c | c | u | c | |||||||
| Varied Thrush | u | u | c | ||||||||
| Wrentit * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Northern Mockingbird | ca | r | u | ||||||||
| California Thrasher * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Cedar Waxwing | r | u | u | ||||||||
| European Starling * | u | u | c | c | |||||||
| Cassin's Vireo * | c | c | ca | ||||||||
| Hutton's Vireo * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| Warbling Vireo * | u | u | ca | ||||||||
| Orange-crowned Warbler * | c | c | |||||||||
| Nashville Warbler | a | ||||||||||
| Yellow Warbler * | ca | ca | |||||||||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | u | c | c | ||||||||
| Black-throated Gray Warbler * | u | u | ca | ||||||||
| Townsend's Warbler | r | r | r | ||||||||
| Hermit Warbler | ca | ca | |||||||||
| Wilson's Warbler * | c | c | ca | ||||||||
| Western Tanager * | c | c | c | ||||||||
| Black-headed Grosbeak * | c | c | r | ||||||||
| Spotted Towhee * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| California Towhee * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Chipping Sparrow * | r | r | |||||||||
| Fox Sparrow | u | u | u | ||||||||
| Song Sparrow * | r | r | r | r | |||||||
| White-throated Sparrow | ca | ca | |||||||||
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | c | c | c | ||||||||
| White-crowned Sparrow | ca | ca | ca | ||||||||
| Dark-eyed Junco * | c | c | c | c | |||||||
| Red-winged Blackbird | ca | ca | ca | ||||||||
| Tricolored Blackbird | ca | ||||||||||
| Western Meadowlark | a | ||||||||||
| Brewer's Blackbird * | c | c | c | a | |||||||
| Brown-headed Cowbird * | u | u | |||||||||
| Bullock's Oriole * | ca | ca | |||||||||
| Purple Finch * | u | u | u | u | |||||||
| House Finch * | c | c | u | u | |||||||
| Red Crossbill | a | ||||||||||
| Pine Siskin | ca | ca | |||||||||
| Lesser Goldfinch * | u | u | r | r | |||||||
| Lawrence's Goldfinch | a | ||||||||||
| American Goldfinch | a | ca | |||||||||
| Evening Grosbeak | a | ||||||||||
| House Sparrow | r | r | |||||||||
| Please report sightings, especially unusual ones, to help improve the list. If possible, send a copy of | |||||||||||
| your checklist to: | |||||||||||
| Bothe-Napa Valley State Park | |||||||||||
| 3801 St. Helena Hwy. N. | |||||||||||
| Calistoga, CA 94515 | |||||||||||
| Phone: 707.942.4575 | |||||||||||
| Fax: 707.942.9560 | |||||||||||
| Email: bothe@napanet.net | |||||||||||
| A copy of "Checklist of Birds, Bothe-Napa Valley and Robert Louis Stevenson State Parks" is available at the park for | |||||||||||
| 25 cents or through the mail for 50 cents. | |||||||||||
