Hybrid Red Naped x Red Breasted
I am a photographer and I saw this animal at the parking lot in Fort Funston in San Francisco yesterday. It was small, the body (without the tail) maybe six inches in length at most, it seemed that it might be a juvenile? It was hiding from ravens under the cars, the ravens were very interested in it. It ran under that wooden walkway that leads to the lookout platform on the cliff. I posted the few photos that I had managed to take of it on Facebook and someone commented with an article about a sighting of one of these in the Presidio in May 2022. iNaturalist was mentioned in the article - so I'm posting one of the pics of it here.
Baby
Found dead along the cliff side of the beach
Came into backyard for a drink from a rain water puddle
Under coast live oak. Gills free, partial veil present, bulbous base, classic Death Cap smell