United States · California
Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary
332 species and 511,223 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January and April, with up to 196 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
American WigeonMareca americana
Great EgretArdea alba
American CootFulica americana
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 332 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary?
September–January and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 196 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary?
332 species, from 511,223 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Teal, American Wigeon, Great Egret, American Coot and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.