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Ballona Freshwater Marsh
260 species and 211,144 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January and March–May, with up to 161 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
American CootFulica americana
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
GadwallMareca strepera
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Madrona Marsh18 km287 species
- Sepulveda Basin – East of Woodley Ave23 km303 species
- Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park24 km311 species
- Malibu Lagoon – State Beach including Lagoon24 km321 species
- Los Angeles River – Willow St.28 km266 species
- Descanso Gardens33 km211 species
All 260 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ballona Freshwater Marsh?
September–January and March–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 161 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ballona Freshwater Marsh?
260 species, from 211,144 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ballona Freshwater Marsh in November?
The most recorded in November: Myrtle Warbler, American Coot, Northern Shoveler, Pied-billed Grebe and White-crowned Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.