United States · Utah
Bear River MBR – Auto Tour Loop
259 species and 217,559 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–June and August–September, with up to 147 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
American CootFulica americana
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Northern RavenCorvus corax
GadwallMareca strepera
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Antelope Island SP – Causeway43 km234 species
- Farmington Bay WMA65 km258 species
All 259 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bear River MBR – Auto Tour Loop?
April–June and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 147 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bear River MBR – Auto Tour Loop?
259 species, from 217,559 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bear River MBR – Auto Tour Loop in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Harrier, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-winged Blackbird and Northern Shoveler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.