United States · Colorado
Bluff Lake Nature Center
236 species and 131,157 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 141 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
GadwallMareca strepera
American WigeonMareca americana
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
American CootFulica americana
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia85 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 236 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR7 km274 species
- Cherry Creek SP13 km324 species
- Barr Lake SP22 km343 species
- Wheat Ridge Greenbelt23 km262 species
- Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve34 km269 species
- Chatfield SP – Audubon Center & Trails36 km276 species
All 236 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Redhead Aythya americana
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bluff Lake Nature Center?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 141 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bluff Lake Nature Center?
236 species, from 131,157 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bluff Lake Nature Center in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Canada Goose, White-crowned Sparrow, Black-billed Magpie and Gadwall.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.