Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Bodega Bay – harbor and immediate vicinity
332 species and 182,891 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February and September–November, with up to 200 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Common LoonGavia immer
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
WilletTringa semipalmata
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
American CootFulica americanaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pt. Reyes – Abbotts Lagoon24 km293 species
- Santa Rosa Creek Trail and Delta Pond24 km233 species
- Pt. Reyes – Fish Docks37 km312 species
- Shollenberger Park41 km243 species
- Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility42 km229 species
- Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory – Palomarin52 km278 species
All 332 species recorded here
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Nazca Booby Sula granti
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
- Ashy Storm Petrel Hydrobates homochroa
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Black Storm Petrel Hydrobates melania
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bodega Bay – harbor and immediate vicinity?
January–February and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 200 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bodega Bay – harbor and immediate vicinity?
332 species, from 182,891 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bodega Bay – harbor and immediate vicinity in November?
The most recorded in November: Bufflehead, Common Loon, Western Gull, Surf Scoter and Turkey Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.