Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Bolsa Chica – walkbridge/inner bay
260 species and 209,440 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–April, with up to 143 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Great EgretArdea alba
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
WilletTringa semipalmata
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American WigeonMareca americana
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa143 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 260 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve1 km299 species
- Huntington Central Park – East4 km314 species
- Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley10 km273 species
- IRWD San Joaquin Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine19 km343 species
- Los Angeles River – Willow St.19 km266 species
- Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park25 km311 species
All 260 species recorded here
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Black Storm Petrel Hydrobates melania
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bolsa Chica – walkbridge/inner bay?
September–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 143 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bolsa Chica – walkbridge/inner bay?
260 species, from 209,440 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bolsa Chica – walkbridge/inner bay in November?
The most recorded in November: Snowy Egret, Ruddy Duck, Great Egret, Bufflehead and Brown Pelican.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.