United States · Washington
Carkeek Park
228 species and 140,385 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–September, with up to 141 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificus
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
American WigeonMareca americana
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Green Lake5 km178 species
- Discovery Park6 km291 species
- Union Bay Natural Area/Montlake Fill9 km267 species
- Magnuson Park10 km225 species
- Edmonds Marsh11 km200 species
- Edmonds Waterfront11 km207 species
All 228 species recorded here
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Nazca Booby Sula granti
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Carkeek Park?
April–May and August–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 Carkeek Park?
228 species, from 140,385 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Carkeek Park in November?
The most recorded in November: American Crow, Song Sparrow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Mallard and Black-capped Chickadee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.