United States · California
Charleston Slough/Coast Casey Forebay
247 species and 235,586 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–May, with up to 139 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
American CootFulica americana
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla135 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 247 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Palo Alto Baylands3 km268 species
- Ulistac Natural Area13 km211 species
- Coyote Hills Regional Park13 km290 species
- Hayward Regional Shoreline23 km302 species
- Pillar Point Harbor35 km278 species
- MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline – Arrowhead Marsh35 km237 species
All 247 species recorded here
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Charleston Slough/Coast Casey Forebay?
August–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 139 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Charleston Slough/Coast Casey Forebay?
247 species, from 235,586 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Charleston Slough/Coast Casey Forebay in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Shoveler, American Coot, American Avocet, Eurasian Teal and Black-necked Stilt.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.