United States · Colorado
Chatfield SP – Audubon Center & Trails
276 species and 155,274 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 204 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cherry Creek SP26 km324 species
- Wheat Ridge Greenbelt31 km262 species
- Bluff Lake Nature Center36 km236 species
- Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR41 km274 species
- Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve56 km269 species
- Barr Lake SP57 km343 species
All 276 species recorded here
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chatfield SP – Audubon Center & Trails?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 204 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chatfield SP – Audubon Center & Trails?
276 species, from 155,274 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chatfield SP – Audubon Center & Trails in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Flicker, American Crow, Black-billed Magpie and Red-tailed Hawk.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.