United States · California
Cosumnes River Preserve
252 species and 288,552 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April, with up to 179 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
American CootFulica americana
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Great EgretArdea alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area36 km268 species
- Putah Creek Riparian Reserve43 km227 species
- American River Parkway – Sailor Bar45 km219 species
- Woodland WTP50 km211 species
- EBMUD – Valle Vista Staging Area79 km209 species
All 252 species recorded here
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cosumnes River Preserve?
October–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 179 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cosumnes River Preserve?
252 species, from 288,552 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cosumnes River Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Sandhill Crane, Black Phoebe, Greater White-fronted Goose, Northern Shoveler and Northern Pintail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.