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Dairy Mart Ponds
264 species and 145,197 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–April and September–December, with up to 152 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CootFulica americana
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Western GullLarus occidentalis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tijuana River Valley – Bird & Butterfly Garden2 km252 species
- Famosa Slough27 km255 species
- San Diego River – estuary27 km212 species
- San Diego River mudflats28 km277 species
- Santee Lakes34 km249 species
- San Elijo Lagoon – west54 km288 species
All 264 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Burrowing Parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dairy Mart Ponds?
February–April and September–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 152 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dairy Mart Ponds?
264 species, from 145,197 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dairy Mart Ponds in November?
The most recorded in November: American Coot, Northern Shoveler, Black Phoebe, Song Sparrow and Pied-billed Grebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.