United States · Washington
Discovery Park
291 species and 453,648 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 198 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Carkeek Park6 km228 species
- Green Lake6 km178 species
- Union Bay Natural Area/Montlake Fill10 km267 species
- Magnuson Park13 km225 species
- Juanita Bay Park16 km213 species
- Edmonds Marsh16 km200 species
All 291 species recorded here
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Nazca Booby Sula granti
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Discovery Park?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 198 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Discovery Park?
291 species, from 453,648 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Discovery Park in November?
The most recorded in November: American Crow, Song Sparrow, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin and Spotted Towhee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.