United States · California
EBMUD – Valle Vista Staging Area
209 species and 230,005 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–May, with up to 134 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
American CootFulica americana
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline – Arrowhead Marsh11 km237 species
- South Richmond Marshes (Stege, Hoffman) and Meeker Slough20 km232 species
- Hayward Regional Shoreline20 km302 species
- Heron's Head Park22 km208 species
- Fort Mason25 km251 species
- Golden Gate Park – Arboretum30 km216 species
All 209 species recorded here
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- California Gull Larus californicus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at EBMUD – Valle Vista Staging Area?
September–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 134 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at EBMUD – Valle Vista Staging Area?
209 species, from 230,005 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at EBMUD – Valle Vista Staging Area in November?
The most recorded in November: California Scrub Jay, Acorn Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Black Phoebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.