Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility
229 species and 168,777 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–April and September, with up to 151 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GadwallMareca strepera
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
American CootFulica americana
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Great EgretArdea alba144 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 229 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shollenberger Park1 km243 species
- Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District23 km251 species
- Santa Rosa Creek Trail and Delta Pond32 km233 species
- Pt. Reyes – Abbotts Lagoon34 km293 species
- Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory – Palomarin35 km278 species
- South Richmond Marshes (Stege, Hoffman) and Meeker Slough41 km232 species
All 229 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility?
November–April and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 151 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility?
229 species, from 168,777 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Gadwall, Song Sparrow, Black Phoebe and Turkey Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.