United States · Utah
Farmington Bay WMA
258 species and 297,612 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–October, with up to 163 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CootFulica americana
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GadwallMareca strepera
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lee Kay Ponds26 km225 species
- Antelope Island SP – Causeway27 km234 species
- Bear River MBR – Auto Tour Loop65 km259 species
All 258 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Farmington Bay WMA?
April–May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 163 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Farmington Bay WMA?
258 species, from 297,612 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Farmington Bay WMA in November?
The most recorded in November: American Coot, Northern Harrier, Mallard, Gadwall 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.