United States · Oregon
Fern Ridge WMA – Royal Ave. area
261 species and 207,424 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and July–September, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Great EgretArdea alba
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii118 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 261 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Philomath Sewage Ponds50 km255 species
All 261 species recorded here
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Fern Ridge WMA – Royal Ave. area?
April–May and July–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Fern Ridge WMA – Royal Ave. area?
261 species, from 207,424 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Fern Ridge WMA – Royal Ave. area in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Harrier, Song Sparrow, American Robin, Canada Goose and Marsh Wren.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.