United States · Oregon
Fernhill Wetlands
246 species and 370,634 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–November, with up to 162 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
American CootFulica americana
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve8 km213 species
- Koll Center Wetlands Area24 km198 species
- Tualatin River NWR24 km214 species
- Tualatin River NWR – Atfálat'i Unit24 km221 species
- Pittock Mansion29 km149 species
- Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge34 km213 species
All 246 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Fernhill Wetlands?
April–May and August–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 162 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Fernhill Wetlands?
246 species, from 370,634 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Fernhill Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, Mallard, Great Egret, Northern Pintail and Eurasian Teal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.