United States · Washington
Gardiner Beach
207 species and 195,523 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, March–May and August–September, with up to 117 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columba
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
California GullLarus californicusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Railroad Bridge Park18 km166 species
- Three Crabs19 km249 species
- Point No Point33 km273 species
- Edmonds Waterfront48 km207 species
- Edmonds Marsh48 km200 species
- Skagit Wildlife Area – Wylie Slough50 km235 species
All 207 species recorded here
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gardiner Beach?
November–January, March–May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 117 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gardiner Beach?
207 species, from 195,523 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gardiner Beach in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-breasted Merganser, Dark-eyed Junco, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow and Golden-crowned Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.