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Glendale Recharge Ponds
300 species and 369,290 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and August–November, with up to 188 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American CootFulica americana
American WigeonMareca americana
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Great EgretArdea alba
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
American PipitAnthus rubescensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tres Rios Overbank Wetlands15 km286 species
- Desert Botanical Garden33 km204 species
- Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch54 km339 species
- Salt River – Granite Reef Recreation Area56 km276 species
- Veterans Oasis Park58 km249 species
- Hassayampa River Preserve59 km294 species
All 300 species recorded here
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates tethys
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Glendale Recharge Ponds?
April and August–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 188 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Glendale Recharge Ponds?
300 species, from 369,290 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Glendale Recharge Ponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, American Coot, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler and Least Sandpiper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.