Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
246 species and 162,744 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–April and September, with up to 169 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
American WigeonMareca americana
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern PintailAnas acuta
American CootFulica americana
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
GadwallMareca strepera
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Great EgretArdea alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sacramento NWR – Auto Route & Visitor Center30 km239 species
- Woodland WTP74 km211 species
All 246 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area?
November–April and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 169 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area?
246 species, from 162,744 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Snow Goose, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail and American Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.