United States · Washington
Green Lake
178 species and 155,933 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January and March–May, with up to 106 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American CootFulica americana
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Common MerganserMergus merganser
GadwallMareca strepera
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
American WigeonMareca americana
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Union Bay Natural Area/Montlake Fill4 km267 species
- Carkeek Park5 km228 species
- Discovery Park6 km291 species
- Magnuson Park7 km225 species
- Juanita Bay Park10 km213 species
- Edmonds Marsh15 km200 species
All 178 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Green Lake?
October–January and March–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 106 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Green Lake?
178 species, from 155,933 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Green Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, American Coot, American Crow, Common Merganser and Gadwall.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.